Bruce Montgomery has a doctorate in interpersonal and public communication from Bowling Green State University and a master of divinity from Christian Theological Seminary. In addition to teaching classes on storytelling, as an ordained minister he has spent twenty-seven years as a preacher in Ohio, Tennessee, Indiana, and Texas. He has also taught speech classes at numerous colleges and universities throughout the midwest and the south. Bruce performs regularly at the International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough, Tennessee and is currently the president of the Jonesborough Storytellers’ Guild.