James Como holds the PhD from Columbia University and is professor of rhetoric and public communication at York College (CUNY). In 1968 he founded the Speech and Theatre disciplines there, and in 1969 was a founding member of the New York C.S. Lewis Society. His books (Remembering C.S. Lewis and Branches to Heaven: The Geniuses of C.S. Lewis), articles, radio interviews, television appearances, and lectures here and abroad are widely known.