Kerry Temple joined the staff of Notre Dame Magazine in 1981 and has been its editor since 1995. He has written numerous articles and essays for this magazine and others on a wide range of topics, a dozen of which have been cited in Best American Essays. The author of Back to Earth: A Backpacker’s Journey into Self and Soul, he has also collaborated with senior university photographer Matt Cashore '94 on two books, Celebrating Notre Dame and This Place Called Notre Dame. After graduating from the university in 1974, he returned to his home state to earn a master’s in journalism from Louisiana State University, and has taught nonfiction writing at Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College. Even though he’s been at the magazine a long time, he still feels like he did as an English major living in Farley Hall.