Ron Dreiling took his first college courses at a community college in Great Bend, Kansas. He earned a BA, a double major in philosophy and English, from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, and after a brief stint as an assistant bookstore manager in Austin, Texas and Boston, Massachusetts, he completed an MA in English with an emphasis in American Literature and English composition theory from the University of Kansas. About 20 years ago, he found the best place in the world to teach, College of the Canyons.