Jim is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Houston in Voice & Accents for the MFA and BFA programs. He is also an Artistic Associate with the Prague Shakespeare Company, where he teaches, acts, and directs as a part of the Summer Shakespeare Intensive each June & July, alongside his wife, Carolyn Johnson. He founded www.AccentHelp.com in 2007, offering materials for learning over 50 different accents, and he travels all over the US in his camper van, recording native speakers, and does the same sans van overseas.