Ernest G. Bormann, the theorist behind Symbolic Convergence Theory, a past professor of communication at University Minnesota, claimed that SCT is both objective and interpretive theory. The methods of determining fantasy themes, types, and visions create a humanistic approach that is interpretive. SCT is often praised and even considered a bit unusual because it meets both criteria for being both objective and interpretive. Ernest G. Bormann, John F. Cragan, & Donald C. Shields responded to initial criticisms in 1994. Bormann noted that one point that SCT lacks is to allow for predication and control of human communication in 1982.