Continuing graduate studies at University of California, Berkeley in Scandinavian Literature and Languages Ph.D. program. Focus is on Old Norse mythology, language and society.

Master of Fine Arts degree awarded in New Media with the Transart Institute accredited by the University of Donau Krems, Austria. Emphasis is in film and animation. Art projects include stop-frame animated films. Research in Old Norse myth and Germanic literature, philosophy, psychology and culture inform the narratives. Completed Summer 2008.

Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude in German awarded from Humboldt State University, May 2008.

2005 - 2007: Lecturer at Humboldt State University in the Theatre, Film and Dance department. Classes taught: Cinematography I and Audio Production I & II.

Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude in Multimedia Design and Communications awarded from Humboldt State University, August 2005. The three disciplines of study that make up the Interdisciplinary Studies Major are Film, Journalism, and Computer Information Systems.

Designated Presidential Scholar at HSU in Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Fall 2004, and Spring 2005.

2003 - 2004: Employed as Multimedia Designer at the Courseware Development Center, Humboldt State University.

A. S. in Multimedia Communications from College of the Redwoods. Graduated in Spring, 2002 as an Outstanding Scholar. Awarded Digital Media Student of the Year 2001/2002.

1989 – 1999: Designer/Craftsman of fine furniture and cabinetry in Ashland, Oregon. Also engaged in free-lance Architectural Photography.

1978 – 1989: Designer/Craftsman of fine furniture and cabinetry in Berkeley, California.

1973 – 1978: Lived in Northern Europe, primarily in Norway. Attended Borgund Yrkesskole and worked as an apprentice in Furniture Making. Received Journeyman’s papers in 1976. Worked restoring antiques exclusively using hand tools in Marburg, Germany 1977 - 1978.

Born in Santa Monica, California July 27, 1954. Graduated from Pacific Palisades High School in 1972.