M.A. in Sociology, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, 2004.
M.A. in Library and Information Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 1992.
B.A. in History, Northwestern College, Orange City, IA, 1991.
Experience
Assistant Professor, Reference Unit, Western Illinois University Library,
Macomb, IL 61455. September 2005 to present.
Instructor, Reference Unit, Western Illinois University Library,
Macomb, IL 61455. August 1997 to August 2005.
Technical Services Librarian, Hewes Library, Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL.
September 1995 to July 1997.
Library Assistant II, Engineering Library, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. January 1994 to August 1995.
Cataloging Assistant, Russell D. Cole Library, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA. June 1993 to August 1995.
Project Cataloger, Russell D. Cole Library, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA. August 1992 to May 1993.
Publications
Multicultural Education Bibliography, (with Roderick L. Sharpe)
in: Adams, J.Q. and Janice Welsch, eds., Multicultural Prism: Voices from the Field [Compact Disc]
Macomb, Illinois: Illinois Staff and Curriculum Developers Association, 1999.
Using IBIS through the World Wide Web (Ovid Interface) Skill guide no.3 for the Reference Department at Western Illinois University.
Julius Patzak, 1898-1974 (with Roderick L. Sharpe)
Web page providing a discography, bibliography and biographical information about the Austrian operatic tenor Julius Patzak.
Interests and Hobbies
Art: history and appreciation.
Germany: language, culture, and travel.
History: the history of ideas; intellectual and cultural history.
Opera: Mozart and Wagner!
Reading: contemporary British and American fiction; mystery; biography.
Religious Studies: sociology and psychology of religion; comparative mythology; history of religions.
Shakespeare: live theatre and film adaptations.
United Kingdom: history, travel, culture, and cuisine.
