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Born: Buffalo, New York
Have lived in Ithaca; South Miami; Berkeley; London, England; San Francisco; San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; Ukiah; Carmel; Santa Cruz; Brisbane, Australia and Brno, Czech Republic.
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Married, two children in their mid-teens

Education

M.S. Mass Communications
San Jose State University, San Jose

Ph.D. History
SOAS, University of London, England

M.A. Asian Studies
University of California at Berkeley

B.A. Government
Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.

Experience

Since 1988, Professor at School of Journalism and Mass Communications, San Jose State University, San Jose. Ca, 95192 
•Teaching Schedule, Current Semester
•Webmaster, School site.
•Taught Beginning News Writing (Journalism 61A)
•Teaching New Media Technologies, MCOM 285, a graduate course.
•Taught News Editing and Design (Journalism 133)
•Taught History of Media (MCOM 103).
•Taught Literature of Mass Communications (MCOM 210). This is an introductory graduate course.
•Taught Using Media Software (Journalism 96D).
•Served as Adviser to the Spartan Daily newspaper. Selected as General Excellence winner by California Intercollegiate Press Association, 1994 and 1999.

Editor, Spectrum, a twice-a-semester newspaper published by the SJSU Provost's office for all faculty and staff at the university. Perform all functions on the newspaper—write, design and layout. Supervise a staff of three people. See latest issue in .pdf.


Fulbright Award to Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.

Teacher Exchange with Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

Chair of Journalism Department, De Anza College, Cupertino 

Publisher and Editor, Mendocino Grapevine newspaper, Ukiah

Owned and operated a weekly newspaper in Mendocino County with a circulation of 10,000.
Served as editor and publisher on a 10-person staff.
Personally computerized both business and editorial areas of the operation.
Newspaper won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association, including "Outstanding Community Service" in 1982 for all weeklies in state and Best Advertising in 1981.

Lecturer, School of Environmental Studies and Planning and English Department, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park

Taught The Human Environment and The Social Environment. These are two of the four classes which formed the school's "core."
Also taught Planning Environmental Media, Current Events in Environmental Studies.
In English Department taught Writing for the Media and served as adviser to the weekly Sun newspaper for one semester.
 
Staff Writer, Rohnert Park-Cotati Clarion newspaper, Rohnert Park, Ca.
Writer, Irving Wallace and David Wallencinsky, Hollywood
Wrote a number of articles that were included in Irving Wallace, People's Almanac, Doubleday, 1975.

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