I am a professor at Washington and Jefferson College. At W&J, most of the courses I offer involve the topics of Technology, New Media, and Archaeology; and more information can be found in the Courses section of this site. In addition to teaching and research, I spend a lot of in project development, and I am currently working or consulting on several web development projects.

My research interests are fairly diverse. I conduct a considerable amount of research and development work in conjunction with the OSU Excavations at Isthmia in Greece, and the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Colorado. More information concerning my research interests and development projects can be found in the Research section of this site.

Before W&J, the highlight of my professional career involved my participation in the the activities of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky where I served as Coordinator of Instructional Technology and Assistant Professor. At Centre, I taught courses in technology and archaeology, and I assisted my faculty colleagues with the incorporation of technology into the curriculum. Centre is an excellent liberal arts college, and in many ways shaped my understandings of liberal education.

Of course, I completed my Ph.D. in Technology at The Ohio State University. My dissertation, The Construction of Knowledge from Multimedia Applications, explored how students learn from multimedia materials. (And I heartily thank all seven of you who have read it!) More information regarding my academic career can be found in the Publications, Presentations, Grants and Vitae sections.

One of my more defining characteristics is my love of travel and the experience of foreign cultures. Over the past two decades I've been fortunate enough to travel to fourteen different contries and have managed to live abroad for more than two years of that time. Most of my travel has centered around Greece, Ireland, and the southwest United States. You can learn more about my trips in the Travel and Imagery sections.