Biography
- Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri
- Completed a BA in anthropology at the University of Missouri, 1975
- Earned an MS in geology from the University of Utah
- Received his PhD in geology and paleontology from the University of Michigan, 1990
- Was a post-doctoral researcher at the Illinois State Museum in 1991–1992
- Taught introductory geology and field-based biology during the summers of 1993–1998 and 2008, to students at the Au Sable Institute for Environmental Studies ( northern Michigan and Puget Sound campuses)
- Taught for Wheaton College's field station in the Black Hills of South Dakota, 1994–1996
