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DEGREES / CREDENTIALS / CERTIFICATES

Master of Arts Degree, Interdisciplinary Degree: Archaeology, Geology, and Geography. Degree issued by ITDS Department in Conjunction with the Department of Anthropology, Sonoma State University. Degree Date June 1982.

Bachelor of Science Degree, History/Geography. Degree issued by Departments of Education and History. Belknap College. Degree Date September 1973.

State of California Junior College Single Subject Teaching Credential - Anthropology No. 04036.

Member of the Society of Professional Archaeologists from 1981 to 1996.

EDUCATION

Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California September 1977 to June 1982 Master of Arts Degree program Interdisciplinary studies (Unclassified graduate status from Fall 1975 to Fall 1977). Thesis Committee: David A. Fredrickson, Ph.D. (Anthropology), James A. Bennyhoff, Ph.D. (Anthropology), and Thomas B. Anderson, Ph.D. (Geology). Course work in anthropology (ethnology, linguistics, ethnohistory, and ethnographic field methods), archaeology (general prehistory, field and laboratory methods, cultural resource management, general theory), geography (remote sensing, physical and cultural geography, cartography), geology (soil science, field geology, geomorphology, and stratigraphy), and field biology. Additional course work in California environmental law.

Belknap College, Center Harbor, New Hampshire. September 1968 to September 1973. Bachelor of Arts Degree program, Departments of History and Education. State of New Hampshire secondary school teaching credential (interim). Course work in ancient history, European History from 476 to 1918, Colonial American History, and cultural geography and physical geography. Minor in English Literature (Shakespearean and Romantic).

San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, California. January 1990. Undergraduate courses in physical geology, general philosophy, and logic.

University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada. April 1989 and April 1990. Graduate course work in Geomorphology, geographic information systems, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, geomorphology of arid environments, and Quaternary studies. Introduction and Advanced Courses in Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. University Extension Program.

Yuba College, Clearlake, California. Undergraduate courses in field biology, business administration, and emergency medical training (EMT 1 State certified 1980-1983).

Nassau Community College, Garden City, New York. July to August 1969 and 1970; Fall 1970. Undergraduate course work in general geology and paleontology, English literature, speed reading, marketing, and advertising.

OTHER COURSE WORK

In addition to the above, I have taken seminars and short courses in public speaking; speed readings; Total Quality Management; large project management and accounting; use of geographic information systems in archaeological data management, cartographic applications of computer-aided design programs; use of global positioning systems for spatial control in mountainous and forested environments, application and design of local and wide area networks; development and use of corporate intranets, methods of packet switching and routing, the legal problems associated with web site content and development; guidance for consultants seminar for Department of Transportation consultants; use of ground based remote sensing technologies for non-destructive archaeological investigation (sponsored by the National Park Service held at Fort Laramie, WY). Most recently attended a half-day seminar on the California Register of Historic Resources and changes to CEQA since 1992 and a full day debriefing on 1999 revisions to 36 CFR 800 (Section 106 Guidelines). Most recently attended a seminar on identifying cultural landscapes sponsored by the Department of Transportation and the Office if Historic preservation.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Summary Statement

More than twenty-nine years of progressive responsibility in project leadership and planning (interdisciplinary projects involving archaeology, history, ethnography, geography, and geology), environmental and software consulting with public and private sector clients, serving as expert witness in selected cases involving cultural resources, and teaching anthropology and archaeology in both academic and non-academic settings. Areas of responsibility include archaeological and associated research, historical research, collecting oral history, environmental constraints analyses, technology needs assessments, cost and technical proposal preparation, contract negotiation, project management, budget projections, and project and program administration; office management and policy development; strategic planning; management of customer relations; personnel management and safety; writing and editing technical and non-technical documents including technical and non-technical reports, and training manuals; marketing digital consulting services and computer software;; and curriculum development for computer training classes in GIS. My most recent efforts involve general and technical editing of manuscripts covering archaeological, ethnological, historical, and cartographic subject material. I have completed over 3,000 separate projects.

Consulting Experience

ASI Archaeology and Cultural Resources Management 1117 Aberdeen Ave, Stockton, California. President and principal investigator. Prepare cost estimates and budgets, negotiate contracts, develop project work plans, hires and supervises personnel, develops company personnel and management policies, establishes technical guidelines for staff and consultants, supervises and conducts technical research, participates in report preparation as an principal author and general/technical editor (author or editor of more than 1,500 technical reports of various types), and is responsible for customer service and relations and business development. Has principal responsibility for all federal undertakings including writing technical reports, conducting National Register evaluations, writing Historic Property Treatment Plans, Agreement Documents, Findings of Effect, and Data Recovery Reports. Has responsibility for studies completed under CEQA and the California Coastal Act. Has responsibility of all cultural resource consultation completed in the context of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act for the Corps of Engineers. Has intimate familiarity with the integration of the NEPA-Section 106 compliance process. January 1979 to present. Was on a temporary leave of absence from November 1995 to November 1996. Worked on a part time basis from November 1996 to October 1998. During this period was involved with the startup of an Internet technology-related business.

University Positions: Non-teaching

MacAlester College, St. Paul, Minnesota. . Director of Cartographic and Data Processing Services, Black Sea Project. June 1994 to June 1996. Provided overall supervision to field mapping crews and GIS analysts in the collection of field data and in the design and use of these data for project related purposes. Was also responsible for the overseas transport, set up, and support of computers and peripherals The Black Sea Project was a 3-year university-based archaeological research project focused on the southwestern part of the Crimean Autonomous Republic of the Republic of Ukraine, near the city of Sebastopol. The goals of the project were to develop a digital map atlas of the ancient city of Chersonesus and prepare a digital 3-dimensional map of a portion of the archaeological ruins. This project was a joint effort of MacAlester College and the Ukrainian Academy of Science.

University of Rochester, Rochester, New York. June 1992 to October 1994. Director of Cartography, Joint Expedition to Yodefat, Lower Galilee, Israel. Directed collection of field data and generation of final maps of a 1 square mile area containing a first century AD Jewish city. This project was a joint effort of the University of Rochester, Bar Ilan University, and the Israel Antiquities Authority.

Cultural Resources Facility, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California. Staff Archaeologist. September 1977 to August 1980. Designed and implemented field research programs; prepared research proposals and cost estimates; participated in archaeological site evaluation utilizing State of California criteria; participated in National Register evaluations; administered small-scale projects; trained beginning anthropology students; participated in the preparation and implementation of public relations enterprises sponsored by the university; and worked as a crew person on survey and excavation projects.

Anthropology Laboratory, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California. Curatorial Assistant. January 1976 to June 1977. Performed technical research under the supervision of more experienced staff.

Government Positions

Western Archaeological Center, National Park Service, Western Region, Tucson, Arizona. Circuit Riding Archaeologist. January 1978 to September 1978. Provided technical consultation to park superintendents; aided in the preparation of park cultural resource management plans; developed curriculum for and taught archaeological awareness and appreciation courses designed for park ranger staff, and conducted more than 100 cultural resource surveys in more than a dozen western National Parks, monuments, and recreation areas.

Lake County Planning Department, 255 North Forbes Street, Lakeport, California. Staff Archaeologist to the Planning Commission. June 1977 to December 1977. Reviewed environmental impact reports (EIRs) and environmental impact statements (EIS') for technical adequacy; prepared County procedures for implementation of the archaeological element of CEQA; and made recommendations to the Planning Commission regarding the need for field surveys on local development projects.

City of Stockton, Cultural Heritage Board. Member December 2000 to present. Reviews environmental impacts studies for technical adequacy and for compliance with city ordinances, preparing city policies on cultural resource consultant qualifications, report content, and research guidelines (with assistance from other members), reviews certificates of appropriateness for modifications to historic structures, and advises city planning commission on all cultural resource matters. The board member position is a multifaceted one that involves compliance review, education, public outreach, and general consulting with project proponents attempting to refurbish old buildings.

Teaching Experience

University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington. Instructor in Computer Applications in Archaeology. June-July 1995. Taught a class in the Crimea, Ukraine, in the use of databases, CAD, and GIS for archaeological research and data management.

California State University, Fresno, Department of Anthropology, Fresno, California. Instructor. January to June 1991. Developed curriculum and taught a course in Public Archaeology.

San Joaquin Delta College, Division of Social Science, Stockton, California. Fall 1990 to Spring 1992. Instructor. Prepared curriculum and taught courses in Introduction to American Archaeology and Beginning and Intermediate Archaeological Methods.

University of the Pacific, University Extension Program, Stockton, California. Instructor. Fall 1986 to Spring 1991. Prepared curriculum and taught courses in California Archaeology, California Prehistory, California Indians, and Archaeological Field Methods.

Clovis Adult School, Clovis, California. Instructor. Fall 1984, Spring and Fall 1985, Spring 1986. Prepared curriculum and taught courses in Indians of North America, California Indians, California Archaeology, North American Prehistory, and Archaeology for the Non-professional.

Anthropological Studies Center, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California. Teaching Assistant. September 1978 to June 1979. Ya-Ka-Ama Indian Education Program. Emphasis of the program was to train California Native Americans in basic archaeological field techniques. Helped develop program curriculum and taught courses in cultural resource law and legislative history, archaeological field methods, and California prehistory.

PUBLICATIONS

The Search for Charles Weber's Mansion on Weber Point, Stockton, California. San Joaquin Historian (With R. Paul Hampson; in preparation)
The Russians at Clear Lake? Journal of the Lake County Historical Society. Fall 1977
An Incised Slate Drawing Found at Bodega bay, Sonoma County, California. Journal of California Archaeology Winter 1977.
GIS in Archaeology: A Tool for Studying the Past (with Laura Lang). Cadalyst. 1994
Archaeologist Dig PC-Based Mapping (with Thomas N. Brock, MS.). GeoInfo Systems Winter 1992.
PC ARC/Info Innovations at the Skyrocket Site (with Thomas N. Brock, MS.). ARC News 13(4): 14-15. Fall 1991.
Publication of several reports through Coyote Press is pending.

PAPERS PRESENTED AND SYMPOSIUMS CHAIRED

1995	Guest Columnist, Stockton Downtown Focus. 1996 Wrote monthly column on the technology.
1995	Contributing Editor, Central Valley Computer News. Wrote monthly column on the technology.
1994	Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of Geological Effects to Archaeological Sites Caused by Natural Tree Blowdown and Helicopter Logging. (With Thomas B. Anderson, Ph.D., Jeff Parsons, BA, and John W. Dougherty, MA.). Paper presented at a Symposium on Exploring Logging Practices and Their Effects on Archaeological Sites: Developing Management Alternatives for the National Forests. Society for California Archaeology Annual Meeting, Ventura, California.
1993	The Use of Geographic Information Systems in Archaeology. Symposium Chairman. Society for California Archaeology Annual Meeting, Pacific Grove, California.
1992	Practical Use of Geographic Information Systems and Global Positioning Systems for Archaeological Data Generation and Analysis. Second International GPS/GIS Conference, Newport Beach, California.
1992	Geographic Information Systems as a Archaeological Data Integration Tool: Archaeological Site and Feature Prediction. Seminar presented in Athens, Greece, Sponsored by Marathon Data Systems, Athens.
1991	Soil Stratigraphy of CA-CAL-629/630, A Well Stratified Site in the Western Sierra Foothills, Calaveras County (with Thomas B. Anderson, Ph.D.). Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Diego.
1989	Geological and Archaeological Investigations at CA-CAL-629/630: An Interim Report. Society for California Archaeology Annual Meeting, Redding, California.

GRANTS

Development of Generally Acceptable Methods of Using Geographic Information Systems in the Management of State-Wide Archaeological Site Data Bases. National Science Foundation Grant 1993-1994. Served as consultant to Principal Investigator, James. I. Ebert, Ph.D., Ebert and Associates, Albuquerque, NM.

MEMBERSHIPS / AFFILIATIONS

Society for American Archaeology
Society for California Archaeology
American Society of Geographers
American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
Geological Society of America
Arc/Info Users Group, Western Region
Society of Historical Archaeology
American School of Oriental Research (ASOR)
Great Basin Anthropological Conference
Bay Area Automated Mapping Association (BAMA)
National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA)
San Joaquin County Historical Society