OBJECTIVE: Position as a science/environment reporter or editor.

EDUCATION:

Columbia University, M.S. Journalism, May 1998.

University of Virginia, Postgraduate studies in Environmental Sciences, 1991-2003.

George Mason University, M.S. Geographic and Cartographic Sciences, May 1991.

Louisiana State University Medical Center in Shreveport, Attended medical school, 1986-1987.

University of Oklahoma, Postgraduate studies in Geography, 1983-1985.

Louisiana State University in Shreveport, B.S. Biology, Cum Laude, August 1983.

EXPERIENCE:

Author with Rutgers University Press, 1999-present. Wrote Upheaval from the Abyss: Ocean Floor Mapping and the Earth Science Revolution, about the contributions of ocean research in the development of the theories of continental drift and plate tectonics.

Interim managing editor for Historical Geography, 2005-2006. Copy-edited, designed, and paginated the 2006 volume of the journal, which included a special issue devoted to historical medical geography. Editor for Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2004-2005. Edited transcripts of a meeting on deep-sea fisheries for WHOI’s Ocean Life Institute. Assistant sports editor for The (Petersburg, Va.) Progress-Index, 2004. Helped plan and execute coverage of daily sporting events, including photographic assignments; planned and executed section presentation; served as newspaper’s outdoor columnist. Editor for the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Alumni Association, 2001. Edited The Lamont we knew. . ., a collection of reminiscences by former and current Lamonters. Copy editor, systems editor, pagination editor, and online producer for the Daily Press and Digital City Hampton Roads in Newport News, Va., 1998-2000; and the Daily Record in Parsippany, N.J., 1996-1998. Duties included copy editing, page design, pagination, design and maintenence of web pages.

Contributor to Diseases and Disorders, 2005-2007; Encyclopedia of the Developing World, 2004-2005; Encyclopedia of Genetics, Revised Edition, 2003; Magill's Encyclopedia of Science: Plant Life, 2001-2002; History of Cartography, Volume Six: Cartography in the Twentieth Century, 2006-2007; Magill's Medical Guide, Third Revised Edition, 2003; Magill's Medical Guide,Fourth Revised Edition, 2006; and World History Encyclopedia; 2005-2007. Writes articles on climate, diseases, ecology, geology, terrorism, and world history.

Correspondent for Vegetarian Times, Agence France-Presse, 2002-2003; The Lancet, 2002-2005; Geotimes, 2001-2004; the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Alumni News, 2001-2002; Mercator’s World, 1999; Woods Hole Currents, 1999; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 1997; and Bioinform, 1997. Writes profiles, features, and news articles on research advances and science history.

Correspondent for the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch, 2000-present; Philadelphia Inquirer, 2005; Tallahassee (Fla.) Democrat, 2005; Miami Herald, 2004; Richmond.com, 2004; Potomac News of Woodbridge, Va., 2003; Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, Va., 2002; University Sports Publications, 2001-2002; and The Daily Progress of Charlottesville, Va., 1991-1994. Correspondent, copy editor, and copy boy for The Times of Shreveport, La., 1985-1987, 1979-1981. Duties include writing feature articles and on-deadline stories, re-write, copy editing and headline writing.

Scriptwriter for Finger Lakes Productions Inc., 2002-2003. Wrote scripts for the syndicated radio programs Our Ocean World and MicrobeWorld.

Photographer for James River Writers, 2004-2006; Weigl Educational Publishers, 2002; Betta Dreams, 2001; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 1999; and The Times in Shreveport, La., circa 1982.

Videographer for the Shreveport Captains baseball team and First United Methodist Church, Shreveport, La., 1987. Shot closed-circuit broadcasts of baseball games and taped commercials for church services.