| PhD | Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA, 1989 |
| M.S. | Marine Geology and Geophysics, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 1981 |
| B.A. | Geology, cum laude, with departmental honors, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, 1978 |
| 1988-present | Professor (2002-present), Associate Professor (1994-2002), Assistant Professor (1988-1994), Department of Geosciences, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA |
| 1988 | Instructor, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA |