2005 2007	Graduate Student Researcher, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley Collected data in field, analyzed spatial datasets, compiled manuscripts.
	2003 2005	Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Integrated Biology, UC Berkeley Taught laboratory and discussion section for Introductory Biology and Quantitative Aspects of Global Environmental Problems. Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award (2003).
	2003	Research Assistant, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at UC Berkeley (field site at Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, CO). Assisted in studying effects of global warming on subalpine meadow plant communities. Wrote programs to analyze large tree community datasets for spatial structure.
	2002 2003	Full-Time Volunteer, Trees for Life, Wichita, Kansas Developed models of Global Circle of Knowledge educational software program. Developed English curriculum for use with Global Circle of Knowledge.
	1998 2001	Assistant English Teacher, Furen Board of Education, Furen, Japan Taught English in kindergarten, elementary, junior high, and high schools. Taught adult English conversation clubs. Organized and chaperoned home stay in US with 9 students.
	1997 1998	Assistant Professor of Biology, McPherson College, McPherson, Kansas Taught Conservation Biology, Environmental Science, Vertebrate Physiology, Evolution, Genetics, College Biology I and II, Research Methods, Senior Research. McPherson College Teacher of the Year, 1997-1998. Editor for in-house scientific journal Cantuarus.
	1995 1996	Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Taught labs and recitations for Field Ecology once, and Ecology and Population Biology three times. Teaching Assistant Excellence Award in Biological Sciences, Spring, 1996. Nominated twice more for same, Fall 1995 and 1997.
	1993	Ecology Research Assistant, McPherson College, McPherson, Kansas Live-trapped and handled small mammals, wrote software to analyze data.
	1990 1992	Assistant Debate and Forensics Coach, McPherson High School, McPherson, Kansas Taught public speaking and drama, chaperoned teams at tournaments, judged debate and forensics rounds.

Master of Arts in Ecology, Curriculum in Ecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1996 Major field: Natural science; Minor field: Social science. Field research and thesis: "Local versus regional processes in lotic macroinvertebrate communities: the control of species diversity across scales" Unpublished master’s thesis (1996). Courses: Conservation and Sustainable Development, Community Ecology, Plant Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Population Biology, Human Ecology, Human Evolutionary Ecology, Linear Regression and Experimental Design, Environmental Ethics. Research Assistantship, UNC Graduate School, 1994-1995.

Bachelor of Arts, suma cum laude, McPherson College, McPherson, Kansas, 1994 Major: Biology; Minor: Mathematics Senior research: Agricultural disturbances and small mammal communities: Peromyscus maniculatus vs. Sigmodon hispidus. Cantuarus 2:33-39 (1994). Honors: Burkholder Senior Research Award, McPherson College Honorary Scholarship, Honor Roll for eight semesters, National Dean’s List. Relevant courses: Ecology, Vertebrate Physiology, Evolution, Plant Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Fungi, Calculus I-IV, Chemistry I and II, Organic Chemistry I and II, Programming I. Urban Plunge, November 19-21, 1993 in Wichita, KS with National Coalition for the Homeless. Intention: Experience homelessness.

	Language Japanese: Intermediate level (Japanese Language Proficiency Exam, Level III; 3 years immersion experience).
	Continuing Education Santa Fe Institute's Complex Systems Summer School at Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China (July 2004). Project WILD Certification (1994): Environmental education workshop for teachers. Project WET Certification (1994): Aquatic resources education workshop for teachers.
	Professional Memberships Ecological Society of America, since 1995. Membership in Education section and Asian Ecology section.

Theater Roles Visiting Mr. Green (Baron): Mr. Green A Doctor in Spite of Himself (Moliere): Siguaro "Mr. Disco's Improvisational Acting Troupe": Member Moon over Buffalo (Ludwig): Paul Singer Dark of the Moon (Richardson and Berney): John Noises Off (Frayn): Selsdon Mobray Noises Off (Frayn): Fredrick Fellowes/Philip Brent Brigadoon (Lerner): Mr. Lundie The Sound of Music (Rogers and Hammerstein): Guard and stagehand Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare): Grumio Anything Goes (Porter): Sound technician The Affair of Lady Fairfax: 6-character humorous interpretation

	Japan Taught English for three years as a part of the Japanese Exchange and Teaching Program in Furen, Hokkaido from (1998-2001: 3 years).
	China Attended Santa Fe Institute's Complex Systems Summer School at Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong (July 2004: 1 month).
	Malaysia and Singapore Attended course "Culture, Environment, Globalization and Southeast Asia (American University) in Kuala Lumpur and Taman Negara National Park (July 1999: 1 month). Home stay and attended wedding in Johor Bahru, traveled to Penang and Melaka (3 weeks: December 1996-January 1997).
	Nigeria and Democratic Republic of the Congo Nigeria: Sightseeing and volunteer work in Abuja, Jos, Marama, Garkida, and Mubi (2 weeks: December 2004). DR Congo: Sightseeing in Kinshasa (1 week, January 2005).
	Germany, Netherlands, and Switzerland Attended "Religious Reformers" course (McPherson College); travel and home stay in Amsterdam, Münster, Eisenach, Buchenwald, Schwartzenau, Cologne, Bern (January 1993: 3 weeks).
	Other Travels Israel: "Multicultural Education" course (McPherson College) Australia: Chaperoned Japanese high school students Belgium Luxembourg Canada Mexico South Korea