M.A.    History, In Progress, CSU Fullerton
M.P.A. Public Administration, Golden Gate University, 1978
M.L.S. Library Science, University of California, Berkeley 1976
A.B.    History, University of California, Berkeley 1975

Honors and Awards
   Kaleidoscope Leadership Institute, November 2004

Research Interests 1
   Scholarly research involving the study of African American women slaves and slave communities in relationship to the southern plantation household, 1619-1870.

Research Interests 2
   Creating and developing curriculum modules in research methodology, information competency, and library paraprofessional careers.  A third academic interest concerns documenting African American military nurses & postal workers serving in the European and American homefronts during World War II, 1941-1945.

Selected Publications and Lectures
   "Oklahoma's Daughters," in Encyclopedia of Women in the American West. Sage Publications, 2003.
   "Maintaining Marginal Histories." Guest Lecturer, UCLA Society of American Archivists, March 13, 1997.
   "Recruiting for the 21st Century." Video Cassette: 15 minutes. Fullerton College Media Services for the American Library Association: Social Issues Roundtable, 1993.
   "Resources for African American Collection Development," in Developing Library Collections for California's Emerging Majority.  BAYLIS, 1990.