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May 2004: Master of Fine Arts in Writing, Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky

May 1993: Bachelor of Arts, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Major: Print Journalism Minor: English

The United States Navy

1986-1990: The United States Navy "A" School

Other Items to Note

1986-1990: The University of Maryland, European Division (While serving in the military in London, England, I took a variety of creative writing courses taught by British professors at the American Embassy. The United States Navy has a formal relationship with the University of Maryland. The University of Maryland makes undergraduate courses available at all U.S. Naval bases.)

Technology Applications & Tools:

Microsoft Applications

MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint)
MS FrontPage
MS Visual SourceSafe
MS Project
MS Publisher

Adobe Creative Suite CS3

Distiller 8
Acrobat 8 Professional
Bridge CS3
Device Central CS3
Illustrator CS3
Photoshop CS3
InDesign CS3

Additional Adobe Applications

FrameMaker 8
PageMaker 7
Adobe Reader 8

Online Help

Doc-to-Help
RoboHELP
HTML Help
HDK

Macromedia

Dreamweaver
Fireworks

Operating Systems

Windows 98, Windows NT, and Windows XP
Apple OS 9 and OS X

 

 

Professional Organizations

Society of Technical Communication
Tennessee Writers Alliance
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
The Hemingway Society
The F. Scott Fitzgerald Society
 

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