• B.S. in Biology, Chemistry from Mount Union College (1972)
• M.S. in Microbiology from Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (1975)
• Ph.D. in Immunology & Cell Biology from Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (1977)
• NIH Traineeship, Bowman Gray School of Medicine (1972-1974)
• Graduate Teaching Assistant (1974-1976)

Positions Held:

• Research Assistant, Wake Forest University (1976-1977)
• Lecturer, Department of Biology, Texas A & M University (1977-1978)
• Assistant Professor , Department of Biology, State University College of Fredonia (1978-1980)
• Director of Medical Technology Program, Department of Biology, State University College of Fredonia (1979-1980)
• Assistant Professor of Biology and Coordinator of Health Related Programs, Mount Union College (1980-1981)
• Assistant Professor of Biology, The University of Akron (1981-1985)
• Assistant Professor Zoology and Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University & Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (1985-1989)
• Chair of Molecular & Cellular Biology Program (1989-1998)
• Associate Professor Biomedical Sciences and Associate Chair of Department of Biomedical Sciences (1998- )
• Member of Tropical & Geographical Disease Institute
• Chair, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ohio University (1989-1993)
• Associate Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (1998-2003)
• Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (2003- )