TEACHING

  • Current University of Utah courses: POLS 2100 (Introduction to International Relations; POLS 5800 (Theories of International Relations)
  • Teaching Interests: international relations, Asian politics, comparative politics, economics Taught undergraduate and MBA courses in economics at University of Phoenix (2003-4)

EDUCATION

  • BS United States Air Force Academy, 1970 (Economics)
  • MA UCLA, 1971 (Economics)
  • Air War College (correspondence, 1985) and Air Command and Staff College (seminar, 1983) graduate
  • National War College graduate (residence, 1987) and National Defense University Research Fellow (1986-1987)
  • "ABD" PhD candidate (International Relations and Comparative Politics) at University of Utah

CAREERS

United States Air Force, 1970-1995

  • Command Pilot with service in Vietnam, global flying experience in transport aircraft (mainly C-130)
  • Several military-political assignments, including: head of US Air Force Foreign Liaison Division in the Pentagon (1992-95); US Air Attache at US Embassy, Beijing China (1990-92); Asia-Pacific Plans officer on the Air Force Staff in Pentagon (1987-1988); Politico-Military Affairs officer, US Forces, Japan (1983-1986)
  • Wrote book titled Cooperative Security in Northeast Asia, published by National Defense University Press, 1990

Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation, 1995-2002

  • Manager for Asia marketing with frequent travel to Japan, Taiwan, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia