West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV, Mining Engineering, Ph.D. – 1982

VPI & SU, Blacksburg, VA, Mining Engineering, M.S. – 1979

VPI & SU, Blacksburg, VA, Mining Engineering, B.S. – 1977

Bluefield College, Bluefield, VA, Pre-Engineering, A.S. – 1975

February, 2017 – December 2022, Associate Provost for Faculty Advancement

October 1, 2012 – February, 2017, Associate Provost for Faculty Advancement & Institutional Effectiveness and Professor of Mining Engineering

September 2001 – September 30, 2012, Professor of Mining Engineering and Associate Dean for Commonwealth & International Programs (includes Director, Office for Informational Services and Technical Liaison, OISTL

July 1999 - September 2001, Professor of Mining Engineering and Associate Dean for Extended Campus Programs, UK College of Engineering; OISTL Director

July 1998 - July 1999, Associate Professor of Mining Engineering and Associate Dean for Extended Campus Programs, UK College of Engineering; OISTL Director

November 1993 - July 1998, Associate Professor of Mining Engineering and Assistant to the Dean for Extended Campus Programs; OISTL Director

July 1987 ‑ November 1993, Associate Professor of Mining Engineering, University of Kentucky

July - December 1992 & May - July 1993, Research Scientist, USBM, Pittsburgh Research Center, sabbatical leave appointment, Bruceton, PA

Summer 1990 ‑ Research Associate, U.S. Army Summer Faculty Research and Engineering Program, Fort Rucker, AL; aviation safety

August 1982 ‑ June 1987, Assistant Professor of Mining Engineering, University of Kentucky