B.Sc., Biology, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, 1974.
M.A., Anthropology, University of Chicago, 1979.
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Chicago, 1990.

Consultant, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, National Forensics Laboratory 1991-1994.
Post-doctoral Curatorial Associate, African mammals, Field Museum, 1990-1993.
Collection Manager, Division of Mammals, Field Museum, 1987-1989.
Lecturer, Loyola University of Chicago, Department of Anthropology, 1983-1984.
Lecturer, Beloit College, Archaeological Field School.

Biogeography and systematics of African mammals/behavioral ecology of the Carnivora/evolution of the Hominoidea/faunal analysis/taphonomy.

Research programs have been directed in two directions, one zoogeographic, the other taphonomic. For the past six years, small mammal surveys in the mountains astride the Albertine Rift have shown that these mountains house: i) independent small mammal faunas but with numerous elements in common; ii) Africa's richest soricid community, indicating that this area has been fundamental in the origin, diversification and maintenance of African shrews; and iii) Africa's richest endemic small mammal community, speaking to the long term isolation and stability of the region.

Taphonomic projects include wide-ranging inquiries into patterns of predation, specifically among felids and primates, carnivores and ungulates, eagles and primates, and owls and rodents. Data gathered includes analyses of sex and age, species composition, and body part selection and destruction. These analyses are fundamental in establishing predator-specific `fingerprints' and in deducing sociobiological attributes of prey and predator behavior.