Music is the pleasure the human soul experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.  --G.W. Leibniz

STYLE: fair; encouraging; expects work & participation; emphasizes use of computer for some homework & quizzes; need text beginning first day of class; expects behavior to be appropriate for college level; dislikes interruptions (silence cell phones & don't bring kids to class); requires students to contact him regarding absences (to avoid drops) and make-up work before returning to class; regularly updates online grades

JOBS: Former mgr MC Financial Aid and A&R; taught computer science/math at CSU Fresno, FCC, COS & MC

TRAINING: Engineering major (College of Sequoias); BS Math/Computer Science (Cal Poly SLO);  MA Counseling & MBA (CSU Fresno); EdD Higher Ed Leadership at University of the Pacific (Stockton)

There is a fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'.  Dave Barry

FAMILY: Wife teaches at Tenaya Middle School; 1 daughter works as Speech Pathologist at UC Davis Med Ctr (after BS/MS at CSU Sac) + 1 daughter at ITP psych grad school in Palo Alto (MA Psych at ITP; BA at Berea KY) + son attending Baylor Univ (MCS Regent College; BA History from UCD) + 1 daughter working as Director of Children's Ministries at a Concord church (BA FACS from CSU Sac); allergic to pets & pollens; enjoys reading, traveling, research projects,  serving & singing at church 
 
If I feel unhappy, I do mathematics to become happy.  If I am happy, I do mathematics to keep happy.  --Alfred Renyi

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