Chicago Teaching Fellows, National Louis University, Chicago Illinois 2006
Shoreline Community College, Shoreline Washington, 2004-2005
University of Washington, Seattle Washington, Department of Asian Languages and Literature, 1973- 1975
Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan ROC 1971-1973
B.A. Asian Studies Pomona College, Claremont California, 1970
Diploma, Shorecrest High School, Shoreline Washington, 1962-1966
2011- Present. Volunteer, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Fishes Collection University of Washington, Seattle Washington
2006-2011. Collections Assistant, Department of Zoology, Division of Fishes. Editorial Assistant, Fieldiana, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago Illinois
1987- Present. President, China Pacific Ventures, Seattle Washington
Jones, C.C., Smith, W.L., and Sparks. J.S. 2010. A New Species of Rainbowfish (Teleostei: Melanotaenioidei: Bedotiidae) from the Makira Region of Northeastern Madagascar. Copeia 2010:284-291.
August 2010, pelagic trawling, aboard R/V Robert Gordon Sproul, San Diego Trench
September 2009, market collecting, Taiwan ROC
May 2008, Islas de Bahia, Honduras
April 2007, Northeast Coast, Honduras
2006-2011, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Gilbert Ichthyological Society