Education
Bachelor summa cum laude, University Minnesota, 1975. Master of Arts in Mass Commission, University Minnesota, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies, University Minnesota, 1996.
Bachelor summa cum laude, University Minnesota, 1975. Master of Arts in Mass Commission, University Minnesota, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies, University Minnesota, 1996.
Lecturer University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1975—1977, 1991—1996. Adjunct Metropolitan State University, 1987—1998. Assistant professor Western State College, 1998—2001, Penn State University, Altoona, since 2001.
Media advisor Cattleman's Days Association, Gunnison, Colorado, 1999—2001. Coordinator, designer communications program Pennsylvania State University, since 2001.
Co-director, producer: (documentaries) Tamarack, 1987-1998. Documentary America, since 1999. Co-producer: (feature length documentary) Granddaddy of Colorado Rodeos, 2006.
Exhibitions include City of Aurora Centennial, 2003, Cattlemen's Days 100-year, Quigley Gallery, 2000, John Mariucci, Gunnison Photo Gallery, 2000, 1999. Associate editor: Almanack.
Member of Working Class Studies Association, Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association (internet culture chair since 2003, working culture chair since 2005, executive board member), Organization American Historians, American Studies Association (working class culture chair, Great Lakes Book award), Pop Culture Association (associate editor journal, working class culture chair), Kappa Tau Alpha, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Douglas Francis Nemanic, December 30, 1988. 1 stepchild Geoffrey (deceased).