Here's
some basic info about me:
Birthplace:
Denver, Colorado
Birthdate:
June 10 (the same as Judy
Garland; Ethan
Allen (Vermont hero of the American Revolution), author
Maurice
Sendak; composer Richard
Strauss; Academy Award-winning actress Hattie
McDaniel; actresses Elizabeth
Hurley and June
Haver; actors Ray
Bolger, Kevin
Corcoran, Doug
McKeon, Sal
Mineo, and Andrew
Stevens (OK, so Andrew is not much of an actor);
Oscar-winning composer Frederick
Loewe; musicians Pat Benetar, Jim Croche, Howlin'
Wolf, Max
Roach, and Rod Stewart, novelist William
Styron; astronaut James
McDivitt; attorney F.
Lee Bailey, skater Tara
Lipinski; and the Chicago
Tribune -- quite the eclectic mix!)
Education:
I attended high school in Aurora,
Colorado. In 1976, I earned a B.S. in zoology
and psychology at Colorado
State University in Ft. Collins. During my junior &
senior years, I was the career development group
paraprofessional in the University
Counseling Center.
I earned my Ph.D. in counseling
psychology at Iowa
State University in Ames and completed my predoctoral
internship in psychology at the University
of Texas at Austin Counseling
and Psychological Services Center.
Employment:
For a more detailed overview, take a look at my vita.
After working one year at UT post-internship, I spent five
years on staff of the Western
Connecticut State University Counseling Center in
Danbury, Connecticut. I enjoyed getting to know New England
and New York City during my time there and still miss the
glorious fall colors.
In 1989, my partner and I moved to Chicago and I began work
at UIC in the Counseling
Center. I was on staff there through August '96 and
coordinated the InTouch
Hotline for two years. I then served as founding
director for the Office
of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns at
UIC. Our office was
commissioned in July, 1994 and opened its doors to the
public in November 1994. (We added "Transgender" to the name
in 1998). This is the only campus office in metro-Chicago
with full-time professional staff exclusively assigned to
serve GLBT communities. I left the office in July 2000 to
explore other career pathways. My current job, however, is
at Rush University
as the coordinator for accreditation processes for the Rush
Medical College. I also work with curriculum and evaluation
concerns, and am our liaison to the NBME.
I was quite active in the American
College Personnel Association. I also created the
original home page for the National
Consortium of Directors of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender Resources in Higher Education (and managed a
listserv for the Consortium) and created the original web
site for UIC's Office
of Women's Affairs.
Some of my other web work (alone or in collaboration)
includes A Real Read
(Chicago's premiere African-American lesbigaytrans
performance ensemble), Connie
Dugan's speech therapy site, Get
In The House (a house concert site), and QUIC:
UIC's GLBT Homepage. Some of these sites have had some
makeovers by others since I moved on.
In the mid-90s, I was part of a delegation that went to
Romania to help set up an AIDS Hotline in Constantza. The
lesbigay community there, in tandem with efforts from the
European Union finally got homosexuality decriminalized
(though social acceptance of gay and lesbian people has a
long way to go there). Lend
them your support.
Relationship:
My partner is Bill Karnoscak. He is the Registrar at
Rush University.
Prior to that, he was the manager of the McCormick
Educational Technology Center, also at Rush
University. We celebrated our 25th anniversary on
November 22, 2005! To celebrate, we went to Paris for nine
nights!
Parenthood:
We are caretakers of three felines: Merlin, Mason, and
Molly.
Travel:
Check out my photos from our
cruise through southeast Alaska in June 2000. (I know,
who wants to look at someone's vacation pics?) If you
haven't been, I hope these photos help inspire you to travel
to this amazingly beautiful place.
