B.S. 1988 Portland State University - General Studies/Social Science

First Place, Society of Environmental Journalists, Outstanding Explanatory Writing (Print), 2009

     "Environment Becomes Heredity," Miller-McCune Magazine

First Prize, Fiction (Short Story), Willamette Writers Kay Snow Writing Contest, 1988

      "Mezzotint"

The Adriatic Sea: A Sea at Risk, a Unity of Purpose - Religion, Science & Environment Symposium IV, 2002

Black Sea in Crisis - Religion, Science & Environment Symposium II, 1997

Scripps Howard Institute on the Environment, Colorado University at Boulder, 2000