B.S. Geological Science, University of Washington (Advisor Darrel Cowan)

M.S. Geology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Advisors: Drs. Nancy Lindsley-Griffin, John R. Griffin, Ronald J. Goble, Robert Nelson (Emeritus), Philip R. Whitney)

Ph.D. Geology/Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Advisors: Drs. Nancy Lindsley-Griffin, John R. Griffin, Ronald J. Goble, Robert Nelson (Emeritus), Russell Nelson, Donald L. Johnson (Emeritus), Philip R. Whitney (Emeritus, New York State Geological Survey))

Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.