Columnist for Senior Spectrum (www.senior-spectrum.com). Former policy analyst for California Research Bureau, California State Library. Author of various reports for CRB, 1993 – 2006 (www.library.ca.gov/crb/). Former columnist for Knowledge Quest (American Association of School Librarians).

B.A. in Government, University of Redlands
Ph.D. in Government, Claremont Graduate University

Currently self-employed providing writing-related services (research, writing, editing, and book formatting for digital printing). See http://www.umbachconsulting.com.