He is a graduate of the University of Regina (BA Hons English 1985, BSc Computer Science 1988), the University of Toronto (MA English 1989), and the University of Alberta (MDes 1999, PhD 2003). His PhD research was on the affordances of prospect for computer interfaces to large, interpretively-tagged text collections. His postdoctoral research dealt with browsing interfaces for electronic documents. His current research interests are in the areas of computer-human interfaces, humanities visualization, and information design. Interdisciplinary PhD in Humanities Computing, Departments of English and Art and Design University of Alberta. 2003. Dissertation title: Affordances of Prospect for Academic Users of Interpretively-tagged Text Collections. (pdf)