EXPERIENCE: Tom has been Associate University Librarian at the Cline Library, Northern Arizona University since 1993. He also is an Adjunct Instructor, University Honors Program. Prior positions have included: Head, Humanities/Social Sciences Department, Shields Library, University of California; Head of General Reference, Rockefeller Library and Science Center, Brown University; Head of General Reference, Wallace Memorial Library, Rochester Institute of Technology. He has been a Tutor in Philosophy at Worchester College, Oxford University, UK.

EDUCATION: Tom received an MLS from University of Pittsburgh, ABD, Brown University (Philosophy), M.A., Brown University, Philosophy. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, UK. Tom also has a B.A. in Philosophy, College of Idaho.

PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS (Selected)

"What Can I Say? Defining Civil Discourse in America." In _Revitalization of Citizenship in Arizona_ (Phoenix, AZ; Arizona Academy, 1996). Forthcoming.

"Introduction." In _Library Trends_ 44 (Fall 1995), ed. T. G. McFadden and T. J. Hostetler, 221-236. Special issue on "the Library and Undergraduate Education.

ASSOCIATIONS/ORGANIZATIONS:(Selected)

Chair-elect, College and University Libraries Division, Arizona Library Association (1995/1996)
Pew Roundtable (1994/1995, 1995/1996)
Northern Arizona University Faculty Senate (1995/1996).
President, American Society of Indexers (1993/1994).
Director, American Society of Indexers (1990/1991,
Tom has chaired other librarian associations in California, New York, and Rhode island.