Her credentials include: Ph.D. 2000, University of California, Berkeley; M.A. 1994, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; B.A. 1983, University of Washington, Seattle; B.A. 1976, University of California, Berkeley. She is author of Imaginary Worlds In Medieval Books: Exploring the Manuscript Matrix, a book that establishes a comparison between medieval people’s intense and visceral interest in books and the current preoccupation of computer geeks with Internet virtual worlds like Second Life.