• Bachelor of Arts in English, with minors in History and French, Fitchburg State UNiversity, Fitchburg, MA.
• Master of Science in Business and Human Relations. Major fields of concentration: Business Administration, Management, and Persuasive Communications. 1980, Abilene Christian (now Amber U), Garland, Texas.
• Doctorate in Restoration and Eighteenth Century British Literature and History, with contiguous areas in the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. Minor: Linguistics. Study emphasis also on Composition and Rhetoric, Advanced Writing Theory and Literary Theory. 1995 (December), University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
• Diploma in Russian, Defense Language Institute, 1983. Honors graduate. (39 credits and equal to another Masters degree.)
• Sherman Kent School of Analysis, CIA, Washington, D.C. 2000 -2001. Problem solving for decision makers and analysis of policy events.
• Completed three (3) major courses in Counterintelligence at The Center for Counterintelligence and Security Studies (Major Capps).