Very few things happen at the right time and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
-- Herodotus
"That should work. . . ."
-- motto of all support techs
My main job
I work for the Office of Information Technology where I've worked since 1984. I'm an old DOS dog, a trusty Windows hound, and an ardent Net rat. I can muck about with Macs and can at least find my way to the rest room with Linux.
My job right now is University Web Administrator at BSU. In that role I manage the strategic direction of the university's web presence. I'm also the supervisor of University Web Services, which is a web page service center for the campus.
My other job
I have an M.A. in Medieval European history (University of Utah, 1980) and a Ph.D. in the history of Early Modern Europe (University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1984). I teach courses on Western Civilization, the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Crusades.
Western Civilization, I began constructing on March 20, 1995. I actually taught a course on an RBBS system in 1994, which marked my first foray into virtual teaching. A course on the Crusades, a course on the the Late Middle Ages, and a course on the Reformation are my other efforts. You might also be interested in my Electric Renaissance course, which was my first foray into teaching on the Web. Pretty primitive, but I keep it around just as a curiosity. The course material at all my history sites is open to the public for browsing.
A spin-off of my Crusades course is the Virtual Pilgrimage to Jerusalem. It contains a description of the route a medieval pilgrim might take from southern France to the Holy Land.
I've put my dissertation on-line. It is entitled The Guilds of Early Modern Augsburg.
Hobbies and Diversions
Electronic music. The greatest hobby yet! You can take a look and listen
at IUMA, though the site has become terribly slow since it was bought out by a corporate giant. Everything
there is my stuff. I've been doing this since 1998 and have
self-produced seven CDs to date.
Another diversion is my Altearth Project. Visit it if you enjoy alternative history fiction.
If you have nothing better to do for quite a while, take a look at the infamous
Dogsmead Puzzle. heh heh
heh. . . . You might also consider the Question of the Decade
Personal Stuff
I have lived in Boise, Idaho since 1984. I've worked the entire time at Boise State University, first as a support tech and then as Webmaster.
I am married, with three children. My oldest, Timothy, is a board op and sound designer in theatre in Minneapolis. Samuel is a musician living in Seattle. Rachel, the youngest, works in childcare and also lives in Seattle. All are married and the eldest has a son, Alexander.
Debra, my wife, teaches government and history at Meridian High School and is the department head there. We have been married since 1969.
I was born in Richland, Washington in 1951. My hobbies include playing guitar and keyboard, wargaming, role playing games (especially GURPS), reading science fiction, and writing fiction and poetry.
This is Skip's personal home page. You can contact me at at my personal mailbox, or at sknox@boisestate.edu, which is my business mailbox. This page was last revised March 2004.