Front Page Last Updated: 6/19/08 (Some sub-pages may be fresher than this.)    The Chinese character on the monitor means "hat," and I have made a hat with that character on it. It appeals to my sense of the absurd.

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Dave's Many Hats

Physics Education Researcher This is what I actually do for a living, research in Physics Education. This page has versions of talks I've given, a copy of my Doctoral Candidacy thesis on problem-solving methods, and a few pieces I've tried to get published. Dave's Eyrie Page Most of the active reviews and fiction stuff has been moved to this page. Writer Most of my writing is over on Eyrie, but my old LNH and Superguy stories are here. Catchall Remnants A few remaining pages that would have been linked in from now-gone pages are here, like my Shadowfist stuff.

    Here's a picture of my family if you're curious about the sort of people who were around in my formative years. From left to right it's my younger brother Scott, my younger sister Carole, me, my mom and my dad. The picture's from June 1994, when my brother graduated from Lawrence University in Appleton, WI.

    I went home for my sister's wedding (December 19, 1998) and took a lot of pictures. Unfortunately, just about every indoor shot came out too dark or washed out. Sigh. So, until I can get some copies of the professional wedding photos, here's me in a tuxedo and a group shot from the wedding. From left to right are my dad, my mom, my sister Carole (who was blinking, oops), and her husband Tim Clark. New: Here's a slightly larger group shot from the wedding. Standing from left to right are: my Grandma Chapelle (dad's mom...she remarried), my dad, my mom, my sister, her new husband, me and my brother. My Grandma DeSio is seated. Also, for those curious about the environment that would produce me, here's a picture of my family home, where I spent most of the first 18 years of my life, a fair chunk of the next four, and not nearly as much of the remaining years as my parents would like. :) There's actually still civilization on the other side of the house, there's a ridge right behind it which blocks view of anything else.

    A while back I started corresponding with a relative of mine I didn't know I had, Gerald Van Domelen. He's got a Family Tree Page (no longer alive, link courtesy of the Internet Wayback Machine) that can help explain where my name came from. I took the family coat of arms from his page and decopaged it onto a shield for this gift I made for my parents for Christmas 2003.