1942
Born to Courtenay Stuyvesant Overin and Janet Kathleen (Raitt) Church in Santa Ana, CA.
1964
Earns a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Pomona College.
1980
Earns a Master of Fine Arts in painting from California College of the Arts.
1981
Is a fine arts instructor at Indian Valley Community College in Novato, CA.
1982
Is the coordinator of education at the National Energy Foundation in San Francisco, CA.
1983
Is the associate director of continuing education within the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California through 1986.
1984
Earns a Master of Public Administration from California State University, East Bay.
1991
Earns a Doctor of Philosophy in medical sociology from the University of California San Francisco.
1991
Teaches as assistant professor of sociology at North Dakota State University through 1996.
1994
Is a researcher and consultant for West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger, ND, through 1998.
1997
Is the director of women’s studies at North Dakota State University through 2002 and an associate professor through 2003.
2001
Is University Senate Presiding Officer at North Dakota State University through 2002.
2002
Receives the Presidents Professional Development Award from Women’s World in Kampala, Uganda.
2003
Is named Professor of Sociology and becomes chair of the Dept. of Sociology-Anthropology at North Dakota State University through 2006.
2006
Is Inducted into Tapestry of Diverse Talents and receives the Presidents Development Award from the American Sociological Association.
2007
Is named professor emerita by North Dakota State University and maintains this title.
2009
Is named California Academy of Sciences docent and San Francisco Asian Art Museum Storyteller through present.
2010
Is named Instructor at Cappadocia University Community College, Mustafa Pasa Turkey through 2012.
2018
Is named coordinator for the Parkinson’s Family Caregivers Support through present.
2020
Is named School Programs Docent at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum.