Selected Publications:

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What Lean Means for Printers: Reducing Setups and Makereadies is just the Beginning. Flexo Magazine, September 2009.

Preregistering Print Cylinders on Press. NarrowWebTech Magazine, January 2008. Accompanying file.

Making Superior Plates Every Time. Flexo Magazine, January 2008.

Lean Printing: Pathway to Success Sewickley, PA: PIA/GATFPress

Estimating and Job Costing Digital Printed Matter. Electronic Document Systems Foundation 2007.

Why Aren't We Leaner in the United States. Flexo Magazine, November 2006.

Identifying High-Volume Printing Processes. Visual Communications Journal 2005 , 35-42. (Juried)

Increasing Flexo Shadow and Solid Ink Density with High-Line Screens. http://www.ids-publishing.com/

An Educator’s DRUPA Experience. Gravure Magazine, 24-29.

Designer’s Postpress Companion. Paramus, NJ: The National Association of Printing Leadership.
Press release
CreativePro Review

Gravure: Process and Technology. Rochester, NY: GAA and GEF. - Chapter 1 lead author and chapter 15 coordinator and contributing author for textbook.

Curriculum Development in Graphic Communication Degree Programs. 2003 – GATF Technology Forecast. 73-75.

Training from the Corporate Viewpoint. 2002 – GATF Technology Forecast. 93-94.

Do you have your Training Foundation in Place? Binding, Finishing, & Distribution, 4(6). 10-11.

So where do we go from here? Graphic Impressions, 1(3). 20-23.

Keif, M. G. and Stewart, B. R. (1996). A Study of Instruction in Applied Mathematics: Student Performance and Perception. The Journal of Vocational Education Research. 21(3). 31-48. (Refereed)

Performance of Students Completing Courses Using the CORD Applied Mathematics Curriculum in Four Missouri School districts. (Doctoral Dissertation, University of Missouri, 1995).

Creative Ways to Help Your Favorite Graphic Arts School. Images. 16(1), 2.

Color Stripping: A Guide for Process Color Image Assembly. San Luis Obispo, CA: Graphic Services & Seminars.

Trends in Book Publishing and Printing. Print Today, 2(21).

Waterless Offset Printing. Print Today, 2(2).