Dr. Woods' CV

Courses I teach

Hi and welcome to my home page.  Since 1994 I've worked as the Asian Historian at Boise State University.  In 2003 I became the college's associate dean.

Boise State University is a great place to teach, research, and write.  In many ways, however, Boise is so far from where things started for me.  I was born and raised in the Philippines; for my first eighteen years I lived in Baguio City and moved to the United States following high school graduation.  While I have great memories of youth (especially the friends that made Baguio such a wonderful place to grow up in),  it is hard to beat a beautiful place like southwestern Idaho.  The University is supportive of innovative teaching and cutting edge research.  Once the work day is over, there is nothing I like to do more than to hang out with Karen (my wife) and Lindsay (our son).  We love walks, playing B-Ball, frisbee golf, mountain biking, snow boarding, fly fishing, and anything that we do together as a family.