Dachshund Days: More Than Just Pets

Virginia Badler is an archaeologist with a BA in Art History from the University of California Santa Barbara in 1970 and an MA in History of Art from the University of Toronto in 1972. She worked on her Ph.D. dissertation in Near Eastern Archaeology at University of Toronto characterizing the Late Uruk Period at Godin Tepe, Iran. Her observations of residues in the Godin Tepe pottery led to direct evidence for wine and beer production around 3200 BC. Her current interests include cooking, gardening, ancient and modern ceramics, writing poetry, and pets.

Norman Badler is the Rachleff Professor of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his BA in Creative Studies Mathematics from the University of California Santa Barbara in 1970, his MSc in Mathematics from the University of Toronto in 1971, and his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Toronto in 1975. His academic research involves developing software to portray and animate 3D computer graphics humans, both individually and in groups. He has supervised numerous PhD students, many of whom have become academics or researchers in the movie visual effects and game industries. At home he enjoys baking and being Ginny's sous chef. He can often be found in his big chair with a dachshund at his side.