After finishing her doctorate in Classical Archaeology at Brown University and her BA in Classical Archaeology at University of Michigan, Catheryn Cheal taught art history at California State University, Northridge from 1981 to 2004. She has numerous publications in her original field of ancient art and the latest book chapter, entitled "The Meaning Of Skin Color in Eighteenth Dynasty Egyptian Painting" was published by African World Press in Dec. 2004. She created and directed the Office of Online Instruction at CSUN for four years, which trained and mentored faculty, campus-wide, in teaching with technology. She moved to Oakland University, Michigan as Assistant Vice President of e-Learning and Instructional Support in 2004 to facilitate the creation of online courses and programs. A book chapter entitled, "A Taxonomy Showing Relationships between Digital Learning Objects and Instructional Design" was published in Summer 2006 by Informing Science Press and an article, “Second Life-Hype or Hyperlearning” in On the Horizon, Fall 2007. A chapter on “Implications of Open Source E-Portfolios” was published in The e-Portfolio Paradigm by Informing Science Press in 2010.