Joe Struss taught Computer Applications for over twenty years at Iowa State. He has a B.S. in Computer Science and Psychology from Iowa State University and an M.S. in Curriculum and Instruction specializing in Computers and Video which was also from Iowa State. Joe prepared for college by attending Blackhawk Junior College in East Moline, IL when he was a Senior in High School. Currently Joe works during the day as the Distance Education Coordinator for the Iowa Valley Community College District. In his spare time, Joe performed modern dance for over ten years and now runs his own Video Company "New Renaissance Video" and acts in plays with the Des Moines Playhouse and the Trans-Iowa Canal Company comedy troupe. Joe also writes Murder Mystery parties/LARP's and has participated in the last seven of the last nine Des Moines or Kansas City 48-Hour Film Projects. Joe has been working on his first Young Adult novel with the working title of "Moving Right Along- the Adventures of ClearEyes and DogBoy"