Amy achieved her Ph.D. in Education in 2005 from Oregon State University. She has dedicated over three decades to advancing aviation education, having logged over 3,000 hours of flight instruction, over 15,000 hours of ground instruction, and 400 hours of sim training. For the past 30 years, she has specialized in tailwheel and mountain flying instruction in the backcountry. Amy was the primary author of Mountain, Canyon, and Backcountry Flying which has sold over 5,000 copies.
A Full Professor in the Aviation Department at Central Washington University, Amy serves as a flight check instructor and assistant chief ground instructor. She has developed and taught over a dozen different aviation subjects at the collegiate level. Amy also serves on several national and international aviation-oriented panels.
