Paula Nielson

The Earth is her native land. Paula loves to visit far away places and cultures, and view different geological features of the earth.. She also enjoys exploring through books. She has enjoyed teaching and sharing her knowledge with others, particularly anthropology of religion. She enjoys research and writing. Having been born in the Philippines started a desire to search for knowledge about her birthplace, and about Scandinavia, the homeland of her ancestors.

As a professional librarian and researcher, Paula cataloged Arabic and Persian books at Princeton University and the Library of Congress. She was also a librarian at Brigham Young University, Loyola Marymount University, Rand, Boeing, Long Beach Community College and the Getty Research Center. She earned her master's in librarianship from the University of Washington where she also did research. Paula has written many library research tools and online classes, specializing in systems work. She also taught anthropology and library research classes which she created at the community college and university level..
Paula received a doctorate in Middle East Studies -- Anthropology from the University of Utah. She is particularly fascinated by the field of the anthropology of religiion and the culltures of the Middle East and Far East. Her dissertation followed the early marital customs in the Middle East which surprisingly favored the woman. Paula spent time living in Japan and Jerusalem. She treasured both her time in the east and in the west, particularly enjoying the people, cultures history and surroundings there. She is also somewhat of an armchair archaeologist of the MIddle East and the Pre-Columbian Americas.

Paula also enjoys cooking, especially delving into American standards, Japanese and Middle Eastern cuisines. She enjoys crochet, quilting, needlepoint and other handicrafts. She also enjoys travelling to archaelogical and geological sites and climbi