\vita{Eric Anderson was born during the winter of 1970 in Anchorage,
Alaska to Richard Anderson and Dorothy Ingebretsen.  He spent most
of his childhood years in Ojai, California.  After earning a high school
diploma in 1988 from The Thacher School in Ojai, he studied at Stanford
University in California for his first year at college.  During his
sophomore year he studied at Prescott
College in Arizona.  In 1991, he
returned to Stanford and earned a B.A. in Human Biology in 1993.  In
1994, he entered the School of Fisheries at the University of Washington
to study River Ecology.  After his first year of graduate school, his
interests became focused on statistical issues in the analysis of genetic
data from wild populations.  He earned his M.S. degree from U.W. in
Fisheries in 1998.  In addition to his academic
interests, Eric enjoys many active, outdoor pursuits, including  skiing,
hiking, rock-climbing, kayaking, trail-running, cycling, and tight-rope
walking.  His
permanent email address is
\texttt{eric.anderson@stanfordalumni.org.}   }
