Stan taught in and coordinated the photography program at Texas A&M University-Commerce (TAMU-C) where he was employed for 30 years. He was the lead for one of the first 5 digital photography programs at a US university. At retirement Stan was the Interim Head of the Art Department at A&M-Commerce. Stan is a Past President of the international organization, Photo Imaging Education Association, and also served as Senior Advisor to that group after his presidency. Stan has taught over 200 workshops in Massachusetts, Texas, Oklahoma, Nevada, California, Georgia and Louisiana. Stan is a nationally recognized educator of Adobe Lightroom and Digital Color Management. His photographic work has been published in hundreds of magazines, newspapers and books since 1978.
Stan holds the BFA from Rochester Institute of Technology and the MS from East Texas State University.