I was born in the small town of Williston, Vermont. I grew up in the country and spent my childhood fishing, mountain biking, and skiing. I started competing in track and field my sophomore year in high school throwing the shot-put and the discus.
In 1988, I came to San Diego to attend SDSU. I competed on the track team earning MVP and national ranking in discus and hammer.
I graduated from SDSU with a BA in Psychology and a minor in Biology in 1993. I entered the master's program with a teaching assignment that fall and earned a MA in Experimental Psychology in January 1997. My primary research interests are human performance and developmental biology.
In the summer of 1994, I met my wife Jenna B. Warner working as counselor at a summer sports camp for children. I knew after our first date that we would be married (she was not as sure as I was). We were married on July 25, 1998. Jenna is a first grade teacher in the Alpine Union School District and an avid runner. We have been married for 10 years and I love her more than the day we got married.
I received a California High School Teaching Credential from Chapman University in the spring of 1998 in Biology and General Science.
I became a Biology / Earth Science teacher at Ramona High School that fall and became a tenured faculty in the fall of 2000.
I had been teaching part-time at Cuyamaca College since 1995 and dreamed of teaching here full-time. In the spring of 2001, I applied to Cuyamaca College for a full-time psychology position. I became a full time faculty member in fall of 2001. I earned tenure in the fall of 2006.
Our first child was born on April 5, 2003. Ella Grace Weinert has changed the world as we know it.
Baby number 2 ( we call him Caleb Stephen Weinert) was born on July 18, 2006.
Two kids does change the amount of things that you can do in a day.
I still like mountain biking and try to ride at least something other than an exercise bike once a week. I also enjoy riding a fixed gear road bike and have competed in a few time trials on it and raced in the velodrome (I never finished last)...but I really enjoy the rush. I also love to fly-fish and surf fish.
