 Four years later he was offered a position at World College West (a private college in Petaluma, now closed) to direct the World Study and Mexico Program.This teaching position entailed living in Morelia, Michoacán, in the fall and winter, and in Petaluma in the spring, supervising a group of students doing language study and field research.During this time he established close relationships with the Purépecha people of Michoacán.