Myhra is a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow investigating the role of people and local communitites in energy project planning and decision-making. He is also a visiting lecturer in energy planning, Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. A graduate of Northern State College, North Dakota State University, he did his doctoral work in planning at Princeton University. He was formerly a senior scientist with the environmental systems department of Westinghouse Electric Corp.