Experience Summary
I began my college career at Columbia University, N.Y. where I matriculated in the top 5% of entrants. I moved to Africa where I lived and returned 10 years later. I joined the United Nations where I worked at headquarters New York and later as a field officer in the Middle East and South Africa. Part of my assignment during my stay in the Middle East was to teach the local staff English. As a member of the diplomatic corps to Namibia, Southwest Africa, my task was to draft the preliminary paper to be presented at the General Assembly in respect of the independence of that country. I returned to the U.S. and worked as executive assistant to Bradford Morse, the Administrator of the United Nations Development program.
I moved to Australia thereafter and worked as the Assistant Cultural Affairs Office, U.S. Embassy in Canberra, Australia (the nation's capital). During this period I completed my Bachelor's degree in Professional Writing and literature under the tutelage of professors from Cambridge and Oxford. I began Masters of Development Studies (which is a comprehensive study of the histories and socio-political conditions of third world countries, which I completed in 1992. This was followed in 1993 by my return to the United States, where I completed my Ph.D. in Youth Advocacy.I have lived and worked overseas for nearly 30 years and have extensive knowledge of many cultures. Additionally I am conversant in a few languages.
Teaching Style
I have worked with students at all levels from pre-k to doctoral students and a present I tutor Master's degree students on how to write their dissertations. It is my contention that students are capable of far more than has been expected of them. The result of my perspective is that I now have students who are college professors themselves, teachers and IT professionals. Few if any of my students leave me without have a more global perspective of the world and a desire to make it a better place to live.