A brief, rearview-mirror bio:
Education
• Ph.D., American University, Washington, DC, Applied Anthropology, Ethnography of Learning, Social & Ed. Reform, Anthropological Linguistics. 1993
o Dissertation: National Mathematics Standards and Educational Equity: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Institutionalized and Emergent Forms of Classroom Discourse.
• M.Div., St. Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, PA. Theological Methods and Monastic Studies. 1988
• M.Ed., University of Pittsburgh, Pgh, PA. International Development Education Program (IDEP), Anthropology of Ed., Applied Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Ethnography of Rural Health Care. 1983.
o Applied Masters Project: Western Medicine as Folk Medicine in Rural Health Care: The Case of Sutatausa, Colombia, South America. 1982-83.
• BA, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA. Liberal Arts, Spanish. 1978
Teaching: University-Level undergraduate and graduate
• University of California at Merced, English as a Second Language
• Merced Community College, English as a Second Language
• Drake University, Foundations of Education
• Ohio University, Evaluation, Performance Measurement, and Spanish
• University of Virginia, Spanish
• St. Vincent College, Anthropology and Foundations of Education
• University of Pittsburgh, English as a Second Language
• American University, Department of Anthropology, Taboos
Teaching: Non-University Level
• US Department of State, Centro Colombo-Americano, Colombia, English as a Foriegn Language
• iTalki, Singapore based Online, English Language
• Albemarle County (Virginia) Public Schools, Kindergarten Special Education and English as a Second Language
• D.C. Public Schools, English as a Second Language
• Merced County (California) Public Schools, Digital iPad Art
• Merced County Arts Council, Enrichment Center, Digital iPad Art
Public Service and Research
• U.S. Peace Corps, Paraguay
• U.S. House of Representatives, Congressional Human Right Caucus, Washington, D.C.
• U.S. National Science Foundation, Dissertation Research, Small Grant for Exploratory Research, Washington, D.C.
• U.S. Department Health and Human Services, Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program, Migrant Farmworker Camps, Virginia
• US Agency for International Development, Academy for Educational Development, Juárez and Associates, Nicaragua and Guatemala
• Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, Tucumán, Argentina
• University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Dept. of Psychiatric Med., Under Fives Study Center, Charlottesville, VA
• Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Institute for Local Government Administration and Rural Development, Voinovich Center for Leadership and Public Affairs, Ohio University, Athens, OH
