Experience

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  Concerned resident of planet Earth

  • Greenbelt, Md.

  • Researcher, Analyst, Advocate

    • Aug 1942 - Present
    • Greenbelt, Md.
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  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / National...

  • Washington, D.C.

  • Social Science Analyst, Sustainable Development

    • Jul 1999 - Sep 2014
    • Washington, D.C.

    Participating in the EPA/NCBA Senior Environmental Employment program, I undertook research and analysis, writing and editing in the Sustainability Program in EPA's Office of Research and Development. EPA was deemphasizing some regulatory responsibilities in favor of more collaboration with t...

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  Center of Concern

  • Washington, D.C.

  • Research Associate for Asia

    • Oct 1988 - Jul 1990
    • Washington, D.C.
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  Appalachian State University

  • Boone, N.C.

  • Asst. Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies

    • Aug 1981 - Jun 1987
    • Boone, N.C.

    Team-taught interdisciplinary, cross-culture syllabus exploring pre-agricultural, agricultural, industrial, and post-industrial stages of humanity's trajectory; also courses in cultural anthropology, micro- and macro-economics, and issues in "3rd World" nations

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  Spelman College

  • Asst Professor, History

    • Sep 1970 - Jun 1973

    With an Ethiopian colleague, taught a popular course in Non-Western Civilization; also taught courses in Asian History and topics in developing ("Third World") countries. Obtained a U.S. Dept. of Education grant for Spelman that enabled me to lead a group of 22 faculty from 12 institu...

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  Agricultural Development Organization (ADO), Laos

  • Sayaboury province, Laos

  • Provincial Representative

    • Jun 1967 - Aug 1968
    • Sayaboury province, Laos

    With a Lao counterpart and working closely with the Royal Lao Ministry of Agriculture and the U.S. Agency for International Development, directed commodity and credit programs supporting multiplication of rice seed; provision of draft animals, and mechanical and chemical inputs for dry-season ric...

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  Peace Corps

  • Mahasarakham Teachers College, Thailand

  • College Instructor, English as a Second Language (ESOL)

    • Jun 1965 - Jun 1967
    • Mahasarakham Teachers College, Thailand

    Taught English as a Second Language in Mahasarakham, Northeast Thailand; interpreted and served as liaison for American road construction teams in Kalasin, Thailand