Experience

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  Intelligent Adventure Travel

  • Co Principal
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  Intelligent Adventure Travel

  • Indiana

  • Co Principal

    • Oct 2014 - Present
    • Indiana

    We lead dynamic, informative tours that explore in depth the history, culture, art, architecture and urban design of select global locations. In late June and early July each year we lead a tour of Rome and its environs. Like us on Facebook: Intelligent Adventure Travel.

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  STAR Consulting

  • Principal

    • Feb 1980 - Present

    Striving To Achieve Real ChangePresentations, workshops, and discussions on social change, racial and gender diversity and equity, pedagogy, urban communityConflict resolution and mediation training

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  Create the Green Age LLP

  • Co-Principal

    • Oct 2011 - Present

    Speak, consult, facilitate workshops, and write about sustainable design and urban regeneration.

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  Manchester University

  • North Manchester, Indiana

  • Adjunct Lecturer of Sociology and Peace Studies

    • Jul 2015 - May 2020
    • North Manchester, Indiana

    Teach the following courses: Introduction to Sociology (online and face-to-face), Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Inequality in the Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice Department and Mediation and Conciliation in the Peace Studies Program (the oldest such program in the United States).

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  Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW)

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Director of Peace and Conflict Studies

    • 2003 - Dec 2014

    Directed undergraduate certificate program: hired and supervised faculty; scheduled courses; advised students and certified graduates; supervised senior projects

  • Associate Professor Emeritus of Sociology

    • Aug 1979 - Dec 2014

    Taught undergraduate and graduate sociology courses; served as Graduate Director for 3 years; Director of Peace and Conflict Studies certificate program (College of Arts and Sciences) for 11 years; won 15 teaching awards at the local, state, regional, and national levels.

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  Michigan State University

  • East Lansing, Michigan

  • Teaching Assistant

    • Sep 1972 - Jun 1977
    • East Lansing, Michigan

    Assisted in and independently taught undergraduate sociology courses; co-facilitated a 2-day workshop for incoming graduate teaching assistants (2 years); achieved a Certification in College Teaching; won a university-wide teaching award