Experience

EarthDiverse

• New Zealand
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  EarthDiverse incorporates the depth and breadth of human diversity—our social, cultural, ethnic, linguistic and religious diversities—with the vast but threatened splendour of the environmental and biological diversity of our world. At the heart of EarthDiverse is the notion of active engagement with diversity and the principle that learning should be fun and enjoyable in addition to being informative, and the approach that knowledge should be experienced and shared rather than simply known or understood. Todd currently offers... • courses on religious diversity (12 distinct courses are currently being offered) • language classes in both Hindi (Devanāgrī) and Urdu (Nastaʿlīq) • professional development • workshops and seminars EarthDiverse also offers: • educational resources • a seminar series on our natural history and biodiversity • events and activities • hands-on learning opportunities and experiential components ...all designed to better inform us of, and engage with, the multiple diversities of which we are an integral part. Show less


Religious Diversity Centre in Aotearoa New Zealand
• Centre Coordinator

  • Jun 2016 - Jan 2019


University of Waikato, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Studies in Religion

• Lecturer, Teaching Fellow, Research Associate

  • Mar 2011 - Jul 2018

  Part-time Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Waikato. Part-time Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Waikato.



School for International Training

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Academic Director, SIT New Zealand's Biodiversity and Conservation Programme

  • Jan 1996 - Dec 2005

  Academic Director for SIT's Biodiversity and Conservation Programme in New Zealand, based at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand. Duties include all aspects of coordinating program, including academic advising, budgets and accounting, teaching and arranging seminars and programs, personal counseling, and maintaining relations with local university officials and host community.

• Academic Director - SIT Nepal

  • Aug 1992 - Dec 1995

  Academic Director for undergraduate study-abroad program in Kathmandu, Nepal.



University of California-Berkeley

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Field Director, Berkeley Urdu Language Program in Pakistan (BULPIP)

  • Aug 1991 - Jul 1992

  Field Director for graduate program in advanced Urdu language studies; Lahore, Pakistan. Field Director for graduate program in advanced Urdu language studies; Lahore, Pakistan.



Syracuse University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor, Dept.of Foreign Languages & Literatures, and the South Asia Center

  • Aug 1989 - Aug 1991

  Language Instructor for course in Elementary Hindi-Urdu. Language Instructor for course in Elementary Hindi-Urdu.



Internews Network

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Administrative Director

  • Mar 1988 - Aug 1989

  Administrative Director for a non-profit organization involved in global social change. Worked in both the San Francisco office and helped to open the Arcata, CA office. Administrative Director for a non-profit organization involved in global social change. Worked in both the San Francisco office and helped to open the Arcata, CA office.



University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Field Coordinator, International Studies and Programs, College Year in India Program (CYIP)

  • Jul 1985 - Feb 1988

  Field Coordinator for College Year in India Program.

• Faculty Assistant, Department of South Asian Studies

  • Jun 1987 - Aug 1987

  Taught Intermediate Hindi for summer intensive language course.