Professional & Service Activity
Professional & Service Activity
- Educational Consulting in Beijing, China
Educational Consultant, 2009- - Fulbright Senior Specialist, Ukraine
Officially selected as the Grantee for project #2904 at Petro Mohyla State University. , 2008-Description:
Conducted faculty and administrative workshops. Evaluated methods of teaching writing skills to graduate students of the Computer Science Department in order to transform the English language curricula for future engineers. Developed curricula that combined two elements: English language writing skills and soft and hardware engineering.
- Olbian Forum 2008 Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine
Strategies of Ukraine in Geopolitical Space, 2008-Description:
“Effective Communication for the Global Workplace”
- China "Foreign Experts Bureau" Nanjing, China
Guest of the Chinese government in Nanjing for educational consulting, 2007- - eKey Group, Software, Ningbo, China
2007-Description:
Training/consulting: technical writing and business communication to Project Managers, Program Managers, and General Managers.
- Antarctica Environmental Expedition
2001-Description:
Represented SJSU on an environmental expedition to Antarctica, working with an international community of environmental professors and educators, December 2000 through January 2001
- America Samoa
Government Consultant and Educator , 1981-2009Description:
Travel to American Samoa regularly to work out of ASCC, the Governor’s Office, Dept. of the Interior, the Industrial Park, and the US National Park. Dissertation chair for 13 doctoral students (all completed) and 26 master’s students. Also representied American Samoa in Washington, D.C., Department of the Interior.
- 10th Pacific Festival of the Arts, hosted by the Pacific Arts Alliance
Participant and judge, American Samoa, 2008-Description:
Multi-week Festival with 27 Polynesian, Micronesian, and Melanesian countries represented, through the Organizing Committee for the Pacific Festival of Arts
- Singapore
Taught MBA students, 1996- - Writing Requirements Committe, University level, SJSU
1990-3000 - Technical Writing Task Force, Committee Chair
1990-3000 - Masters Theses Reviewer, Graduate Studies and Research Office
1993-3000 - Dean's Vision 2015 College of Engineering
Committee Member, 2009-2011