Masters in Teaching English to Speakers of English as a Second Language from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, May 1995.
Masters of Political Science from Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas, May 1999.
TEACHING CERTIFICATIONS AND SPECIAL TRAINING
Current Kansas State Teaching Certification, grades 7-12, in:
--English as a Second Language
--German
--Spanish
--American History
--World History
--Political Science/Government
July 1998 Completed TESOL Academy Course on Reading strategies and issues in TESOL in Summer TESOL Academy at in San Antonio, Texas.
May 1991 Completed the colloquium in TESA(Teacher Expectations/Student Achievement)--a six month program involving training in teacher classroom evaluations and the conducting of peer evaluations in a non-threatening environment for students.
Fall 1985 Completed a special teaching block through the Cooperative Urban Teacher Education (CUTE) program in Kansas City, Kansas emphasizing the practices in cross-cultural and inner-city educational environments and appropriate methodologies.
TEACHER TRAINING GIVEN
June 30, 1990 Workshop on Kansas and German History, Goethe Institute Germany
May 23, 1992 Workshop on Basic TESOL Methods, AJET Conference, Kobe, Japan
June 14,1994 Workshop on Cross-Cultural Training, Niigata Teacher Training Center, Niigata, Japan
October 30-31, 1995 Workshops on Integrated Testing, Centro Cultural Nicaraguense Norteamericano, Managua, Nicaragua
December 17, 1995 Workshop on Basic TESOL Methods, Centro Cultural Nicaraguense Norteamericano, Managua, Nicaragua
January 23, 1996 Workshop on Integrated Testing, TICA TESOL, San Jose, Costa Rica
February 6, 1996 Workshop on TESOL Methods, Asociacion Nicaraguense Profesores de Ingles (ANPI). Leon, Nicaragua
April 25-July 6, 1996 Workshops on TESOL and Language Training for Secondary and Primary Instructors of English for ANPI, Managua, Nicaragua
July 16-18, 1996 Workshops on Cross-Cultural Awareness and TESOL Methods, NICA-TESOL 1996, Managua, Nicaragua
April 15,May 27 1997 Workshop on use of Media in the Classroom, Midwestern State University ELI, Wichita Falls, Texas
November 1997 Workshop on developing Integrated Testing, Midwestern State University ELI, Wichita Falls, Texas
April 22, 2000 Workshop on using Internet and Media for All Skills, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
March 2001 Presentation on "European Federalism" at THE IMAGE OF EUROPE 2001 Conference for the Society of the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery by the Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery in Colorado Springs , Colorado
February/March 2002 Presentation on the "Second Language Learner as Outsider" at THE OUTSIDER 2002 Conference for the Society of the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery by the Society, Colorado
November 24, 2002 Presentation on "Group Assessment and Activities in Large Classrooms" for the Monterrey chapter of MEXTESOL at academic session.
March 2003 Presentation on "Border Cities" at THE CITY 2003 Conference for the Society of the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery, Colorado.
March 2006 Presentation on "Portfolios in Writing Courses" for the English Language Unit at Gulf University of Science and Technology, Kuwait.
SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND STIPENDS
2002 Grant for Center for Teaching Excellence, Texas A & M University Grant for development of a multicultural course on the "Outsider in American Literature and Film"
2000-2001 Teaching Assistantship for Department of Political Science (TA) at Texas A & M University
Fall 2000 Research Scholarship for the Association to Unite the Democracies Freedom Research Scholarship towards development of both published and non-published conceptual and quantitative papers on "federalism, its expansion in Europe, and its role in relationship to democratic peace theories"
1995-1996 Fellowship for the United States English Teaching in Nicaragua
Summer 1995 Research Fellowship, J. R. Pearson Fellow for International Studies and Research for research on Japanese foreign language and cross cultural education in public and private schools.
1992-1994 Fellow as Japanese Exchange Teacher, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
Summer 1992 Fellow for Federal Language Area Studies Fellowship in Guadalajara, Mexico
Summer 1991 Stipends for Goethe Institute German Teacher, stipends for study of foreign language methods and culture in Germany
Spring 1991 "Great Bend Mini-Grant" for Curriculum Development, Great Bend, Kansas
Summer 1988 Goethe Institute Stipend for Berlin, Germany
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
1981-1982 Big Brother in the Big Brothers-Big Sisters program, Newton, Kansas.
Summer 1982 Youth Camp Advisor at Lake Menno, Kansas.
Spring 1987 Youth Advisor and Sponsor for three week program to get youth out of the inner city of Berlin to a retreat center in Wuppertal, Germany.
Spring 1987 Leader of German Youth Home Stay project for an English Language learning project in Lancaster, England for German youth through the Catholic Church of Wuppertal, Germany.
Summer 1997 Volunteer Construction Worker in the building of a new two story workshop in a religious community which works with former convicts and men with drug problems in Burgos, Spain
1991-1992 State Coordinator of the Kansas State German Language Contest for High School students in Lawrence, Kansas.
July 1992-1994 JET Journal, AET Magazine, and Niigata Prefectural Friendship Association Writer as a Japanese Exchange Teacher in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
December 1992-1994 Member of JALT, Niigata Chapter while also actively helping with the Summer Conference of the Regional members of the Japanese Association of Language Teachers from neighboring prefectures when it was held in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
May 1993-June 1994 Presenter and Monitor of workshops on EFL Methods and Cross-Cultural Training at the National and Regional conferences for Japanese Teachers of English and Assistant Language Teachers of Japan in Niigata and Kobe, Japan.
January 1996-July 1996 Presenter on Testing, EFL Methods, Culture, and Group Evaluations at workshops in Leon, Nicaragua and at the international TESOL conferences in Managua, Nicaragua and San Jose, Costa Rica. Additionally, volunteered as coordinator of the national program committee in setting up the Managua International English Teachers Congress in 1996.
August 1996-October 1996 Writer and Talent for English Teaching Radio Program performed five mornings a week on KALOS Radio in Sapporo, Japan.
PUBLICATIONS
"Lebanon: Nearly One-Year After Transitions, Mourning and Growing Hope",The Touchstone, vol. XVI, No. 1, January 2006.
"What Is The Future Of A Federal Europe -- Visiting Europe 60 Years After WWII", The Touchstone, vol. XVI, No. 1, January 2006.
"2006: Emigrants and Americans as Guest Workers in the New Global Economy",The Touchstone, vol. XVI, No. 1, January 2006.
"Kuwaiti Women Get the Vote but Why did It Take so Long", The Touchstone, Volume XV, No. 3-4, pp 9-15
"Failaka Island: Oldest Kuwaiti Area Civilization",Kuwait This Month, 45, July 2005, pp. 51-54
"More Than Just Bad Memories:Depleted Uranium Weapon Remains And Their Effect On Local Populations",The Touchstone, vol. XV, No. 2, April 2005,http://www.rtis.com/touchstone/april2005/p11.html
"Voting From Kuwait 2004 And Voting In The Middle East 2005", The Touchstone, vol. XV, No. 2, April 2005, http://www.rtis.com/touchstone/april2005/p8.html
"Views From The Two Gulfs" THE TOUCHSTONE, VOLUME XV, No. 1, Jan 2005, pp. 18-22.
"Future of Europe and the Middle East Viewed from Divided Cyprus: Summer 2004" THE TOUCHSTONE, VOLUME XIV, No. 3, April-May 2004, pp. 19-23.
"Dear Robert Fulghum, Author of All I Really Needed To Know I Learned In Kindergarten"THE TOUCHSTONE, VOLUME XIV, No. 3, April-May 2004, pp. 14-16.
Kevin Stoda, "Fly on the Wall Perspective: Middle East", THE
TOUCHSTONE, VOLUME XIV, No. 2, April-May 2004, pp. 6-8.
Kevin Stoda, "Women's Day Middle East: March 8, 2004", THE
TOUCHSTONE, VOLUME XIV, No. 2, April-May 2004, pp. 8-10.
"Mexican and Critical American Memories of U.S. Foreign Policy under Woodrow Wilson and under the Two Bushes",THE
TOUCHSTONE, VOLUME XIII, No. 3, October 2003, pp. 29-30.
"Border Towns and Divided Cities, Divided Cultures: Imaginary or Real Walls?", in Eds. Will Wright and Steven Kaplan, Image of the City:
Proceedings from--2003 Conference: Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social ImageryPueblo, Colorado: Society of the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery
"Report from Cuba 2002-2003",THE
TOUCHSTONE, VOLUME XIII, No. 3, October 2003, pp. 19.
Kevin Stoda, "Peeking Through The Wall Between Mexico And The USA 2002", THE TOUCHSTONE,VOLUME XIII, No. 1, February 2003, pp.24-5.
Kevin Stoda, "A Peek Through the Texas/Mexican Wall: Living and Working in Meso-America 2002
Touchstone (Vol. XII, No. 4, September 2002), pp.14-15.
"Second Language Learner as Outsider." Eds. Will Wright and Steven Kaplan, THE OUTSIDER: Proceedings from--2002 Conference: Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social ImageryPueblo, Colorado: Society of the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery.
"Memory and the Vietnam War (Part 2)" The Touchstone, XII:2 (April/May) 2002.
"Memory and the Vietnam War (Part 1)" The Touchstone, XII:1 (February/March) 2002.
"Europe is Already a Federal State, so Let's Treat it as One: Rethinking Federalism 2000-a Conceptual Paper Eds. Will Wright and Steven Kaplan, THE IMAGE OF EUROPE: Proceedings from--2001 Conference: Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social ImageryPueblo, Colorado: Society of the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery.
"Lawyers and Activists must show Greater Teamwork in Saving the Innocent from the Gallows" The Touchstone, XI:1 (February/March) 2001.
"Germany's a Tough Market, but Jobs can be Found: a Personal Account of Teaching in Germany."
TESOL Placement Bulletin, 8:7, October 1998.
"Performance Assessment for Groups", TEXTESOL Newsletter, January 1996.
"A Conversation on a Train", Eds. Minoru Wada and Antony Comimos, Japanese Schools: Reflections and Insights, Kyoto, Japan: Shugakushi Publisher, 1995.
"Homo Milk: Abusive Language and Abuse of Language", The JET Journal, Summer 1994.
"A Burning Issue: the Need to Introduce "Beneficial Backwash" and a Testing-Teacher Partnership in Japan in the 1990s, The Language Teacher, 18:10 October 1994.
An Aggressive "AET MONEY CONTEST"": Ask me three Questions, please! The Language Teacher, 18:7, July 1994.
"The many Surprises of Nishikubiki-Gun", DOZO, June 1994.
"Tips for real Beginners from a Gaijin with an Attitude!" AJET Magazine, September/October 1993.
"Environment--can you live Environmentally Friendly in Japan?" AJET Magazine, July August 1993.
"Internationalization in America and Japan: What's it all about?" The JET Journal, Summer 1993.
"Gaijin Da!" in Japanese language in the Niigata International Association News, Summer 1993.
FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND OTHER SKILLS
--Language skills include Advanced German, Advanced Spanish, and Lower Intermediate Japanese.
--Prize winning photography skills along with experienced work as former local news camera man, KWCH-TV (USA).
--Understand basic HTML and able to create own web page.
CULTURAL SIMULATION COORDINATOR
Able to lead the following educational/training activities:
--BARNGA, a simulation of intercultural problems, conflicts and home sickness.
--FOXFIRE, a simulation of United Nations members Security Counsel solving the problem of Nuclear build-downs between two nuclear powers.
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
--Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (International) (TESOL)
--Arab Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
--Japanese Exchange Teacher Alumni Association (JETAA)
--Pi Sigma Alpha
--TESL Discussion Lists: TESL, Jobs, and Intensive English lists
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Some references:
Hana Abou Rahal, Academic Director
Al-Faisal Educational Establishment, Mecca Street, Behind Ahmadi Education Area,
PO Box 7879, Fahaheel 6009 Kuwait, Tel: +965 3924243/8 or 3921917/8 Ext. 104,
e-mail: [email protected] cell: (965)9827001
Margarita Edwards, Principal
Future Bilingual School, PO Box 7879, Mecca Street, Block 9,
Behind Ahmadi Education Area, Fahaheel, 64009, Kuwait
Tel: +965 3924243/8 or 3921917/8 Extension 108, Fax: +965 3921918
e-mail: [email protected] cell: 965-7954546
Deborah Dixon, Vice-Principal
Future Bilingual School, PO Box 7879, Mecca Street, Block 9,
Behind Ahmadi Education Area, Fahaheel, 64009, Kuwait
Tel: +965 3924243/8 or 3921917/8 Extension 108, Fax: +965 3921918
[email protected] cell: 965-7678914
Joanne Taylor
Business Development (Formerly Director of Studies, KPC Project)
TQ Group of Companies, PO Box 4697,
13047 Safat, Kuwait Mobile: (965)6075806 Email: [email protected]
Rebecca McCloy
Exams Officer, Coordinator of UD/UT and KNPC projects TQ Group of Companies,
Ahmady , TQ Group of Companies, PO Box 4697,
13047 Safat, Kuwait Mobile: (965)6947351 Email: [email protected]
Kelly Neal
Director of UD/UT and KNPC projects TQ Group of Companies, Ahmady
PO Box 4697,
13047 Safat, Kuwait Mobile: (965) 7141213
Dr. Bernard Brunner, Head of English Language Unit
Gulf University of Science
and Technology, P.O. Box 7207
Hawally, 32093 Kuwait
home phone (965) 563 3095 e-mail: [email protected]
work phone: (965)2240130 extension 5717
Zakara Ghabiyar, Coordinator of Writing
Gulf University of Science and Technology
P.O. Box 7207, Hawally, 32093 Kuwait
cell phone (965) 614-4474 e-mail: [email protected]
home phone: (965) 537-5033
Lic. Penny Ann Harrold Ellis, Directora del Departamento de Lenguas Modernas Phone: (81)8124-1000 , ext. 1304
University of Monterrey, Av. Ignacio Morones Prieto 4500 Pte., 66238 San Pedro Garza Garcia, N.L. Mexico
e-mail: [email protected] , Fax: 8124-1002
Salvador Venegas Escobar, Professor of English and TOEFL Coordinator, Department of Modern Languages Phone: (81)8388-5589, Cell: 04480603893
University of Monterrey, Av. Ignacio Morones Prieto 4500 Pte., 66238 San Pedro Garza Garcia, N.L. Mexico
e-mail:[email protected]
Mala Farmer Assistant Director Phone: (979)845-9516
English Language Institute, Texas A & M University, 2130 TAMU, College Station, TX 77801
e-mail: [email protected] , Fax: 979-862-4326
Dr. Jane Hughey, Former Director Phone: (979)845-7936
English Language Institute, Texas A & M University, 2130 TAMU, College Station, TX 77801
e-mail: [email protected] , Fax: 979-862-4326
Dr. Phyllis Lim, Director Phone: 971-6-5050433
Intensive English Program,
University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah United Arab Emirates
e-mail: [email protected] , Fax: 971-6-5050429
Jennifer Hok, ex-Coordinator e-mail: [email protected]
Assistant Director of the
International Program, St. Stephen's School, 2108 Pasadena Drive, Austin,
TX, 78757
,
Summer Phone: (603)224-7272 Fall Phone: (512)327-1213
Henry Clancey, Instructor e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
(318)445-2751
406 Idlewood Dr.
Alexandria, LA 71303
Dr. Wendy Redlinger, Director Phone: (802)257-7751
USIA English Teaching Fellows (ETF) Program Fax: 802-258-3248
School of International Training, Brattleboro, VT 05302