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Education:<\/b><\/p>\n

Bel Air High School, Bel Air MD, 1962-66<\/p>\n

Brandeis Univ., Waltham MA,\u00a0 B.A. 1970<\/p>\n

Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond VA\u00a0 M.Ed., 1975<\/p>\n

Additional coursework in educational administration,\u00a0marine science, gifted education, and educational computing.<\/p>\n

Professional Certification:<\/b><\/p>\n

Virginia Postgraduate Professional Certificate with certification in grades 1-7, endorsements in gifted education, elementary supervisor and elementary principal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Work Experience:
\n9\/05-7\/19\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Assistant to the Director, Richmond Peace Education Center<\/p>\n

9\/98-4\/11<\/b>\u00a0 Instructor, University of Richmond Adult Continuing Studies, and other adult education programs<\/p>\n

6\/06-5\/10<\/b>, Adjunct faculty, Virginia Commonwealth University, Dept. of Education, TEDU517 Teaching Elementary School Science<\/p>\n

12\/78-6\/05<\/b>\u00a0 Teacher, Programs for Gifted, Richmond Public Schools.\u00a0Duties included instruction, curriculum development, testing and identification and training (retired 6\/2005)\u00a07\/2000<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0 Writer in Residence, Chautauqua Writer’s Center<\/p>\n

9\/89-6\/90<\/b>\u00a0 Adjunct faculty, Johns Hopkins Univ., Center for Talented Youth<\/p>\n

9\/81-5\/86<\/b>\u00a0 Instructor, “Writing the Magazine Article”, Virginia\u00a0Commonwealth Univ., Div. of Continuing Studies<\/p>\n

6\/83-6\/85<\/b>\u00a0 Computer Trainer, , Richmond Public Schools<\/p>\n

8\/76-6\/78<\/b>\u00a0 Teacher, 6th grade, Williamsburg VA public schools<\/p>\n

11\/75-6-76<\/b>\u00a0 Teacher, 6th grade, Petersburg VA public schools<\/p>\n

6\/73-6\/75<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Teacher Corps Intern, Virginia Commonwealth Univ.<\/p>\n

8\/70-6\/72<\/b>\u00a0 Teacher and Coordinator, Providence Free School, Providence RI<\/p>\n

Professional\u00a0 and Civic Activities:<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b>Editor, REAlworld and Actionline, Richmond Education Assn. newsletters,1980-85;\u00a0 Virginia Educators for Peace newsletter\u00a0 1982-86; NEA\u00a0Peace Caucus News, 1987-88;\u00a0\u00a0Faculty representative and Board Member, Richmond Education Assn.\u00a0 \u00a0Delegate to Virginia Education Assn. and National\u00a0 Education Assn. conventions.<\/p>\n

Workshop leader: Computer Literacy;\u00a0 Games That Make StudentsThink; Cooperative Learning Activities; Writing and Publishing Children’s Books;\u00a0 Changing Our World: Helping Students Organize for Social Change; Teaching Inductive and Deductive Reasoning; Creating Simple Web Pages
\nFaculty Advisor, Student\/Teacher Organization to Prevent Nuclear War, 1982-86<\/p>\n

Chairman, Richmond Nuclear Freeze Campaign 1985-88<\/p>\n

Participant, Youth Developers’ Institute (International training program), 1992-94<\/p>\n

Member, Editorial Board, Virginia Forum, 1990-2006;\u00a0Vice-Chairman, 1993-1995; Chairman, 1995-1998,\u00a02004-2006;\u00a0 American Forum Board of Directors 1993-95<\/p>\n

Member, Board of Directors, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, 2002-2008<\/p>\n

Member, Board of Directors, Richmond Peace Education Center, 1992-1997, 2002-2004;\u00a0Treasurer 1994-95; vice-chair 1996, 2002; chair 1997<\/p>\n

Member, Central Virginia Freenet Advisory Committee, 1994-95<\/p>\n

Member, Chesapeake Bay Foundation CLEAN (Children Linking with the Environment Across the Nation) Advisory Board 1996-97<\/p>\n

Member, Richmond Community High School Advisory Board, 1998-2004<\/p>\n

Member, Teacher Incentive Grant Committee, Richmond Public Schools, 1996-97<\/p>\n

Member, Teacher of the Year Selection Committee, Richmond Public Schools, 1997, 1998<\/p>\n

Curator:\u00a0 Binford Middle School Web Pages 1996-2005;\u00a0Richmond Peace Education Center Web Pages\u00a0 1996-99, 2005-present\u00a0http:\/\/www.rpec.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Member, Community\u00a0Gamelan Raga Kusuma<\/a>, 2007-present<\/p>\n

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Honors and Awards:<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b>Eagle Scout, 1963<\/p>\n

Finalist, International Science Fair, 1966<\/p>\n

Listed in Something About the Author\u00a0 v.81; Contemporary Authors, v. 131; and\u00a0Who’s Who in American Science<\/p>\n

Virginia Education Association Award for Peace and International Relations, 1988<\/p>\n

Finalist:\u00a0 1995 R.E.B. Awards for Teaching Excellence<\/p>\n

Finalist:\u00a0 1997 Richmond Public Schools Teacher of the Year<\/p>\n

Thomas Jefferson Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Natural Science\u00a0\u00a0Education, Virginia Museum of Natural History, 1999<\/p>\n

Finalist:\u00a0 Albert Einstein Fellowship program, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2001, 2003<\/p>\n

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