Meet the Instructor

Professor Emeritus, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Full Professor, University of Maryland Global Campus

Ph.D. – specializations in teaching writing,

enthymematic logic, and indigenous cognition

MFA – Fiction Writing

Cambridge Certified in Teachin ESL

Named as one of the top 78 teachers in America

48 years of full-time teaching

  • Fulbright Scholar
  • First Alaskan awarded the Christa McAuliffe Fellowship
  • Co-Winner, Distance Educator of the Year
  • Future Problem Solving National Coach of the Year
  • Twice lauded by the world press for excellence in education
  • Written about in Superlearning and Supermemory (Delacorte) and I Am a Teacher (Simon & Schuster)
  • National finalist, Benjamin Franklin Award, year’s best book about education
  • Grand prize winner, Las Vegas International Screenwriting Competition
  • Grand prize winner, Las Vegas International Screenwriting Competition
  • Grand prize winner, New Hampshire International Screenwriting Competition
  • Grand prize winner, Silent River (San Francisco) International Screenwriting Competition
  • Grand prize winner, Moondance International Screenwriting Competition
  • World finalist, Nebula Award, year’s best fantasy novelette
  • World finalist, Nebula Award and Hugo Award, year’s best science fiction short story
  • World award winner, Bram Stoker Award, year’s best horror novel