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 Teaching 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