1.2 - Meet the Instructor

Professor Emeritus, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Professor, University of Maryland Global Campus

Ph.D. – specialization in teaching writing

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

More About the Instructor

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Personal Life

Dr. G. enjoys playing rummy with his wife,  Noi.  In fact, they play rummy at every meal.  He is practicing to compete in the Olympics, in rummy. He is waiting for it to become an event. 

He loves teaching but also likes writing fiction (especially short stories), watching American football, and watching America’s Got Talent or Britain’s Got Talent because he likes seeing people succeed. 

He also enjoys building interesting houses. He once built a Thai-themed hotel in rural Alaska. His house at the beach in Thailand includes a treehouse office, a castle, and a guest house with a glass floor that looks down on a 15’x30’ pond and features his 13 babies: once-little koi that ain’t little nowadays! A 7’, 450 lb concrete Shrek guards the property from atop one of the turrets. Donkey and Puss ‘n’ Boots are also there to help out.