International educational consultant and professor. Educated at the University of California, San Diego; University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Washington. Taught at the University of Washington, The Ohio State University, Seattle Pacific University, and Mars Hill Graduate School (a seminary and counseling school).
Author or co-author of books on ethics, doctoral education, mathematics education, technical communications, urban transit, career development. Consulting writer and editor in many fields.
President of University Design Consultants, LLC. Active in university development activities in the United States, United Arab Emirates, Sultanate of Oman, Vietnam, Nigeria, and Pakistan. University Design Consultants provides assessment and development for colleges and draws on a large community of expert consultants.
As a contractor to the Foundation for International Services, I am a specialist in the evaluation of foreign university credentials for applications to receive H1-B and other US visas.
Recent books:
Blessed are the Pacifists: The Beatitudes and Just War Theory. Herald Press, 2006
Toward a Global PhD? Forces and Forms in Doctoral Education Worldwide, University of Washington Press, 2008, edited by Maresi Nerad and Mimi Heggelund. (I am co-author of the introductory chapter and the conclusions). This study looks at doctoral education around the world, with a special focus on Mode II doctoral study, the Bologna Process in Europe, and the Seattle Declaration of principles for the future of doctoral programs.
Forthcoming: A four-author study of international, US, and Washington State math education, with a focus on finding a way out of the deadlock between traditionalists and advocates of reform-based teaching methods. To be published by the University of Washington Press.
Meeting God, a novel based on study of ancient Arabian religion. To be published by the University Press of the South.
Under development: a co-authored study of Muslim and Christian perspectives on just war theory and international institutions that support justice.
Professor, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dean of Arts and Sciences, Accreditation Liaison, Accreditor for regional and national accrediting agencies, consultant, technical writer, medical writer, project manager.