PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

PRESENTATIONS
Demonstrating educational and professional software and related products.
Giving talks to professional organizations: gave twelve talks at national and international professional conferences between 1989 and 2002, two for leisure industry 1996, 2003. Specialize in contemporary fiction of the developing world & British fiction 17th century through present.
Facilitating interactive workshops and seminars, detailed below under Training Design and Implementation.
Leading business and academic meetings, detailed below under Management; and Research, Analysis, and Publication. Giving dramatic readings.

WRITING SKILLS
Script revision & editing
Research for film industry
Technical writing
Research, humanities & social sciences, environmental issues
Grant proposals
Corporate reports
Speeches & briefings
Newsletters
Press releases
Manuals & handbooks
Web site text
Public relations
Advertising

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Web site text
Photography—SLR, digital

TRAINING & COACHING
Using standard English grammar and articulating words.
Public speaking to any audience, professional or general, all economic/education backgrounds, all ages.
Preparing for court appearances and depositions.
Interview competition for talent contests.
Dressing for professional careers, entertainment industry, leisure industry.
Etiquette for professional careers, interviews.
Table manners.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
President & CEO, Trans-Cultural Solutions, Incorporated, April 2003 to present.
Chair and Associate Professor, Teacher Education Program, Mercer University, July 2001-May 2002.
Director of Institutional Self Study and Grants Coordinator, Wesleyan College, August 2000 to July 2001.
Associate Professor, English Department, Auburn University Montgomery, August 1994-July 2000.
Director, Scholars (honors) Program, Auburn University Montgomery (AUM), August 1995-June 1997 (concurrently with Assistant Professorship). Two-year appointment by Academic VP.
Instructor, Spring Hill College, August 1990-June 1994.
Instructor/Graduate Teaching Assistant, English Department, Auburn University, August 1987-June 1990.
Teacher, Birmingham City Schools, Shelby County Schools, August 1980-June 1987.
Director of Public Relations, YMCA's of Birmingham; August 1978-August 1980.
Assistant Professor, English Department, Stillman College, August 1977-June 1978.
Editor of Internal Communication, the University of Alabama; July 1975-August 1977.

EDUCATION
Ph.D. English, Auburn University, June 1994: Sociolinguistics (language in everyday use), British literature, medieval literature. Dissertation topic: The Pastoral in Jane Austen’s Novels.
M.A. Special Education: Learning Disabilities, University of Alabama in Birmingham, August 1982
M.A. English, University of Alabama, December 1974.
B.A. English cum laude, Birmingham-Southern College, May 1971. Minor in French.

SUMMARY OF PUBLICATIONS
Seven articles, one monograph of original research in refereed journals 1985-2002. One article, a new theory of a Jane Austen historical source, is being considered for a book of essays by eminent scholars. Most articles concern politeness and the individual’s relationship to nature; all analyze everyday speech in contexts applicable to entertainment industry, business, and non-profits today.

One book, an edition of a late Renaissance English poet, 2004.

One archaeological guide for students, edited for a state historical site and monument; to be completed 2005.

Four book reviews on books about or by Jane Austen published between 1997 and 2000.

COMMUNITY SERVICE
Wrote $100,000 grant proposal, pending, for GSS in Dacca, Bangladesh, to help fund 750 primary schools for impoverished children and capacity-building project for impoverished and homeless adults, mostly women, to Public Welfare Foundation, November 2004.
Wrote successful grant proposal: New van and maintenance for Heart of Georgia Humane Society to PetSmart, Inc. Foundation, February 2004.
Recruited new members to Chamber of Commerce, April-May 2004.
Serve on two committees, Pilot Club International, Milledgeville, Georgia, March 2004.
Served as Macon PALS (People Advocating Leadership and Service) Advisory Committee Member and Site director for after-school tutoring program, October 2001-April 2002.
Write promotional brochure, news releases as Board Member, preparing Southeast-wide grant proposal involving Macon Concert Association, March 2001 to present.
Founded and served as first Regional Coordinator, JASNA -Alabama Region 1994-1997; Treasurer 1997-99.
Served on Board of Directors, SAVE (Save the Aquifer Vital to Environment), a Chilton County, Alabama, U.S.A., citizens' action group against a landfill toxic waste, summer 1996-spring 2000. Presented testimony in successful hearing before County Commission to prevent expansion of toxic landfill.

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC AFFILIATIONS
SIETAR: Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research
ASTD: American Society for Training and Development
AAUW: American Association of University Women
Milledgeville-Baldwin County (Georgia, U.S.A.) Chamber of Commerce
JASNA: The Jane Austen Society of North America
Pilot Club International