Contributors to February's AE-Extra
[Issue 2/2005]
Lynne Fukuda, an instructor of Anthropology at Windward Community College and a part-time instructor of Biology at Hawaii Pacific University, is a regular contributor to this journal in the monthly column, "The View From Here." Her previous column, "Fukuda's Chalkboard," can be found in the January-August 2002 editions of this journal, as well as various other writings in the 2001 editions. (E-mail: lfukuda@hawaii.edu ).
Mehnaz M. Afridi, originally from Pakistan, came to the United States with her family to pursue her higher education. She went to college in 1986 at Syracuse University where she obtained a BA in English and Religion with a minor in Psychology. She received her MA in Religious Studies, focusing on Jewish identity, post-holocaust literature, early Islam, and critical thinking. She is currently seeking her PhD from the University of South Africa. She also has taught at Hamilton College in both Jewish and Islamic Literature and sacred text. In Los Angeles, she has taught Jewish Diaspora, Israeli Literature, Muslim Modernity, Images of Islam, and Cultural Studies at Antioch College, National University, and American Intercontinental University. She is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Loyola Marymount University where she teaches both Judaism and Islam in the Department of Theological Studies. Ms Afridi has also co-edited a book on the Middle East as a long distance course on Islam, Middle East in Perspective. She is currently working on a book titled Naguib Mahfouz and Edmond Jabes: Modern Jewish and Muslim Secular Movements, University Press of America (May 2005).
Theresa Monaco, PhD, is professor of Gifted Education and director of the Center for Gifted and Talented at the University of Houston. She has published the Gifted Program Evaluation: Ensuring Equity and Excellence and edited the Biographical Dictionary of Gifted Education. Her web page is located at: http://www.uh.edu/~tmonaco.
Duo Jie is a Tibetan-born English instructor, vocational consultant, tour guide and humor provider. He is a big believer in the doctrine that all true wisdom is only found far from men, and a simple life is the key to end human sufferings. Over the years he has worked in a wide variety of professional capacities in both the public and private sectors in Alaska and Washington. He earned his MA in jurisprudence in 1995. It has been two years since he began teaching school in China and has, therefore, developed the expertise in handling enormous class sizes. In addition to teaching, he does a little trekking in the unexplored areas in Shangri-la--because he loves to.
Neal Hannon, CMA is an accounting lecturer for the Barney School of Business at the University of Hartford. In his tenth year of college teaching, following fifteen years working for large corporations, Hannon is the author of two books and numerous articles on the business implications of the Internet, with emphasis on the extensible markup language (XML). He is also a member of the board of directors of the IMA (Institute of Management Accountants).
Academic Exchange Extra invites reader response to any writings in this issue--especially articles advancing the scholarly debate of issues raised.
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