University of Massachusetts

Amherst, Massachusetts (1990 – 1993)

· Masters degree in Political Science

· Teaching Assistant

Friends World College

Huntington, New York / Kenya / Europe (1981 – 1985)

· Bachelors Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies

· Student Body President (1985 - 1986)

· Editor of Student Newsletter, Mooncycle (1985 – 1986)

WORK HISTORY

New York Times / Boston Globe / UMass Magazine / Special Projects

Freelance Contributor (1998 – Present)

· New York Times: National Desk, Metro, Education Life, CT Weekly

· Boston Globe: Magazine, Focus, Metro, World, Learning, Home, Food, Business, Op-ed, Travel, Special Sections

· A-Z International: Writer, project assistant

· Benjamin LaGuer Project

· UMass Magazine: Features

School for International Training

Nairobi, Kenya / Brattleboro, Vermont (1995 – 1998)

· Academic Director – Responsible for program design and execution for university students earning college credit in East Africa

Springfield Union-News & Sunday Republican

Springfield, Massachusetts (Circulation: 100,000)

· Staff Feature Writer (Living Section 1995)

· Business Reporter (Hampshire County Bureau 1989 – 1990)

· General Assignment Reporter (Franklin County Bureau 1988 – 1989)

· Town Reporter (1988 – 1990)

University of Massachusetts Prison Education Project

Gardner & Shirley, Massachusetts

· Instructor, “Basic News Writing” (1991)

The Recorder

Greenfield, Massachusetts (Circulation: 15,000)

· Town Correspondent and General Feature Writer (1986 – 1988)

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

· Teaching Assistant, “Ecology, Technology & Society” (1983 – 1984)

· Frequent contributor of opinion articles to The Minnesota Daily (1982-1984)

Ground Zero Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

· Assistant to the Director – Organized major benefit, produced brochure and assisted in outreach and educational campaigns (1983 – 1984)

Various Theaters

· Lighting Designer, Technical Director, Production Assistant, Stage Carpenter and Actor at theaters including:

The New York Shakespeare Festival, The Jean Cocteau Repertory Theatre, The Negro Ensemble Repertory Theater (New York, New York); The American Conservatory Theater, The Magic Theater (San Francisco, California); The College of Santa Fe Traveling Theater Company (Santa Fe, New Mexico); The Childrens Theater Company, The Guthrie II Theater (Minneapolis, Minnesota) (1974 – 1981)

OTHER TRAVEL

· Elderhostel tour leader of Holland, Germany and Poland: “European Jews Past and Present” (1989)

· Leader of Experiment in International Living travel/study tour of Kenya (1987)

· Full year travel in Europe researching and writing senior thesis on Green parties, including two months as a participant/observer (doing German – English translations) in the parliamentary press office of Die Grünen in Bonn, Germany (1984 – 1985)

· Full year study in Kenya, including conception and implementation of an agricultural development project for the U. N. Food and Agriculture Organization (1981 – 1982)

· Agricultural laborer (harvesting grapes) in Vingrau, France and construction worker in Salzburg, Austria as well as travels in Eastern Europe (1978)

· Toured New Mexico and Chihuahua, Mexico as technical director and actor in the College of Santa Fe Traveling Theater Company (1976 – 1977)

· Extended Travel in: Jamaica, Ecuador, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, South Africa, Botswana, Holland and Canada (1991 – 2001)