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About Doug...

American Citizen born in Dixon, Illinois on 18 April 1961.
36 year-old tourist murdered in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on 2 July 1997.
ESL Instructor at Kyung Hee University in Seoul, Korea at time of death.

ACTIVITIES/ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
1. Co-Host OHK Television Station (Japan) "Post, Let's Communicate in English", including script writing, interviewing guests, and field reporting (1990-1993).
2. Organizer Intercultural Pen Pal Club (1991/1997)
3. Organizer Sanyo Basketball Club, Okayama, Japan (1991-1994)
4. Certified Open Water Deep Sea Diver from Calypso Diving School
International, Phillipines (11 July 1996) and Certified Advanced Open Water Deep Sea Diver (19 July 1996)

EDUCATION/DEGREES/TRAINING COURSES/CERTIFICATES:
RSA/UCLES International Examinations/CTEFLA Course in New York City at the International House Teacher Training Center for English Studies (CES)(29 January 1996 - 23 February 1996)
CTEFLA - Certificate in the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language to Adults (23 February 1996)
CELTA - Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (23 February 1996)
1988 - Teaching Cert from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California
1985 - M.A. History - Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University(VPI), Blacksburg, Virginia USA
1983 - B.A. History - Averett College, Danville, Virginia USA
1979 - Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School, Arlington, Virginia USA

HONORS:
Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities (1983)

PUBLICATIONS:
1. Author "Free Wheeling Across America" (unpublished).
2. Co-Author "Stretching Scrabble" - J.A.L.T. The Language Teacher, March 1994.
3. Author "Foreign Correspondence: An Effective Use of the Four Basic Skills" - J.A.C.E.T. Newsletter No 18, July 1993.
4. Author "Cross Culture Communication via Foreign Correspondence" - Global Issues in Language Education Newsletter, No 18, February 1994.
5. "Video Friend: Cross Culture Communication via Video" - The Language Teacher, Vol 19, No 7, July 1995.

PRESENTATIONS:
1. 1993 Regional J.A.C.E.T. Conference "Foriegn Correspondence: An Effective Use of the Four Basic Skills" (May 1993)
2. J.A.L.T. Chapters of Kagawa, Japan (28 November 1993) and Fukuoka, Japan (12 December 1993).
3. Presider at 1995 KOTESOL Conference
4. 32nd Korean Language Speech Contest for Foreign Nationals (28 May 1997)

MEMBERSHIPS:
KOTESOL
TESOL
J.A.C.E.T.
J.A.L.T.

ACRONYMS:
KOTESOL - Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
TESOL: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
J.A.C.E.T. - Japan Association of College English Teachers
J.A.L.T. - Japan Association of Language Teachers
ESL - English as a Second Language
CELTA - Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults
CTEFLA - Certificate in the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language to Adults
UCLES - University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate Embassy
CES-Center for English Studies (English Language Training in the USA)
IHWOS - International House World Organization Schools
ACCET - The Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training
RSA -


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