- Ronald Takaki
Ronald Takaki (born 1939) in Oahu, Hawai'i is an ethnic studies historian. His work helps dispel stereotypes of Asian Americans such as the model minority myth. He strives "to write a more inclusive and hence more accurate history of Asian Americans, Chicanos, Native Americans as well as certain European immigrant groups like the Irish and Jews." He received his PhD in American history in 1967 from and served as a professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, …
- Marcel Danesi
Marcel Danesi has a PhD in Italian linguistics, and taught Italian for twenty-five years at the University of Toronto, where he is now the director of the Semiotics and Communication Theory program and a professor of anthropology, specializing in youth culture. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1999. Danesi is published extensively in English and Italian. He lives in Toronto.
- The Scary Guy
At 6ft tall, 18 stone and tattooed from head to toe ... The Scary Guy is quite possibly the most powerful Agent For Change on the planet today! The Power to Create World Peace Lives Within Each and Everyone of Us. - The Scary Guy 2000
- Robert S. McElvaine
Robert S. McElvaine is Elizabeth Chisholm Professor of Arts and Letters and Chair of the Department of History at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, where he has taught for thirty years. He is the author of nine books: *"Down and Out in the Great Depression: Letters from the "Forgotten Man" (1983) *"The Great Depression: America, …
- Alfred Menezes
Alfred Menezes is co-author of several books on cryptography, most notably the "Handbook of Applied Cryptography". Menezes is a professor in the Department of Combinatorics & Optimization at the University of Waterloo. He is also the Managing Director of the Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research.
- Michael Burawoy
Michael Burawoy is a Marxist sociologist, best known as author of "Manufacturing Consent" (a famous study on work and organizations) and as a leading proponent of public sociology. Burawoy was also president of the American Sociological Association in 2004 and is presently a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2006-2010, he is vice-president for the Committee of National Associations of the International Sociological Association.
- Nick Verreos
Nick Verreos (born February 13, 1967 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American fashion designer and contestant on the second season of the reality television program "Project Runway". He is currently the contributing fashion editor of "Frontiers" magazine.
- Orin Starn
Orin Starn is the Sally Dalton Robinson Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University. Starn is the author of "Ishi's Brain: In Search of America's Last Wild Indian"; his other books include "Nightwatch: The Politics of Protest in the Andes" and he is a co-editor of "Indigenous Experience Today", "The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics" and "Between Resistance and Revolution: Cultural Politics and Social Protest".
- Edwin G. Burrows
Edwin G. Burrows (born in 1943) is a professor of history at Brooklyn College, and is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of "Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898". He currently resides in Northport, New York. Burrows is the husband of vice president of Hofstra, Patricia Burrows.
- Dinty W. Moore
Dinty W. Moore (August 11, 1955-) is an American essayist, and author of both fiction and non fiction books, including his most widely known, "The Accidental Buddhist: Mindfulness, Meditation, and Sitting Still" (Algonquin Books). Moore's essays and stories have appeared in "The Southern Review", "The Georgia Review, Harper's Magazine, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Arts & Letters, Gettysburg Review, Utne Reader", and "Crazyhorse".
- James C Kaufman
James C. Kaufman (1974-) is an assistant professor at the California State University at San Bernardino, where he is the director of the Learning Research Institute. He received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of Southern California, where he worked with John Horn. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in Cognitive Psychology, where he worked with Robert J. Sternberg.
- Lori Jakiela
Lori Jakiela is an associate professor of English and the director of the writing program at The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. She is the author of "Miss New York has Everything" and "The Regulars".
- Lucian Turcescu
Lucian Turcescu, is a professor of theology at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. He emigrated to Canada in 1992, and obtained his Ph.D. in theology from the University of Toronto in 1999. Turcescu taught for six years at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, where he became an Associate Professor and Chair of the Religious Studies Department. In 2005, he was hired as an Associate Professor in the Department of Theological Studies at Concordia University.
- Kris Lane
Kris Lane is a professor of Latin American History at the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Author of "Pillaging the Empire: Piracy in the Americas 1500-1750" which was published in Britain under the title "Blood and Silver." He also wrote the book "Quito 1599." Professor Lane has also done a great deal of scholarship on mining in the Spanish colonies and has travelled extensively in South and Central America.
- Charles Blattberg
Charles Blattberg is a professor of political philosophy at the Université de Montréal. Blattberg grew up in Toronto and studied towards his undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto. In 1989, he was elected to serve and represent the university’s over 30,000 undergraduates as president of its Students’ Administrative Council. Between 1990-92, he attended McGill University where he received an MA studying under the philosopher Charles Taylor.
- Paul McEuen
Paul McEuen (born 1963 in Oklahoma) is an American physicist. He received his B.S. in engineering physics at the University of Oklahoma (1985), and his Ph.D. in applied physics at Yale University (1991). After postdoctoral work at MIT (1990-1991), he became a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He moved to Cornell University in 2001, where he is currently a Professor of Physics. He is one of the world experts on carbon nanotubes.
- Barry McKinnon
Barry Benjamin McKinnon (born 1944) is a Canadian poet. Born in Calgary, Alberta, he taught English at the College of New Caledonia in Prince George, British Columbia.
- Bruce Muirhead
Dr. Bruce Muirhead BA Honors, MA, PhD is a Canadian historian and an academic known for his groundbreaking work on Canada's foreign trade policy. Muirhead taught at Lakehead University from 1985-2006 where he was the recipient of a Distinguished Researcher Award. At the University of Waterloo, he teaches Canadian History, the American Impact on Canada, and Canada's Foreign Economic Policy in the 20th Century.
- Steve Rochinski
Stephen Rochinski (born 20 January, 1954) is a bebop jazz guitarist. He teaches Harmony at Berklee College of Music. He has released three CDs. In 1994, he wrote a book titled "The Jazz Style of Tal Farlow." Both Rochinski and his book were responsible for reintroducing Farlow to the jazz guitar community, where Farlow remained a major figure until his death in 1998.
- Victoria Wyatt
Victoria Wyatt is a leading ethnographer and art historian specializing in Northwest Coast Native American art. Wyatt was educated at Kenyon College (BA) and Yale University (MA, M.Phil, Ph.D.). She is professor in the Department of History in Art at University of Victoria, in British Columbia, Canada. Her books include "Shapes of Their Thoughts: Reflections of Culture Contact in Northwest Coast Indian Art", …
- Kent M. Brudney
Kent Meredith Brudney is an author and professor of political science at Cuesta College.
- Rand Dyck
Dr. Rand Dyck, Professor Emeritus, Laurentian University, is the author of the Canadian Politics: Critical Approaches textbook which is used in many Canadian Universities, and taught to students studying Political Science, Law, Economics, Women's Studies, Philosophy, Anthropology, Sociology, and History. Since 1993, Dr. Dyck has participated in the organisation of the Laurentian University Model Parliament, an event which has been featured in Maclean's magazine, …
- Herbert Deinert
Herbert Deinert is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of German Studies, Cornell University. He is a noted scholar focusing on German literature and intellectual history since the time of Martin Luther. His early work centered on the influence of Rilke on music but later focused on the works of Goethe, Faust, Hesse, Kafka, Mann, Brecht. More recently he has helped to understand the influence of Protestantism on Germany directly after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
- Mike Cadogan
Emergency Physician, Rugby Doctor and internet entrepreneur. CEO of HealthEngine.com.au, an health search engine designed to provide rapid contact with health professionals in Australia. CIO of Popfossa.com a world medical and allied health conference / scientific meeting resource. Emergency physician at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and resuscitation doctor for the Western Force. Passionate about medical education and running LifeInTheFastLane.com to help disseminate medical education.
- Philippe Phebus Dubois
Philippe Phébus Dubois started painting at the age of 30. During several years he studied the art of painting and drawing. Between 1989 en 1990 he spent a lot of time in Amsterdam, studying the work of Vincent Van Gogh. In the nineties his work evolved to more abstract art. In December 1998 he exposed his abstract work for the first time in the museum of Tubize (Belgium). Phébus currently lives and works in Brussels. (Brigitte Descartes, Doctor of Philosophy/History of Art.)
- Andrey Golub
BSc- Applied Mathematics/ Software Engineering, PhD- Systems Analysis and Design. Who's Who in the World- 2008 (Marquis), . Prof: IT/TLC/Web Project- Product Manager, Sr.Systems/ Business Analyst and Team Leader. Web: Web 2.0 Evangelist and Researcher (Marketing 2.0/ PR 2.0/ Community Manager) with some broad experience in leading Open-Community (and Open-Source) projects.Co-founder, VP and IT/Web Manager of Business Club 2.0 Milan-IN (official LinkedIn Italia supporter Club).
- Robyn Flach
Web designer/developer working in HTML, CSS, PHP, MySql, Flash, javascript, and utilizing the Adobe CS4 suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, on both Mac and Windows platforms. Experience in graphic, interior, and costume design. Extensive experience in general and operations management in the home and office furnishings industry.
- Idan Gafni
Idan Gafni is an award winning mobile expert and entrepreneur. Using a creativity technique he created named “Object Pairing”, Idan harnesses innovation to create mobile value added services. Services are based on mobile interaction, contextual awareness, user-generated content, and dynamic content, using the advantages of technologies such as SMS, MMS, IVVR, and WEB technologies. In the past, Idan served as the innovation manager of Orange Israel, part of the Hutchison 3 telecom group.
- Dr. Peter James
Dr. Peter James aka Boffin1157 born in the late 1950's in the United Kingdom. I currently live, work, and tutor in Northern Romania. I am engaged to Dr. Cristina Felea, teacher, translator and daughter of Romanian Poet & Writer: Victor Felea (1923-1993).Among my numerous qualifications to-date are a degree in Psychology and a 2nd in Forensic Psychology, the latter is my speciality.
- Yoshua Daely
Green Property and Resort Management. Has 30 years experience in Hospitality Industry, previously working with various hotels and resorts. Involved with The HITA properties. It is a luxury traditional home concept that will feature all exclusive private villas in a design that respects the surrounding environment, offer an enriching lifestyle experience that is based on local art, culture and community spirit.
- Maia Bittner
maia bittner is a young lady who worked at spock
- Tom Braatz Real Estate
Waukesha County Real estate, Waukesha County Real estate agents, Waukesha County Lake homes. Proud Parent of Spencer, Musician, Realtor, traveler, likes to be on water, or flying. Had an extensive science background prior to getting into Real Estate. Admires people that step up to the plate and accept responsibility, and not passing the buck on to someone else. Enjoys Goal oriented people that live out their dreams in life, and live each day as if it were their last.
- Jan de Vos
- Carlo Giovanni Maria Misani
Bachelor in Fine Arts, i worked in an Art Gallery for four years. Now i am studying Marketing and Brand Communication.
- Cristina Felea
I currently teach ESP to sociology and social work students in my home town Cluj, Romania. My professional interests also include literature studies - I've got a Ph.D. in Beat literature. I've always been fascinated by translation work - I've tried my best to give a Romanian "voice" to authors such as Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, and Peter Beagle.
- Rianne Doeve
www.spock.com/riannedoeve and http://www.HierMagHetWel.nl
- Mauro Magnani
SGI STUDIO GALLI INGEGNERIA SPA: SGI is an Italian leading consultancy specialised in the sectors of water, environment, energy, civil engineering and transportation. Since its establishment in 1920, SGI has expanded into a joint stock company that currently employs over 120 staff and has 8 offices throughout Italy. In order to support the implementation of major projects in the Middle and Far East and in North Africa. Committed to providing the highest standards to its clients, SGI has...
- Murty Bvns
Bookseller, Publisher, BOTB Indexer, Consultant in Office and Personal productivity tools specializing in Virtual Working. Founder of Project Vyas through which he is trying to teach people of all walks of life to use Internet for their personal and professional use. He is also part of Citizenship program proposed by Jaycees to teach Internet to ten million people over a period of time. Practitioner of advanced form of Yoga discipline called Purna Yoga an esoteric branch of Raja Yoga.
- Robert Haga
Robert Haga, Chief of Staff to Commissioner Chong. He was Vice President of Strategic Planning and USAC Operations at the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) in Washington D.C. Mr. Haga joined USAC in 1998 as its third employee, and during his seven years with USAC, he was responsible for a broad range of issues, including the high cost and low income support mechanisms, corporate finance, information technology, and audits.