Education

• Ed.D., Columbia University, Teachers College
• Prof. Diploma, Columbia University, Teachers College
• Prof. Diploma, Dowling College...SAS and SDA certificates
• Masters Degree, Columbia University, Teachers College
• Bachelor of Education, University of Hawaii

Courses Taught

Graduate and undergraduate education courses
• Children's Literature
• Social Studies Methods
• Human Relations
• Seminar in Student Teaching
• Language Arts
• Ed and Society
• Supervision of Student Teachers
• Learning Styles
• Creative Arts

Publications

Selected publications:
• International Perspectives on Teaching and Counseling Gifted and Talented Adolescents Through Their Learning Styles, my chapter on Korean. Adolescents, Praeger Press.
• College Teaching and Learning Styles,ed by Dunn et al. Allyn & Bacon.
• Teaching in the Inner City, ed by Catelli, my chapter on Asian and Hispanic Children's Literature: An Instructional Module for Pre-service Teacher Education. SUNY Press Book Publication.
• National Forum Journal, Dormitory Study of Freshmen Learning Syles. Psychological Reports, An Analysis of Change in Korean-American and Korean Student's Learning Styles.
• Education, Suh & Traiger, Teaching Values Through Elementary Social Studies and Literature Curriculum.
• Parents Guide Journal, Parents and Children's Literature: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How?

Presentations

• Presentations at the following Mediterranean Conferences:
  • "Proven Learning Styles Teaching Methodologies," Castellamare di Stabia, Italy.
  • "Western Society as Depicted Through Children's Literature and Social Studies." Istanbul, Turkey.
  • "Our Changing View of Childhood Through the Ages and Western Civilization," Carthage, Tunisia.
• Yearly presentations with Dr. Thomas DeBello at the International Learning Styles Network Board meetings in New York City.
• Presentations at the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development at national sites such as: Boston, New Orleans, San Francisco, St. Louis, Philadelphia, and New York City.

Association Membership

• Social Education Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development
• Pi Lambda Theta, Alpha Epsilon Chapter, Columbia University
• Kappa Delta Pi, Kappa Chapter, Columbia University

Committees

I established and founded the Dowling College chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, the education international honor society in 1979, and was recognized for my 25 years of service to this organization by the national headquarters.

I served as national chairperson for the Alumni Relations Committee and attended national meetings sponsored by Kappa Delta Pi . I also served on the national Budget Committee as a member.

At Dowling College I have served in the following capacities:

• Coordinator of Elementary Education for over ten years.
• Chairperson of the Faculty Personnel Committee for two years and member for four years.
• Faculty Senate

Club Affiliations:

P.E.O. a philanthropic sorority which sponsors scholarships for international students, and founded and supports Cottey College, a liberal arts college for women in Iowa.

Special Interests and/or Hobbies:

• Family... my two sons and husband, travel, and interesting people.
• Member of the Woodbury United Methodist Church and I support their programs for the poor, elderly, and church functions.

Additional links:

• Dowling College's website for Kappa Delta Pi, Xi Chi Chapter.

Additional Information:

I have been a professor at the following institutions: Hofstra University, St. John's University and Dowling College. And I am grateful and glad to be a professor at Dowling College, which has allowed me to have a wonderful life, meeting outstanding students and working with talented colleagues and staff members.