Highlights of work in civic education and public diplomacy
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- writer of award-winning elementary school curriculum Democracy in Action*
- presentations on civic education at Vilnius Pedagogical
University (2008 and 2009), the XI and XII World Congresses on Civic Education
(Buenos Aires in 2007, Ifrane and Casablanca in 2008), and a conference on education for democracy in Baghdad (2004)
- designer of Arsalyn Program's conference series "Bridging the Partisan Divide: Rediscovering Deliberation"
- managed phase one revamp of CIVNET.org--a worldwide online civic education community
- principal development officer and grant writer at the Center for Civic Education, including Civitas International Programs
- managed partnerships between 20 civic education organizations in Europe, Eurasia, and the US
- contributor to Brookings Institution listening tour on US public diplomacy
- guest lecture on public diplomacy at Vytautus Magnus University Institute of Political Science and Diplomacy (2008)
- panelist,
"Presenting America to the World: The Public-Private Partnership,"
Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars conference "Cultural Diplomacy: Clash or Conversation?" University of Southern California (2009)
* Winner: California School Boards Association's 2007 Golden Bell Award for implementation in Glendora, California schools
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Promotional slide show created by Darius Udrys for Project Citizen--an international civic education program of the Center for Civic Education. Images from The World We Want, a Patrick Davidson film, used with permission. Music by www.freeplaymusic.com.
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| "Cultural Diplomacy: Clash or Conversation?" Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars conference at the University of Southern California. |
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