Lakeland College

Position: Chair of Education Division; Professor of Education and Psychology

Education: B.A., College of Literature and Foreign Language, Tehran, Iran
M.S., School of Rehabilitation and Social Welfare, Tehran, Iran
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

First Year at Lakeland: 1981

Professional achievements: 1996-1997 Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award, Wisconsin Foundation of Independent Colleges and Wisconsin Power and Light Company; 1996-1997 Outstanding Faculty, Alumni Association of Lakeland College; 1984-1985 Outstanding Professor of the Year, Lakeland College; 1983-1984 Outstanding Professor of the Year, Lakeland College

Community involvement: January 1994 to December 1999, Dean of Graduate Studies, January 1997 to present, Faculty advisor to the Mortar Board, National College Senior Honor Society, Lakeland College; September 1995 to present, Member of the board of governors of the Dorothy Danforth/Compton Program, Milwaukee, WI; July 1994 - December 1999, Liaison, Lakeland College and the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools; September 1987 to present; Member of the Curriculum Committee, Lakeland College; September 1986 - August 1988, Faculty representative to the Dean's Cabinet, Lakeland College; September 1985 to August 1988, Faculty representative to the Student Governmental Association of Lakeland College; September 1983 to present, Coordinator of human relations component of teacher certification and supervisor of field experience in education, Lakeland College; September 1983 - August 1989, Member of the board of directors of St. Jude's Children's Center, Sheboygan; September 1979 to July 1980, Member of the advisory board of Global Education - Cultural Understanding, Edgewood College, Madison; January 1979 - May 1979, Coordinator of Governor's Conference on Labor Market Information Coordinating Council, Madison.