EDUCATION:

 

Ph.D. in English:  The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

M.A. in English: The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

B.A. in English: Suffolk University, Boston, MA.

 

Post Doctoral: Certificate in Technical Communication, Bellevue Community College: 2006

 

MOST RECENT TEACHING POST:

 

Prince Sultan University, KSA:  Associate Professor:

Communication and English 2007-2012

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

Previously Associate Professor of English at Hawaii Pacific University, Dr. Highland has more than 25 years of university level teaching & administrative experience to include international experience in the Middle East, the Philippines, Thailand, and the Federated States of Micronesia. A published author of fiction and nonfiction, his major publications are listed on this CV.

 

 

EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION AND COUNSELING

 

Education Programs Coordinator: Hawaii. City Colleges of Chicago: 1985- 87

Education Specialist: GS-09: 1710 Series. U. S. Office of Personnel Management: Department of the Navy: Navy Campus (Far East): 1978- 1985

 

 

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

 

Owner & Manager:  Highland Wordsmith   1996- 2006

(Professional Writing, Editing, and Public Speaking) 

 

 

RELATED EXPERIENCE:

 

U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer: Agricultural Extension and Education: Micronesia

Overseas residence: Eastern Caroline Islands; Palestine Authority; Greece; Philippines, Saudi Arabia,

Thailand

 

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

Authors Guild (of America)

Mystery Writers of America

American Philatelic Association

 

 

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

 

Who's Who in American Education (Current edition)

UNIVERSITY COURSES TAUGHT

 

Lower Division:

 

Communication Skills                           Critical & Creative Thinking

Creative Writing                                   Introduction to the Humanities

Introduction to Literature                  Development of Philosophical Problems

Expository Writing (All Levels)                World Literature

Ideas in Literature

Literature of the Sea

 

Upper Division:

 

Interpersonal Skills for Leaders and Managers (Organizational Communication)

Technical and Professional Presentations      

Creative Writing: Fiction                                                   

Shakespeare

Existential Literature & Modern Myth

World Mythology

 

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

 

Book Length Fiction:

 

Night Falls on Damascus: St. Martin’s Press:  2006

Ghost Eater: St Martin’s Press: 2003

The Mystery Box: Ana Libri Press: 1998