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EDUCATION
Ph.D. in International Studies; University of Miami, December 2006.
Dissertation: "Launching the DNS War: Dot-Com Privatization and the Rise of Global Internet Governance." Supervised by Dr. Vendulka Kubalkova.
M.A. in International Studies, University of Miami, May 1987.
Thesis: "Technology Transfer and Soviet American Rivalry: Prospects for the Decline of Bipolar Hegemony." Supervised by Dr. Duane Kujawa.
B.A. History, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1980.
Specializations: US History, Modern European History.
Languages. Native English. Intermediate Russian.
COURSES TAUGHT
1990-1991. Miami Dade Community College. Basic courses in DOS and wordprocessing.
These were skill-oriented courses for undergraduate and vocational students.
Summer 1988. Florida International University. Undergraduate Level Strategic Studies: "The Use of Force in International Relations: Power and the Political Object."
This was an undergraduate-level survey course on theories of war and strategic studies, reviewing the work of classic authors such Sun Tzu, Clausewitz and Wohlstetter.
EMPLOYMENT
Database Application Specialist, Freelance computer consulting since 1988.
Selected tools: MS SQL, DTS, MySQL, Delphi, InfoPower, VB.NET, Crystal Reports, PHP, Javascript, VBA, Access, DataPerfect.
Selected clients: BankAtlantic, Stearns, Weaver, Miller, et al. PA, South Florida Utilization Review, Elias Rudnikas, PA, Peeples, Earl & Blank, PA, Alpha Lyricom, Bank Sudameris, C:\LEGAL and Associates, Coulter Electronics, Dr. G. Sauer, Corp., Gomez, Fente, & Del Pino, PA, Florida Institute for Pain, Hoppe & Stokes PA, Insurance Marketers, Inc., Sapurstein & Bloch, PA, Kolb Publishing, Merrill Lynch Latin American Division, Alert International, Inc., Norm Roberts, PA, Storer Communications, Uniroyal Chemical Company, US Customs Service.
Current Project, ChoiceRanker.com (formerly Indaba.org).
Proof-of concept web-based platform for collaborative prioritization via Instant Runoff Voting.
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
University of Miami, President's Return Invitation Grant (August 1996- December 2006).
A one-year stipend and open-ended tuition waiver offered to a small group of advanced students who had left the University under special circumstances.
University of Miami, University Fellow (August 1985- May 1988).
A three year award of the University's most prestigious and generous scholarship.
University of Miami, Graduate Assistantship (August 1984- May 1989).
A one-year research assistantship, including tuition waiver and 15 hour per week work assignment under the direction of Dr. June Dreyer.
PRESENTATIONS and CONFERENCE PAPERS
August 2006. Russia's Great Power Interests. Institute of International Relations (in conjunction with University of Miami's Master of Arts in International Administration Program), St. Petersburg Russia.
November 2005. Who's the Boss? A Constructivist Perspective on The Genesis of Power and the Origin of Rule. US International Studies Association Southeast, Miami Florida.
October 2005. The Internet as a Global Infrastructure. University of Miami's Master of Arts in International Administration (MAIA): International Communication, Religion & Culture.
March 2003. Internet Governance. University of Miami's Master of Arts in International Administration (MAIA): International Communication.
February 2001. Post-Westphalia Dot Com. The Miami Group (UM/FIU Colloquium).
February 1988. "Gorbachev's Perestroika": What Does it Mean for US-Soviet Trade? University Of Miami, Institute of Soviet and East European Studies.
PUBLICATIONS
"Internet Governance Goes Global," in International Relations in a Constructed World, Vendulka Kubalkova, Nicholas G. Onuf, and Paul Kowert, eds. New York: M.E. Sharpe 1998.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Book Manuscript
Roots of Power: The Rise of Dot-Com and the Decline of the Nation-State (Revised dissertation).
Papers for Professional Meetings
"Deriving Common Interests from Animal Origins: The Generative Constraints of Global Polity," Paper proposal for the Global International Studies Conference, July 2008.