Michael Ernest Jones acoety@r.postjobfree.com

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Varasiri Mingmuang estJones

T. Muangkao, A. Muang Khon Kaen http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelernestjo

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Khon Kaen, 40000 Thailand http://www.coroflot.com/huqquh

+6681- 545-3543 [Thailand] (720)

277-5344 [USA]

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project Manager/International Faculty

International Program in Design & Architecture, Chulalongkorn University,

Thailand, 2013-15.

Manage the administration of large international university program,

supervise office staff, and establish/regulate/publicize/implement

international exchange programs. Compose and implement MOU contracts and

cultivate new international partnerships. Recruit, evaluate, and counsel

International students. Create and manage a million dollar+ scholarship

program. Shape program's future vision and mission through Self-Assessment

Reports and author ASEAN University Network Quality Assurance evaluation

documents. Conduct program research and data collection, elaborate

communication policies, standardize formats and edit outgoing documents.

Oversee the organization of annual/quarterly student review event and

participate as critic in student reviews. Create design skills aptitude

exams & evaluations. Teach design and multimedia related courses and

develop new syllabi for future General Education courses. Provide student

counseling services: advising, learning support, and provide pastoral care.

Serve on Program Coordinating committees, liaise with faculty. Create web

materials and social media sites. Perform fund-raising and sponsorship

duties. Editor for regional design encyclopedia. Strengthen Alumni

Association and utilize it for more effective program functions. Plan and

execute exposition series, symposiums, colloquiums, and related multimedia

events.

Chair, PhD Program/International Faculty

Contemplative Education Center, Mahidol University-Salaya Thailand, 2010-

2012.

Designed and created an interdisciplinary PhD program, course of studies,

resources, and curriculum; performed as academic administrator of PhD

program; established international and national Board of Advisors; prepared

for international accreditation; developed quality indicators for programs,

staff evaluation, and student assessment; established liaisons and

collaborative partnerships with international and local-outreach

institutions; strategized and implemented international and local student

recruitment efforts; developed program promotion and social networking

plans; advised and mentored graduate students; taught research, innovative

studies, and transformative learning courses.

Dean of Faculty, Liberal Arts International Faculty - Multimedia-Design

Program

Asian University, Banglamung, Chonburi, Thailand, 2009-2012.

Managed/administered Faculty of Liberal Arts comprising seven programs

(undergraduate and graduate); Designated Program Leader: TESOL, Multimedia;

co-wrote new course/curriculum (Interactive Media, C&I, International

Business Media); wrote Quality Assurance procedures for program, staff, and

student assessment; initiated professional development program; created,

implemented, and enforced policies; established department research agenda

and journal; proposed new courses; developed budgets via long-range

planning; led student recruitment strategies, developed program promotion

and social networking plans; taught Multimedia/Design courses; and

advised/counseled students in personal, career, and academic related

issues.

Project Coordinator

Cultural Immersion Projects, School of Education, Indiana University, 2000-

2004.

Recruited, taught, mentored, and annually supervised 80-125 undergraduate

student teachers in three program phases (Classroom, in-country student-

teaching, and overseas student-teaching); conducted classroom sessions on

country-specific cultural, political, historical, and educational values,

and service learning in ten national contexts; conceived and adapted a

student self-evaluation tool; conducted student interviews three times

annually to counsel personal and professional growth; incorporated

pedagogical and cultural ideas in the design of a year long face-to-face

and media-oriented simulation activity; supervised and mentored student

teachers at local public schools. Created multimedia presentation for award

ceremony and one-year multimedia simulation.

Senior Program Specialist: Manager, Information & Promotion Unit

Aquaculture & Aquatic Resources Management, Asian Institute of Technology,

1995-2000.

Developed strategies and led team in addressing Southeast Asian institution-

building needs at eleven colleges in Information & Media Management

capacities and Human Resource Management; hired and supervised six staff

in: regional training, instructional systems development; information

management, and media production activities. Conducted/facilitated

training: library and information management; webpage development; audio-

visual production; and educational materials design/instructional

technology integration; acted as Managing Editor responsible for delivery

of publications: anthology book series, international newsletter, website,

technical publications, modules and manuals; authored: press releases,

promotional materials, program branding/logos/motto, brochures, best

practices and policies, program reports, organizational statements, journal

articles, and proposals.

Associate Program Officer - Education & Social Services

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Thailand, 1991-1993.

Monitored, assessed, and evaluated all educational, vocational, and social

service programs in nine refugee camps in Thailand sheltering Lao, Hmong,

Vietnamese, and Khmer; liaised with major international donors in

training/social service program design; assessed non-Indochinese (Burmese,

Sinhalese, Tamil, Afghan) refugee's needs; formed refugee education

committee in order to establish a K-12 school with multilingual curriculum

and teacher training program to serve 3000+ refugees; developed resource

and book libraries; formed assistance networks with institutions/agencies

and created a variety of educational and vocational programs benefiting

women, men, boys, and girls of at least ten different nationalities;

initiated primary education and skill training programs, tertiary

opportunities, and resourced and coordinated four international and local

scholarship programs; supervised four social counselors and supported

medical welfare programs, i.e., special services for HIV/AIDS cases and

abused children; co-wrote and produced teacher training video and manual in

three languages; prepared monthly reports, $200,000 annual budgets, and

program proposals.

Audio-Visual Agriculture Extension Specialist, Peace Corps-Tunisia.

Tribunal Manager/ Program Developer, American Arbitration Association.

Materials/Library/Curriculum Developer, Head Start Pre-School Program -

Eugene, OR.

EDUCATION

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

. Doctor of Philosophy. Major: Policy Studies - International Comparative

Education; Minor: Intercultural Communication [3.83 GPA + Fulbright

Scholar]

. Master of Science. Instructional Systems Technology (IST) + Distance

Education Certification

. Master's Program: Information & Library Science - 28 credit hours.

University of Massachusetts at Boston, Boston, Massachusetts

. Graduate Certificate. Dispute Resolution: Mediation and Negotiation

Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon

. Bachelor of Arts. Majors: 1. Communications (Intercultural, Mass Media);

2. Fine Arts (Film and sculpture); Minor: Human Studies

UNICEF/Claremont Graduate University/Rockefeller Foundation/IOCE

. Development Evaluation, 2013. [Emerging Practices in Development

Evaluations]

PUBLICATIONS

Jones, M. (In press). Learning to Live Together through Education in

Thailand. LTLT Country Case Studies/Discussion Document Series, 78 pg.

Paris/BKK: UNESCO.

Jones, M. (2014). Learning to live together and media literacy in the Thai

national curriculum. Learning to Live Together through Education in the

Asia-Pacific Region. Paris/Bangkok: UNESCO.

Jones, M. (2013). Buddha's Beacon & the Long Shadow of Thai Culture:

Spirituality and Education in Thailand. In Watson, J., de Souza, M. &

Trousdale, A.. (Eds.), Global Perspectives on Spiritual Education. New

York, NY: Routledge, Taylor and Francis.

Jones, M. (2009). The Social Movement of Spiritually Engaged Alternative

Education in Thailand Against the Background of Reform and Globalization.

Boca Raton, FL: Universal Publishers.

Jones, M. (2008). International Students' Cross-Cultural Experiences of

Learning. International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, Vol.4, (2)

November, 2008, pp. 39-72.

Jones, M. (2008). Thailand and Globalization: The Use of Reform Utilities -

Culture, Education, Engaged Spirituality, and Social Movements. In Hopson,

R., Yeakey, K., Camp, C., & Boakari, F. (Eds.), Power, Voice, and the

Public Good: Schooling and Education in Global Societies. Oxford, England:

Elsevier, pp. 419-453.

Plucker, J., Muller, P., Rapp, K., Jones, M., & Ravert, R. (2005).

Evaluation of Simon Youth Foundation's Education Resource Centers. Project

evaluation for Simon Youth Foundation.

Jones, M. & Hunter, J. (2004). Enshrining indigenous knowledge as a public

good: Indigenous education and the Maori sense of place. Indilinga: African

Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, 3(2), pp.103-111.

Jones, M. (2004). Forging an ASEAN Identity: The Challenge to Construct a

Shared Destiny

In Contemporary Southeast Asia, 26(1), pp. 140-154.

Jones, M. (2003). A hypothetical business plan highlighting approaches to

international and trans-cultural education. Global Business Languages 2002,

49-67.

Tuan, P., Little, D., Satapornvanit, A., Edwards, P., Linh, N., & Jones, M.

(2000). Fish Seed Quality in Northern Vietnam: State of the System Report.

AOP, Bangkok (English and North Vietnamese).

Tu, N., Little, D., Satapornvanit, A., & Jones, M. (2000). Fish Seed

Quality in Southern Vietnam: State of the System Report. AOP, Bangkok

(English and South Vietnamese).

Yoorong, N., Little, D., Edwards, P., Satapornvanit, A., & Jones, M.

(2000). Fish Seed Quality in Northeast Thailand: State of the System

Report. AOP, Bangkok (English and Thai).

Jones, M. & Korn, M. (1998). Aquaculture Distance Education in Lao PDR. The

T.H.E Journal, Vol. 25, No. 6, January 1998, 50-52.

Jones, M. & Korn, M. (1997). Aquaculture Distance Education in Lao PDR.

NAGA, The ICLARM Quarterly, July - December, 1997, Vol. 20, Nos. 3-4, 112-

113.

Jones, M., Trairat, J., & Wattanasiri, C. Presentations. (1997), English

for Agriculture, Unit 13. pp. 115-195. Nonthaburi,Thailand: School of

Liberal Arts, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University.

Jetsadapipat, S., Jones, M., & Trairat, J. (1997). Agribusiness, English

for Agriculture, Unit 8. pp. 117-188. Nonthaburi,Thailand: School of

Liberal Arts, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University.

Jones, M. & Soontornchai, S. (1995). Health Care Delivery System, English

for Health Personnel, Unit 10. pp. 243-316. Nonthaburi,Thailand: School of

Liberal Arts, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University.

Jones, M. & Sithi-amnuai, A. (1995, 2005). Computer Software and Languages,

English for Computer Users, Unit 3. pp. 153-220. Nonthaburi,Thailand:

School of Liberal Arts, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University.

PHOTOGRAPHIC PUBLICATIONS/EXHIBITS

Jones, M. (2011). Two Days After Death, A Photographic Tribute to Nathaniel

Nacho Cordova. Santa Monica, CA: iPhone Art, p. 81.

Jones, M. (2011). iPhoneart Gallery, http://www.iphoneart.com/mejones.

Jones, M. 2005. The Night Life of Plants (series of 6). One Foot After

Another: Photography. March 1 - April 2, 2005, Mark Woolley Gallery,

Portland, Oregon.

Jones, M. 2004. Retrospective (series of 10). Critical Mass 2004.

Photolucida Exhibit [CD-ROM].

Jones, M. 2002. Desert Ramadan; Tree Cheer; College Life. The Color of

Night Photo Exhibit, The Nocturns On-line Magazine,

http://www.thenocturnes.com/thecolorofnight.htm.

Jones, M. 1992. Spirits in the Street. Photo Asia, Vol. 2, No. 9, Sept.

1992, p. 16.

Jones, M. 1992. Still Life. Photo Asia, Vol. 2, No. 3, March 1992, p. 13.

Jones, M. 1992. Tunis Medina. 1992 International Calendar. RPCV Council,

Wisconsin.

Jones, M. 1991. Tunisian Nights. Peace Corps News, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1990-91,

Pp. 22-23.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Keynote Speaker: The 8th International Postgraduate Research Colloquium

(IPRC 2011): Interdisciplinary Approach for Enhancing Quality of Life,

"The Silver Lining Within Conflict." Srinakharinwirot University,

Bangkok, Thailand, 22-24 September 2011.

Third Annual ThaiSim Conference: Quality, life-long learning through

simulation/gaming, "The Utilization of a Cross-Cultural Simulation in a

Liberal Arts Program: Migration and the Experience of Multi-cultural

Patterns and Issues." Ayuthaya, Thailand, March 25, 2011.

. Third Annual Contemplative Education Center Conference: Happiness and

Transformative Education, "An International Perspective on Spiritual

Practices, Meditation, and Contemplation." Bangkok, Thailand, December 2,

2010.

. 52nd Annual Comparative and International Education Society Conference,

"Cross-Cultural Dimensions of Spirituality, East & West - Difference &

Dominance: A Case Study of Thai Buddhism." New York, New York. March 17-

21, 2008.

7th Annual Instructional Systems Technology Conference, "International

Students' Cross-Cultural Experiences: Perceptions and Metaphors of

Learning." Bloomington, Indiana. March 2, 2007.

. 51st Annual Comparative and International Education Society Conference,

New Scholars Workshop, "Thailand, Globalization, and the Use of Reform

Utilities: Spiritual and Alternative Education as Cultural Features of

Social Movements in Localizing Educational Reform in Thailand."

Baltimore, Maryland. February 25-March 1, 2007.

. 6th East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference, "Thailand

and Globalization: Now & Then. The Use of Reform Utilities - Culture,

Education, Engaged Spirituality, and Social Movements." Honolulu, Hawaii.

February 15-17, 2007.

. 48th Annual Comparative and International Education Society, "Enshrining

indigenous & traditional knowledge as a public good: Integration and

validation of Maori culture within the national science curriculum." Salt

Lake City, Utah. March 9-12, 2004.

. Politics of the Commons: Articulating Development and Strengthening Local

Practices, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, "Enshrining Indigenous

Knowledge as a Public Good: Issues Arising from the Maori Case." July 11-

14, 2003.

. 20th Annual Southeast Asia Conference, University of California-Berkeley,

"Forging an ASEAN Identity: The Challenge to Construct a Shared Destiny."

February 6-9, 2003

. CIBER 2002 - Global Interdependence and Language, Culture, and Business.

Duke University. "A Hypothetical Business Plan Highlighting Approaches to

International and Trans-Cultural Education." March 13-16, 2002.

. 46th Annual Comparative and International Education Society, "Cultural

Preservation within Globalization? Reflections on Education and Social

Change in Navajoland and Thailand." Orlando, Florida. March 6-9, 2002.

. 2001 Award Ceremony for Best Practice in Global & International Teacher

Education, American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE),

"Cultural Immersion Projects at Indiana University - Bloomington."

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