Dr. Karin Ilona Paasche

Emil-Stade-Platz *

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Germany

Tel: (0049) 151-********

E-mail: abpdqg@r.postjobfree.com

Citizen: Germany; Perm. Resident: USA

EDUCATION:

Doctor of Education 1996

Teachers College, Columbia University, New York.

(Dept. of Languages; Literature and Social Studies in Education.)

Concentration: Applied Linguistics

Dissertation: Education in South Africa: Self-Definition and Definition of the Other A

linguistic analysis of South Africa s education policy documents.

(Director: Dr. Franklin E. Horowitz)

Master of Arts: Christian Spirituality 2000

Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska.

Thesis: Changing the Metaphors The Ignatian Spiritual Exercises and Linguistic

Analysis: A holistic theological and linguistic approach.

Certificate: Spiritual Direction and Retreat Giving 2000

Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska.

Master of Arts (English) 1993

University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.

Dissertation: Changing Social Consciousness in the South African English Novel after

World War II, with special reference to Peter Abrahams, Alan Paton, Es kia Mphahlele,

Nadine Gordimer.

Honours Bachelor of Arts (English and German) 1985

University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.

Evangelical Lutheran Theology (incomplete) 1974-1976

Kirchliche Hochschule Bethel / Westf lische Wilhelms-Universit t, M nster. Germany

Bachelor of Arts 1974

University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.

(Majors: English and German

Minors: Anthropology; Greek; Latin)

1. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Academic

Lecturer (Lehrauftrag)

April 2007 - date

Universit t Dortmund: Institut f r Anglistik u. Amerikanistik

Literature and Culture Courses: Culture and Life in South African English Literature in the Time

of British Colonialism; Perceptions of the Self and the Other : S. A. English Novel after World

War II in the time of Apartheid; Truth and Reconciliation; Women in SA Literature; Gandhi,

Mandela, Martin Luther King; The Enemy Within: Aids and Crime in SA; Blood, Oil Gold and

Diamonds: The Curse of Africa s Wealth; Before History Began: African Oral Poetry; We are

the world, we are the children : Children in Africa AIDS/Child Soldiers; It was easier to write

about the past : Post-apartheid SA literature; Arabia and Africa: The story told by its women;

Zanzibar: where East meets West in Africa

Admitted as Examiner to Exam Commission for Teachers in North-Rhine Westphalia

Coordinator (Head of Department)

September 2005 August 2006

Department of English / Department of Education

American University College of Technology, Halat, Lebanon

English:

Designing and implementing professional development workshops for English faculty; Developing

curriculum for newly designed English Literature courses; Coordinating and overseeing of Intensive

English and College Communication Skills Programs.

Education:

Developing and implementing Education curriculum submitted to Lebanese Ministry of Education for

approval. Designing and teaching Education courses; supervising Education Practicum in

cooperation with State University of New York on AUT Halat and Tripoli campuses. Supervising

Teaching Practicum at various Lebanese schools

General Adviser

April August 2005

Academy for Educational Development, Washington D.C. USA /

Supreme Council of Education, Doha, Qatar

Advising of School Management Teams in Conjunction with AED School Support in Qatar.

Coordinated and implemented School Support project; provided coordination and direction to

consultants; designed and drafted policies and procedures handbooks; trained management

personnel; provided training and professional development to all teachers and staff; as well as day-

to-day coaching and mentoring of all school staff.

This job required strong team building skills and cultural sensitivity as school communities

were enabled to move their school systems towards one envisioned by the relevant school

operator and the Supreme Education Council.

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Consultant and Head of Department

December 2003 March 2005

Middle East College of Information Technology (MECIT)

Knowledge Oasis, Muscat, Oman in collaboration with Center for British

Teachers

Analyzed education standards at MECIT; developed and implemented a skills-based English

Foundation and Semester program for Arab-speaking Muslim students preparing for an

internationally acceptable College / University education. The program, officially accepted by

Oman Ministry of Higher Education, re-organized the English curriculum into six-week units:

students progress faster and more meaningfully through foundation school. Many students

moved from 0.2 to 3.2 on TWE holistic grading scale within one Semester. Trained teachers in

twice-weekly workshops: emphasized a skills-based, collaborative approach to education and

understanding the needs of Second Language Speakers. Developed and implemented

Advanced English program for first Semester students; created and coordinated Writing

across the Curriculum syllabus. Responsible for training and providing leadership and

direction: a faculty of 24 teachers and 800 Foundation students; approximately 200 Advanced

English Semester full- and part-time students. The team I put together took the challenge of

putting in place a system foreign to them conceptually and practically; and learned to develop

their own culturally appropriate materials. I was able to motivate them successfully to

implement the program with discipline and consistency. In order to achieve these goals, I

researched and presented several all-faculty workshops:

A Profile of Arab-Omani Students: their history, needs, learning styles, attitude to

education, and to English in particular.

Perception and Reality in Cross-Cultural Learning.

Developed Teacher Guidelines: the educational philosophy and teaching approach of the

English Department

Assistant Professor Teacher Trainer

September November 2003

The Education Institute: Supreme Education Council of Qatar

Doha, Qatar

Worked in cooperation with The Centre for British Teachers Education Services and Partners /

Rand Corporation U.S.A. / University of Southampton to put into operation a Teacher

Preparation and Certification Programme. Implemented and further developed Teacher

Training Programme designed by University of Southampton; Mentored Student Teachers;

Supervised trainees during periods of school observation and student teaching.

Assistant Professor

August 2002 August 2003

Oman Medical College Muscat, Oman

(Private medical college in academic partnership with West Virginia University, USA.)

Developed and implemented Academic Writing, Reading and Research Programme for pre-

medical female students.

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Assistant Professor

September 1999 July 2002

Salem International University, Salem, West Virginia

TESOL Accreditation and Internship Supervisor: Second Language Acquisition; TESOL

Accreditation of Graduates. Teacher training for teachers and student teachers in cross-

cultural and second language situations elementary to tertiary level; training and certification

of teachers and student teachers preparing for teaching in second language situations i.e. in

ESL classroom as well as in situations where the content areas are taught in English as a first

language to second language English speakers; supervision of internees completing student

teaching; taught child psychology, educational psychology, human development, educational

technology, cross-cultural awareness; the cooperative classroom

Asked to become Head of Department of World Languages;

Consulted and advised on development of English Proficiency Programs -- Informatics

(Singapore) Far East English Programs e-degree programs;

Developed and implemented current Writing Programme;

Curriculum Design for Developmental Writing Course and ESL Bridge Writing and

Communications Courses;

Designed and implemented Global Issues Courses: The Global Economy; Perspectives on

Peace and War; The Possibilities of Intercultural Communication

Designed and Implemented: Advanced German (preparation for graduate German language

programme / Monterey Lang. Institute); Advanced Writing (preparation for Internship at

Washington Centre);

Co-ordinating and overseeing English Language Studies Programme

Assistant Professor (adjunct)

1989-1999

La Guardia Community College: City University of New York,

Long Island City, New York

Teaching English all skills, all levels; Team Leader of Committee revising Writing Curriculum;

Responsible for design of writing curriculum for advanced levels.

Associate Professor

1987-1988

Fort Hare University, Alice, Ciskei, South Africa

Introduced, designed and implemented Practical English Curriculum;

Designed self-study manuals for Practical English and English Literature; developed distance

education courses.

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Teacher: High School

1984 1986

Pace Commercial College, Soweto, South Africa

Senior English teacher in High School funded by South African Chamber of Commerce to

educate students to move beyond the apartheid Bantu Education system. Designed self-study

manuals used during civil war school disruptions; fostered educational and financial

sponsorship relationships with donors in Europe and USA; privately fostered students affected

by civil unrest.

1980 - 1981 St Dominic s Convent School, Boksburg, South Africa

English and Religious Education

Director: Computer-Based Education Centre

1981-1983

St Anthony s Adult Education Centre, Reiger Park, Johannesburg (1981-1983)

Used PLATO Computer-Based Education programs developed by University of Illinois, USA;

Students from: primary and high schools; tertiary education centres; national and international

businesses; mining industries; universities.

Conducted in-service training for education; commerce and industry.

Teacher training in all content areas in colleges throughout South Africa; administered courses

in basic educational psychology and methodology;

Negotiated and fostered cooperation between national and international commercial and

mining industries, and donor agencies (Control Data U.S.A. and Miserior Germany)

Worked with government and private education institutions to help relieve education backlog.

Responsible for approx. 800 students on-site; several thousand throughout South Africa.

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2. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Business and Business Language Training

October 2007 to date:

Independent freelance Trainer in English; Business English;

International and cross-cultural Business Communication

Continental Automotive GmbH, Dortmund English Trainer

The Language Centre, Dortmund

The Handwerkskammer (Chamber for small and medium-sized businesses:

Dortmund

Various international companies in and around Dortmund personnel from diverse

departments and positions.

English and International Business Communication

2002 - 2003

Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

Trained Senior Management Executives from Strabag and other International Businesses:

English; cross-cultural awareness; intercultural communication.

Director of Companies

1976 1986

Beton Roof-Tiles (Pty) Ltd, Pietersburg, South Africa

Roof-tile and building brick manufacturing factory, building and construction, warehousing,

approx. 600 employees.

Manager of Family Farm in Northern Transvaal, South Africa

1976 - 1979

Farming: Game; Simmental Cattle; Lucerne; Vegetable growing and marketing.

Personal Assistant

1970; 1977

President of Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (1977);

President of Berlin Missionary Society in South Africa, (1970)

Educational and community development amongst Venda and Sotho; Planning and

development of rural schools under jurisdiction of Berlin Missionary Society; Teacher training;

Relief work amongst politically displaced people

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LANGUAGES:

English (fluent native speaker)

German (fluent mother tongue)

Afrikaans (fluent first language proficiency)

Dutch (fluent reading and listening skills; speaking intermediate)

French (reading and listening skills)

Classical: Greek, Latin, Biblical Hebrew

African Languages: Zulu, Venda, Sotho (not fluent)

Arabic beginner

GEOGRAPHIC EXPERIENCE:

Work Experience:

Southern Africa (Zimbabwe, South Africa);

Germany; United States; Oman; Qatar; Lebanon.

Travel Experience:

Several European countries; Turkey; Israel; Syria, Jordan; Countries in southern Africa.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

Society of Research on African Cultures (SORAC)

International Conference: Nov. 7-9, 2002. (Paper presented)

C.S. Lewis Foundation OXBRIDGE 2002

14 27 July 2002 at Oxford and Cambridge Theme: Time and Eternity

Scholarship received: $1,000

Workshops

Ruby Payne: A Framework for Understanding Poverty. GEAR-UP Program, Fairmont State

College. West Virginia University, Morgantown. September 2001.

African Studies Association

Annual Conference, November 2005 (Washington D.C.)

Annual Conference, November 2003 (Boston, Mass.)

Annual Conference, November 2001 (Houston, Texas)

Annual Conference, November 2000 (Nashville, Tennessee)

Annual Conference, October 1999 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Maryknoll Affiliates

International Conference, August 2004 (Ossining, New York)

International Conference, August 2002 (Ossining, New York)

International Conference, August 2000 (Ossining, New York)

(Active Member: Global Concerns Committee)

Modern Languages Association

Annual Conference, December 2000 (Washington D.C.)

Spiritual Directors International

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HONORS/AWARDS:

2002: Fellowship: C.S. Lewis Foundation Summer Institute Oxbridge 2002. $1,000

2002: Who s Who Among America s Teachers, 2002. Seventh Edition, May 2002

1999/2000: Creighton University Scholarships: $2,000 each

1995: Sacred Heart Healing Community, New York: $2,000

1990: American Association of University Women Educational Foundation

International Fellowship: $13,000

1989-1993: Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Fellowship for Outstanding

Educators: April 1989: $3,000; March 1990: $2,000; March 1991: $2,000; March 1992:

$500; March 1993: $500)

Teachers College, Columbia University:

1989: International Fellowship: $10,950

1990: General Scholarship (Departmental): $2,400

1990: International Student Scholarship: $7,200

1995: Grant-In-Aid: $1,650

1988: Fulbright Scholarship: Ed.D.- Columbia University, New York City

PUBLICATIONS:

An Analysis of South Africa s Education Policy Documents: Self-Definition and Definition

of the Other . The Edwin Mellen Press. 2006. Lewiston, NY. ISBN:13:978-0-7734-5616-7

Education in Namibia; Education in Lesotho; Education in Swaziland; Education in

Mozambique; Education in Djibouti . World Encyclopaedia of Education -- Gale Group,

2001.

The Holocaust, South Africa s apartheid, hatred, forgiveness, new life The Green and

White 79::6:4. January, 2000

From the Dark Ages into the Age of Enlightenment Cover Story: The Adjunct

Advocate, May/June 1999, pg.21-22. [Explores whether Adjuncts should be unionised]

Sudafrica Desde La Perspectiva De La Educacion in Critica, Spain, May 1990, pp12-13.

[South Africa from an Educator s Perspective]

Teaching English in a Multicultural context in CRUX August 1989, pp.20-26

IN PUBLICATION:

The Sangoma s Girlfriend: a White Woman in Africa [A cross-genre novel explores literary

representations of the white woman in South Africa against the reality of one woman s

everyday life. It portrays a freedom struggle that goes well beyond the political; it explores

a white woman s understanding of herself as she moves into the world of the African

Sangoma, a traditional healer and priest in the African tradition of ancestor worship.] In

Publication.

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PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

Language: an Indicator of Past and Present . Society of Research on African Cultures

conference: Internalist vs. Externalist Interpretations of African History and Culture.

Montclair State University, Nov. 7 9, 2002.

Catholics and Protestants walk the steps of the eight-day silent Retreat. Guest Speaker:

Serra Club, Clarksburg, May 2001.

Prayer, Communication and Spiritual Direction Guest Speaker: Serra Club, Clarksburg,

April 2000

South African Society before and after apartheid, as portrayed by Nadine Gordimer

Salem-Teikyo University Faculty Colloquium, February 2000

Language and What it Tells Us About the Way We Think and Act: A Study of South

Africa s Education Policy Documents. NYS TESOL Applied Linguistics Symposium:

March 18, 1995 in New York City.

Education in a Multicultural Society. Guest Speaker: Delta Kappa Society; Alpha

Upsilon Chapter Initiation Dinner, May 5, 1992, Long Island, N.Y.

Global Sisterhood: Continuing our Commitment. Panelist: American Association of

University Women International Fellows Meeting: Washington D.C. March 9-10, 1991

Guest Speaker: Various AAUW chapter meetings: 1990 1991

WORKSHOPS (PRESENTED)

Arab Omani Students: A Profile. Inter-Faculty Workshop for teachers of Omani students in

Muscat, Oman. Muscat, May 2004

Violence and the effects of the Global Economy on Education. Maryknoll Global Concerns

Conference: Santiago, Chile, January 2002.

Globalisation and Social Justice for All. Four Part Adult Education Workshop. Topics: A

Healthy Economy, A Healthy Society? Control of the World s Food Supply and Corporate

Rule. The Image of the Human Being and the Language We Use. Africa. All Saints

Church, Bridgeport, West Virginia. Sept. Oct. 2001

The Back-to-Front, Upside-Down, Inside-Out, Topsy-Turvy World of the Second Language

Speaker. West Virginia TESOL, April 2001.

Africa, the Forgotten Continent Black History Month, Salem-Teikyo University, February

2000.

The Ear, the Eye and the Arm Read and Enjoy Summer Institute 2000, Eisenhower

Grant, Fairmont University.

Gaining Cultural Insights: South Africa Today . In-service training course: Edgemont High

School, Scarsdale, NY; March 1990

PROGRAMME REVIEW

November 2001: Consulting, review and assessment of English Proficiency Programme

used in Far East by Thames Business School and Informatics Singapore

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WORK IN PROGRESS

The feasibility of a Western Education in the Gulf a comment on some of the practical

aspects of the UNDP Arab Human Development Reports of 2002, 2003 and 2004 .

Omani in Origin Research into the self-understanding of the Zanzibari people of Oman.

Variations in Linguistic Perceptions in the Multicultural Classroom and Community.

(Collaborative Paper with Dr. Van der Giessen, Fairmont State)

Changing the Metaphors The Ignatian Spiritual Exercises and Linguistic Analysis: A

holistic theological and linguistic approach. (In Publication: Review for Religious, St. Louis)

The Last of the Titans [Mythical neuroses in White English Literature: the fear that the land

itself will revenge itself and reject those living on it.] (In publication in Literature Interpretation

Theory)

Voices from the New South Africa. (Ed) post-apartheid South African fiction.

TEXT BOOK REVIEW

Review and field-testing for publishers of ESL materials.

September 2001: Houghton Mifflin: Reaching Common Ground

May 1999: Field Testing: Heinle and Heinle Grammar in Action Bk.1

November 1998: Houghton Mifflin: So To Speak, Book Two

COMMUNITY SERVICE AND INVOLVEMENT

Education and Training (2003 2005) Catechists Ruwi Catholic Church, Muscat,

Oman

Spiritual Director (2000 2003) West Virginia Parishes.

Associate Retreat Director (2000) Christian Spirituality Program, Creighton University,

Omaha, Nebraska

Eucharistic Minister and Lector: (1989-1999) St Catherine of Siena Catholic Church.

Eucharistic Ministry: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York Hospital;

Hospital for Special Surgery

World Vision Childcare (1983 to present) sponsoring several children

Church, youth, community work (1987-1989) St Joseph s, Alice, South Africa

Fostering (1983-1989) children from various racial and ethnic backgrounds

Training of under-qualified black teachers (1970; 1980-1984)

Nursing and educational aide: House Adullam, Bethel bei Bielefeld (Germany) (1974

1976) home for epileptic and mentally challenged patients.

Social justice programs (Berlin Mission; Lutheran Church South Africa)

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REFERENCES

Prof. J rgen Kramer

Technische Universit t Dortmund

Head of Department:

Institut f r Anglistik und Amerikanistik

44221 Dortmund

Tel.: (023*-***-****

abpdqg@r.postjobfree.com

Dr. Frank Horowitz.

Teachers College, Columbia University,

New York, NY 10027

Tel: 212 / 678-3553

e-mail: abpdqg@r.postjobfree.com

Dr. Wathik Abdul-Razzaq.

West Virginia University.

Professor of Physics; Director, Introductory Physics Curriculum;

Department of Physics, 152 Hodges Hall,

PO Box 6315, Morgantown,WV 26506-6315.

Tel: 304-***-**** ext. 1422 Fax:304-***-****.

e-mail: abpdqg@r.postjobfree.com.

(Former Dean of Students and Head of Physics Department; Oman Medical College,

Muscat, Oman)

Dr. Daniela Plesa

Laboratory of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Boston University School of Medicine

715 Albany street, L-814

Boston, MA 02118-2526

Tel: 617/414-1308

Email: abpdqg@r.postjobfree.com

Dr. Linda Yoder,

West Virginia University

640 Goshen Road,

Morgantown, WV 26508

Tel: 304-***-****

Email: abpdqg@r.postjobfree.com

Dr. Nabil Husni,

Principal, Adma International School,

Jounieh, Lebanon.

Tel: 096*-*-******

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