James B. Freeman

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EDUCATION:

Degrees

****- *** (Doctorate) of International Law, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge and Chelmsford, UK, ongoing expected graduation date 2013

2005-Masters/LLM of International Human Rights Law and Legal Studies; University of East London, UK

1997-Post Graduate Diploma in Public International Law; University of Nottingham UK

1995- Masters of Applied Linguistics, International Post-Graduate School, University of San Jose, C.R.

1990-BS Foreign Languages/ Sociology; the University of the State of New York, Albany, New York

Certificates and Courses

2012- Victim Assistance/Advocacy Training; Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center

2012- Forensic DNA for Officers of the Court; Presidents DNA Initiative

2012 Alternate Dispute Resolution/Arbitration and Mediation; ADR Services Intl

2012 Monitor and Evaluation (M & E) Fundamentals; USAID Measure Evaluation

2012 M & E Frameworks for HIV/Aids Programs; USAID Global Health e Learning Center

2011 OSHA Professional Certificate in Training the Trainers (HSE) Health, Safety and Environment; OHSA Academy

2011 Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health; John Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

2011 Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C); USAID Global Health e Learning Center

2009- United Nations HSE Health and Safety Certification Course

2009- Certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation, University of North Carolina (Mentor program), USA

2007-Conflict Management, Arbitration and Negotiation Certificate; Arizona State Attorney General’s Course, USA

2006 -Domestic Violence Aide ‘Safety Planning’ Certificate; Universal Classroom USA online

LANGUAGES Spoken Fluently:, English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Chinese, Portuguese and passable Dari ( Afghan)

Experience:

Sept 2011- Present: College of Applied Sciences- Sur Oman English and Chinese Teacher, Teaching College level International Law/Relations, communicative English and beginning Chinese to Omani Students

Feb 2011-Aug 2011: Child Protective Services/ Dept of Economic Security- Kingman Arizona; Completed 3 months of CORE training; learned to identify and protect children from child abuse and neglect, prepared for and attended court hearings, arranged for and facilitated visitation among family members, managed crisis situations, and handled vital administrative

duties such as-documenting case histories, managing case records, and entering case data into the state’s child welfare management information system, among many other duties ( resigned due to personal reasons; explanation upon request)

Dec 2009- Dec 2010: United Nations Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Training Officer; trained local and national staff in Capacity Building via English Language instruction, I worked as lead Training Officer assigned to provide courses for the International and Afghan Staff. I gave training seminars in different topics and venues that affected our staff on a daily basis including but limited to the following:

Victims Advocacy, Domestic Violence, Budgets and Financial Reports, Conflict Resolution, Ethics and Civility in the Workplace, Communication Strategies, Creative Problem Solving, Emotional Intelligence, Human Rights, Employee Motivation, Leadership and Influence, Torture Survival,

Conducted monitoring and evaluating (M & E) utilizing logical, results and conceptual based frameworks, measuring results from training,.

Mar 2006 –Aug 2007: United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNMIT) Dili East Timor, worked as CNE Electoral Advisor and Monitor, duties were to monitor the election process, report on findings and advise local staff as needed, helped in IDP Camps; Developed and technically assisted implementation of a monitoring and response system for children in conflict with the law, in close collaboration with provincial human rights and legal aid organizations and authorities, evaluated the end results of the monitoring process

Apr 2005 –Jun 2006: KBR- Halliburton- Baghdad, Iraq. Identified and documented health and safety risks, helped develop HSE documentation and procedures.

Mar 2003 –Feb 2005: The US Department of Defense: Used M & E inputs/outputs and Indicators to determine how many clinics experienced child/sexual abuse claims based on data gathered from war related cases versus non war related cases, reported on and monitored various projects, including fire and safety, human and civil rights, electricity, water and sewage and others utilizing specific, measurable, appropriate, realistic and timely (SMART) program based objectives, I also spearheaded and implemented an M & E program that identified specific alleged physical and sexual abuses of Iraqi children, conducted mediation and alternate dispute resolution sessions for the parents and children, victim advocate

November 1997- Dec 2002 – Taught English as a Second Language in various capacities in the Middle East, China, Taiwan, Atlanta Georgia

Aug 1993-Sept 1996: International Foundation of Education and Self Help: (IFESH) Libreville Gabon, Central Africa: International Development Officer: worked in areas of victims rights, domestic abuse, international law, especially alternate dispute resolution and mediation, sustainable development, democracy, governance, gender issues, and political, social cultural and economic development; Provided continual assistance to field offices and sub-national partners/counterparts for quality assurance of project implementation in the field of Justice for Children, specifically Legal Aid for Children

Apr 1992 –Jul 1993: US Peace Corps Volunteer: Guinea Worm Eradication Specialist: Jos, Nigeria: Gathered information on eradication efforts for the Guinea worm, including, clean water and well digging projects, utilized statistics on the village level thorough M & E Data, identified Guinea Worm infestations in local villages, utilized strategies to extract the Guinea Worm from infected areas of the body, conducted gender based M & E studies on the prevalence of the Guinea Worm

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