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Business Description: I am a journalist and educator. I'm an Asia buff and technology geek who has lived on four continents and in 14 times zones. I've taught at grade levels from kindergarten to coll...
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Business Description: I am a journalist and educator. I'm an Asia buff and technology geek who has lived on four continents and in 14 times zones. I've taught at grade levels from kindergarten to college.

As a journalist, Greg has been writing for publication for over 30 years. He's been writing and blogging for the Internet since 1996. He has written for Creative Webblogging, for About.com (a division of the NY Times Company), and for Suite101.com.


Degrees: M.S. in Education from Marshall University
Graduate Diploma in general linguistics from the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia
B.A. in psychology from Augusta State University

My Expertise: I am an educator, journalist, travel writer, technology buff, Asia enthusiast, and avid China watcher. I'm also a blogaholic.

I've lived on four continents and in 14 times zones. In the past 25 years I have worked in education, community development, economic development, journalism, and teaching in a variety of public and private settings in Asia, parts of the Pacific, and in rural Appalachia. My work as a journalist has included everything from being a beat reporter for a daily to working as editor-in-chief of a small college paper. I have been blogging and writing online for over a decade now.

I am licensed to teach in Georgia and West Virginia. I'm certified in a variety of special education fields (including autism and emotional and behavioral disorders), in reading, elementary education (preK to 6th grade), middle school math, middle school social studies, English language arts (6th grade to 12th grade), and educational leadership (administration, including superintendency).

I am a member of the International Reading Association (IRA), the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

Experience: I've lived on four continents and in 14 times zones. In the past 25 years I have worked in education, community development, economic development, journalism, and teaching in a variety of public and private settings in Asia, parts of the Pacific, and in rural Appalachia. My work as a journalist has included everything from being a beat reporter for a daily to working as editor-in-chief of a small college paper. I have been blogging and writing online for over a decade now.
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