CREDENTIALS

• B.A., Political Science, UnibetsedÃ¥t ³Ò³ÜÃ¥³ó²¹²Ô
• B.A., CHamoru Studies, UnibetsedÃ¥t ³Ò³ÜÃ¥³ó²¹²Ô

ABOUT

Brett A. Fulkerson-Smith, Ph.D., specializes in the history of philosophy with an emphasis on German idealism.His primary research focuses on the philosophical methodologies of Immanuel Kant and J.G. Fichte — and the role of the imagination therein — and can be found in book chapters and scholarly journals like "Kantian Review," "Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain," "Epoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy,"Ìýand "Society and Politics."

He also contributes to the scholarship of teaching and learning, having presented on the transformation of physical learning environments in colleges and universities to facilitate deep learning among students, the use of argument maps in college classes, the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, and the Philosophy with Children (PwC) movement.

Before coming to the 91¿ì²¥, Dr. Fulkerson-Smith was Professor of Philosophy at Harper College, just outside of Chicago, where he served as a faculty member for more than 10 years.Ìý

CREDENTIALS

• Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Kentucky
• M.A., Philosophy, Boston College (Mass.)
• B.A., Philosophy, John Carroll University (Ohio)

ABOUT

ÌýDr. Bill Jeffery has been working as a maritime archaeologist for over 30 years. In 1990, Bill was a member of an Australian team that trained some of China’s first maritime archaeologists. Since 2002, he has been working on various aspects of maritime archaeology in Hong Kong and more recently the training of a number of local divers, and the implementation of maritime archaeology research and excavation projects, the first such projects to be conducted in Hong Kong. Bill’s background in maritime archaeology is in Australia, where after studying with the Western Australian Museum, he formulated and coordinated a maritime heritage program for a state government agency, Heritage South Australia from 1981-2001. He went onto working with the Federated States of Micronesia National Historic Preservation Office and completing a PhD in maritime archaeology at James Cook University. He is a consulting maritime archaeologist to ERM Hong Kong, and Research Associate with the Hong Kong Maritime Museum. He has implemented various types of archaeological and heritage investigations in Australia, the Pacific region, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and various countries in Africa. Bill has lectured in cultural heritage preservation, maritime archaeology and conducted maritime archaeology field schools with Flinders University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 91¿ì²¥ and James Cook University in addition to teaching Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) training programs in eleven different countries.

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Some current activities and project work can be seen at:

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CREDENTIALS

• A.D., Surveying, University of South Australia
• Graduate Diploma, Maritime Archaeology, Curtin University (Australia)
• Ph.D., Maritime Archaeology, James Cook University (Australia)

ABOUT

Dr. Kirk Johnson was raised for most of his childhood in the mountains of Western India, where he attended an International Baha’i School with students from over 34 different countries. This experience had a profound and indelible impact on his life, world view, and the course of his future career. He returned to the United States for university at the age of 17 and found himself drawn to the social sciences while an undergraduate at Fort Hays State University in Kansas. After earning his baccalaureate degree, he moved to Ohio University, where he earned two master’s degrees in sociology and in international development. Dr. Johnson’s doctoral research while at in Montreal Canada took him back to the mountains of his youth where he explored the influence of television on the lives of villagers in India. Ìý

He then moved to the Pacific, where he has worked at the 91¿ì²¥ as a professor of sociology for the past two decades. Dr. Johnson has served as director of the Bali Field School, a community development project, since 2004, providing students an opportunity to explore, through a cross-cultural lens, the dynamics between tradition and modernity, globalization and the survival of indigenous peoples and cultures, and highlights the complexity and tensions of social change in the 21st century.ÌýHis work and service has taken him throughout the Pacific to island nations includingÌýPapua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa, Kiribati, Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Hawaii, the Northern Mariana Islands, and New Zealand. His work in Asia has been primarily in India and Indonesia.Ìý

He has published numerous books and journal articles, given over 30 conference presentations around the world focusing on research in the areas of development and social change, religion and education, human ecology, and sustainability. Dr. Johnson’s ongoing work in the Pacific Asia region has allowed him to learn firsthand about the processes of community development and capacity building at the grassroots in many different settings.Ìý

Professional history

• Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION/credentials

• B.A., Sociology, Fort Hays State University (Kansas)
• M.A., Sociology and International Development, Ohio University
• Ph.D., Sociology, McGill University (Canada)

Bali Field School

Click on the links below to find out more about the Bali Field School, an annual course that is held each year over spring break.

• View Highlights from the 2015 Bali Field School

Student Research and Service

DOCUMENTARY

The 2007 Bali Field School produced a five-part documentary series titled "Casting Our Net: Rediscovering Community in the 21st Century." It has been screened at three international academic conferences as well as in Bali, Indonesia.

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