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Rebecca Vizulis - Biography

 

 

Education

 

Bachelor of Science Degree in History from Western Michigan University

 

Master of Arts Degree in Asian Studies/China from the University of Michigan

 

Post-graduate work at Harvard, Framingham State, Boston University, Primary Source in Chinese, Japanese, Central Asian,  Russian, Middle Eastern, African, and Latin American Studies programs

 

Post-graduate work at Northeastern University in World History  

 

World History AP National Teacher's Training Institute Participant

 

 

Teaching Experience and Current Responsibilities

 

Teacher  in Nara, Japan 1974-1976

 

Social Studies teacher at Dover-Sherborn High School since 1979 - presently teaching World History and Modern China Tutorial

 

Exchange Teacher to Hangzhou High School Winter of 2003

 

Coordinator of Dover-Sherborn/Hangzhou China Exchange Program

 

Co-Liaison for Primary Source Partnership K-12

 

Advisor for:

 

Alliance for Acceptance and Understanding (AAU)

 

Time Out for Kids

 

Coalition for Asian Pacific American Youth (CAPAY)

 

Tufts Inquiry (EPIIC)

 

 

Honors

 

Recipient of Certificate of Excellence in Teaching World History (2000)

 

Recipient of the Norfolk County Teachers Association Honor Award (2002)

 

Participant in China Study Tour with New England China Network (1999)

 

Participant in Ghana Study Tour with Primary Source (2007)

 

 

Favorite Hobbies

 

Traveling - East, South, Central and Southeast Asia, New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Eastern and Western Europe, Russia, Morocco, Ghana, Middle East - Israel, Iran, Turkey, Eastern Canada, United States

 

Music - Violinist in the Newton Symphony Orchestra since 1977