Jeffrey Deutsch
P.O. Box 1142
Severna Park, MD 21146
EDUCATION:
PhD in Economics , George Mason University (Fairfax, VA). GPA: 3.392.
MA in Economics , George Mason University (Fairfax, VA). GPA: 3.300.
BA in Government , Cornell University (Ithaca, NY). GPA: 3.035.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Program Director for Political Science
January 2005-Present
Free Curricula Center (Washington, DC). Create online Political Science program for non-profit organization developing university-level curricula for royalty-free distribution. Recruit and supervise faculty, edit and write online Political Science and Economics materials, allocate program offerings and set course requirements. Work with faculty from various countries. Chair Political Science Committee, serve on Board of Advisors and Social Sciences Committee.
Teacher
September 2006-Present
Anne Arundel County Public Schools (Annapolis, MD). Teach all core subjects to secondary and elementary students on a substitute basis. Accommodate individual students with special needs.
Professor of Business
October 2005-September 2006
Nova Southeastern University (Ft. Lauderdale, FL). Taught online MBA course in Economic Thinking on an adjunct basis. Material combined Intermediate Microeconomics, Industrial Organization, organizational theory and business strategy. Led asynchronous (message board) and synchronous (chat) discussions and graded class participation. Assigned and graded case studies and exams.
Instructor of Economics
June 2006-July 2006
South University (Savannah, GA). Taught online MBA course in Microeconomics and Decision Making. Material consisted of advanced applied microeconomics and risk analysis. Contacted students by email and phone. Alerted appropriate officials regarding at-risk students. Led discussions and assigned grades.
Professor of Economics
May 2004-July 2004
Keiser College (Ft. Lauderdale, FL). Taught online course in Principles of Macroeconomics. Led synchronous (online chat) as well as asynchronous (message board) discussions. Graded journal assignments, discussions and exams. Kept in touch with students, and personally contacted those having trouble with the material. Helped student with Incomplete into July. Assigned grades.
Instructor of Economics
October 1999-January 2000
International College at Beijing (Beijing, People's Republic of China). Gave lectures and assigned readings in Intermediate Microeconomics and History of Economic Thought. Helped students understand material, individually and in groups. Wrote and graded problem sets and exams. Assigned grades.
Taught Chinese and Mongolian students, most of whom spoke English as a second language.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Founder
June
1997-Present
Rabid
Tiger Project (Severna
Park, MD). Research and write about political and economic
problems worldwide. Maintain website and publish weblog and other
material.
Conducted background research on former Russian Premier Sergei Kiriyenko to support a book on world leaders.
Conducted research to support a Belarusian student's application for political asylum.
Intelligence Reports Editor
September
2001-November 2001
Smith
Brandon International (Washington,
DC). Researched and wrote articles on international political and
economic matters. Compiled news and background information from
various sources.
Contributing Editor for Russian Politics
December
1997-May 1999
Suite101.com
(Vancouver, BC, Canada).
Maintained own webpage. Wrote bi-weekly articles. Led public
discussions on Russian politics and other topics. Found, reviewed and
posted links to Internet resources.
Wrote special reports on the dismissal of then Russian Premier Victor Chernomyrdin's government in March 1998, the Russian financial meltdown of August 1998 and the Caspian Sea region.
ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND:
Research on international
political, economic and military affairs, including in Nazi Germany,
Soviet and modern Russia, Belarus, China, Japan, Israel, Iraq and the
Caspian Sea region. Language skills in Russian, Spanish and French.
Internet applications, Windows 95/98/NT/XP, MS Word, Excel, WebCT,
eCollege, Moodle, WordPerfect, DOS and UNIX. Socrates
Online Facilitator Training ,
for distance education faculty.
WORKS:
"The Problem of 'Rabid Tigers': Why Did Saddam Hussein Invade and Occupy Kuwait?". PhD dissertation, defended August 21, 1998. Application of Industrial Organization and Public Choice theory to political networks. Analysis of domestic economic and political changes to explain unexpectedly aggressive foreign policies, such as Hussein's refusal to withdraw from Kuwait despite the odds.
"The Israeli Defense Force: An Exemplar of the Exploitation of Local and Tacit Knowledge". A talk and presentation paper delivered before the Center for the Study of Market Processes, George Mason University , April 18, 1995. Discussion of Israeli military organization and operations, with applications to other militaries, from an economic standpoint.
"The Unplanned Planned Economy," Cornell Political Forum , Fall 1989. Examination of how Nazi central economic planning led Germany to political strife, dissension and great inefficiency.
"The Legacy of Joseph
Stalin," Cornell
Political Forum ,
Spring 1989. Analysis of how Stalin, through totalitarian terror,
created a truly chaotic society in the Soviet Union.
HONORS AND ACTIVITIES:
Cornell
Alumni Admissions Ambassador Network ,
September 2000-Present. Meet with Cornell University applicants,
parents and others on behalf of Cornell. Help persuade applicants and
others to make Cornell their first choice, and send reports to be
used by Admissions Committee.
Golden
Key International Honour Society ,
May 1999-Present.
Omicron
Delta Epsilon ,
international honor society in Economics, May 1993-Present.
Talk
Show Host, WVAU
(American University
[Washington, DC] student radio station), November 1996-May 1997.
Discussed current world, national and local issues.
Senior
Staff Writer, Expulsion
(George Mason University student
newspaper), September 1996-May 1997; Staff Writer, September
1995-September 1996. Discussed current world, national and local
issues.
George Mason University
Peer Empowerment Program, September 1995-May 1996. Worked with
behaviorally at-risk children at J. O. Wilson Elementary School in
Washington, DC.
Information Literacy Initiative, George Mason University, February 1995-May 1995. Semester tutoring project. Helped students learn to work with computers and the Internet.