User:Dsmithuva75

Dsmithuva75 is the Wikipedia Username for Donald Smith, currently living in Fairfax and Charlottesville, VA. I have a B.A. in History from U.Va. (1975), was awarded the first M.I.S. (Master of Interdisciplinary Studies) degree from VCU in 1983 (for studies in public policy), received an M.A. in history and philosophy of science from Indiana University (1988), and earned Candidacy for a double-major Ph.D. in history and higher education administration in 1993. I spent the years from 1970 to the early 1980s pursuing a wide variety of activities in the development and public relations fields. In the mid-80s, my attentions turned to education, working at Kansas State University as Assistant to Dean Stamey 1985-86, which led to seven years of doctoral studies at Indiana University. In January 1993, I taught my first history class, which began a 23-year career teaching history on a college level, albeit as an adjunct. I taught seven classes a semester for two or three different institutions for more than a decade. I earned the distinction of Adjunct Associate Professor from Northern Virginia Community College in 2013. But, in 2016, NVCC deemed me politically incorrect and offered me no further classes... I was at that time the second most rated history professor at NVCC (more than 200 listed) on ratemyprofessors.com, with a 4.3 out of 5.0 rating. After 2016, I continued to work as an Academic Tutor in a variety of subjects (having begun in 2013), as well as did free-lance work in writing and public relations. Would like to get into either writing or political work full time.