User:RememberToForget

I've an MA in International Studies specializing in International Development & Comparative Governance.

I've another MA in Political Science --- a result of becoming an ABD in Perpetuity after I decided not to finish my dissertation -- majoring in Comparative Politics, minoring in International Relations & Agricultural Economics. My research focus was on Southeast Asia; Nationalism; Ethnicity & Culture in Politics; de facto Failed States

I've a BA in Political Science & Philosophy (double major).

I blame philosophy for making me too long-winded and for making it impossible for me to find a way out of the weeds sometimes.

I'm something of a polymath and autodidact. While I no longer teach and never completed my PhD, I have used my skills to learn about a range of topics in sub-fields within history, micro-economics, political science; logistics; international political economy of trade in primary goods; and... well, I read a lot and probably think too highly of myself for it. But that's my fault to bare.

I taught as a fully independent instructor while working on my PhD for the better part of a decade, teaching classes such as 'Comparative Governance Around the World' ; "International Political Economy of Development"; 'Women & Minorities in Politics, Policy and Government'; 'Comparative Political Parties & Party Systems'

I currently design courses and work on my family's investing. Thanks to a series of illnesses I find myself able to get out less these days - and more idle time to learn more... and now to possibly return to Wikipedia and actually do work

Academic Interests

 * Political Science, International Development, Comparative Politics, International Relations
 * Nationalism, National Identity, Nations, Identity Politics, Ethnicity
 * Southeast Asia, Thailand, Myanmar, Hill Tribes
 * Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Aral Sea
 * World History, Colonialism, Historical institutionalism, Silk Road, Ethnosymbolism
 * Democratic Republic of the Congo and Failed states
 * Democratization, Political Parties
 * social exclusion
 * Political Systems
 * Globalization, United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund
 * Geopolitics, Geography
 * Sovereign State

=Regions, Countries, Cities and other Places of Interest=

China

 * Xi'an
 * Urumqi
 * Beijing
 * Shanghai
 * Gobi Desert
 * Tianjan
 * Luoyang
 * Nanjing
 * Guangzhou

Central Asia

 * Tien-Shan Mountains
 * Altai Mountains
 * Aral Sea
 * Syr Darya
 * Amu Darya
 * Kyzl-Kum Desert

Kazakhstan

 * Almaty
 * Nur-Sultan
 * North Aral Sea
 * Baikonur
 * Taraz
 * Atyrau
 * Kyzylorda
 * Lake Balkhash
 * Shymkent

Uzbekistan

 * Samarkand
 * Bukhara
 * Fergana Valley
 * Kokand
 * Urgench
 * Tashkent
 * Mo'ynoq
 * Nukus
 * Karakalpakstan

Tajikistan

 * Khujand
 * Dushanbe

Kyrgyzstan

 * Bishkek
 * Lake Ysyk

Turkmenistan

 * Ashgabat
 * Merv

Afghanistan

 * Balkh
 * Herat
 * Kabul

Southeast Asia

 * Borneo
 * South China Sea
 * Salween River
 * Mekong River
 * ASEAN

Indonesia

 * Sulawesi
 * Jakarta
 * Sumatra
 * Borneo
 * Borobudur
 * Surabaya
 * Yogyakarta
 * Java
 * Sunda Islands
 * Kediri (City)

Vietnam

 * Hanoi

Cambodia

 * Siem Reap
 * Phnom Penh
 * Angkor Wat

Myanmar

 * Bagan
 * Yangon
 * Mandalay
 * Naypyidaw
 * Shan State
 * Kayin State
 * Kayah State
 * Kachin State
 * Rakhine State

Thailand

 * Bangkok
 * Chiang Mai
 * Mae Hong Son
 * Sukhothai
 * Ayutthaya
 * Isaan
 * Khon Kaen

South America

 * Darién Gap
 * Amazon Rainforest
 * Amazon River
 * Andes Mountains
 * Patagonia
 * Patagonian Steppe
 * Tierra del Fuego
 * Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
 * Iguaza Falls

Ecuador

 * Quito
 * Mindo, Ecuador
 * Mindo Cloud Forest
 * Quilotoa
 * Cotopaxi
 * Otavalo
 * Cotacachi

Uruguay
*Montevideo *Colonia del Sacramento
 * Río de la Plata
 * Salto, Uruguay
 * Colonia del Sacramento
 * Ciudad de la Costa
 * Lagoon Mirim
 * Santa Teresa National Park
 * Cabo Polonio

Chile
*Punta Arenas *Valparaíso *Valdivian temperate rain forest '''*Los Lagos Region]]
 * Iquique
 * Santiago
 * Atacama Desert
 * Strait of Magellan
 * Coyhaique
 * Llanquihue Lake
 * Volcán Osorno
 * Monte Verde
 * Alerce Andino National Park
 * Chiloé Island
 * Puerto Octay
 * Puerto Montt
 * Puerto Varas'''
 * Corcovado National Park (Chile)

Argentina
*Tierra del Fuego National Park '''*Los Arrayanes National Park *Chubut Province *Ushuaia
 * Nahuel Huapi National Park'''
 * Villa La Angostura
 * Bosques Petrificados de Jaramillo National Park
 * Zapala
 * Buenos Aires
 * Viedma
 * Laguna Blanca National Park
 * San Guillermo National Park
 * Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur Province
 * [Gaiman, Chubut]]
 * Comodoro Rivadavia
 * Trelew
 * Y Wladfa
 * Neuquén
 * General Roca, Río Negro
 * Formosa, Argentina
 * Caleta Olivia
 * Puerto Deseado

Brazil
*Manaus
 * Sao Paulo
 * Rio de Janeiro
 * Brasilia
 * Rio São Francisco Natural Monument
 * Chapada Diamantina
 * Port of Santos
 * Vitória, Espírito Santo
 * Salvador, Bahia
 * Porto Alegre
 * Fernando de Noronha
 * Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul
 * Serra dos Órgãos National Park

United States of America

 * Midwestern United States
 * Denver, CO
 * Decatur, IL
 * Lafayette, IN
 * Colorado
 * Illinois
 * Indiana
 * Alaska
 * Tennessee
 * New Mexico
 * Michigan
 * Upper Peninsula

History of Southeast Asia

 * Pagan Kingdom
 * Siam

History of the United States

 * United States presidential election
 * Civil War
 * John Adams
 * Thomas Jefferson
 * James Madison
 * Indiana

Music

 * Modest Mouse
 * Florence and the Machine
 * Tori Amos
 * The Nationa
 * Ramona Falls
 * The Antlers
 * Wilco