CURRENT MISSION

To help promote peace through international travels and exchanges

ABOUT ME

We do not appreciate people looking for a transit hotel: in at night out the next morning. That is not the purpose of CS. Please do not contact us if you are only a fly by night traveller.
I have lived and worked in half a dozen countries in Africa since 1962 and travelled in about 22. I have also studied at the University of Edinburgh, Swarthmore College and Antioch New England. My doctorate in sociology of education at Harvard University is based on research in Uganda. I was a professor of sociology at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. I was then director of educational research and research professor in Papua New Guinea for 17 years. I was in Botswana between 1991 and 2014. I worked with a number of NGOs, both academic (BERA and Saches), did journalism for a local paper (four columns a week) and with the only women's shelter in Botswana. We returned to Vermont in 2014, and have a duplex with our last daughter. Gudrun died on 29 May 2018 of nectorizing fasciitis. Her music room is still available for travellers.

PHILOSOPHY

Accentuate the positive

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have worked with Servas for many years and tried to promote it in Africa.
Servas has a lot to learn from other groups like HC and CS plus BeWelcome.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Started (but Servas since 1956)

Interests

Music, movies, photography, journalism, peace work and so on

• photography
• education
• flying
• movies
• music
• teaching
• journalism
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

Wife a concert violinist. In the past we participated in the Gaborone Film Society (a movie and two film reviews each week) and wrote a book review a week. Now in Brattleboro we are participating in local activities. Gudrun plays with the Windham Orchestra and makes music with others.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Mentoring that transforms people's lives.

Teach, Learn, Share

Part of my life. I've taught from pre-school to doctorate and post-graduate work.

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