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Dr. Eric Gilder)
Dr. Eric Gilder was born on March 18, 1957 in Dallas, Texas. He is a resident American professor teaching in Romania; who has also taught in South Korea and is currently teaching a semester in Liberia, West Africa as an Appointed Missioner of the Episcopal Church of the USA. ECUSA.
Brief biography
Academic career
Dr. Eric Gilder is a graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington in Texas (UTA); University of North Texas at Denton, Texas and the Ohio State University at Columbus, all in the USA. He began his teaching career as a university lecturer in 1983 and from 1998 to 2000 he taught at Kyonggi University in South Korea. From 1992 onwards he has been a professor at the "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu, Romania at the "C. Peter Magrath" Center for Romanian-American Academic Interaction. His areas of expertise include socio-psychology of communication; international higher education policy; international/intercultural communication; British-American cultural studies and mission studies.
Cuttington University College is located 120 miles north of Monrovia in Suacoco, Bong County
Appointed Missioner to Liberia
In March 2005, Dr. Gilder agreed to spend several months in Liberia assessing the future of academic requirements at Cuttington University College campus in Suacoco, Bong County, (about 120 miles north of the capital Monrovia) in Liberia, on behalf of the Episcopal Church of the USA which is responsible for the upkeep of the college. The college has been repeatedly damaged due to the Liberian Civil War and Dr. Gilder is an Appointed Missioner of ECUSA. On August 15, 2004, 117 students graduated on the war-ravaged campus in various disciplines, with the highest number of graduates being in Nursing.
Cuttington University College
Cuttington University College is located 120 miles north of Monrovia and it is the oldest private, coeducational, four-year, degree-granting institution in sub-Saharan Africa. It issues degrees in the liberal arts and a number of technical studies. It has educated generations of leaders for the nation of Liberia and West Africa. Its roots lie deep within the history of the nation, the relationship between Liberia and the United States, and the Episcopal Church.
Cuttington University College campus is managed on site by the Episcopal Church of Liberia and the college address is in care of Post Office Box 10-0277, 1000 Monrovia 10, Liberia, West Africa. The college telephone number is 231-227-413 and fax messages can be sent between 1000 and 1500 hours Monday to Friday at 231-226-059. It email address is: cuttingtonuniversity@yahoo.com.
On February 5, 2004, the President of Cuttington, Dr. Henrique F. Tokpa met his son Captain Matthew J. Denkyan of the U.S. Army who is assigned to Liberia as a military observer. They were part of an inspection team who toured the partially renovated facilities which had been damaged by looters during the war.
- The Dunbar Building, which houses the office of Registrar; bookstore and a few classrooms had been de-roofed and heavy and repeated rain storms had damaged the ceiling, roofing frame and nearly all of the books that had been previously donated by the County College of Morris in Randolph, New Jersey, USA.
- The AFRICANA Museum is in similar condition to the Dunbar Building (zinc and ceiling material have been removed by looters and the roofing timbers had been exposed to the weather and only the concrete walls and rafters remained in place.
- The Tubman Library had sustained less structural damage, but extensive looting and on site destruction of books and facilities has taken place there.
- The Seth C. Edwards cafeteria has been partially de-roofed and some of the roofing timbers had collapsed.
- A grass fire had destroyed a building that had been built by the Lutheran Church as the guest house for commuting professors. The fire had created extensive cracks in the structure and will have to be demolished. The cause of the grass fire is unknown, but during the dry Hamattan season grass fires are common, but during the war they burned out of control.
- The newly constructed Power House which was constructed with a USAID and ASHA grant is relatively intact although looters entered the building, less damage was done.
Published works
- (2004) On Wayne C. Booth's Synthetic Construing of the Critical Act of Interpreting Literary Ironies (Conference Paper in Proceedings : Constructions of Identity (II))
- (2003) Higher Education, Credentialing and Social Development: Which Education and What Development? (Conference Paper in Proceedings : Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium, Alternative Economic Strategies)
- (2003) Mass Media Moments in the United Kingdom, the USSR and the USA. - Sibiu, Romania, "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu Press.
- (2003) Man and Mission: Construing Wayne Booth's Theology of Literature as Rhetoric - Sibiu, Romania: "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu Press.
- (2003) A Wrap on Higher Education with Eric Gilder (1996-2003) - Sibiu, Romania: "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu Press.
- (2001) London: My Hometown (Conference Paper in Proceedings : Infinite Londons Proceedings of the International Meta Conference)
- (2000) Undertaking Required Risks in a New Age: Institutional Reform in a Unique Romanian University. (Conference Paper presented at the Society for Research into Higher Education's Annual Conference - Leicester University, UK
- (1999) From Terminal Threats and Exacting Exchanges to Innovative Integration: Can Higher Education (Re)Weave the Knowledge Web? (Conference Presentation at the The 3rd International Conference on Technology, Innovation and Policy, "Global Knowledge Partnerships: Creating Value in the 21st Century.")
- (1999) The Purpose of Higher Education in the 21st Century: Scientific Innovator, Technological Factory or Social Sage? (Conference Paper presented at the The 4th ASEAN Inter-University Seminar on Social Development, "Southeast Asia into the 21st Century: Critical Transitions, Continuity and Change.")
- (1993) Construing the Spiritual Dimensions of the AIDS Crisis (Conference Paper presented at the The1993 Parliament of the World's Religions, Chicago, IL. USA)
- (1988) Finding a Path out of a Rhetorical Thicket: Developing a Situational and Qualitative Matrix to Assess FCC Arguments about Licensee Character Qualifications. (Report in the series ERIC Reports)
- (1987) A Clash of Symbols: An Analysis of Competing Images and Arguments in the AIDS Controversy. (Report in the series ERIC Reports)
- (1987) An Enigmatic Embrace: Problems of Regulating the Effects of New Communication Technologies in the Soviet Union. (Report in the series ERIC Reports)
- (1976-present) Higher education in Europe: Enseignement supérieur en Europe. Vysshee obrazovanie v Evrope Bucharest: UNESCO/ CEPES. (Journal/Periodical/Series)
- Current list of publications.
Editor for UNESCO publication
Having studied the subject of communications, Eric Gilder also serves as the Book Reviews Editor for the UNESCO publication, Higher Education in Europe. Since 1996 he has contributed various reviews, notes and articles for the journal.
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