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Vince Cooper
Retired Auto Body Tech Instructor
Metropolitan Community College

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Belize, Central America

• The Peace Corps in Belize
• Belize: The Country and its Culture

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William Dodd
Director of TRIO Programs 
Metropolitan community College

B.A. San Jose State University
M.S. Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha
D.M. Bethany Theological Seminary
Ed. D. Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha
W.K. Kellog Fellow 1991-92
Expanding Leadership Diversity in Community Colleges
D.S.T. Bethany Theological Seminary

• Treating Humans as Resources Rather than Tools of Productivity
• Peace Through Coalitions
• Barriers to World Peace
• Race, Racism, and American Values

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Mary Lyons-Barrett
History Instructor
Metropolitan Community College

B.A. Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha
M.A. Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha
Ph.D. Univ. of Nebraska at Lincoln

• Economic Problems in the Republic of Ireland: Unemployment & Emigration to the U.S.
• Ireland's Role in World Politics as a Neutral Nation.
• Issues Affecting Migrant Workers.
• Habitat for Humanity.

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Maurice Matthews
Criminal Justice/Private Security Instructor
Metropolitan Community College

B.A Bellevue University
M.S. Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha
Ph. D. Candidate D.M. Bethany
Theological Seminary

• Challenge of the Criminal Justice System: Balancing the Rights of the Individual and the Rights of Society:
  

Constitutional Rights vs. Civil Rights
Why Criminals Go Free
How Society Creates Crime

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Muriel Rada
English Instructor
Metropolitan Community College

B.A. Saint Mary's College
M.A. Univ. of Missouri
Ph.D. Univ. of Nebraska at Lincoln
Coordinate Community Service Learning programs involving writing partnerships, drug education partnerships and multicultural arts programs.

• Conflict Resolution Through Peace Education.
• Learn when you are young!
• Self-Awareness:  the First Step toward Respect

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Lian Ti
Computer & Office Technologies Instructor
Metropolitan Community College

B.S. Univ. of South Dakota
M.B.A./M.I.S. Univ. of South Dakota

• Malaysia: The Meeting Pot of Asia
• The Ethnic Chinese Race

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