CURRICULUM VITAE
Name:
Chiyuki W. Shannon, Ph.D.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Education
2001. Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Studies:
Specialization in Consciousness Studies; Education, Counseling, Guidance. Dissertation:
Stalking The Multicentric Ego; A Bricolage Of Folk Improvisational Self-Work,
2001, The Union Institute, Cincinnati,
Ohio.
1984. Professional Education Certification
(Certification K through12), The
Evergreen
State College /University
of Puget Sound, Teacher
Training Program,
The Evergreen State
College, Olympia, Washington.
1983. B.A., Liberal
Arts, The Evergreen State College, Olympia,Washington.
Credentials
Access
Change Technologies, (ACT) LLC - Office of Minority and Women in Business
Enterprises (OMWBE) Certification Identification Number: M6F9620259, 2008-2011.
State of Washington Professional
Education Certificate, Continuing Teacher, K-12
#271822R, 1986 ? 2012.
Washington State Board of
Education Certification to provide Clock Hour In-Service teacher training
through The Multicentric Institute of Washington, 1994 to present.
Vendor, State of Washington, DBA: The
Multicentric Institute, 1996 to present.
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2007 to present. Owner / Manager, Access Change Technologies
(ACT), LLC. Provide educational
consulting services and products, workshops and training for agencies,
institutions, businesses; consultant services and products for consultants,
train-the trainer services, executive coaching; curriculum design, keynote
presentations; counseling and guidance services and products.
1996 to present. Director / Trainer, The Multicentric Insitute, Roy, Washington.
Provide clock hour
in-service training for K-12 educators. Provide education and training using
Multicentri?ism concepts. State of Washington
training vendor for delivering training programs statewide in Diversity,
Communication, Wellness, and Conflict Resolution through 2008.
1993to1996. Diversity
Training Specialist, Washington
State Department of Personnel. Served a key role in facilitating state
government into a multi-cultural service environment: Designed and developed
the vision and the implementation strategy for the Governor, Executive Order
93-01 mandating diversity training for all state managers. Trained over 3,000
mid-level managers.
1992 to1993. Project Coordinator,
Northwest Indian
College at Bellingham Washington.
Coordinated an education program for the homeless Native American population.
Operated a mobile van office and recruited the homeless from streets, shelters,
and from projects serving the homeless for enrollment in education programs.
1991 to 1992. Teacher / Advisor, Northwest Indiana College - Puyallup Tribe Campus, Puyallup, Washington.
Taught Writing courses for Native American students and advised students on access to higher education.
1990 to 1991. Program
Coordinator the Bridge Program, Tacoma
Community College, Tacoma, Washington.
Coordinated program, developed curriculum, and team-taught in interdisciplinary
courses with The Evergreen State College faculty member assigned to the Bridge
Program.
1984 to 1989. Education
Director and Learning Specialist, Tacoma Urban League Learning
Center. Directed
academic programs of the agency; trained and supervised three teaching
specialists. Provided individualized self-paced computer assisted instruction.
PHILOSOPHY
My philosophy and expertise is based in *Multicentri?ism,
researched and developed through the Multicentric Institute, Washington State
Non-profit Organization, started in 1991.
I am currently providing services and products through Access Change Technologies
(ACT), LLC offering educational and business services and products based in
multicentric concepts for diversity training, counseling, education and
guidance utilizing creative, innovative methods.
I am committed to assisting individuals and groups to learn
and teach multicentric understanding in a professional, ethical, and spiritual
manner, and bringing teachers and other professionals into a co-operative group
of people who will be able to educate vast, diverse populations toward the goal
benefit of a working relationship in a community environment.
*Multicentri?ism
describes the worldview of individuals who come from split genetic,
philosophical, and cultural frames of reference; who think, communicate, and
access information from more than one frame, at the same time without confusion,
utilizing multiple levels of sensitivity transmission to and from others and our environment.
