Miriam Diaz-Gilbert

Assistant Director, Writing Center

Instructor, English

Education:

M.Ed, second language education, Rutgers University.

B.A., political science/philosophy, Rutgers University.

Expertise:

English as a Second Language, cultural and ethnic diversity, school board matters.

Background:

Before coming to USP in 1999, Miriam Diaz-Gilbert was an adjunct professor at Camden County College and an adjunct professor at the Community College of Philadelphia. She also was an instructor in the English Language Institute at the University of Delaware, and taught at the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University in New Brunswick as a visiting lecturer in the areas of second language education and bilingual education. She was a consultant/curriculum developer for the Puerto Rican Unity for Progress in Camden, N.J., where she designed English as a Second Language (ESL) and computer training programs for Hispanic welfare recipients for the Family Development Program of Camden County. From 1989-96, she developed ESL programs for Japanese businessmen, spouses and children. Since 1989, she has been a published writer, speaker and trainer in the areas of cross-cultural sensitivity/awareness.

She is on the board of directors of several organizations, including the American Red Cross, which bestowed upon her a Good Neighbor Humanitarian Award in 1995 and an Outstanding Community Volunteer Service Award in 1996 and 1998.