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Greg Misiaszek, Ph.D.

Greg Misiaszek is currently the Program Manager of the Fall Prevention Center of Excellence (FPCE USC) and evaluator for some of the Center's projects. Over the past 17 years, Dr. Misiaszek has worked at the University of Southern California Andrus Gerontology Center on programs focusing on fall prevention, home modifications, distance learning, technology and the aging population, neurobiology, and continuing gerontological education for health professionals. He has designed and developed many of the distance learning programs available at USC's Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center including courses for continuing education credit, certification, degree units, and public awareness. He has served as a member of various USC distance learning committees and has presented on many of the Center's distance learning programs internationally.

Dr. Misiaszek completed his doctorate at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in comparative/international education. He has presented, published and/or taught internationally on ecopedagogy, Freirean Pedagogy, globalizations and education, adult education, higher education, informal and non-formal education models, Latin American education, qualitative research methods within social justice models, educational technologies, and distance learning. Dr. Misiaszek is an elected board member of the Comparative and International Education Society and is the Assistant Director of the Paulo Freire Institute located at UCLA. He also teaches graduate courses at California State University, Long Beach in the College of Education's Social and Cultural Analysis of Education department. He serves as on the advisory boards for various journals, conferences, and organizations which focus on the social aspects of education. Dr. Misiaszek was recipient of the UCLA Department of Education 2010 George F. Kneller Award based on both the fact that his work questions the traditional canon as well as on the ways in which he brings international perspectives into his work. He holds a B.S. degree in environmental studies with an emphasis of chemistry and an M.S. in Education from USC.

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