Sharan Merriam
Department of Adult Education,
The University of Georgia,
Athens, GA 30602,
USA.
Biodata
EDUCATION
Doctor of Education, Adult and Continuing Education, Rutgers University
1978
Master of Education, English Education, Ohio University, 1971
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, Drew University, 1965
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1985 - Present Professor of Adult and Continuing Education, The University
of Georgia,
Athens, GA.
1981-1985 Associate Professor, Adult and Continuing Education. Northern
Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
1978-1981 Assistant Professor, Adult and Continuing Education College
of Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
HONORS AND AWARDS
Fulbright Scholar, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia, June - December 1998.
Recipient of the Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education for Learning in Adulthood (1999) and for The Profession and Practice of Adult Education: An Introduction (1997),. From AAACE and CPAE.
Selected as Charter Teaching Academy Member (2000) and Senior Teaching Fellow, Office of Instructional Development (1997), University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
Selected as one of two delegates from the Commission of Professors of
Adult Education
(CPAE) to participate in the Fifth International UNESCO Conference
on Adult Education,
Hamburg, Germany, 1997
CITIZENSHIP United States