Jeff Zucker - Career Highlights
I am a writer, anthropologist, and software developer who has spent thirty years building the capacity of social justice and social welfare organizations to provide access to information, to network with like-minded organizations, and to be open to participation from and be useful to the communities they serve. I have provided consulting for five branches of the United Nations, the governments of six countries, and over forty NGOs.
Human Rights Co-founder and co-coordinator for eight years of UNICEF's Voices of Youth, a ground-breaking initiative aimed at using the internet to facilitate youth participation in social issues such as child labor, child soldiers, AIDS, girls education; Evaluation team leader for UNESCO's WebWorld initiative covering issues including international freedom of the press; Designed & implemented websites for NGOs working on sexual/reproductive rights, puppetry for social change, and other issues.
Sustainable Development Information Architect and Software Lead for CLIMATE-L.ORG, a website providing primary source reporting on the progress of climate change negotiation and solution implementation worldwide (in process); Designed and implemented websites for a Norwegian project to use the internet for international negotiations on sustainable consumption, the International Institute for Sustainable Development, the International Coral Reef Initiative, the National Wildlife Federation and others.
Public Access to the Means of Knowledge Production
Adult Literacy
Author of two and editor of ten historical fiction novels for adult illiterates and English as a Second Language students;
Health Care Designed and implemented one of the first & largest online hospital nursing protocol and patient education systems; the first online version of the Physicians Desk Reference; an award-winning psychiatric nursing tool; online medical, dental, and nursing curricula and journals. Author of a number of published articles on medical informatics and the clinical, scholarly, and campus-organizational use of hypertext. (Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, six years)
Multi-Cultural Education Principal author of a major textbook on the culture, history, and current affairs of Native Americans in Oregon; Co-editor of a resource guide to Native American organizations and services in Oregon; Research consultant for Oregon public school curriculum on Native Americans, & for numerous organizations working to provide education on the rights of Native Americans.
Employment for All: Supporting Marginalized Workers Provided counseling, placement, and capacity building for low income, hard-core unemployed seniors (four years); and for hard-core unemployed industrially-injured workers (three years).
Education M.A., Cultural Anthroplogy & Linguistics, Washington State University, 1975
Contact jeff AT vpservices DOT com