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Critical Statistics for
Shawn Ford
sford@hawaii.edu

SPECIFICS

Full name- Shawn Mark Ford
Date of birth- May 2, 1967; Year of the Ram
Place of birth- Memphis, TN, USA
Height- 5' 11"; 177.5 cm
Weight- 160 lbs.
Hair color- red
Eye color- green

EDUCATION

Elmore Park Elementary School, Memphis, TN- grades 1-5
Shadowlawn Middle School, Memphis, TN- grade 6
Aucilla Christian Academy, Monticello, FL- grade 7
Nettleton Middle School, Jonesboro, AR- grade 8
Westfield High School, Houston, TX- grade 9
Bartlett High School, Memphis, TN- grade 10
Abraham Lincoln High School, San Francisco, CA- grade 11. Graduated May, 1984, with the California High School Proficiency Exam.
College/ University- see curriculum vitae for details.

WORK EXPERIENCE

March, 1989- March 1991: Shipping Manager- The Clean Team, San Francisco, CA
June, 1991- August, 1992: Cook- Waikiki Seafood and Pasta Co., Honolulu, HI
August, 1992- September, 1996: Independent fleet owner/ driver- City Taxi, Honolulu, HI
August, 1996- August, 2001: Student employee- University of Hawai‘i, Honolulu, HI. Various positions, including
     student coordinator- Office of Student Activities, Kapi‘olani Community College
     registration clerk- Registrar's Office, Kapi‘olani Community College
     writing tutor- Learning Assistance Center, Kapi‘olani Community College
     teacher's assistant- English for Speakers of other Languages Program, Kapi‘olani Community College
     events coordinator- Campus Center Meetings and Events Department, University of Hawai‘i- Manoa
     student coordinator- Campus Center Board Activities Council, University of Hawai‘i- Manoa
August, 2000- Present: Home-brewing Instructor, Campus Center Leisure Center Program, University of Hawai‘i- Manoa
August, 2001- December, 2003: Graduate Assistant- Department of Second Language Studies, University of Hawai‘i- Manoa
January, 2004- Present: Lecturer, ESOL Program, Kapi‘olani Community College, Honolulu, HI

Please see curriculum vitae for more details.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chief Editor- Shred of Dignity Skaters' Union Ragazine, San Francisco, CA
Layout, design, and proofreading assistant- Maximum Rock and Roll Magazine, San Francisco, CA
Independent entertainment promoter/ producer- Shred of Dignity Productions, San Francisco, CA
Nightclub entertainment promoter/ producer- Acqua and Baci on the Row restaurants, Honolulu, HI

MISCELLANEOUS

Languages- 1st. English, 2nd. Japanese, 3rd. Spanish
Travels- Continental U.S., Canada, Fiji, Greece, China, England, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, South Korea, Japan
Hobbies- home-brewing, web page design, collage art, playing bass guitar, talking about language, playing with my kids, and traveling
Favorite colors- blue and green
Favorite drinks- coffee (cream and sugar), Mountain Dew, home-brew pale ale, Bombay Sapphire martinis (dry, up, w/ 2 olives)
Favorite foods- gyoza, prime rib, pomegranates, popcorn, okonomiyaki, Southern style BBQ sandwiches, and Aunt Vada's homemade biscuits and white gravy
Favorite books- Mr. Fig's Magic Hat and other adventures, J.R.R. Tolkien's Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Ridley Scott's Alien, Colin Baker's A Parents' and Teachers' Guide to Bilingualism, and William O'Grady's Syntactic Development and Child Language Development
Favorite movies- The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, any western starring Clint Eastwood, most old WWII movies, all Monty Python movies, all James Bond movies starring Sean Connery, and Evil Dead II
Favorite TV shows- the original Scooby Doo Where Are You?, Monty Python's Flying Circus, NHK's Mori Motonari drama serial, Crayon Shinchan, The Simpson's, Kikaida, I Dream of Jeannie, Gilligan's Island, and Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
Favorite musical artists- The Melvins, Steel Pole Bath Tub, Kyuss, and The Butthole Surfers
Favorite artists- Salvador Dali, Winston Smith, Dale Flattum, and Tom Jennings
Favorite performance artists- Survival Research Laboratories