Barbara attended the Institut des Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris during her Sweetbriar Junior Year in France, holds a B.A. (Honors) in History from Northwestern University; an M.A. (International Relations) from The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Medford, MA; a M.P.A. with distinction (Public Administration) from The Maxwell School, Syracuse University, & an interdisciplinary social science Ph.D. from the Maxwell School. She studied ballet in Chicago, Bharat Natyam in New Delhi, and Bugaku in Tokyo.
One of Barbara's continuing interests is storytelling as a
community
function. Her dissertation explored "The Storytellers of Everyday Life:
Journalists, their Craft & their Consciousness."
Recently, she published
the 3rd edition of her college text, City
Lights:Urban-Suburban
Life in the Global Society (Oxford University Press,
2010) and has
started a new project about how adults' can be opened or changed,
particularly in the realm of political ideas..
She enjoys walking along the banks of the river Lot in La Toulzanie
with the nearly bilingual & (totally) bicontinental dog,
Jack la Lang-ue, and listening to authors talk about their books in
Berkeley, California, where she lives 8.5 months each year.
The Officers & Staff of Latitude
Latitude's Board of Directors is composed of the following people, all part-time or full-tiime residents of the Departement du Lot:
Tim H. Teninty, Président/President, La Toulzanie (Lot) & Berkeley, CA Mei Sun Li is assistant to the director
in the Bay Area, California.