Elizabeth Bechtel Jayanti
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Graduate Student |
| Location | Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States |
| Introduction | I am a graduate student in Work and Human Resource Education at the University of Minnesota. My research interests involve nonlinear complex systems and morality in business. I have been involved with REACH India and the Information Technology Institute for the Tribes of India school near Dehra Dun. Previously, I was a PhD student at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI where I taught adolescent literacy and performed research in teacher education. There, I was a member of Taleem, a non-profit group at MSU working with a school in Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, India to provide education for the underprivileged. Earlier, I worked as a teacher in Indianapolis, IN. I completed my undergraduate education in Religion and English from St. Olaf College, MN, (Magna cum Laude). I was inducted into Theta Alpha Kappa (Religion Honor Society) in 2003. In my free time, I enjoy creative writing. My work has been published in St. Olaf’s literary magazine and featured in the Walker Art Center’s exhibit “Hot Art Injection” in 2001. |
| Interests | Creative Writing, Poetry, Snorkeling, Travel |
| Favorite Movies | Fried Green Tomatoes, Amadeus |
| Favorite Music | Edvard Grieg, Bach, Chopin, Liszt, Paginini, Chinese erhu, the St. Olaf choirs |
| Favorite Books | _A Light in August_ William Faulkner, _A Poetic Equation_ Nikki Giovanni and Margaret Walker, _A Brief History of Time_ Stephen Hawkings, _Cultural Literacy_ E.D. Hirsch jr., _The Prophetic Imagination_ Walter Brueggemann, _Their Eyes Were Watching God_ Zora Neale Hurston, _Walden_ Henry David Thoreau, _Woman Warrior_ Maxine Hong Kingston, _The Prophet_ Khalil Gibran, _Sundiata_, _Bhagavad Gita_, _Mahabharata_, _Iliad_, _Odyssey_, _The Great Gatsby_ F. Scott Fitzgerald, _Letters of Cicero_ L.P. Wilkinson (Trans.), _The Picture of Dorian Gray_ Oscar Wilde |