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New eyes
Posted on March 9, 2025 1 Comment
March 9, 2025 When the wheels touched down in Baton Rouge on the evening of February 22nd, it marked my return from my second trip to DC in 2025. I had also been to Southeast Asia twice since the year began. While travel can bequeath “new eyes,” as Marcel Proust famously wrote, it can also […]
Is it spring yet? Updates on a full winter.
Posted on March 9, 2023 Leave a Comment
March 9, 2023 In my mind’s eye, winter is supposed to be the calm part of the year where I stay indoors and store up energy for a busy spring. Not this year. The year 2022 turned into the year 2023 while we were in Pittsburgh visiting family. I flew there with the kids while […]
New role as Associate Editor of Human and Workforce Development at the Journal of Tropical Futures
Posted on January 22, 2023 Leave a Comment
22 January 2023 As many of you know, a lot of my academic work has focused on issues of human resource development in Southeast Asia. After living and working in Thailand for four years and working on organization development in Myanmar, I have been deeply curious about the power of learning and change in communities, […]
Recent work in Southeast Asia
Posted on January 19, 2022 Leave a Comment
19 January 2022 I’ve been fortunate to continue academic work in Southeast Asia despite (or because of) the global pandemic. Some of this has been the result of publishing my book, Developing human resources in Southeast Asia: A holistic framework for the ASEAN Community, which came out in September and has given me additional visibility […]
HRD in Southeast Asia – 25 May 2021
Posted on May 25, 2021 Leave a Comment
Hi all, Apologies for the hiatus. I wrapped up my book manuscript on Developing Human Resources in Southeast Asia on May 1 and have been playing catch up. That said, there has been a lot going on in the world of HRD in Southeast Asia in the last couple of months. Labor protections for gig […]
HRD in Southeast Asia – 26 February 2021
Posted on February 26, 2021 Leave a Comment
Hi all, Lots of exciting things happening in the world of HRD in Southeast Asia. First of all, last week was the Academy of Human Resource Development annual conference, which was held virtually this year. I spoke on a panel coordinated by Gary McLean on HRD contextualization in Vietnam. I also presented a paper along […]
Myanmar in Transition
Posted on March 3, 2016 Leave a Comment
March 3, 2016 It’s been four months since the November elections in Myanmar that set the stage to hand over power from the largely military government to the National League for Democracy (NLD) led by long-time pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Expectations are high as the people of Myanmar and the world look on […]
Conference: Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
Posted on April 3, 2015 Leave a Comment
In March, we had a fantastic CIES conference here in Washington, D. C. CIES is the Comparative and International Education Society, which is essentially the largest international education conference in the country. It was so convenient being here in DC and I was more than glad to welcome three friends to stay with me for […]
Life at The George Washington University
Posted on January 27, 2015 4 Comments
I have been here in Washington, D.C. for over 6 months but I’m not yet used to riding my bike to meet a friend for coffee and riding right in front of the White House. There is a noticeable pulse and energy here and I’m grateful for the opportunity to study in D.C. The George […]
Oliver S. Crocco 