Burr, R.
| English Phonetics | Ronald L. Burr |
|---|---|
| Sort Name | Burr, Ronald |
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- University of California, Santa Barbara
Biographical Information
Dr. Ron Burr has been a philosophy and religious studies professor for over two decades with the University of Southern Mississippi [www.usm.edu]. Ron has more than 20 years of leadership training experience in companies and non-profits. He has worked with the Fulbright Commission [www.fulbright.co.uk] where he helped institute business ethics programs in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines, and with the Center for Creative Leadership [www.ccl.org/leadership/index.aspx] where he conducted numerous training events for Fortune 500 companies.
Ron was instrumental in creating Religious Youth Service's experience-based, service learning model. He has served as a RYS project and educational leader in Spain, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Turkey, Dominican Republic, Taiwan, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, the Philippines, Trinidad, Guatemala, The U.K., Jamaica and Estonia.
After earning his Ph.D. in comparative philosophy at the University of California [www.ucsb.edu], Santa Barbara, Ron studied Buddhism in Thailand, Taiwan, Sri Lanka and Japan. He also pursued post-doctoral studies with the best known comparative religionists of the twentieth century: Huston Smith [www.hustonsmith.net] and Ninian Smart [www.scottlondon.com/interviews/smart.html]. In addition to the Fulbright Ron has been the recipient of many private and national government grants. He edited a lengthy book on comparative philosophy and religion and has a long list of other publications in these fields. (Source Accessed June 14, 2023)
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