User: Dan Davies
My hometown is Seattle, Washington, the land of the mountain, lakes, rivers, ocean, and rain! We recently moved from Seattle to Rhinebeck, New York where we have lived the past three years. My family spent about ten years living in South Korea. Before that, I visited many countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
I began my studies in psychology, philosophy, religion, and theology at the University of Washington, Seattle (B.A.), continuing at the Unification Theological Seminary in Barrytown, New York (Master of Religious Education), Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas (Master of Theology), Drew University (M.A. & Ph.D.). My teaching career has included the Unification Theological Seminary, Sun Moon University (Korea), University of Maryland: Korea Branch, Bridgeport International School, and University of Bridgeport. I wrote my Ph.D. dissertation, also published as a book, on the Life and Work of Henry G. Appenzeller (1858-1902): Missionary to Korea. Most my writing has been on topics dealing with Korean religion. My fields of of teaching are history, philosophy, psychology, theology and religion. I love to learn and believe that a good teacher is a good student.
For the past seven years, I took a break from college teaching and worked in the field of college consulting. I decided to return to teaching and writing this year, while continuing with college consulting. At the same time as teaching for the University of Bridgeport IDEAL program, I am working on the online New World Encyclopedia project. My passion is developing the plan for a Peace Campus, creating a Course on Happiness that I expect to offer through the University of Bridgeport next summer, and writing a manuscript on the coming of the Kingdom of God. The best time of my day every day is spend in the morning with mediation, reflection, and reading. I try to keep up the interests of my youth; drums, hiking, bicycling, swimming, and bowling. Next to morning devotions and study, my favorite time of day is taking a walk through our neighboring fields and forests with my wife, Sunhee, and our Rhodesian Ridgeback, Cayman.
My Korean wife, Sunhee, and I have been married for twenty eight years. We live together with our college senior daughter who attends Marist College. We are blessed with a house situated in a beautiful forest and I enjoy spending most my time working from home. My wife works as Dean of Students at the Unificiation Theological Seminary in Barrytown. Our other daughter lives in Seattle, Washington.
Contact Information:
- Daniel Davies, Ph. D.
- PO Box 175
- Rhinecliff, NY 12574-9998
- E-mail: daviesdm@gmail.com
