THE MOST COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS
STUDENTS ASK DR. QUESTAD
1. What did you get your Ph.D.
in?
I earned a triple integrated doctorate in psychology, education and reading
instruction.
2. Where did you go to college?
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Whitman
College, Walla Walla, WA
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L'Ecole Pour Les
Etudiants et Artistes, Paris
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American
University of Beirut, Lebanon
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University
of Washington: BA in philosophy,
minor in French
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Portland
State University, Masters in Educ. and Special Education
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Lewis
and Clark,
Portland, OR
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Seattle
Pacific University
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University
of Oregon
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University
of WA, (again)
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Iowa
State University
Ames, Iowa
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Oregon
State Univ.
Corvallis, OR
Ph.D.
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Pacific
Lutheran Univ.
Post-graduate Work |
3. Which teacher was your greatest
inspiration and why?
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Dr. Questad
with Dr. Malik, 1958 president of the United Nations, at his home in outskirts
of Beirut, Lebanon, 1970.
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Dr.
Charles Malik, my ethics professor for two semesters at AUB, had the
greatest impact on my intellectual and moral development.
Dr. Malik taught that
it is blind to be indifferent and that true self-knowledge and fulfillment
can only come from truly helping others.
He debated against the relativism of the times, asserting that absolute
truths and values were worthy of pursuit and study.
He warned our generation against drugs, observing that those countries
with the biggest drug problems were the most corrupt and inefficient,
mirroring their population.
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4. Were you a hippie in college?
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Topicality
issue. (Which means, what is your definition of a hippie?)
There are Arabic newspaper records of me protesting American Imperialism.
US newspaper archives list me as a woman aligning with draft card burners.
I was a political supporter of UNRA (United Nations Relief Association),
anti-discrimination of all sorts, global citizenship and I was, and remain,
an active church member.
Most admired: Mother Theresa,
Nelson Mandela, Albert Schweitzer, Mario Rabinowitz, my mom and my dad |
Phil
Davies, first tall fellow with sign at left, led this
Anti-Imperialism demonstration at AUB.
He now runs a division of Save the Children and
married a Palestinian who works at the UN.
Dr. Questad is the short one in the white blouse. |
Anti-Imperialism Rally, Beirut, Lebanon, 5-1970
5. What were you like when you
were in high school?
Scholastically ambitious, socially driven, active in church, school and community.
I also had a part-time job at a retirement home. It ended up that I got little
time for sleep -just like now.
6. Do you have any kids?
Click here for pictures.
