The Science and Art of Effective Secondary and Post-Secondary Classroom Teaching

Thomas D. Sharts is department chair of social sciences and fine arts with Northern Marianas College. Also he has authored the following books: The American Deception; The Poor Man's Bible A-Z; Avant-Garde Sociology; The Five Areas of Being Human; Sunday School Lessons and Sermon Topics for Real Faith in the Real World; and Building a NonProfit Entity, Organization or Agency. Mr. Sharts has eighteen years college teaching experience and has taught in higher education in both the United States and overseas. From 1999 to 2007, he was the founder and executive director of Friendship Helping Ministries in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 2002, he was the recipient of the Community Quarterback Award for Human Services Leadership as designated by the National Football League's Carolina Panthers. Mr. Sharts interests are reading, writing, sports, and the visual and dramatic arts. He is also available for public speaking engagements or educational seminars in reference to sociological analysis on identified specific topics, business analysis, nonprofit creation and development, self-help analysis, etc. He may be contacted at tdsharts@yahoo.com.