Born: Hubert Kleinpeter, Miami, Florida
Education: Secular & Anglican Episcopal
Alma mater: Florida State University
Occupations: Teacher, Publisher & Boatwright
Notable Works: Twisted Society (2010) & The Taboo Dictionary (2016)
Subject: Social Science & Metaphysical Analects on Civilization
Period: Early 21st Century

Kleinpeter, Hubert: teacher and author of social studies; resides in Asia; involved in education projects; author and publisher of open-source books on civilization, the human condition, and ethical reasoning advocating governance and associated institutional practices encouraging peaceful human progress.

Education: Hubert Kleinpeter holds degrees in Government (BA) and Social Science (MS), the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy, and Foundations of Education (PHD), College of Education, Florida State University.

Higher Education: Liaison and Senior Research Associate in the Executive Office of the Florida Governor representing the Sylvester Cancer Institute, University of Miami Health System; Instructor of Sociology and Social Science Research Methods, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University; graduate Instructor of Social Science of Education, College of Education, Florida State University.

Education Practice: priority of university instruction and research experience being focused on schools and NGOs operating in difficult environments. The Mantis Institute, a social science education practice based in Asia conducts school consultancies; clinical teaching; funded field research; and open-source publishing. Member of the World Economic Forum, Comparative International Education Society and the American Educational Studies Association. Recognized publisher of social science analytics archived at the University of Oxford Bodleian Library, and the University of Cambridge Library.

Continuing Education: certified expert specialist and model teacher status issued by the Ministry of Education, Xinzhou, Shanxi, China. Appointed the rank of expert within the public school system; assigned Fanting High School (山西范亭中学) as the mother school(母校) where Dr. Kleinpeter was schooled by students and faculty in Sino-pedagogies (教学法), language (语言), calligraphy (书法), and culture (文化). Assigned to the International Education Program as Head Teacher (班主任). Duties: teacher, counselor, faculty and administration advisor. Creator of Sino-Western pedagogies related to class contents.

Proficient in English, Spanish and Mandarin school settings. Experience: USA, university instructor; China, public-school teacher; Southeast Asia, multilateral observer of primary school development; China, the referral of students as volunteer teachers to NGOs in rural Cambodia; and Mexico, the referral of volunteer teachers to NGOs assisting abandoned and runaway youth.

Additional Occupation: Boatwright and Mechanic. Apprenticeships in the automotive and boat building industries while earning a General Education Degree (GED), followed by Miami-Dade College (AA), and Florida State University (BA). Yardmaster, vessel repairs and marine salvage. Returned to FSU, earned two graduate degrees(MS and PhD) with a career in academia and private practice, while remaining a principal in a marine industry operation.

Versed in “the working of hand and mind together,” he is an advocate of raising competency of knowledge through labor associations, masters of a vocational trade; creators of beneficial things; self-sustenance through mastery of literacy applied in the practice of a skilled profession.