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

Hubert Kleinpeter, PhD, is a teacher and author of social studies. He resides and operates in Asian societies on projects related to human development, and has published several books on civilization, the human condition, ethical reasoning, and open-source knowledge. He is an advocate for teaching ethical governance and practices and encouraging the production of open-source knowledge as foundational to 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: Mantis Institute, an education practice based in Asia, engages in school consultancies; clinical teaching; funded field research; and open-source publishing. Member of the 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: credentialed expert with model teacher awards issued by the Ministry of Education, Xinzhou, Shanxi, China. Appointed at the rank of expert in the public school system; assigned to Fanting High School (山西范亭中学), the mother school (母校). Educated in Sino-pedagogies (教学法), language (语言), calligraphy (书法), and culture (文化). Duties: teacher/mentor; faculty/administration advisor; and designer, Sino-American pedagogies.

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

Additional Occupation: Boatwright, Mechanic, Diver. Apprenticed in the automotive and boat building industries; earned 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 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.