My Profile

As a young boy, I grew up in a home that educators surrounded. I was blessed to have a mother who instilled in me the Godly virtues of hard work, dedication, patience, honesty, humility, commitment to excellence, and a can-do attitude. The Lord blessed me with aptitudes for academics and sports, where I excelled. I have had the privilege to serve my country in uniform as a member of the US Army. My successful career as an executive has taken me to distant lands like Canada, France, Germany, the Philippines, Singapore, Guam, and Japan. I established, rebuilt, and struggled enterprises back to profitability. I engaged with individuals from differing cultures, backgrounds, and religions by appreciating their customs and traditions. These experiences have truly prepared me to transcend and share them with aspiring students in an academic setting. I genuinely believe that the education of tomorrow starts today.

The world has changed due to the advancements in technology which has brought the global community closer. What used to take months, days, or weeks to do can now be accomplished in a matter of minutes or even seconds. These changes in technology, cultures, and customs require that today's youth be adequately equipped to succeed in the Global Marketplace. The approach to preparing our youth to be the global leaders of tomorrow requires a different method that emphasizes tackling the problems of climate change, sustainability, freedom of conscience, inequality, illiteracy, religious intolerance, healthcare crisis such as the COVID 19 Pandemic, shared prosperity for all, the end to forever wars, and the efforts to forge a peaceful coexistence among nations regardless of their political affiliations or style of governance. We must teach our youth to acknowledge and appreciate the diversity that has flowered in the global community along the lines of race, culture, customs, and religion. As an educator, my goal is to create an opportunity where the best and biggest minds can achieve and accomplish their dreams, whether in the arts, sciences, business, government, or even the military. It is my desire by the grace of God Almighty to have a hand in developing this young mind by giving back to each one of them the knowledge, skills, abilities, and talents which had molded me into the successful individual that I am now

. I view my role as an educator as that of a symphony conductor. In a symphony, you have many parts, such as woodwinds, brass, strings, and percussions. It is the role of the conductor to direct these entirely different musical entities to make beautiful music. As a successful hospitality executive, I had the opportunity to wear many hats such as coach, entrepreneurial, motivator, accountant, and educator in my successful business and educator career. I believe that one must develop excellent time management skills and make quick and detailed decisions with the information you give. You must have a command presence about you and anticipate a given situation before it even happens. I have always motivated, inspired, and empowered my team to be the very best of what they do.

I genuinely believe that a leader must be compassionate, committed, encouraging, motivating, coaching, and determined. Great leaders inspire those under your charge to perform at the top of their game because they have created an atmosphere of positive encouragement, motivational excellence, and high expectations. These are the exact expectations, attributes, and characteristics that I believe are necessary foundations for classroom instruction at the post-secondary level. As an Academician, I hold core values such as empathy, integrity, honesty, honor, virtue, humility, and trust to motivate and direct learners onto the path to career success and self-confidence. I bring to individual students at the secondary and post-secondary level attributes of success that I accomplished both in and outside the classroom, enhancing the learning experiences of all students that I will interact with daily.

Sincerely,

Richard L. Dixon, BA, MA, & Doctoral Candidate