Michael DeHaven

An NCSSM faculty member since 2010 Michael De Haven is currently teaching Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Western European Cultural Studies and Asian Studies.   For seventeen years he taught Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, and integrated courses in the physical and social sciences at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora Illinois where he was also a founding board member of the Illinois Virtual High School and the curriculum designer for The International Career Academy.  He was Visiting Professor of Education at Aurora University for three years before coming to NCSSM and was an adjunct faculty member for twelve years at Northern Illinois University in the Department of Educational Psychology and the Foundations of Education teaching graduate seminars in the foundations of language minority education as well as courses in the history, sociology and philosophy of education.   He has a Masters Degree in Medieval History from Northern Illinois University, has done graduate study in Economics, History and Education at the University of Chicago, Columbia University, The University of Illinois at Chicago and Northern Illinois University. His current academic research is in the semiotics of teaching and learning and revolutionary pedagogy. Mr. De Haven's leisure time is devoted to his dogs (The Tao—a pit bull and lab mix and Wei Chi—a Sharpei and Italian Greyhound mix) the board game Go, and the study of pre-eighteenth century Japanese culture.