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Bachelor of Arts
Dartmouth

Doctor of Education
Harvard

    Master of Education
Harvard		  Master of Science
MIT		  

 
Resume Dr. John B. Chittick, Ed.D.

Dr. John B. Chittick (Ed.D.)

Executive Director, TeenAIDS-PeerCorps

P. O. Box 7114, Fitchburg, MA 01420 USA

email:  chittick@post.harvard.edu

office:  978-665-9383

 

Curricula Vita

 

 

Education:

  

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA            1994

Doctor of Education in Human Development and Adolescent Psychology                        

Dissertation:  “Adolescents and AIDS: The Third Wave”

Specialization: Peer-led AIDS Prevention Education Programs for Teenagers

 

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA            1989

Master of Education: School-based AIDS Prevention Education

Specialization: Improving Better Survey Communication with Teens 

 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA            1980

Master of Science in Visual Studies:  Visual Technology and Education

Specialization: Film/Video and New Technologies

 

Yale University, New Haven, CT            1979

Summer Session, Documentary Film

                                                 

Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH            1970

Bachelor of Arts (Major: History; Minor: Government)

   

Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, MA            1966

Recipient of Academy’s Heritage Award (2001)

 

Applewild School, Fitchburg, MA            1963

Recipient of Laverack Award (2002)

 

Edgerly Primary School, Fitchburg, MA            1960

 

 

Employment History:

 

Executive Director, TeenAIDS-PeerCorps, Inc. (International AIDS Prevention NGO)            1997 – Present

Consultant/researcher, UNAIDS, Youth Prevention, International Work            1995 – Present

Lecturer, Harvard University and worldwide, HIV/AIDS Prevention Education            1992 – Present

President/Owner, Paté Poste Adcards, Inc., Fine Arts & Advertising Publisher            1984 – 1992

Owner/Director, a.k.a. Skylight Gallery of Beacon Hill            1986 – 1992

Publisher/Editor of “Guide to New England Art Galleries and Museums”            1988

Interactive Videodisc Designer (computerized education), Raytheon Company            1982 – 1984

President of Student Government, Harvard’s School of Education            1981 -- 1983

Video/Film Teacher: MIT, Mass. Dept. of Youth Services, Art Institute of Boston            1978 -- 1981

Ethnographer and Filmmaker, South Pacific (Micronesia, Polynesia, Melanesia)            1975 – 1977

Governor’s Intern at Pubic Utilities Commission (Boise, Idaho)            1974 -- 1975

Assistant Director, Congressional Campaigns (4th Massachusetts District)            1970 & 1972

Director, "Friendship Village" (Community Action for Inner-City Youth)            1970 – 1973

Finalist for Mayor, Fitchburg, Mass.            1971

Fitchburg City Council (youngest elected official in nation in 1969)            1970 –- 1972

Assistant Camp Director (Camp Wellville, Ashburnham, Mass.)            1968 & 1969

“Experiment in International Living,” Austria            1966

 

AIDS Conferences, Speeches and Presentations (a partial listing):

 

Television, Radio, Webcasts, U.S. and worldwide            1992 – Present

Promoting research and educating youth on HIV/AIDS prevention

 

Fourth Global Webcast for teens on AIDS, Massachusetts, hosted by TeenAIDS            2009

Keynote Address: “HIV/AIDS Prevention Goes Online in Tough Economic Times”

 

Speaker/Trainer, YAMI U  (Cable Positive and Motorola), Washington D.C.            2009

“Producing Successful Public Service Announcements and Webcasts for Youth”

 

Speaker, World HIV/AIDS Conference, Washington, D.C.            2009

“Global Response to Rising Youth HIV Rates”

 

Speaker, Street Outreach Workers Conference, Texas HIV Connection, Austin, Texas            2009

“Taking to the Streets: Understanding the Psychology of Street Outreach and Youth”

 

Keynote Speaker, Youth Leadership Summit, Central Massachusetts            2009

“Volunteerism and Youth: The Need for Action”

 

Third Global Webcast for Teens on AIDS, Kinshasa, Congo hosted by TeenAIDS            2008

Keynote Address: “Why the World Needs Peer Volunteers to Fight AIDS”

 

Keynote Speaker, University of Medical Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan                  2008

“HIV Prevention and Muslim Youth: Why Education is the Key”

 

Speaker, U.N. Youth Summit, New York            2008

“Global Outreach Using Peer-led Methods”           

 

17th International AIDS Conference, Mexico City, Mexico            2008

Poster Presentation: “Teen Epidemic Needs Peer-Led Response”

 

Second Global Webcast for teens on AIDS, Harvard University, hosted by TeenAIDS            2007

Keynote Address: “Meeting the Needs of Underserved Teens in Time of AIDS”

 

Global Health Conference, Washington, D.C.            2007

Speech: “Grabbing Teen's Attention!  Expanding Youth HIV Prevention Education

through Interactive Webcasts”

 

First Global Webcast for teens on AIDS, Massachusetts hosted by TeenAIDS            2006

Keynote Address: “Organizing a Global Teen Response through the Internet”

 

16th International AIDS Conference, Toronto, Canada            2006

Speech: Empowering Youth cross-culturally to Fight Teen HIV/AIDS”

 

Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea (Korean Federation for AIDS Prevention)            2006

Speech: “Peer-Led Education Works with Teens in every Culture”

 

University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan            2006

Speech: “Why Peer-led Education Works for Youth in every Culture”

 

National University of Bogdan Hmelnizkiy, Cherkassy, Ukraine            2005

Speech: “Breaking Barriers to Share Best Practices in Peer-led Education”

 

Global Walk to Train Teens as Peer Teachers; 200,000 trained in 75 countries            1999 – 2006

Featured on ABC, Reuters, CNN, AP News, BBC Radio, CBS (see Lexus Nexus)

 

Keynote Address, Ile-Ife University, Medical School Conference, Nigeria            2004

"The Need for Peer Outreach in our Communities"

 

INJU (Uruguayan National Youth Union), Montevideo, Uruguay            2003

Speech: "How to Address the Questions of Youths' Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS

 

14th International AIDS Conference, Barcelona, Spain            2002

Speech: “Global Walk to Train Teens”

 

Hanoi National University, Hanoi, Vietnam            2001

Speech: “Why Vietnam Must Rely on Youth to Carry the AIDS Message”

 

13th International AIDS Conference, Durban, South Africa            2000

Speech: “Global Walk to Train Teens”

 

Caribbean AIDS Conference, Havana, Cuba            2000

Street Outreach and AIDS Sanitorium

 

Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh            1999

Speech: “A Global Youth Response on AIDS Prevention Initiatives Locally”

 

12th International AIDS Conference, Geneva, Switzerland            1998

Presentations: 1) International Migration Factors 2) Internet as Prevention Tool

 

4th International Summer School STOP AIDS, Portoroz, Slovenia            1998        

Workshops/Lectures: "Peer-Led Harm Reduction in Eastern Europe"

 

4th International AIDS Congress in Asia and Pacific, Manila, Philippines            1997

Speech: "Impact of Cross-Border Migration on HIV/AIDS and Youth"

 

Workshops, Save the Children (SCF), HCMC Open University, Vietnam            1995 - 2000

 

11th International AIDS Conference, Vancouver, Canada,            1996

Speech: " Cross-Cultural Aspects of AIDS Prevention for Youth"

   

3rd International Asian AIDS Conference, Chiangmai, Thailand            1995

 

10th International Conference on AIDS, Yokohama, Japan            1994                                                                   

Abstract and Presentation:  "Adolescents and AIDS: School Programs"

 

6th National AIDS Update Conference, San Francisco            1993

Presentation: "Better HIV Education for Youth"                                    

 

Speaker, World AIDS Day Ceremonies, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic            1992

 

“Adolescents and HIV/AIDS: It’s Here and Spreading,” Talks with Teens & Young            1992 – Present

Adults on five continents                                                                                               

 

BBC World Radio, "East Asia Today"  and “BBC Up All Night” Interviews            1995 -- Present

World AIDS Days and Updates on Global Walks

 

 

Associations:

International AIDS Society; Harvard Faculty Club, Rotary International, Applewild Alumni Board, Friends of the Fitchburg Senior Center Board…

 

 

 

Website: www.teenaids.org


Introduction by Trustee Bink Garrison, October 9, 2001:


Heritage Award 2001 Deerfield Academy

The Deerfield Heritage Award is always given for outstanding  achievement and service. It is not usually awarded for heroism. Today, though, it will be.

When you think of the word "hero", what image comes to mind?  After the past few weeks, it may well be the image of a New York firefighter or policeman. Or maybe it's Mother Theresa.

I'd be surprised though if, when you close your eyes and try to visualize a true hero,  the image you conjure up is a varely five-foot-tall, cherubic, silver-haired, 50-plus year old Deerfield alumnus. But that's okay, because true heroism has absolutely nothing to do with image and appearance, and everything to do with actions.

Heroes take on jobs that regular people would never dream of doing. Heroes don't worry about themselves; they worry about others. Heroes say things others fear to say, and go places others fear to go. Tell a hero he can't  do something, and you can bet he'll get it done. If fact, heroes accomplish things other people can't even imagine. Put another way, heroes do the kinds of things John Chittick does.

We are here to honor John Chittick's work by bestowing on him the highest recognition the Deerfield Alumni Assocation can confer-the Heritage Award. For John's work is surely worthy of his Deerfield heritage. Indeed, it adds considerable luster to that heritage.

On behalf of all the alumni of this remarkable academy, particularly the members of the  Class of '66 who are proud to have graduated with John, it is my privilege to present the 2001 Deerfield Heritage Award to Dr. John Chittick - my classmate, my friend and most definitely, my hero.


Bink Garrison, Board of Trustees
October 9, 2001




The Award:


John Chittick:

Your predisposition for challenge, debate, and persuasion, while relaying a simple yet effective message in your pursuit of involvement with social causes began at Deerfield Academy from which you graduated in 1966. From there you matriculated to Dartmouth College where your passion for community action continued. While a college senior, you were elected to the Fitchburg City Council in 1969 thus becoming the youngest elected official in Massachusetts. Two years later an unsuccessful attempt at becoming mayor took you out of the political arena but did not quell  your activism on the part of social causes. A solo trip to the South Pacific where white men are rarely seenand where you lived with indigenous native islanders in out of the way coral atolls in Micronesia opened your eyes to people living a native lifestyle.

Returning to the US inspired with a vision to make a difference, you entered M.I.T. seeking a masters degree in the combination of video with emerging computer technology with the goal of educating "hard to reach" youth. While completing your doctoral work at Harvard University in human development and psychology, you also worked for the Raytheon Corporation promoting the use of videodiscs for missile training tapes. Your graduate degrees from both MIT and Harvard gave you the tools to use visual technology via interactive videodiscs to facilitate greater cross cultural cooperation in countries where your message could not be understood just by the spoken word.

The mid-80s were the watershed on your career path. Your art publishing company, Paté Poste, became the largest specialty art publishing company in New England where you became recognized for donating printing to AIDS organizations. The realization of how serious the AIDS pandemic was, made you decide to focus your career on AIDS prevention, particularly youth HIV/AIDS. You discovered that programs geared for teenagers were almost nonexistent. Your doctorate at Harvard proved to be groundbreaking as you predicted how serious teenage AIDS would become.

You presented these findings at the International AIDS Conference in Japan in 1994 which set you on the path of speaking at conferences in places such as South Africa, Cuba,  Switzerland, Slovenia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Dominican Republic and Australia.  Your predictions have proven true as today 50 percent of all new cases of HIV globally are occurring among 15 to 24 year olds.

Since the 90s you have devoted your life to educating teens, not necessarily in a traditional classroom setting but more often in slums, rural areas, brothels, drug dens and hospitals. In many areas you head right to the streets to find young volunteers to help you with your mission. Be it in Bosnia, Israel, Palestine, India, Bangladesh, or Cambodia you have successfully enjoined youth of vastly different religions, colors, social and cultural mores to come together to train fellow teens to help other teens avoid AIDS. You have been challenged by cultures insisting that sex is a taboo subject or that talking to foreigners is forbidden. You have been jailed for talking with teens and have been followed by police in China. And yet you have persevered, having just completed an AIDS walk to 40 countries where you have trained over 70,000 teenagers. People have sought you out due to your website on TeenAIDS - the oldest and biggest on the Internet. You have clearly made a difference.

Deerfield is proud to number you among its alumni and to honor you with the Heritage Award.






"Leading a grassroots campaign to help save teenagers from a new wave of HIV/AIDS his commitment to AIDS education and teen counseling is veritably unsurpassed.  His doctoral dissertation entitled Adolescents and AIDS: The Third Wave is a revealing study of AIDS education in our secondary schools."
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