Language Bridge Institute

Introduction

Dr. Giuseppe Chiaramonte

I am a seasoned international educator and leader with experience teaching college, high school, middle school, and international students.

In my current role as an English Language Fellow with the U.S. State Department in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, I am responsible for instructing a diverse cadre of English Second Language college students and training faculty and administration in current English Language Learner curriculum and assessment strategies.

Over the course of my teaching career, I've been honored to:

Facilitate professional development workshops for over 1,000+ educators, administrators, and staff across the United States and Central Asia
Teach and train students and teachers in America, Karakalpakstan, Thailand, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan
Deliver 14 keynote/plenary speeches at international educational conferences
Mentor PhD candidates throughout Central Asia via the Inkspire Scholars PhD writing support group
Create and host the Language Bridge Podcast & Unbreakable Resilience Podcast

The professional experience I have gained during my time as an educator, small business owner, professional baseball player, consultant, coach, researcher, and law enforcement officer has helped me to create strong support and engagement strategies for a diverse student population, while improving my overall cultural awareness and responsiveness.

Travel & Experience

Countries Visited

AZERBAJIAN

Cities:

Baku

KAZAKHSTAN

Cities:

Almaty

CANADA

Cities:

Edmonton

MEXICO

Cities:

Tijuana, Rosarito, Cancun, Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Nuevo, Ensenada, Puerto Vallarta

COLOMBIA

Cities:

Medellin

TAIWAN

COSTA RICA

Cities:

Jaco, San Jose

UZBEKISTAN

Cities:

Urgench, Khiva, Tashkent, Andijan, Bukhara, Samarkand, Jizzakh, Angren, Namangan, Norin District, Qarshi

KARAKALPAKSTAN

Cities:

Nukus, Xojeli (Khodzheyli), Mang'it, Aral Sea region, Moynaq, Shimbay (Chimbay)

BAHAMAS

Cities:

Grand Bahamas

INDONESIA

Cities:

Bali (Denpasar, Kuta, Seminyak, Sanur, Ubud)

TURKS & CAICOS

SOUTH AFRICA

Cities:

Cape Town

TURKIYE

Cities:

Istanbul

VIETNAM

Cities:

Hanoi, Haiphong, Sa Pa

THAILAND

Cities:

Bangkok, Koh Samet, Hua Hin, Ayutthaya, Pattaya City, Pathum Thani

BARBADOS

Cities:

Bridgetown, Christ Church, Oistins, St. Lawrence Gap

USA

States:

California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Arizona, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Colorado, Idaho, Arkansas, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington D.C., Tennessee, Pennsylvania, New York, Alabama, Mississippi, Nebraska, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Kansas

Literary influences

Personal Library

“To my children and students: The following is a curated short list, a beginning point, of authors, guides, philosophers, intellectuals, and poets I would tell my three beautiful children and amazing students to read, study, and use as compasses in their journey. For me, all of these writers are harbingers of truth; they have influenced, comforted, shaped, challenged, taught, encouraged, mentored, and created who I am. More importantly, they (the persons listed below) have given me varying tools to survive and overcome the challenges I have faced throughout my youth, adolescent, and adult years. I am of the belief that our lives will naturally evolve through the optics of our unique circumstances and literature allows us to freely explore the vast pantheon of our collective and individual human experiences.”

Fiction

Haruki Murakami (Must read - 1Q84, Norwegian Wood), Sylvia Plath, Langston Hughes, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, Neil Gaiman, Toni Morrison, Michael Crichton, Stephen King, Jules Verne, George Orwell, John Grisham, Mark Twain, Annie Dillard, Mario Puzo, Harper Lee, JD Salinger, Tom Clancy, Ayn Rand, Simon Scarrow, William Golding, Walter J Miller Jr. (Must read - A Canticle for Leibowitz), Larry Niven/Jerry Pournelle (Must read - Lucifer's Hammer), Randy Graudin, Ken Follett (The Pillars of the Earth; The Evening and the Morning), Kurt Vonnegut (Must read - Slaughterhouse 5), Min Jin Lee (Pachinko), Yu Hua (start with To Live)

Science Fiction/Fantasy

Stephen R. Donaldson (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - This is my all time favorite fantasy book series; you will find a part of me here), Hugh Howey, Peter Newman, J.R.R Tolkien, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Meg Ellison, Philip K. Dick, Orson Scott Card, H.G. Wells, Anne Rice, Octavia Butler, Justin Cronin, Patrick Rothfuss, Frank Herbert, Edgar Allan Poe, Terry Brooks, CS Lewis, Nnedi Okorafor, John Scalzi, Scott Lynch, Pierce Brown, Ursula K LeGuin, Larry Niven (Must read - Ringworld), Joe Haldeman, Douglas Adams (Must read - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), R.F. Kuang, Andy Weir, Alexander Darwin (Combat Codes - pure fun)

Personal Development

Brendon Burchard, Hal Elrod, Napoleon Hill, Aubrey Marcus, Joe Rogan, Zig Ziglar, Don Miguel Ruiz, Les Brown, Mark Manson, Paulo Coelho, Lewis Howes, Tony Robbins, Jim Rohn, Michael Neill, John C. Maxwell, Coach John Wooden's Leadership Game Plan for Success, David Goggins

Spiritual/Philosophy/Intellectuals

Ram Dass, Alan Watts, Epictetus, Arthur Schopenhauer, Paramahansa Yagananda, CG Jung, Friedrich Nietzsche, The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, Aristotle, Eckhart Tolle, Marcus Aurelius, Thich Nhat Hanh, Ajarn Brahm, Robert Wright, Socrates, Plutarch, Baruch de Spinoza, Immanuel Kant, Carl Sagan (Must read - Pale Blue Dot | at least the first four chapters), W.E.B Dubois

Non-Fiction

William Shirer (all time favorite non-fiction book - Rise and Fall of the Third Reich), Biographies: Napoleon, George Washington, Mozart

Poets

Langston Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Dylan Thomas, Rudyard Kipling (Start with "If"), John Keats, Rudy Francisco, Denice Frohman, Pablo Neruda, Maya Angelou, Emily Dickinson, William Wordsworth, Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, Allen Ginsberg, Ralph W. Emerson, T.S. Eliot, John Donne, Chaucer, Conrad Kent Rivers, Edgar Allan Poe ("Alone"), Charles Bukowski ("Your life is your life-Go all the way", "So you wanna be a writer"), Razaq Malik (start with "In Another World"), Berton Braley ("The Will to Win"), Walter D. Wintle ("State of Mind"), Edmund Vance Cooke ("How did you die?")

Poetry Websites

www.poetryfoundation.org | www.poets.org

Exploring education and resilience through meaningful conversations

My Podcasts

Language Bridge Podcast

Bridging the gap in ESL education one conversation at a time. I am me and guests from around the world as we explore innovative teaching strategies, real-world experiences, and practical tools to transform English learning.

Education & ESL
Global Perspectives

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Unbreakable Resilience

A powerful podcast where I share my personal journey of healing from PTSD, grief, and depression as I lift first responders. Through real-life stories and interviews with fellow first responders, we offer practical tools that challenge us to build mental health growth and emotional resilience.

Personal Stories
Mental Health Tools
Recovery Support

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