Jerry Webster

Jerry Webster, Ph. D., (Curriculum and Instruction, University of Maryland) has taught numerous courses in literature for the University of Maryland and in multiculturalism for Montgomery County Public Schools (MD). He taught English full-time in public school systems for forty years. He served as the Shastri, or head teacher, for the Shambhala Buddhist Center in Washington, D.C., for 10 years until he retired in 2020. He teaches ongoing programs for the Johns Hopkins Odyssey Program, the D.C. Politics & Prose Bookstore, Frederick Community College, and Washington College’s Academy of Lifelong Learning. This will be the third work he has taught by Joan Halifax.