Jeanne Lombardo
Jeanne Belisle Lombardo is a freelance writer in Scottsdale Arizona with an interest in languages, literature, culture, global issues and the Humanities in general. She has written for online journals, in-house newsletters and print publications for higher education and is a published poet. Jeanne has called many countries home including Japan, England and France and she has traveled extensively in Europe, Asia , Mexico and Central America.
Jeanne has worked in education for more than twenty years and is Assistant Director of Community Development at Rio Salado College in Phoenix Arizona. She also currently collaborates with her husband, Tom, at the Center for Future Consciousness, facilitating workshops, courses and presentations on the future. She blogs about current affairs and the importance of enhancing one's capacity to think creatively and constructively about the future at Futurodyssey . You can read Jeanne's essays on Humanities topics in the Center for Future Consciousness Humanities Room.
Jeanne holds a Bachelors degree in Spanish and Latin American Studies and a Masters degree in Interdisciplinary Humanities.
Latest Articles
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Five New Age Metaphysical Shops in Sedona, Arizona
Among the mystical red rocks and sacred vortex sites, Sedona's New Age shops are a haven for those seeking spiritual healing and sacred experience.
Feb 26, 2012
- Jeanne Lombardo
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Arizona Mystery Castle Blends Organic Architecture with Kitsch
Among unusual Arizona tourist sites, one of the best is the Mystery Castle just south of downtown Phoenix in the foothills of the South Mountain Preserve.
Feb 20, 2012
- Jeanne Lombardo
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Best Rice Recipe
Following a few simple rules and choosing a high quality rice will result in easy-to-prepare, mouthwatering rice dishes. This basic recipe can be modified many ways.
Jan 27, 2010
- Jeanne Lombardo
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Utopia Through the Lens of the Movie Avatar
James Cameron borrows heavily from classic and modern tales of utopia. From its pristine nature to its harmonious social structure, Pandora is another name for Utopia.
Jan 25, 2010
- Jeanne Lombardo
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Japanese Film Greats – Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon
Based on the story, "In a Grove" by Ryonosuke Akutagawa, Rashomon (1950) introduced Japanese film to Western audiences. After half a century its power is undiminished.
Oct 21, 2009
- Jeanne Lombardo
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Japanese Film Greats – Director Yasujiro Ozu
Akira Kurosawa's films may be the most widely-known works of Japanese cinema in the West, but the films of Yasujiro Ozu speak in a more authentically Japanese voice.
Oct 13, 2009
- Jeanne Lombardo
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Great Lavender Products to Heal and Soothe
Lavender is among the most popular of traditional scents and the queen of floral healing fragrances. Now there are more ways than ever to enjoy its beneficial properties.
Oct 10, 2009
- Jeanne Lombardo
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Five Modern Age Utopias
From Thomas More's Utopia to J.D. Bernal's The World, the Flesh, and the Devil, changing ideas about the nature of reality have produced very different utopian visions.
Jul 28, 2009
- Jeanne Lombardo
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Early Utopias
Long before Thomas More coined the word utopia - from the Greek for no place - in 1516, humans began to imagine the ideal way of being in the world and living together.
Jul 28, 2009
- Jeanne Lombardo
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Origins of Public Education in America
Unlike Europe, Japan, and other developed nations with a centralized education system, in the U. S. public schools are controlled at a local level. How did this happen?
Jul 27, 2009
- Jeanne Lombardo
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