Background
Blassingame, Ronald Jay was born on April 20, 1948 in New York City. Son of Samuel and Johnnie Mae Blassingame.
Blassingame, Ronald Jay was born on April 20, 1948 in New York City. Son of Samuel and Johnnie Mae Blassingame.
Bachelor of Social Work cum laude, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1971. Master of Education in Adult Education, Kansas State University, 1977. Master of Science in Human Services, Boston University, 1983.
Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, Columbia State University, 1997.
Social worker Wisconsin Children's Treatment Center, Madison, 1972-1973. Assistant director youth services Buffalo Urban League, 1973-1975. Social worker alcohol & drug prevention & control program Department of Army, Fort Riley, Kansas, 1975-1976, Germany, 1976-1978.
Adjunct lecturer Central Texas College/Overseas, Stuttgart, Germany, 1977-1978. Supervisor group homes St. Barnabas Group Homes, New York City, 1979-1981. Director special programs Institute for Career and Life Planning Phelps-Stokes School, Brooklyn, 1979-1981.
Teaching trainer Peace Corporation, Monrovia, Liberia, 1981-1983. Institutional supervisor English as Second Language and cultural orientation program International Catholic Migration Commission, Morong, Philippines, 1984-1990. Project director Amerisian residential program Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees, Utica, n.Y., 1990-1992.
Correction counselor Cape Vincent Correctional Facility New York State Department Correctional Services, 1993-1996, correction counselor Taconic Correctional Facility, 1996-1998. Alcohol and substance abuse treatment program coordinator Watertown (New York ) Correctional Facility, 1998—2003. Asylum officer United States Department Homeland Security INS, Miami, Florida, since 2003.
Consultant Philippine Culture Commission Service Corporation, Manila, 1987-1988, Voice of America, Washington, 1980-1981. Member working group Non Governmental Committee of United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, New York City, 1994-1997. Consultant in field.
Mentor New York State Mentoring Program, Thousand Island Central School District, Cape Vincent, 1993-1997. Special assistant Family Court of State of New York, since 1998. With United States Army, 1975-1978.
Member American Sociological Association, World Futurist Society, National Peace Corps Association, American Studies Association of the Philippines (vice president Bataan chapter 1986-1990), Southern Poverty.
Married Stephanie Moore, October 21, 1981 (divorced September 1984). Married Hope Villanueva, August 30, 1985. Children; Aram, Nadirah, Willie, Samuel.