Greg Tuke

Greg Tuke teaches Social Media and Social Change courses at Seattle University and the University of Washington-Bothell, with a specialty focus in using video and live video conferencing across borders to enhance cross-cultural communication skills. He has written several articles on education change strategies and is the author of Creating Powerful Schools: Lessons Learned in Working to Improve Public Schools.

He is also the past Executive Director of three organizations: Powerful Schools, a Seattle-based education-reform organization, Bridges to Understanding, an international organization that builds cross-cultural organization through digital story-telling and The Social Justice Fund, a foundation that funds social change organizing in 5 western states. He has a particular interest in the Middle East, and served as the Global Citizen Corps Manager for Mercy Corps, designing and leading cross-cultural virtual exchanges among students and activists from the U.S. and Middle East. He currently leads Tuke International Consulting, providing training workshops in social media story-telling and consultation services to local and international non-profit organizations.