Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University A land-grant institution
Pavli Mykerezi
Pavli Mykerezi was born and raised in Albania. As a lifelong learner he pursued a M.S. and a Ph.D. degree in Career & Technical Education from Virginia Tech. His research was focused in the role of career and technical education in socio-economic development. Pavli has six years experience with the Agricultural Technology Program. He started as a graduate teaching assistant, part time instructor, and now full time instructor. He loves the program because during the years he was convinced that AT is a viable, worthy, and important component to the needs of the agricultural industry. Pavli received his B.S. degree in Physics in 1977 from the University of Tirana, focusing on teaching physics in high school and college level. He then received his M.S. in Physics from the University of Tirana in 1988. For nearly 23 years he served in education system in Albania starting as a physics teacher, principal in an Agricultural Polytechnic School, and inspector of education. During the years 1992-1999 he was deeply involved in several international projects for improving the vocational & technical education system in Albania and other former communist countries. Pavli came in the United States in the fall of 1999. The courses he teaches include Applied Agriculture Mathematics, Agribusiness and Information Systems, Automated Accounting for Agriculture, Application of Computers, and Contemporary Agricultural Issues. Pavli is married and his wife is a teacher in Montgomery County Public Schools. They have two sons, both students at Virginia Tech. They are proud to be a Hokie family. They live in Blacksburg.