Professor and Chair, Department of Humanities and Science, College Division

Chronology

2002-Present      Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, Overbrook, Professor and Chair, Department of Humanities and Science, College Division

1998-2002          Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs, Cayuga Community College of SUNY , Auburn , NY

1996-1998          Academic Dean, College of St. Joseph , Rutland , VT

1991-1996          Associate Dean, Division of Arts, Sciences, Public Services, John Tyler Community College , Chester VA

1991-1992          Lecturer in English, Virginia Commonwealth University

1988-1991          Chair, Division of Communications & Social Sciences, John Tyler Community College, Chester, VA

1984-1988          Director of Continuing Education/Professor of English, Neumann College

1980-1984          Lecturer in English, University of Pittsburgh

1968-1984          Professor of English/Head of Honors Program, Community College of Allegheny County, Monroeville , PA

1967-1968          English Teacher, Queen of Peace High School , North Arlington , NJ

1965-1967          Financial and Distribution Analyst, General Motors Corporation, Chevrolet, Englewood , NJ

1964-1965          Surety Bond Underwriter, Fireman's Fund/American Insurance Company, Newark , NJ

1963-1964          English Teacher, St. Michael's High School, Jersey City , NJ

Core Courses Taught

ENG    101      College Composition

ENG    106      Survey of British Literature

ENG    204      Survey of American Literature

COM   101      Oral Communication

Education

Ph.D.         Duquesne University

M.A.          Fairleigh Dickinson University

B.S.           St. Peter 's College

Membership in Professional Associations

Fellowship of Catholic Scholars (1986-Present)

Cardinal Newman Society (1997-Present)

Past member of Modern Language Association, Association of Chief Academic Officers of State University of New York, Association of Chief Academic Officers of Vermont and other administrative organizations.

Book Published

Hart Crane's Holy Vision: "White Buildings" (Pittsburgh, PA: Duquesne University Press, 1981)

Article Published

"How a Vision Grows," Hart Crane, Harold Bloom, ed. ( Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, 2003) - one of a collection of essays in the Bloom's Major Poets series.

Selected Poetry

"Icon," published in Impressions, Spring, 1997.

"Notion," published in VCCA Journal, Summer, 1992.

"Bird Sanctuary," fifth place in The Poetry Society of Virginia's Edgar Allen Poe Memorial contest, 1990.

Selected Presentations

"The Division Chair: Problem Solver, Manager, or Leader?" - speech given at the 1990 Winter Meeting of the Deans, Provosts, and Chairpersons of the Virginia Community College System.

"The North American Martyrs" - a brief history and explanation of the lives of the Jesuit Missionaries written for and read at an annual liturgical celebration and retained as an official document at the North American Martyrs parish library (Monroeville, PA)

"Mendelssohn's Elijah" - an overview of the narrative, musical, and religious aspects of the oratorio, written and read as a prologue to CCAC Choir's performance of piece.

Awards and Honors

University of Pittsburgh 's College of General Studies : "Apple for the Teacher" award

Nominated by President to represent the college at the Virginia Community College System's "1993 Administrative Leadership Seminar," an intensive, week-long workshop for recognized leaders in the System.