General Education

2009

University of South Carolina, Lancaster; University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, Women's Studies Department; University of North Carolina, Greensboro; Southeastern University; Davidson County Community College, Lexington, North Carolina; Columbus State Community College, Columbus, Ohio; Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co; Nexxus Salon Service; WSYX-6, ABC affiliate, Columbus, Ohio

Service to the fields of Native American Studies, Women's Studies, and Composition/Rhetoric Studies

Recipient, University of South Carolina Research and Productive Scholarship Grant; Recipient, University of North Carolina Campus Scholarship for a Native American; Who's Who among America's Teachers; Minority Presence Grant for a Native American

Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures, Caucus for American Indian Scholars and Scholarships, Conference on Christianity and Literature, Conference on College Composition and Communication, Modern Language Association, National Council of Teachers of English

Articles

• "A Lifetime of Devotion: The T.J. Blumer Collection on the Catawba Nation, 1756-Present." Solicited article. Vol. 3 Native South, 2010.
• "By Her Hands: Catawba Women and Survival, Civil War through Reconstruction." Vol. 2. Native South, 2009.
• "A Teaching Tip: Put the Chairs in a Circle to Improve Learning" English Dept. Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 1998.

Poetry

• "La Danse: Une Aventure Romanesque" The Parchment Lexington, NC 2003.
• "Sitting in Kloove's Coffee House on a Tuesday Eve" The Parchment Lexington, NC 2002.
• "What Do You See?" The Parchment Lexington, NC 2001.
• "Hawg Heaven" The Nomad, Cullowhee, NC 1998.

Books

• Edited Course Text: World Mythology. Savannah, GA: LAD, 2010.
• Edited Course Text: Mythology: Selections from Bulfinch's Mythology and Chretien de Troyes' Arthurian Romances. Lexington, NC: DCCC, 2003.

Conference Presentations and Invited Talks

• "Tsa la gi: Selected Readings." Fourth Annual Writer's Assembly. Savannah College of Art and Design. April, 2011. Savannah, GA
• "Creative Community: Rhetoric and Writing at the Art and Design University." 2011 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). Atlanta, GA. April, 2011.
• "Teaching/Writing/Researching: The Trinity of Student Success." Georgia Southern Student Success in Writing Conference. Savannah, GA. 4 Feb, 2011.
• "Other As Self: Selected Readings" Third Annual Writer's Assembly. Savannah College of Art and Design. April, 2010. Savannah, GA.
• "People Learning People: A Place for Archival Work in the English Classroom." NCTE 2009 WLU Literacies for All Summer Institute. Learning in the Company of Others: Reading Writing and Inquiring in the 21st Century. July 2009. Columbia, South Carolina.
• "Telling Turtle: Catawba Indian Storytelling." Honoring the Animal. 20 June, 2009. Lancaster, SC.
• "Potters of Perseverance: Catawba Indian Women and the Conquering of Extinction." Fifth Annual Southeast Indian Studies Conference. April 2009. Pembroke, NC.
• "Cherokee Women: Enduring Colonization and the Trail of Tears." Invited Talk. Daughters of the American Revolution. Annual Meeting. Colonel Arthur Lee Forbis Chapter. November, 2008. Greensboro, NC.
• "Classroom without Walls: Community, Oral History, and Wisdom as Curriculum." Plenary Session. The Native American Literature Symposium. March 2008 Minneapolis, MN.
• "Missionary Discourse: Rhetoric, Alternative History, and the Trail of Tears." Invited Talk. Southeastern University. March 2008. Lakeland, FL.
• "Rhetoric and Revisionism: The Debunking of Indian History." Yap Ye Iswa, "Day of the Catawba" Festival. 3 November, 2007. Lancaster, SC.
• "The Rhetoric of Witness: Personal Accounts from the Trail of Tears." The Native American Literature Symposium. March 2007. Mt. Pleasant, MI
• "Using Service Learning to Incorporate Interpersonal Skills." The 21st Century Employability Skills Conference. January 2003. Lexington, NC.
• "Green Feet in Red Clay." Poetry Reading. John C. Campbell Folk School Literary Festival. Spring 2000. Brasstown, NC.

Exhibits

• "Saint Francis." Solicited Painting. 2011. Presented to Franciscan Spiritual Retreat Center. Winchester, VA.
• "Fish Lips Series." Selected Paintings. Starbucks Coffee. 24 September - 25 October, 2010. 2100 E. Victory Dr. Savannah, GA.
• Selected Paintings. December, 2009. Lancaster Folk Art Festival. Lancaster, SC.
• Folk Art Exhibit. 1 July - 31 July, 2009. Lancaster County Arts Council. Lancaster, SC.
• Selected Paintings. December 2008. Lancaster Folk Art Festival. Lancaster, SC.

"My inspiration stems from an inherent place where serving others is my main objective. Teaching represents the calling placed on my life. In my attempt to be obedient to that call, I approach the art of teaching seriously; I bring to the craft a sense of ethos that prompts me to continuously consider the aspects of effective teaching: listening, mentoring, reflecting, evolving, and communicating."

• ENGL 123 Composition
• ENGL 171 World Mythology
• ENGL 733 History of Rhetoric

"Pedagogical art involves philosophies that revolve around decision making, experimentation, student feedback, and reflection. The art of teaching requires that I-as professor, rhetorician, researcher, writer, and co-learner-create a safe space where valuable, creative ideas can flow, and where students can examine and reexamine how their lives and worldviews positively affect their artistic endeavors."

2003

Professional public speaker, planetarium; business practices: General Electric (corp. office); self-employed/commission, The Prudential

Book - You Can Do College; Ph.D. dissertation

National Communication Association, Southern States Communication Association

2010 NCA Conference, panel chair and participant, Outreaching to the Non-Traditional Student"

"My goal is to 'teach to the epiphany.' My lesson plans are structured to include something to make the 'light bulb go off' inside the students' heads."

• COMM 105 Speech & Public Speaking
• COMM 130 Introduction to Mass Communication

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1992

Professor of French, SCAD; developed the "French for Travelers" course; translator and interpreter, SCAD; foreign language supervisor, East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools; French instructor, Nicholls State University

2009

Assistant professor, University of Louisville; basic course director, University of Louisville; language arts instructor, Upward Bound; adjunct professor, Bellarmine University; writing lab tutor, University of Missouri; artists representative, Centaur Studios

Conducted qualitative research on a partnership between a reform synagogue and a missionary Baptist Church, Louisville, Kentucky

Gilman Memorial Fellowship, University of Missouri, Columbia; student nominated "Faculty Favorite," for three years at the University of Louisville

National Communication Association

Articles

• Sinister forces, goons and fanatics: Metaphors of blame in news coverage of church bombings in India, Intercultural Communication Studies, 15, 86-97, Berman, J., D'Silva, M., Esrock, S., Hart, J., and Leichty G., 2006
• Undergraduate communication education in Kentucky's public universities. Kentucky Journal of Communication, 24, 127-137, Berman, J. E., and Hart, J. L., 2005
• Understanding language across the racial divide. Intercultural Communication Studies, 14(3), 1-9, 2005

Presentations

• "African American Orality at the Movies: New Approaches to African American Tropes," Southern States Communication Association conference, 2006
• "Unity in a City Divided: A Jewish Synagogue and an Africa American Church," National Communication Association, 2005

"My inspiration for teaching mainly comes from a variety of media sources. Most often, I get ideas from reading the New York Times. The content and presentation give me the basis for new speech assignments or exercises. I also get ideas from news and entertainment programs. I frequently use ideas from CBS's Sunday Morning. I like their coverage of cultural and social issues as well as their balanced political interviews. One of my favorite sources of inspiration is NPR, particularly This American Life and Weekend with Bob Edwards, the first as a source of a slice of the quirky and particular in American culture with an engaging narrative style, and the second, as a range of cultural and political topics. I use these sources in an effort to keep my teaching and assignments innovative, current and thought provoking. My SCAD colleagues also inspire me; I love to hear about their assignments and challenges. As I've attended more lectures and events and SCAD, those events also become part of my teaching orientation. As well, I use my interactions with friends, etc. as a basis for a quick assignment or comment in class. And, of course, these ideas are developed with a growing understanding and appreciation of students here; their creativity and commitment to learning is an overall source of inspiration."

• COMM 105 Speech and Public Speaking
• COMM 110 Interpersonal Communication
• COMM 130 Introduction to Mass Media

2003

Instructor, New York University; freelance legal research, writing and editing; associate attorney, Proskauer Rose Goetz and Mendelssohn, Gelberg and Abrams

Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home Foundation, vice-president, board of directors; Pine Woods Retreat, Inc., board of directors; Savannah Country Day School Curriculum Committee, member

• "'To Vouch this is no proof:' From Oath to Evidence in Othello," Modern Language Association Annual Convention, 2006
• Book review of B.J. and Mary Sokol, "Shakespere's Legal Language: A Dictionary," published in "Shakespeare Yearbook 16," 458-463, 2007
• "A House of His Own in Rabbit is Rich" talk at American Literature Association Symposium on American Fiction 1890-present, 2009

1999

Instructor, Florida State University

Editorship, The Call: The Magazine of the Jack London Society

Two-time recipient of a Savannah College of Art and Design Presidential Fellowship, Mellon Foundation Fellow 2005

The Jack London Society, The American Literature Association, The Ernest Hemingway Society

• "Preface to Special Section on Jack London"-Lead piece in American Literary Realism, 1870-1910 (Spring 2011) for special issue on Jack London and Into the Wild
• "Getting Grundy With Jack London's Over-reporting in The Road. American Literary Naturalism Newsletter
• "London's Fiction Technique and his Use of Schopenhauer as the 'Motif Under the Motif' in 'The Law of Life,'" Eureka Studies in Teaching Short Fiction,
• "Saying What He Means: Linguistic Proportion in the Poetry of Charles Bukowski." Notes on Contemporary Literature
• "Repudiating the 'Gladiatorial Theory of Existence': Tom King's Ethical Development in Jack London's 'A Piece of Steak,'" Aethlon: Journal of Sports Literature,
• "Using Visual Interpretive Analysis in Teaching Joyce Carol Oates's "Naked." Eureka Studies Teaching Short Fiction
• "Robinson Jeffers's 'People and a Heron.'" The Explicator

"The enjoyment that comes from sharing knowledge and discussing literature and ideas with students."

• ENGL 168: American Moderns: 1900-1945
• ENGL 278 Angelheaded Hipsters: Beat Generation Writers
• ENGL 363: Hardboiled: The Noir Literary Tradition

"My scholarly interests include 19th and 20th American Literature and Textual Editing."

2001

Instructor, University of Minnesota; instructor, Minneapolis College of Art and Design; instructor, Wesleyan College; assistant editor: Luna Poetry Anthology; editor: Artemis

Geselle Writer's Fellowship; Anderson House Winner; Ruth Lilly Poetry Contest Finalist, Edelstein Keller Fellowship

• "A Student in Poetry I is Writing a Poem" Spoon River Review 2011
• "Loading the Bales", "Minneapolis", "Begin Again", "We Thought We Heard Rain" Kalliope 2008
• "Landscape with Heart", "Porcelain Picture in a Hilltop Cemetery, Spoleto, Italy" Journal of Curriculum Theorizing 2007
• "The Foreign City", "Let it at Least Come to This" Moon City Review 2004
• "The Body that Swept Past the Cabin" The Louisiana Review 2003
• "The Figure and the Sea in the Painting", "The Knowledge" Convergence 2002
• "The Figure and the Sea in the Painting" One Trick Pony 2001
• "The Killing" The Nebraska Review 1999
• "The Knowledge" The Texas Observer 1998
• "Nadine in the Dark" Southern Anthology 1998
• "By Wind, By Rain" The North Stone Review 1997

"Poetry."

• CREA 157 Poetry Writing I
• CREA 257 Poetry Writing II
• CREA 357 Poetry Writing III
• ENGL 123 Composition
• ENGL 148 Psychological Realism in Literature
• WRIT 205 Writing for the Arts I
• WRIT 210 Promotional Writing
• WRIT 255 Business and Professional Writing

2006

Professor, University of Michigan; freelance consultant

Created a new course in SCAD's Liberal Arts entitled, "Creative Thinking" which continues to be updated and coordinated with other courses on creativity across the curriculum; developed with other members of the board a non-profit organization, "Rebellious Dreamers" to support women whose dreams had been deferred

Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Michigan, 1995

• "Grades and Teaching," Talking about Teaching, SCAD, 2010
• "Teaching to Enhance Creativity," SECAC Presentation, New Orleans, 2008

"One of the joys I get from teaching is helping each individual student realize their potential. Many years ago an older student thanked me at the end of a course. He said that he had always been told he was stupid. Because of the variety of teaching techniques I employ in my course he was able to understand and apply complex concepts to see that he was smart and capable. I am inspired to help each student think more critically and more creatively and help all students believe they can think critically and creatively."

• PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology
• PSYC 260 Creative Thinking Theories and Process
• PSYC 280 Psychology of Group Processes

1998

Representative1998-Present

Guest director, Bay Street Theatre at Club One; guest director, Little Theatre of Savannah; guest director, Cardinal Repertory Theater; director, Savannah Actor's Theater; professor of liberal arts and professor of performing arts, Savannah College of Art and Design; professor, artistic director/producer, Savannah College of Art and Design; designated casting director, film industry for university projects; feature film casting associate; chair of media and performing arts, professor, Savannah College of Art and Design; alumni professional placement, Savannah College of Art and Design; professor of media and performing arts, Savannah College of Art and Design; director of education, Saltworks Theatre Company; director of education, Senator John Heinz History Museum; instructor, Point Park University/Pittsburgh Playhouse; adjunct, Chatham University; adjunct, Geneva College; teaching fellow, University of Pittsburgh

Co-wrote, directed, and presented original SCAD work for the National American College Theatre; festival, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Ten Year Decoration of University Service; University Commendations and Grants; presented/directed five SCAD musical productions for Region IV KC/ACTF Festivals; Best Production 2008 Connect Savannah, Rocky Horror Show Live!; 5-year decoration of university service; Best Production 1999 Savannah Morning News, The Who's Tommy; directed three productions for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland to critical acclaim; recipient of KC/ACTF Region IV Certificate of Vision 2004; TCG Professional Affiliate Award 2003; Regional Judge Emmy Awards; founded SCAD's award-winning media and performing arts department; founded Pittsburgh's FNI Improvs (now celebrating its twentieth anniversary season)

Association for Theater in Higher Education (ATHE); Alexander Technique International (ATI); Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA); Southern States Communication Association (SSCA); Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers (SSDC); Casting Society of America (CSA), associate; The Voice Foundation Member; Actors Hall of Fame Elector

Publications
Theatre critic/contributing editor, Pittsburgh City Paper; author to over one hundred published critiques, review and preview articles

Presentations

• "Use Doth Breed Habit..." a fundamental Alexander Technique informed stress-relief/improv seminar, Residence Life Self-improvement Program, May 2011
• "Golden Ticket of Public Speaking ... an energy driven, purpose-based physical approach toImpromptu Speaking (aka Extemporaneous Speaking)," 'LEAD Conference, February 2011
• "Finding Voice," seminars for Admission Personnel, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia
• "Ensemble Building," Admission Personnel Seminars, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia
• "Audience Participation Improvisation," Twenty-five all day improvisational seminars, lectures and workshops conducted with two/three hundred prospective students and their families as audience participants, Savannah College of Art and Design, Pamela Rhame, Senior VP of Admission and Communication, Savannah, Georgia
• Regional Adjudicator and Respondent, KC/ACTF
• "The Living Newspaper," and Residency, Scaife Family Foundation Grant, Senator John Heinz History Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• "Ensemble Methodology," faculty seminar, Scaife Family Foundation Grant, Senator John Heinz History Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• "Educating with Ensemble and The Living Newspaper," faculty seminar, Scaife Family Foundation Grant, Senator John Heinz History Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• "The Character Docent," actor/staff seminar, Scaife Family Foundation Grant, Senator John Heinz History Museum,Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

"The industry embraces, and craves, positive, responsible people, and it is my goal to help students find positive, fulfilling career paths.

"My approach to teaching gives great weight to the ethereal, adroit, process-oriented work (the Alexander Technique - ongoing studies and research in the physiological freedoms; voice production and release, IPA, improvisation, auditions, investigations, text analysis, technique development, acting-theory and classroom methodology). I am committed to the success of my students; consequently, I instruct the student to help define their successes via critical analysis of their classroom accomplishments. Through discussion, theory, practical application, terminology, rhetoric, professional orientation and debate, my students are ready and willing to work enthusiastically for the rest of their lives.

"I encourage a rigorous, disciplined, work-oriented and positive classroom. I utilize rubrics and documentation for test scores, merit, achievement, participation, agency-standard marketing tools, audition pieces, written work, student evaluations, peer and administrative evaluations, grades, digital/video documentation and exit interviews. The students are required to post all written works electronically, in support of university sustainability."

• COMM 105 Speech and Public Speaking
• MPRA 314 Acting for the Camera I
• MPRA 704 Acting and Stage Movement

"My students will be able to authoritatively represent themselves, character, ethics, as well as their actual artistic work … both socially and at a moment's notice, professionally. They are readied/prepared, thoughtfully rehearsed, deliberate, passionate, logical, committed (physically, emotionally, and with their spoken word), substantially, practically and creatively to represent themselves, their work, and their college to the world. SCAD students will be those individuals setting the greatest example all the while characterizing themselves (and their credentials) as the obvious choice for professional investment and hire for healthy expert collaborations, and eventual, gainful, employment."

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2000

Classroom experience for over forty years

"The More of Myth: A Pedagogy of Diversion is the book I feel is my most significant accomplishment because it combines storytelling, theory, and student work both written and artistic-and this reflects the drive in all my writing and teaching: to be interdisciplinary and to honor the many voices that contribute to my understanding."

SUNY Summer Research Grant; SCAD Presidential Fellowship; Listed in Directory of American Scholars; Who's Who in Religion; Who's Who in the South and Southwest; Sears-Roebuck Teaching Excellence and Campus; Leadership Award, OLHCC; Academic Excellence Award for Teaching, University of Redlands

Modern Language Association, Thomas Wolfe Society, American Educational Research Association

Books

• Beckett and Myth: An Archetypal Approach. Syracuse University Press, 1988.
• In the Shadow of the Giant: Thomas Wolfe. Ohio University Press, 1988.
• To the Lighthouse and Back: Writings on Teaching and Living, Peter Lang Press,1995.
• Like Letters in Running Water: A Mythopoetics of Curriculum. Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers, 2000.
• Triple Takes on Curricular Worlds.SUNY Press, 2006.
• The More of Myth: A Pedagogy of Diversion. Sense Publishers, 2011.

Recent articles

• "Shaping the Stone," English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 5:2, 2006, 45-66.
• "Capacity and Currere," in Pedagogies of the Imagination. Sense Publishers, 2008: 223-230.
• "Under the Helmet," in Reimagining Education: Essays on Reviving the Soul of Learning. Spring Books, 2009, 173-180.
• "Other Voices, Other Ruins: Beckett's Spectral Women." Spring: A Journal of Archetype and Culture. Vol. 79.Spring 2008, 125-140.
• "Beyond Myth and Memory: Ghostwriting Wolfe," Thomas Wolfe Review. vol. 33,nos. 1 &2, 2009, 83-92.
• "Afterword: Teaching Along the Way," Cross-Cultural Studies in Curriculum: Eastern Thought, Educational Insights. Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers, 2008,349-352.

Recent presentations
"Myth, the New "M" theory of Education," AERA conference, April 10, 2011.

"Students, especially at SCAD, offer diverse backgrounds and interests to enrich any subject we touch on in class. Their insights open my eyes to what I may have overlooked or underappreciated. A classroom of collegial exchange invigorates my research, which always comes out of my classroom experience."

• ENGL 123 Composition
• ENGL 124 Composition and Literature
• ENGL 155 Literature by Women
• ENGL 242 The Absurdist Imagination

"As a writer, I am interested in the intersection among literature, education, cultural studies, life writing, world mythology and depth psychology. To one degree or another, I draw from these differing fields, always respecting the student voices that add dimension to the conversation."

2009

Assistant and associate professor (with tenure), Lewis & Clark College; department chair, political science department, Lewis & Clark College; director, Fellowships and Awards, Lewis & Clark College; political analyst, KPAM Radio and Oregon Public Broadcasting (Portland, Oregon) (2000 - 2009)

Harry S. Truman Scholar, 1985; Special Mention Award, World Association of Public Opinion Research [WAPOR], 1998; Goldsmith Research Award, Harvard University, 1994; Greg Kannerstein Alumni Award, Haverford College, 2010

American Association of Public Opinion Research [AAPOR]; American Conference of Academic Deans [ACAD]; Academy of Financial Services [AFS]; American Political Science Association [APSA]; College Art Association [CAA]; Midwest Political Science Association [MPSA]; National Council of Arts Administrators [NCAA]; Southeastern College Art Conference [SECAC]; World Association of Public Opinion Research [WAPOR]

• "The Political Non-Apology," Society, (2011), Vol. 48: 136-141.
• "Life-Cycle Funds: International Diversification, Reverse Glide Paths, and Portfolio Risk," Second author, with Harold J. Schleef (primary author), in Journal of Financial Planning, January 2011, 50-58.
• "Why Embed?: Explaining the Bush Administration's Decision to Embed Reporters in the 2003 Invasion of Iraq," Second author, with Andrew Cortell (primary author), and Scott Althaus (third author), in American Behavioral Scientist (2009), Vol. 52 (5): 657-677.
• "What Media Bias?: liberal and conservative labeling in major U.S. newspapers, 1992-2004," Primary author (co-authors, John Koehn and Loring Veenstra). Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics (2007), Vol. 12: 17-36.
• The Evolution of Presidential Polling (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003).
• "Partisan Absolution?: exploring the depths of forgiveness," International Journal of Public Opinion Research (2000), Vol. 12: 245-258.
• "Questioning Cynicism," Society, (July/August 2000), Vol. 37: 55-60.

"Parents, outstanding K-12, college and graduate school teachers-professors, and a constant, passionate love of learning."

Robert M. Eisinger is the Dean of the School of Liberal Arts at SCAD in Savannah, Georgia. He previously worked at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, where he was department chair of the political science department. Dr. Eisinger's current research concerns newspaper photographs of scandalized politicians, and measuring incivility on the Internet. He is also working on a book on political and photographic representation (with photographer Meryl Truett). A political scientist by training, Dr. Eisinger has re-discovered artistic inspirations, as evidenced both by taking photographs when time permits, and by attending and exploring museums and exhibits when traveling. He is a tennis player, an avid jazz fan and a self-proclaimed mediocre golfer.

Contact Eisinger by email or by calling 912.525.5823.

1998

Teaching for 35 years; licensed educator in New York State; taught in university, community college, high school, prison environments

my family; my students

Presidential Doctoral Dissertation Award, 1995; Chair of Liberal Arts department 2008-2011

Modern Language Association; Conference on College Composition and Communication; National Council of Teachers of English; Association of Curriculum and Supervision; Nathaniel Hawthorne Society

"A teacher who was once kind to me."

• ENGL 176 Classics of Science Fiction
• ENGL 320 Literary Films

"Every student matters."

2007

Professor, City University of New York

"Working with award-winning students from SCAD in many disciplines!"

SCAD Presidential Fellowship, 2010; SCAD Faculty Conference Travel Grant, 2007-10; Temple Faculty Initiative Research Grant, 2007; J. Walter Thompson Archive Research Fellowship, Duke University, Durham, N.C., 2003; CUNY Graduate Center Instructional Technology Fellowship, 2003-05; CUNY Graduate Center Writing Across the Curriculum Fellowship, 2001-03

American Anthropological Association, Society for Anthropology of North America, Design History Society, Society for Visual Anthropology, Society for Economic Anthropology, Society for Urban, National and Transnational Anthropology

• "American Dreams: Teaching Class in the United States. In D. Chapman (Ed.), Teaching Social Theory: Crossing Borders, Reflecting Back," Peter Lang, 2010
• "Diamond Signs: Generic Stones and Particular Gems," Social Semiotics, 449-465, 2008
• AAA/SANA Program co-chair, American Anthropological Association, 2010
• The Aesthetic Economy, American Anthropological Association, 2010
• Open for Business: Hand rendered signs in Savannah, Society for Visual Anthropology Research Conference, 2010
• The Role of Ethnography in Art and Design (co-written with J. Smith), SECAC Annual Conference, 2010
• Aesthetic Value of Ikat Textiles, American Anthropological Association, 2009
• Aesthetic Theory and National Identity in Transnational Goods, Design History Conference, 2009
• Hand-Painted Signs: Race, Class and African-American Vernacular, LIVE-ART SCAD Annual Art History Public Lecture Series
• Good Hands: Silk Weaving and Transnational Artisan Partnerships in Cambodia, Society for Economic Anthropology, 2009
• The Meaning of Signs: Outsider Art vs. Gentrification, American Anthropological Association, 2008
• Whiteness: Race & Class at the Derby, Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, 2008

• ANTH 101 Introduction to Anthropology
• ANTH 106 Language, Culture and Society
• ANTH 201 North American Indians
• ANTH 701 Global Cultural Theory

2004

Teaching assistant, University of Fairbanks Alaska; research assistant, Penn State University; adjunct professor, Central Carolina Technical College, Sumter, South Carolina; math teacher, Crestwood High School, Sumter, South Carolina; teacher, Hilton Head Island High School, Hilton Head, South Carolina

Positive student feedback

Sigma Pi Sigma, National Physics Honor Society; Pi Mu Alpha, National mathematical honor Society

The Mathematical Association of America

Professor Gross incorporates continuous improvement in all of his classes to meet the ever changing learning styles of the students. Lectures are balanced with real life applications of the material being studied. A significant amount of time is provided for questions and individual attention. Professor Gross is available for extra help whenever needed. Professor Gross grades assignments in a timely manner. Professor Gross demonstrates his commitment to student learning by taking time to talk with his students and learn about their activities and interests. Professor Gross keeps all students informed of their class grade and attendance via both directly in class and posted on blackboard.

MATH 100 College Mathematics

2006

Teaching at Georgia Tech, Kennesaw State University, Georgia Perimeter College, University of Florida, Santa Fe College, South University Online, Phoenix Online, Kaplan Online, Strayer Online

Publication of General economy of Travel: Identity, Memory, and Death, forthcoming June 2011

• "Ideology and Utopia in William Godwin's Caleb Williams." Interdisciplinary Literary Studies, Spring 2003, Volume 4, Number 2.
• "The Archival Machine of Language and the Logic of Spectrality: Of Repetitions, Translations, and Ghosts." Interdisciplinary Literary Studies, Fall 2006, Volume 8, Number1.
• Hafizi, Afshin, and Angela Merta. "Modern Iranian Women's Poetry in Translation." In The Dirty Goat, Volume 19: September 2008.
  
• " Eghtesade Mahdoode Safar Namehaye Mohajeran." ("The Restricted economy of Immigrant Autobiography") Pazhuhesh-e Zabanhaye Khareji (Research Journal of Foreign Languages), University of Tehran, Iran, forthcoming 2012.
• Book project, a collection of translated Iranian Women's Poetry, under consideration by Host Publications, New York.
• Translation project (together with Alireza Shomali, Wheaton College, Department of Political Science) on the political philosophy of Abolkarim Soroush, a contemporary Iranian philosopher and a visiting scholar at Harvard University. Proposal submitted and accepted by I. B. Tauris, London.

Presentations:

• "The Future of Politics and the Politics of Future" in The MRG's (Marxist Reading Group)2nd Interdisciplinary Conference, University of Florida, April 2001
  
• "Reda Bensmaïa's The Year of Passages and the Deterritorialization of Language" presented at ASCA's (Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis) annual Conference in June 2003
• "Tradition and Modernity in Iran: The Question of the Archive" invited presentation at The Hoover Institute, Stanford University, October 2004.
  
• "Abbas Kiarostami's Taste of Cherry and the Phenomenon of Suicide in Contemporary Iranian Society," IFP Conference, The Hoover Institute, Stanford University, October 2005.
  

"From the first day of the term, I strive to establish an atmosphere of cooperation and interaction, while fostering a context of mutual respect and professionalism. Though I occasionally lecture, I more often participate in classroom assignments with my students, assignments that emphasize interaction, performance, and the use of evidence to support positions. I have found that group work fosters a progression from the passive reception of information to active thought and facilitates opportunities for students to choose positions and defend their choices before the class. As part of this dynamic, I often collaborate with colleagues in the classroom and have team-taught several courses. Team-teaching, as I have practiced it, enhances the performative dimension of instruction and invites students to participate in the exchange taking place between the instructors. In contrast to traditional classroom in which the figure of the teacher represents authority, I envision a more democratic classroom in which the teacher appears as facilitator. In this democratic classroom the students are not merely passive recipients of a standardized curriculum, which is the same for all, but are also given the chance to explore their own interests. I am constantly reviewing my pedagogy through continuing research and classroom evaluation. I think it is important to not only follow new developments in my areas of specialization, but also to be aware of other disciplinary work so that various research interests will inform my future teaching."

ENGL 145 World Masterpieces

2006

Visiting assistant professor, Lander University, Georgia State University; lecturer, University of South Carolina; teaching assistant, University of South Carolina

Doctoral dissertation, "The Subject of Change in Aristotle's Metaphysics"; master of arts thesis, "Plato's Ontological System"

American Philosophical Association, Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, Aristotelian Society

• "Readings in the History of Æsthetics: An Open-Source Reader;" Plato's Phaedrus, Plato's Ion, University of South Carolina Philosophy Journal, 2006
• "Aristotle's Concept of Form in Coming into Being by Art," Ergon, University of South Carolina Philosophy Journal, 2005
• "Plato's Concept of Being" presented and included in Vol. IV of the International Philosophy Seminars in Dubrovnik, Croatia, 1998

Lectures and presentations

• "Intelligent Design Issue," Savannah College of Art and Design, 2006
• "Basic Features and Implications of David Hume's 'Fork,'" Kingwood College, 2006
• "Principles of Moral Reasoning," Eastfield College, 2006
• "The Acquisition of Virtue in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics," Caldwell College, 2005
• "'All Things Were Together': The Inability of Aristotle's Predecessors to Explain Change," Westfield State College, 2004
• "Aristotelian and Contemporary Notions of Integrity as a Moral Imperative," University of South Carolina, 2003
• "Moral Knowledge in Aristotle," University of South Carolina, 2002
• "The Concept of Time in Aristotle and Augustine," University of South Carolina, 2001
• "The Unity of Form and Matter in Living Things," South Carolina State University, 2000
• "Forms of Natural Substances in Aristotle," South Carolina State University, 1999
• "The Moral Good in Plato, Aristotle and Kant," University of South Carolina, 1998
• "Aristotle's Criticism of Plato in Metaphysics Z," University of South Carolina, 1997
• "Some Philosophical Aspects in Ancient Greek Mythology," University of South Carolina, 1996

"I view teaching as an all-embracing quest for answers to basic human questions. It is both my intent and desire through my teaching to convey to students the excitement and variety of philosophy."

2011

Visiting assistant professor of Chinese, Kalamazoo College; head of Chinese language instruction, IES Abroad; instructor, lecturer, teaching assistant, University of Hawai'i

23 years and counting of Chinese language learning and teaching

Walton Presentation Prize for presentation "shocking our students to the next level."

Chinese Language Teachers Association, Chinese Language Educators Association of Hawai'i, American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Modern Language Association, American Psychological Association

Books

• Chinese Language Instructional Materials and Pedagogy: A Volume in Honor of Professor Liu Yuehua's Retirement., T-c. Yao, Y. Wang, J. J. Hayden, C. Chu, and H. Xu (Eds.). Beijing: Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2005
• Integrated Chinese: Level Two Character Workbook. Co-authored with Xiaojun Wang. Y. Liu & T-c. Yao et al (Eds.). Boston: Cheng and Tsui, 2002
• Integrated Chinese: Level One (Parts 1 & 2) Character Workbook. T-c. Yao, Y. Liu et al (Eds.). Boston: Cheng & Tsui, 1997

Articles in Refereed Journals
"Shocking our students to the next level: Language loss and implications for teaching Chinese as a foreign language," Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 38(3), pp. 1-20, 2003
"The influence of a semester abroad on reading proficiency: A descriptive study," Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 33(3), pp. 13-24, 1998

Article in Proceedings
"Breaking the camel's back: Cognitive load and reading Chinese," In A. Guder, X. Xin, and Y. Wan (Eds.), The Cognition, Learning and Teaching of Chinese Characters, pp. 199-225. Beijing: Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2007

Invited Reviews
Anything goes: An advanced reader of Mandarin Chinese, Chou, C-p., Wei H-H., An K., Wang W. China Review International, 2006 All things considered: Advanced reader of Mandarin Chinese, Chou, C-p., Xia, Y., & Goh, M. H. China Review International, 2002

Presentations

• "Learning to read in Chinese: A glimpse at the process," Presentation given to the faculty of East Asian Languages and Literatures at The Ohio State University, 2008
• "L2 reading of Chinese: Preliminary findings from eye-tracking data," Presentation given to the faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Memphis, 2007
• "Breaking the camel's back: Cognitive load and reading Chinese," Hanzi Renzhi: How Western Learners Discover the World of Written Chinese, Mainz University, Germersheim, Germany, 2005
• "Reading in Chinese: Some differences between non-native and native readers" Presentation given to the School of Modern Languages at the Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005

"Knowing first-hand how rewarding learning another language can be and my desire to share that skill with students interested in discovering other people and cultures."

1998

Dean of the School of Liberal Arts, SCAD; acting chair of cinema studies, arts administration, professional writing, SCAD; chair, liberal arts, SCAD; African consultant, World Affairs Council

"Implemented and led the SCAD School of Liberal Arts. In my tenure the school more than doubled its departments and faculty."

Who's Who Among Americas Teachers, 2005; Who's Who in America, 2005; Who's Who Among Americas Teachers, 2004; Conflict Resolution Certificate, 1995; Great Books Leader Certificate Great Books Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia, 1996; Global Education Award, World Affairs Council, 1992; Distinguished Foreign Guest Speaker, Wakefield High School, Wakefield, Massachusetts, 1991

American Anthropological Association, American Association of Colleges and Universities, African Studies Association, African Studies in Linguistics

• Liberal Education: An Integrative Approach to the Art and Design Curriculum at SCAD, Savannah, Ga., 2008
• General Education at SCAD, Savannah, Ga., 2005
• Education and Language Policies in Africa, ACAL Conference, Harvard University, 2004
• Topics in the Syntax of Mina, Dissertation, Boston University, 1997
• On Serial Verb Constructions in Mina, Hounguès, D. & Hutchison, J., 1996 Paper presented at ACAL 27 in Gainesville, Florida
• Progressive constructions in Mina, Paper presented at ACAL 27 in Gainesville, Florida, 1996

Conferences and research

• Ethnographic work in Cotonou (Benin) and in Lome and Sokode (Togo) analyzing the impact of the global economy on the culture of the Gen, and Kotokoli people, 2009
• The Association of American Colleges and Universities Conference on Integrative Designs for General Education and Assessment, 2008
• The Association of American Colleges and Universities Conference on General Education and Assessment Engaging Critical Questions, Fostering Critical Learning, Miami, FL, 2007
• Conference on General Education and Outcomes That Matter in a Changing World, Phoenix, AZ, 2006
• Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities Demanding Excellence: Liberal Education in an Era of Global Competition, Anti-Intellectualism and Disinvestment, 2006
• 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Conference of Academic Deans, 2006
• Annual Conference on African Languages, GSU, Savannah, Ga., 2005
• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Ga., 2004
• Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Washington, D.C., 2004
• 60th Annual Meeting of the American Conference of Academic Deans Practicing Liberal Education: Deepening Knowledge, Pursuing Justice, Taking Action, 2004

"My inspiration for teaching stems from the belief that every child can be successful in the classroom and live a rewarding and fulfilling life, provided that he or she has the proper guidance and support. Every time I enter the classroom, I prepare myself to meet and surpass that challenge and hope that each student is leaving the class with more questions than they entered it with. I hope that my students leave the classroom with questions not because the ones they had have not been answered in class, but the best part of the questions or queries or quests is that the answers and the search for them will lead them to question their assumptions and biases. That is a work in progress and it is indeed what lifelong learning is about. Teaching to me is not merely about providing students with the correct answers, but it is also about helping students ask questions and challenge their preconceived notions. In doing so, they will not get tired of finding out new things about themselves, others and their world. I owe this to the many great teachers who opened my eyes and my mind about the dimensions of humanity."

• ANTH 101 Introduction to Anthropology
• ANTH 106 Language, Culture and Society

2007

Professor, Tulane University, Mississippi State University, Southern Illinois University, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Mississippi University for Women and Chamberlain-Hunt Academy; contributing writer, World, The Chronicle for Higher Education; speechwriter, SCAD

• "The Fabulous Bestiary of Alton's Creek," The Pinch Journal, 2011
• "Those Imaginary Miles," Swink, 2010
• "The American Idol Judges Review My Recent Karaoke Performance," Defenestration, 2010
• "A Letter to the YMCA," Document, 2010
• "The Phosphorescent List," City Journal, 2008
• "Religious Idols," World, 2007
• "On the Abuse of Literature and Students," Planck's Issue, 2006
• "Giving Girls Their Names Back," World, 2005
• "The Bow-Tied Penitent," The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2005

• ENGL 123 Composition
• COMM 105 Speech and Public Speaking

harrisonscottkey.com

2005

Adjunct professor, The Ohio State University, Columbus State University; copywriter and editor, GSW Worldwide; freelance writer, community groups, Columbus, Ohio

"As an undergraduate, I helped change my alma mater's curriculum by writing a 44-page annotated bibliography on an under-researched topic at the time: Asian Women's and Asian American Women's literature. The research filtered through The Ohio State University Library, the Women's Studies Department, and to some degree the English Department, spreading awareness about book titles and authors available for course work."

Atlanta Review International Merit Award in Poetry, 2006; Honorable Mention, Writers Digest, International Self-Published Book Competition, 2005; won two poem commissions from The Ohio State University's Multicultural Center, 2004

Poets and Writers, Poetry Slam Incorporated

• "Far Across the DMZ," a creative non-fiction essay, The New York Times Magazine, 2007
• Forthcoming publication in Eureka: Studies in Teaching Short Fiction of "Interior Frontiers in Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies," an academic essay. Silken Purse, Pudding House Press, 2005
• Asian American Poetry Panel Presentation with Kundiman at Associated Writers Press Conference, 2005
• Featured poet in Columbus, Ohio's Writers' Block, Atlanta's Java Monkey Speaks, SCAD's Writers Assembly, multiple years.
• "Interior Frontiers in Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies," at American Literary Association, 2009
• "Realizing Shahrazad: Satrapi's Persepolis and Iran's Women's Movement" at Southwest Texas Pop Culture American Culture Association Conference, 2010
• Conference Paper Presentation of "Digital Communities: Livejournal Homework Blogs" at Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2011

Forthcoming Paper Presentation
"Making Universal Margins: Thomas Wolf and Asian American Writers," Thomas Wolfe Conference, 2011

"My favorite teachers throughout my education have always been English or writing professors, transforming my understanding of the world and place in it. Dr. David Citino, Mr. Gustavson, Mr. Demong, Dr. Moddelmog and Dr. Marlene Longenecker, among others, compelled me to view teaching as a multi-dimensional and creative endeavor. My favorite authors-too many to name-also informed my dynamic concept of the world, the transformative power of words and the universal beauty of individuality. Sharing that concept and power with students in turn multiplies new concepts and possibilities, as the best teachers I know learn from students as much as teaching them. Challenging students to harness the power of words, especially their own, discovering realms within themselves, grants continuity and vitality to the legacy of literature."

• ENGL 123 Composition
• ENGL 124 Composition and Literature
• CREA 157 Introduction to Poetry
• CREA 162 Fiction I
• CREA 262 Fiction II
• CREA 362 Fiction III

"In the face of violence and hatred, I am alive because of the power of writing and wellspring of knowledge borne through the literature of those who have gone before and are with me now and will follow. I am alive because I carry on that transformative legacy, executing the power of writing and deepening the wellspring that connects us all. We are alive, in all dimensions known to humanity, by enacting and celebrating our universal needs: to speak, to hear, to know, to discover, to remember and to love."

2010

Visiting assistant professors, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; external consultant, West Lafayette Police Department; graduate instructor, teaching assistant, Purdue University

Favorite Professor, IUPUI, 2008-10

Department of Psychological Sciences Research Grant, 2008; Graduate School Research Grant, 2007; Sigma Xi Graduate Student Poster Competition honorable mention recipient; Psi Chi National Honor Society; Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society

SIOP, APS, Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Chi

Peer reviewed publication
Challenge seeking: The relations of achievement goals to choice of task difficulty level in ego-involving and neutral conditions, Motivation and Emotion, 32, 310-322, Jagacinski, C. M., Kumar, S. and Kokkinou, I., 2008

Conference presentations

• To breed or not to breed: The effect of children on WFC, IUPUI Center for Research and Learning 2009 Summer Research Poster Symposium, 2009
• The relationship between organization-level satisfaction and performance: A meta-analysis, 68th annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Kokkinou, I. and Dalal, R. S., 2008
• Measurement invariance of three work-family conflict scales across gender, 23rd Annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Kokkinou, I., Wu, J., LeBreton, J. M., & Baltes, B. B., 2008
• Relative importance of predictors of applicant reactions to diversity policies, 22nd annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2007
• Structure invariance of the NSCW work-family conflict scale across gender, 22nd annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2007
• Applicant reactions to selection systems: Discrimination policies and biased tests, 21st annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Kokkinou, I. & Foster, J. B., 2006
• Perceived requirement as a mediator of personality-contextual performance relationships, 21st annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Kokkinou, I., & Dalal, R. S., 2006
• The impact of goal orientation on challenge seeking, 20th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Jagacinski, C. M. Kumar, S., and Kokkinou, I., 2005
• When goals matter: Changes in the predictive value of achievement goals, 76th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Jagacinski, C. M., Boe, J. L., Kumar, S., Lam, H., Bonaccio, S., & Kokkinou, I., 2004

"My inspiration for teaching arises from two sources, teachers I've encountered in the past and students I encounter every day at SCAD. First, a few exemplary teachers taught me in my many years as a student. Those who influenced me the most were willing to debate, highlight flaws in their students' thinking and acknowledge flaws in their own thinking. They were well versed in disciplines beyond their particular field of expertise. Most importantly, these teachers were passionate about teaching and enthusiastic about expanding our horizons. They challenged us to follow less treaded paths of thought and question our preconceived notions about the world around us. Second, I am constantly inspired by the creative insights of my students at SCAD. Many approach psychology from angles I have not considered and draw novel links among the material, their disciplines and their personal lives. Their unique views are refreshing and their excitement helps me maintain my enthusiasm in psychology and teaching."

PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology

2002

Associate professor, Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; professor, Palm Beach Community College, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; associate professor, Darton College, Albany, Georgia; training specialist, Gracewood State School and Hospital, Augusta, Georgia; visiting assistant professor, Mercer Univeristy, Macon, Georgia; graduate teaching assistant, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma; graduate teaching assistant, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

"Academic: being the first person in my family to earn an advanced degree.

"Professional: receiving notes from former students telling me that something they learned in my class has made a difference in their lives.

"Person: being able to provide care at home for my parents (both with Alzheimer's Disease)"

Two-time recipient of special recognition from the President of the Savannah College of Art and Design; twice named to Outstanding Young Men of America; Outstanding College Service Award at Darton College; NISOD Award for Excellence in American Community/Junior; Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant; two-time recipient of the W.G. Lee Scholarship of Academic Excellence in Speech and Dramatic Arts; Outstanding Student in Theatre Award; Albany Junior College Foundation Scholarship for Academic Excellence

National Communication Association (former); Alpha Psi Omega and Delta Psi Omega National Dramatic Honorary Fraternities; Phi Theta Kappa National Academic Honorary Fraternity

• Conflict Management in Situations of Sexual Harassment: An Exploratory Study (unpublished doctoral dissertation), University of Oklahoma, 1986
• The Effects of Environmental Aesthetics on Small Group Performance and Member Reaction (unpublished masters thesis), University of Georgia, 1982

"I have always felt a strong drive to connect with people. Teaching is the perfect vehicle to make significant connections. If, in the course of making those connections, I can share a thought, provide an insight, or help someone develop a skill, the connection is even stronger. I once heard it said that the epitome of success is to do what you love and to be paid to do it…I am a successful man indeed."

COMM 105 Speech and Public Speaking

"In my heart of hearts, I am an actor. I take material and make it come to life. I am also almost obsessive about order and structure. I am driven to provide clarity and understanding in an engaging and connected way.

"We live within a closed system. Our returns from that system are directly linked to what we put into the system. Because I seek and desire positive outcomes, I am constantly driven to be honest, professional, kind, courteous, and efficient. I find that I am usually rewarded with my desired outcomes, and even when I am not, I still have my integrity and the certainty that I have done the right thing."

1987

Teacher, Groves High School; instructor, Alexander City State Jr. College; adjunct professor, Auburn University; instructor, Southern Union State Jr. College; teacher, Lee Academy, Valley High School

"Being married for 40 years."

Sigma Phi Sigma

"Sharing the wonders of the universe with students."

• MATH 100 College Mathematics
• MATH 101 Intermediate Mathematics
• MATH 201 Applied Mathematics
• PHYS 201 Applied Physics
• ARCH 252 Structures I
• ASTR 101 Introduction to Astronomy
• ARCH 461 Environmental Control II

2006

• Variational Methods for Approximating Solutions to Certain Elliptic Partial Differential Equations and Generalizations, Marvin McClendon and Herschel Rabitz, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 46(4), pp. 525 - 544
• Numerical Simulations in Stochastic Mechanics, Marvin McClendon and Herschel Rabitz, Physical Review A, 37, pp. 3479 - 3492
• Sensitivity Analysis in Stochastic Mechanics, Marvin McClendon and Herschel Rabitz, Physical Review A, 37, pp. 3493 - 3498
• Real-Space Diffusion Theory of Multiparticle Quantum Systems, Marvin McClendon, Physical Review A, 38, pp. 5851 - 5855

Albert Einstein

• MATH 100 College Mathematics
• MATH 101 Intermediate Mathematics
• MATH 201 Applied Mathematics

2007

Instructor, communication department, Weber State University; speech and theatre adjunct professor, Westminster College; English and communication department adjunct professor, Salt Lake Communication College; communication department graduate associate, honors program instructor, writing program instructor, College of Nursing teaching assistant, University of Utah; English teaching fellow, Utah State University; technical writer, consulting, Montgomery Watson Harza; medical writer, consulting, learning design; medical writer, consulting, Shipley Associates; publications manager, American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies; publications manager, Healthcare and Information Management Systems Society, American Hospital Association

Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Literature/Film Association, Southern Communication Association

• "Eschatology Revisited as Narrative Voice in Alfonso Cuarỏn's Children of Men," Literature/Film Association Conference, 2009
• "Ascendancy as Transcendence: A Levinasian View of the Hero," North American Levinas Society Conference, 2006
• "Possessed by Power: the Dialectic of Self as Other in X-Men and X2," doctoral dissertation, 2006
• "The Direction of the American Road in the Dispute Over Freedom Tower," Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery Conference, 2005
• "Levinasian Ethical Dialogue as a Critical Method: Rhetorics of Self and Being in X-Men," Rhetoric and Communication Theory Division to the National Communication Association Conference, 2005
• "The American Outsider Hero: The Hero Without a Face," Cultural Studies Association Conference, special series on Persona, 2004
• "Wolverine and X-Men: Beyond Bondage to Freedom The Image of the Hero," Proceedings of the Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery Conference, 2004
• Chair, panel presentation on technology and the environment, Society for Philosophy and Technology, 2003
• "My Self on Call: A Problem of Communication," National Communication Association Conference, 2001
• "The Space of the Subject: Up, Down, and Across," Humanities Graduate Conference: "Expanding the Interdisciplinary Conversation," 2001

"I have always felt that I learn as much or more from my students as they do from me. This is the special space of presentation and discussion where real learning happens. The energy of students where I teach is amazing and gratifying. They are passionate about what they do and that inspires me to apply myself to what I do as well."

• COMM 105 Speech and Public Speaking
• COMM 130 Introduction to Mass Communication

"My art, as a rhetorical critic, is expressed as scholarship in the field, in discussion with colleagues, and as the excitement of being a member of a community of scholars in my field."

1998

Professor of political science, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia; domestic & international procurement officer, Cooperative for Assistance and Relief, Everywhere (CARE), Atlanta, Georgia; research/teaching assistant, Institute for Public Affairs, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia; executive assistant, National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

"My family."

American Political Science Association [APSA]

• With Robert Jay Dilger and Linda Struyk. 1997. "Privatization of Municipal Services in America's Largest Population Cities," Public Administration Review 57(1):21-26.
• With Robert Jay Dilger and George Krause. 1995. "The Impact of State Legislative Professionalism on Gubernatorial Effectiveness in Office, 1978-91," Legislative Studies Quarterly 20:553-71.
• With Robert Jay Dilger and Linda Struyk. 1995. "Privatization of Municipal Services in West Virginia," The West Virginia Public Affairs Reporter 12(4):12-17.
• Panel discussant, Best Teaching Practices panel, Georgia Political Science Association annual meeting, Savannah, GA, November 13-15, 2008.
• Presented lecture, 'Is the Pen Mightier Than the Sword? Presidential Election Political Satireand its evolution from the works of William Hogarth,' at the Earle W. Newton Center for British American Studies, Savannah College of Art and Design, November 1, 2004.
• Panel discussant, forum on violence in America sponsored by the Savannah College of Art and Design Residence Life, in conjunction with a screening of the film Bowling for Columbine at the Lucas Theater, Savannah, GA., November 1, 2003.
• Presented lecture, The Shrinking Electorate, the Rational Voter, and the Possibility of Reform, at the April meeting of the Savannah College of Art and Design United Student Forum [USF], April 22, 2003, in conjunction with their student voter registration drive.
• Presented paper, "Interest Group Strategy and Participation in the Regulation of Private Property," at the Annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 6-8, 1995.
• Presented paper, "Congressional Voting on Environmental Issues: A Roll-Call Analysis," at the Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Political Science Association, Morgantown, WV, October 18-20, 1991.

"My undergraduate advisor, Dr. Charles Brockett at The University of the South, and my dissertation advisor, Dr. Robert Dilger at West Virginia University."

• POLS 100 Introduction to American Government
• POLS 110 Contemporary Issues in American Politics
• POLS 120 Global Political Issues

2009

Zayed University; Arapahoe Community College; Gonzaga University; University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Colorado Mountain College; James Madison University; University of Alabama

CCCC, International Hemingway Society, International Fitzgerald Society, Melville Society

"Former professor Richard Rand."

• ENGL 123 Composition
• ENGL 167 American Realists and Naturalists: 1850-1900
• ENGL 169 Today's Classics: 1945-Present

2006

Graduate teaching assistant, University of Delaware

Wilbur Owen Sypherd Prize for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Humanities, 2006

Literature/Film Association, Modern Language Association, Society for Cinema and Media Studies

Publications

• "'We're off to see the Wizard' (Again): Oz Adaptations and the Matter of Fidelity," New Approaches to Adaptation Studies, eds. Christa Albrecht-Crane and Dennis Cutchins, Fairleigh Dickinson UP, 2010
• "Washington Square's 'virus of suggestion': Source Texts, Intertexts and Adaptations," Literature/Film Quarterly 34:3, pp. 204-11, 2006

Presentations

• "'I been there before': Authenticity and Intertextuality in Adaptations of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," Literature/Film Association Annual Conference, Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 2009
• "Passing 'Toons, Speech Balloons, and the Framing of Roger Rabbit," Association of Literature on Screen Studies, 3rd Annual Conference, 2008
• "Illustrating Adaptation / Adapting Illustration," Association of Literature on Screen Studies, 2nd Annual Conference, Oglethorpe University, 2007
• "'Carrying its text in its spirit': What Adaptation Studies Can Learn From James," The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900, 2007
• "Competing Codes and 'Plastic Possibility': H.W. McVickar's Illustrative Commentary in Daisy Miller," 2006 International Visual Literacy Association Conference, 2006
• "Adaptation, Hybridity, and Multimodality," 2006 Joint Conference of the National Popular Culture and American Culture Associations, 2006

"I am inspired by the enthusiasm and creativity of SCAD students and their willingness to engage in critical and intellectual inquiry."

• ENGL 123 Composition
• ENGL 124 Composition and Literature
• ENGL 167 American Realists and Naturalists: 1850-1900
• ENGL 168 American Moderns: 1900-1945
• ENGL 169 Today's Classics: 1945-Present
• ENGL 320 Literary Films
• ENGL 340 History of Literary Theory and Criticism
• LIBA 700 Writing the Graduate Thesis

2003

Professor, University of Maryland; professor, Kansas State University; professor, University of Georgia

First professional production of stage play.

Jerome L. Johanning Playwriting Award, Kansas State University, 1991, 1992; Nicols Award for Best Essay by Graduate Student, Kansas State University, 1991; Creative Writing Fellowship, University of Maryland, Baltimore, 1989, 1990.

• Modern Language Association
• The Association for Theatre in Higher Education
• Southeast Theatre Conference
• Society for Cinema Studies
• Dramatists Guild

Conference Papers

• "Alfred Hitchcock: Technique or Trickery," round table discussion, UGA Center for Humanities and Arts, Athens, Georgia, 2002
• "The Films of Stanley Kubrick," round table discussion with David Cook, UGA Center for Humanities and Arts, Athens, Georgia, 2001
• "No Time for Comedy: The Rise and Fall of Preston Sturges," Society for Cinema Studies Conference, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1999
• "Nouveau Roman / Nouveau Cinema," round table discussion with Alain Robbe-Grillet, UGA Center for Humanities and Arts, 1998
• "Unfunny Women: The Denial of Wit in 1940s Comedies," Florida State University Film and Literature Conference, Tallahassee, Florida, 1997
• "Comedy Noir in the 1940s," Society for Cinema Studies Conference, Ottawa, Canada, 1996
• "Ibsen and Strindberg: A Dialectic," Comparative Drama Conference, Gainesville, Florida, 1995
• "Did Neoclassicism Ever Really Die?" ATHE Conference, Chicago, Illinois, 1994
• "Preston Sturges and the End of Comedy: Laughing at The American Dream," Society for Cinema Studies Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1993
• "A Look at Five 1948 Comedies: Capra, Hawks, McCarey, Stevens, and Sturges," Society for Cinema Studies Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1992

Theater Productions

• The Soft Life, Dad's Garage, Atlanta, Georgia, 2000
• Tarnished Boy, Black Box Theatre, University of Georgia, 1998
• The Soft Life, The Theatre Project, Baltimore, Maryland, 1995
• Twogetherness, Celler Theatre, University of Georgia, 1994
• Suicide Anonymous, Baltimore Playwright's Festival, 1993
• American Scenes, Corner Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland, 1993
• The Lottery, Purple Masque Theatre, Kansas State University, 1992
• The Eavesdroppers, Nichols Theatre, Kansas State University, 1991
• Only in America, University of Maryland, Baltimore, 1989

Being in the position to instill students with knowledge and inspiration.

• ENGL 123 Composition
• ENGL 124 English Composition
• ENGL 145 World Masterpieces
• ENGL 180 Writing Fundamentals for Stage and Screen
• ENGL 302 Greek and Roman Drama
• ENGL 304 American Drama Since 1945
• ENGL 310 Modern Drama 1870-1920
• ENGL 340 History of Literary Criticism
• FILM 215 Screenwriting

I believe that creativity and art result from hard work and perseverance. There is no other way to get there.

2000

French and Spanish professor at Thomas More College, Kentucky; teaching assistant at the Humboldt Schule in Kiel, Germany

"Completing of my Ph.D. and finding a position that allows me to do what I like in a creative environment."

"My students and their enthusiasm inspire me greatly; their inquisitiveness and eagerness to learn push me to constantly redesign and improve my lectures and assignments. Also, I try to promote foreign languages which are becoming an essential part of our lives in a global economy and an important tool to understand others and their culture."

• SPAN 101 Spanish I
• SPAN 102 Spanish II
• SPAN 103 Spanish III
• SPAN 201 Spanish IV
• GRMN 101 German I
• GRMN 102 German II
• GRMN 103 German III
• GRMN 201 German IV
• FREN 101 French I
• ENGL 179 French Literature
• ENGL 186 Hispanic Literature

2007

Lecturer, North Carolina State University; graduate teaching assistant, University of Delaware

SCAD Student Ambassador's Award, 2010

Modern Language Association

• "Witnessing the Invisible: Narrative Mediation in The Princess Casamassima," The Henry James Review, 2007
• "Rituals of Archival Memory in Orhan Pamuk's Museum of Innocence," The Louisville Conference on Literature after 1900, University of Louisville, 2011
• "Black Death: Race, Disease, and Containment in John A. Williams's The Man Who Cried I Am," Literature and Pathology Conference, UC Davis, 2008
• "Reasonable Paranoia in The Man Who Cried I Am and Mumbo Jumbo," American Literature II: Political Plots and Literary Manifestations post-1900, South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference, 2006
• "Evaluating Student Writing in English 101: Evaluation Criteria in Action," First Year Writing Program, North Carolina State University, 2006
• "Finding the Truth: Archival Practices in Popular Conspiracy Narratives," Libraries, Archives, and Popular Culture Research Area, Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference, 2006

"I find inspiration for teaching in the intellectually stimulating environment produced by students who actively and collectively engage in literary and composition studies."

• ENGL 123 Composition
• ENGL 124 Composition and Literature
• ENGL 169 Today's Classics: 1945-present
• ENGL 235 Detective Narratives
• LIBA 700 Writing the Graduate Thesis

1989

Licensed profession counselor, private practice, in-patient and out-patient programs, mental health centers

"I accomplish things every day. Each day has its challenges and so I suppose every day is an accomplishment. For me, it is, perhaps, more about process than product. Did I attend to my family and friends today? Did I connect with my students today? Did I do some kind of work in photography today? Did I recognize what I have to be thankful for, today?"

"I have work (photography) in the Telfair Museums of Art and have won several awards along the way."

"I have had photographs published in several publications."

"The interaction with students and encouraging their insights, which are often very good, is probably what keeps me coming back to the class room."

• PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology
• PSYC 126 A Psychology of Self

markuzmann.com

1990

Full-time instructor of philosophy since 1976 at various colleges/universities, including SCAD, East Georgia College, and the University of Alabama/Birmingham

Woodrow Wilson Fellow, 1970

Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Vanderbilt University Fellow, Who's Who in American Teachers, Best Teacher in the School of Humanities at the University of Alabama/Birmingham, SCAD Presidential Fellowship

American Philosophical Association

Journal articles in The Southwest Philosophy Review and The Florida Philosophical Review; aesthetics textbook entitled Beginning Aesthetics published by McGraw-Hill; poetry published in over 20 journals; five poetry chapbooks with Pudding House Press in Columbus, Ohio

"The sheer joy of interacting with young and dynamic minds."

• PHIL 142 Studies in Existential Philosophy
• PHIL 202 World Religions
• PHIL 301 Aesthetics

"My poetry deals consistently with the exploration of the Buddhist notion of tatatha."

2004

Assistant professor, visiting assistant professor, Lander University; graduate teaching assistant, Clemson University

• SCAD Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development, 2009
• American Wind Energy Association second annual Offshore Wind Power Workshop, 2009
• Lander Foundation Grant with Dr. Jennifer Dever, Avian species diversity study: StarFort National Historic Site, 2001
• Faculty Development Grant, Lander University, 1996
• Travel award from Association of Field Ornithologists, 1996
• Travel award from New Zealand Organizing Committee of the 20th International Ornithological Congress, 1990
• Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research, Locomotor Activity and Brain Biogeninc Amine Levels: Diurnal and Seasonal Variation in Migratory Birds, 1988

American Ornithologists' Union; Animal Behavior Society; Carolina Bird Club; Cooper Ornithological Society; Eastern Bird Banding Association; Georgia Ornithological Society; Sigma Xi; Coastal Group Georgia Sierra Club; coordinator of the Jasper County, South Carolina, Spring Migration Count; South Carolina Bird Records Committee; Breeding Bird Survey volunteer (Biological Resources Division of USGS); South Carolina state coordinator for the Breeding Bird Survey (Biological Resources Division of USGS); compiler for the Long Cane, South Carolina, Christmas Bird Count (National Audubon Society); coordinator of the Oconee County, South Carolina, spring and fall North American Migration Count

Articles

• "First breeding records for Tree Swallows in South Carolina," The Chat, Vol. 66: 145-148, Wagner, S. J., S. Stegenga and B. Hilton, Jr., 2002
• "Georgia's second state record for Townsend's Warbler," The Oriole, Vol. 61: 81-82, Mizrahi, D. and S. J. Wagner, 1996
• "Reliability of aging criteria by feather characteristics of eastern bluebirds," Journal of Field Ornithology, Vol. 65: 504-507, Plissner, J. H., S. J. Wagner and P. A. Gowaty, 1995
• "Correlates of dominance in intraspecific and interspecific interactions of song sparrows and white-throated sparrows," Animal Behaviour, Vol. 39: 522-527, Wagner, S. J. and S. A. Gauthreaux, Jr., 1990
• "Laboratory and field investigation of skull pneumatization in song and swamp sparrows," Journal of Field Ornithology, Vol. 61: 34-40, Hamel, P. B. and S. J. Wagner, 1990
• "Breeding season aggression of female and male eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis) to models of potential conspecific and interspecific egg dumpers," Ethology, Vol. 78: 238-250, Gowaty, P. A. and S. J. Wagner, 1988
• "Northern Flicker nesting on the ground," Chat, Vol. 50: 20-22, Wagner, S. J. and S. M. Miller, 1986
• "Status of the House Finch in South Carolina, including discovery of two nests in Clemson," Chat, Vol. 48: 5-7, Hamel, P. B. and S. J. Wagner, 1984

Presentations

• The impact of Hurricane Hugo on the breeding birds of Francis Marion National Forest, Association of Field Ornithologists, Jekyll Island, Georgia, 1996
• Sex differences in aggressive responses of eastern bluebirds to models of conspecifics, 20th International Ornithological Congress, Christchurch, New Zealand, Wagner, S. J. and P. A. Gowaty, 1990
• Sources of variation in aggression during egg-laying among female eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis), Animal Behavior Society, Highland Heights, Kentucky, Wagner, S. J. and P. A. Gowaty, 1989
• Behavioral dominance and weight loss in two species of Emberezine finches, Animal Behavior Society, Raleigh, North Carolina, Wagner, S. J., 1985
• Behavioral dominance and weight loss in two species of Emberezine finches, International Ethological Congress, Toulouse, France, Wagner, S. J., 1985

• ANAT 100 General Anatomy
• BIOL 100 Environmental Science
• BIOL 700 Environmental Science and Sustainability

2007

Assistant professor in communication, assistant Course Coordinator and lecturer, School of Medicine, University of Louisville; teaching associate, Ohio University; exceptional child education teacher, Louisville, Kentucky; instructor, Learning Disability Association of Kentucky, Louisville, Kentucky

Recipient of Ohio University's Graduate Associate Outstanding Teaching Award; Publication in premiere communication journal Weldon, R.W., and Hale, C.L., 1998; Cracking the code: The role of Informal, Interpersonal Networks in Health Care Decision-making. Communication Monographs, 65, 336-357

School of Interpersonal Communication's Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award; International Communication Association Excellent Teaching by a Graduate Student Award

National Honor Society of High School Scholars, 2005-07; Jefferson County Teachers Association, 2002-207; Kentucky Teacher Educators Association, 2002-07; National Communication Association, 1990-02; International Communication Association, 1990-02; International Network of Personal Relationships, 1993-2000; Southern States Communication Association, 2008-09

Publications

• "Talking Health, Metaphorically," Kentucky Journal of Communication, 20, 19-39, Weldon, R.A., Walker, K.L., and Bollis-Pecci, T.S., 2003
• Instructors' Manual for Bridges Not Walls (Ed. John Stewart, 2001). New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001
• "An Urban Legend of Global Proportions: An Analysis of Non-fiction Accounts of the Ebola Virus." Journal of Health Communication, 6, 281-294, 2001
• "The Rhetorical Construction of the Predatorial Virus: A Burkian Analysis of Non-fiction Accounts of the Ebola Virus." Qualitative Health Research, 11, 5-25, 2001
• "But I am a Good Mom": The Social Construction of Motherhoo.d through Health-care Conversations. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 29, 433-473, 2000
• Cracking the code: The role of Informal, Interpersonal Networks in Health Care Decision-making. Communication Monographs, 65, 336-357, Weldon, R.W., and Hale, C.L., 1998
• Demystifying communication training in medical school: Assessment, curricula, and long-term success. Patient Education and Counseling, 34, S64, Weldon, R.W., and Mitchell, C.K., 1998
• Bonding and Cracking: The role of Informal, Interpersonal Networks in Health Care Decision-making, Health Communication,10, 151-173, Weldon, R.W., and Hale, C.L., 1998
• Republished in Beyond these walls: Readings in health communication (ed. Linda C. Lederman; 2007). New York: Oxford University Press.
• Interpersonal conflict from a younger point of view: Exploring the perspectives of children. Qualitative Studies in Education, 9, 269-291, Hale, C.L., Farley-Lucas, B., and Weldon, R.W., 1996

"Initially, pursuing a degree in psychology, I wanted to be a psychologist, but after taking an introductory course in communication, I realized that the core of humanity was in expression. We struggle every moment of our existence to connect with others to achieve any number of objectives; the simplest of which may be just to be understood. Possibly evangelical in my notions, I sought college teaching as a way to share these ideals and provide guidance for how best to achieve these objectives. Nothing is more gratifying that assisting anyone in his or her pursuit of the ultimately human objectives for understanding, connection, and creation. Likewise, working within the academy allows me to continue to learn and develop myself as the perpetual student."

• COMM 105 Speech and Public Speaking
• COMM 110 Interpersonal Communication
• COMM 130 Introduction to Mass Communication
• COMM 340 Persuasion and Social Movements

"Prior to coming to SCAD, I would never have thought of myself as particularly artistic. Indeed, I still do not see myself as an artist, but I have come to realize my talents as a designer. That is, I see where elements of creativity and design are evident in various aspects of my life. Nonetheless, what I enjoy most are the collaborative aspects of artistic and design endeavors. Working especially with student film projects, I thrive off the creativity and team atmosphere. As a communication scholar, my contribution is the collaborative, problem-solving, and symbolic nature of these interactions."

1999

Scholar, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference; Pushcart Prize; Michener Fellowship in Honor of Donald Barthelme; Christopher Isherwood Fellowship

• Degenerate, a novel, Texas Review Press, 2010
• Gardens of Earthly Delight, stories, Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2011

Most recent journal publications

• "Arkadelphia," Boulevard, 25th Anniversary Issue
• "Zermatt," The Hopkins Review, Spring 2010

• CREA 162 Fiction Writing I
• CREA 178 The Short Story
• CREA 262 Fiction Writing II
• CREA 362 Fiction Writing III
• ENGL 123 Composition
• ENGL 124 Composition and Literature

"Be regular and orderly in your life like a bourgeois, so that you may be violent and original in your work." - Flaubert

2009

Adjunct Professor of Business, Bainbridge College, Bainbridge, Georgia; Human Resources Manager in Retail and Manufacturing Industries; Executive Director of a Healthcare Nonprofit; Certified Life Coach; Professional in Human Resources Certification; Authorized Job Profiler

Founder of Gain Perspectives, Career Coaching and Consulting business located in Savannah, Georgia

International Coach Federation, Young Professionals of Savannah, Society of Human Resource Management, Small Business Chamber

2011 SCAD Writing Initiative - "Business Plan Development: How to Put Your Creative Business Idea on Paper"

"I receive great personal satisfaction from teaching creative individuals, sharing my love of business, and learning as much from them if not more."

• BUSI 101 Introduction to Business
• BUSI 265 Principles of Marketing
• BUSI 355 Entrepreneurship
• BUSI 760 Advanced Financial Management and Marketing

"As a Professor of Business, I create an atmosphere where learning is a co-creative process, where my listening skills are as important as my training skills, and where students can interact and collaborate with each other."

gainperspectives.com

2002

Assistant professor (for research), Wuhan Institute of Physics & Math, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1990 to 1998; visiting scholar, International Center for Theoretical Physics (in Italy); visiting scholar, Sophia University, Japan

Prize for Natural Sciences (second class) in Hubei Province, China

Prize for Natural Sciences (second class) in Hubei Province, China; National Natural Sciences Foundation of China

• Characterizations of Bergman spaces and Bloch space in the unit ball of Cn, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., 347(11)(1995), 4301-4313 (with C.H. Ouyang and R.H. Zhao). (USA)
• Mobius invariant Qp spaces associated with the Green's function on the unit ball of Cn, Pacific J. Math., 182(1)(1998), 69-99 (with C.H. Ouyang and R.H. Zhao). (USA)
• Some characterizations of α-Bloch spaces on the unit ball of Cn, Acta Math. Sci., 17(4)(1997), 471-477. (China)
• Characterizations of vanishing Bergman-Carleson measure and little Bloch space, Advances in Math. (China), 26(6)(1997), 529-536. (China)
• Integral criteria of Bloch type functions radial derivative, Acta Math. Sci. (Chinese edition), 18(4)(1998), 451-458 (with W. Zhuo). (China)
• Characterizations of little α-Bloch spaces on the unit ball of Cn, The Bulletin of the Hong Kong Mathematical Society (BHKMS), 2(1999), 213-221 (with W. Zhuo). (Hong Kong)
• Exact location of α-Bloch spaces in and Hp of a complex unit ball, Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics, 30(3)(2000), 1151-1169 (with C.H. Ouyang). (USA)
• Carleson type measure Characterizations of Qp spaces, Analysis, 18(1998), 345-349. (Germany)
• Vanishing Carleson type measure Characterizations of Qp,0 spaces, C. R. Math. Rep. Acad. Sci. Canada, 21(1)(1999), 1-5. (Canada)

"Being around the creative energy students, I will be more creative. Working with the young people, I feel I am young."

• MATH 100 College Mathematics
  
• MATH 101 Intermediate Mathematics
  
• MATH 201 Applied Mathematics
  

 

1996

Adjunct faculty in Humanities, SUNY at Albany, 1994-1996; lecturer in Chinese, Swarthmore College, PA, 1989-1990; lecturer in English, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 1984-1989

In 2003, curated a photography exhibition "Take Root and Blossom: Chinese Immigrants in Savannah (1880s-1990s)-a Photographic Journey," the first of its kind in Savannah, to highlight Chinese immigrants' experience and contributions

Recipient of two Presidential Fellowships for Faculty Development, Savannah College of Art and Design, Spring Quarter, 2003 and Winter Break 2006; sole author and project coordinator, City of Savannah, Department of Cultural Affairs' Weave-A-Dream grant, February 2004; inclusion in Marquis 58th edition of Who's Who in America, 2003

The Modern Language Association of America, 1993-2005; The Popular Cultural Association 2005; The National Ethnic Studies Association, since 2006; The Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature 2007

Creative Writings

• "The Year of Sheep, Mother & Me," Hopscotch, an online magazine for and by women, June 17, 2010.
• Poem "Are You My Mother?" Off Course, A Literary Journal (online), issue #28, fall 2006.

Photography

• Published several black and white photographs in JCT (Journal of Curriculum Theorizing):
• • "Woman With Hat," Winter 2010, cover.
  • "Raindrops," Spring 2009, cover.
  • "Belltower," Winter 2008, cover.
  • "Paradise on Earth," Spring 2007, 65.
  • "Umbrella Man," Winter 2007, cover; "Connections," 38.
  • "Poker Face," Spring 2006, cover; "Father," 78.
  • "The Guardians," Winter 2005, cover; "Reflections," 134.

Presentations

• 2010. American Literature Association Symposium on American Fiction 1890 to the Present. Savannah, Georgia. Paper: "'We Got Our Own Souls, Don't We?': Personal Accountability Leading to Manhood in Alice Walker's The Third Life of Grange Copeland."
• 2009. American Literature Association Symposium on American Fiction 1890 to the Present. Savannah, Georgia. Paper: "Do Not Idealize the Ancestral Home."
• 2009. Arts in Society, an International Conference. Venice, Italy. Power Point Presentation: "Snapshots as Collective Memory: One Immigrant Community Caught on Camera."
• 2006. The 34th Annual Conference of National Association of Ethnic Studies. San Francisco, CA. Power Point Presentation: "Documenting the Journey: Chinese American Community in Savannah, Georgia."
• 2005. PCA/ACA Annual Conference. San Diego, CA. Power Point Presentation: "A Laundryman's Daughter: Gerald Chan Sieg Remembers Her People in Her Poetry."
• 2003. The American Folklore Society's annual meeting. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Paper: "Family Legends and Their Role in Postmodern Society: A Study of Kathryn Morgan's Children of Strangers."

Photography Exhibitions:

• 2010. Small Works Annual Sales Exhibition. Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA. Six color photographs were on display.
• 2007. "Homebound," a sole exhibition of 24 black and white photographs. Hall Street Gallery, Savannah, GA.
• 2004. "Your Neighbor Next Door," curator and photographer, 20 black and white and color photographs. Pei Ling Chan Gallery, Savannah, GA.

"The opportunity to work with talented students inspires me to be the best teacher I can be."

"I am fascinated with words and lens. The dynamic interplay of writing and photography has given me new opportunities to explore the Self, people, and place."

blog.scad.edu/wzhang/

2006

Research interests: Autobiographical Memory, Memory in Young Children, Memory Development

• Fivush, R., Hazzard, A., Sales, J., Sarfati, D., & Brown, T. (2003). Creating coherence out of chaos?
• Children's narratives of emotionally positive and negative events. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 17, 1-19.

• PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology
• PSYC 126 A Psychology of Self
• PSYC 280 The Psychology of Group Processes

2006

Adjunct mathematics instructor, Atlanta College of Art, Georgia Perimeter College, Georgia Institute of Technology; actuarial assistant, William M. Mercer Inc.

American Mathematical Society, Mathematical Association of America

• Math 100 College Mathematics
• Math 101 Intermediate Mathematics
• Math 201 Applied Mathematics

2011

Owner, Grief Relief Estate Liquidators; publisher and owner, Tidbits of Cobb County; merchant, The Home Depot Corporation; teacher, Marietta Six Grade Academy; vice president of operations, Soft Track Supply; director and general manager US Operations, USAFF Inc.; operations manager, The Home Depot Corporation

Start-up management for The Home Depot's largest single capital endeavor, the 1.4 million-square-foot Savannah Import Distribution Center

Top Business Plan, EMBA Class of 2010; Value Award, The Home Depot; Human Relations Award, Dale Carnegie

Reinhardt Symphony Orchestra, Delta Epsilon Iota, Coles College of Business Alumni - Kennesaw State University, Sigma Phi Epsilon - Florida Southern College Business Fraternity, Florida Southern College Alumni, Boy Scouts of America - Troop Scoutmaster

Atlanta Gun Club Financial and Business Plan Presentation, Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University, 2010

"One should guard against preaching to young people success in the customary form as the main aim in life. The most important motive for work in school and in life is pleasure in work, pleasure in its result, and the knowledge of the value of the result to the community." Albert Einstein

It has taken me awhile to understand that my joy in life is to be a teacher; to pass on the knowledge I have learned through my business endeavors, educational experience and life lessons. I am blessed to be involved in the development of students, which inspires me to strive to make a difference in their lives, to imprint a piece of my experiences on them so that they can achieve whatever they desire and find joy in that endeavor.

• BUSI 101 Introduction to Business
• BUSI 781 Global Marketing Management

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2011

2011

President, Mequity, LLC; senior developer, Miller-Valentine Group; vice president and chief investment officer, Winter Properties, LLC; vice president, Gingerbread Homes; president, Marsh Construction Company Inc.; instructor, Georgia Institute of Technology College of Architecture

Owner and participant in multiple start-up businesses since 1993

"As part-time professor, I enjoy keeping one foot in the academic world and another in the world of business. I enjoy being an entrepreneur and I enjoy sharing with students the practical knowledge and 'lessons learned' that I have gained through years of experience in the business arena. I find teaching to be a two-way educational experience. Working with creative students helps to keep my own thinking current."

• BUSI 265 Principles of Marketing
• BUSI 720 Advanced Marketing
• BUSI 760 Advanced Financial Management and Marketing

mequity.com

Beacon Of Hope Award, Alpha Kappa Alpha Connection Committee, Lambda Epsilon Omega, 2009; Student Ambassador's Choice Award, SCAD, 2009; Presidential Fellowship, SCAD, 2009; Featured in "Woman on the Move," Florida Star, 2005; Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 2004; Faculty Fellows grant to implement service learning project, The Corporation for National and Community Service, 2004; Research fellow, consortium on negotiation and conflict resolution, Georgia State University, 2003; Special Recognition Award for contributions to service learning, Clark Atlanta University School of Education, 2002

Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated, Institutional Effectiveness Council, SCAD Faculty Leadership Committee, College Council: Survey Research, College Assessment of Academic Proficiency Review Council

• "I'm LeBron Baby: Perceptions, Positions and Projections of the Presidential Election of Barack Obama on African American Male Identity," Mellen Publishing, 2011
• "Shadows of the Soul: Exploring the Transitory Nature of the Human Spirit in Response to the Violence and Trauma Associated with Terrorist Phenomena," dissertation, ProQuest Publishers, 2008
• Exploring the intra-group conflict constructs and behaviors of African American public school children in an inner-city Conflict Resolution Education (CRE) program. Conflict Resolution Quarterly (CRQ) - special issue on conflict resolution education, 2003
• Looking Through a Glass Darkly: Applying the Lens of Social Cubism to the Police Minority Group Conflict in America, Journal of International and Comparative Law, 2003
• The Phenomenon of Road Rage: Complexities, Discrepancies and Opportunities for CR Analysis. Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution, 2000
• A Perennial Mourning: Identity Conflict and the Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma within the African American Community, Journal of Mind and Human Interaction, Vol. 1, 2000
• The Internship Coursepack: A Guide to Making Your Internship a Success, New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1998

"I have a passion for learning."

• COMM 105 Speech and Public Speaking
• COMM 205 Intercultural Communication

2008

Editorial Board Member: Journal of Radio Studies, Journal of Radio and Audio Media; Broadcast Education Association; National Association of Broadcasters; National Communication Association; Society of Broadcast Engineers - Radio Operator Certification

• Format monopolies: The evolution of "Nationwide format oligopolies," Journal of Radio Studies, 14(2), 144-164, 2007
• Direct format competition on the radio dial and the Telecommunications Act of 1996: A five-year trend study, Journal of Radio Studies, 9(1), 33-50, 2002
• Nationwide format oligopolies, Journal of Radio Studies, 8(2), 249-270, 2001
• "Format monopolies, duopolies, and new oligopolies," Broadcast and Internet Radio Competitive Paper Panel, first place, Broadcast Education Association National Conference
• "Direct Format Competition On The Radio Dial And The Telecommunications Act Of 1996: A Five -Year Trend Study," Broadcast and Internet Radio Competitive Paper Panel - Open Category Broadcast Education Association National Conference
• "Nationwide Format Oligopolies: Are The Majority Of All Radio Listeners In The U.S. Who Tune To A Specific Music Format Serviced By A Few Radio Station Groups," Broadcast and Internet Radio Competitive Paper Panel, first place, Broadcast Education Association National Conference
• "Digital Radio is on the Air: An Introduction to Digital Radio Regulation, Technology, and Hardware," panel creator and panel moderator, Broadcast Education Association National Conference
• "Going Platinum: Creating the Radio Industry's Next Music Sensation," Relevance of Radio Studies in the Mass Media Curriculum - Panelist Broadcast Education Association National Conference
• "Innovation in Radio Programming," panel moderator, Broadcast Education Association National Conference
• "Implementation or Lip Service: A Preliminary Study Examines The Extent To Which Speech Anxiety Is Addressed In College Level Introductory Public Speaking Courses," University of Tennessee Communications Conclave

• COMM 105 Speech and Public Speaking
• COMM 130 Introduction to Mass Communication

Curt Neilson has taught English Language, Culture, and Literature at Hoseo University in South Korea, Westwood College in the U.S., and Chiba National University in Japan. He's been featured in more than 40 publications, including Metropolis, Japanzine, Tokyo Notice Board and Tokyo Journal of Buddhist Studies. At his alma mater, UCLA, Neilson participated in several Shakespearean productions and was awarded a research assistant position. For graduate studies, Neilson focused on creative writing within his English major, composing poetry for the university press as well as Cal State University Fullerton. While in Los Angeles, Neilson worked in the film industry for several years and is a member of both the Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA).

2010

Academic dean, associate dean, professor, board member, regional vice president of A.L.Williams, general manager of American Fidelity Insurance Company, management consultant, accreditation consultant

Professor to business students who became national champions in online business collegiate competition. Founder and mentor to business students who become rookie champions in regional business project competition. Hired seven professors who became academic deans

Professor of the year, Who's who among business leaders worldwide, Wall street journal achievement award, Fortune humanitarian award for leadership, Sam Walton Fellowship

• "Financing Capital Projects Through Grant Writing" Presentation to Living Tree Academy, Nashville, TN 2010
• "Leadership by the Book" Presentation to Living Tree Academy, Belize, Central America, 2009.
• "Advanced Academic Advising: New Students" Presentation to faculty of Strayer University. White Marsh,MD 2009.
• "Using Online Technology for Student Retention" Presentation to deans of Strayer University, 2008
• "University Self-Study for Accreditation" Presentation to Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 2007

"As an online professor I am inspired in knowing that I am making education available to populations that were formerly disenfranchised. It is thrilling to know that I am teaching students all over the world by establishing an online classroom environment that is conducive to learning and student involvement."

• BUSI 710 Principles of Financial Management and Marketing
• BUSI 781 Global Marketing Management

1990

Full-time instructor of philosophy since 1976 at various colleges/universities, including SCAD, East Georgia College, and the University of Alabama/Birmingham

Woodrow Wilson Fellow, 1970

Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Vanderbilt University Fellow, Who's Who in American Teachers, Best Teacher in the School of Humanities at the University of Alabama/Birmingham, SCAD Presidential Fellowship

American Philosophical Association

Journal articles in The Southwest Philosophy Review and The Florida Philosophical Review; aesthetics textbook entitled Beginning Aesthetics published by McGraw-Hill; poetry published in over 20 journals; five poetry chapbooks with Pudding House Press in Columbus, Ohio

"The sheer joy of interacting with young and dynamic minds."

• PHIL 142 Studies in Existential Philosophy
• PHIL 202 World Religions
• PHIL 301 Aesthetics

"My poetry deals consistently with the exploration of the Buddhist notion of tatatha."

2009

Online teaching experience: Charter Oak State College, New Britain, Connecticut; Northcentral University, Prescott, Arizona; University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Connecticut; University of Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona; on-ground teaching experience: University of Nevada, Reno; Gettysburg College; Dartmouth College

Founding of a company devoted to brain-based distance education in 2010: CogNeuro Learning, LLC

Junior Faculty Research Grant, University of Nevada, 2006; Instructional Enhancement Grant, University of Nevada, 2004; Paul H. Roads Professional Development Award, Gettysburg College, 2002; McDonnell-Pew Graduate Fellowship; Dartmouth College, 1990; B.S. with High Honors, University of Florida, 1987

American Psychological Society, American Psychological Association, Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Society for Neuroscience

MANUSCRIPTS

• Wessinger, CM, Lenzi, KM, VanMeter, J (2006). Modal and Amodal Processing is Task- and Modality-Specific. Cognitive and Motor Control Workshop II Proceedings, 1, p 13.
• Wessinger CM, Gazzaniga MS. (2005). Blindsight: Hypotheses and Clinical Implications. Disorder of Visual Processing (GG Celesia, ed.), Volume 6, of the Clinical Neurophysiology Handbook Series (J Daube & F Mauguire, eds.), Amsterdam: Elsevier, p441-450.
• Wessinger CM, Fendrich R, Gazzaniga MS. (2005). Cognitive Neuroscience: What is it and Why? Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, 3rd edition (on CD-ROM). (Adelman G and Smith BH, eds.), Oxford: Elsevier.
• Wessinger CM. (2002). The Mind. In Psychology, Volume 2: The Brain and the Mind . London, UK: Grolier/Brown Partworks.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• Yamaguchi T, Wessinger CM. (2007) Diluted face prototype effect shifts when lateralized.. presented at Society for Neuroscience, 32.
• Bevans R, Sharma S, Clapham E, Karst A, Wessinger CM. (2007) Investigating contextual cues on gender identification of babies. presented at Society for Neuroscience, 32.
• Wessinger CM, Clapham E, Karst A, Kainerstorfer J, Medvedev A, VanMeter J. (2007) Cross-form priming and attentional blink investigations of modal and amodal picture processing. Human Brain Mapping Meeting, June 2007, p. 408,
• Karst A, Clapham E, Kainerstorfer J, Medvedev A, VanMeter J, Wessinger CM, (2007) Investigating the Relationship Between the Attentional Blink Effect and Increased Task Load Using Real World Pictures. Presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, May 2007, p 198.
• Clapham E, Karst A, Kainerstorfer J, VanMeter J, Wessinger CM. (2007) Investigating Conceptual and Perceptual Picture Processing with Cross-Form Priming. Presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, May 2007, p 288.
• Bevans R, Sharma S, Clapham E, Karst A, Wessinger CM. (2007) Who Knows Baby Best? Investigating Gender Identification in Babies. Presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, May 2007, p 267.
• Wessinger CM, Clapham E, Boswell T. (2006). Name and Image agreement and perceptual and conceptual priming for easily nameable, full color, real world pictures. presented at Society for Neuroscience, 31, #663.
• Yamaguchi T, Tanoue R, Fujita JA, & Wessinger CM. (2006). Exploring racial differences in face prototype formation and utilization. Presented at the annual conference of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.

"My passion for teaching comes from the enjoyment I get by asking and answering interesting questions about how the brain is involved in human behavior. Helping others learn about brain-behavior relations is even better. Knowing that others are having fun while learning is the best part!

"I initially brought my passion and interest to my face-to-face classes, and now that I am teaching exclusively distance education classes, I strive to communicate my passion and interest online. Another interest of mine is to understand why different people have different learning preferencs. There are numerous learning techniques and styles for a wide range of students. Given my neuroscience background I prefer to link these preferences to basic cognitive and perceptual processes. That is, I work to incorporate pictorial, orthographic, auditory and motoric (POAM) learning opportunities into my teaching.

"All of this has led to my current philosophy of trying to enhance students' learning using brain-based learning style techniques. By relating course topics to real life experiences, and through application of course material, this can be accomplished on a course-by-course, and sometimes student-by-student, basis. Underlying this approach is my view that learning is a lifelong process and that all experiences can be learning experiences."

PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology

"The focus of my research program is exploring how we extract relevant and useful information from the environment, both with and without awareness. My research primarily involves investigating such processes in the visual and tactile modalities by working with healthy participants, and using behavioral, psychophysical, and functional MRI techniques. Cross-form priming and recognition memory paradigms designed to manipulate visual awareness are often used."

cogneurolearning.com

1996

Adjunct faculty in Humanities, SUNY at Albany, 1994-1996; lecturer in Chinese, Swarthmore College, PA, 1989-1990; lecturer in English, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China, 1984-1989

In 2003, curated a photography exhibition "Take Root and Blossom: Chinese Immigrants in Savannah (1880s-1990s)-a Photographic Journey," the first of its kind in Savannah, to highlight Chinese immigrants' experience and contributions

Recipient of two Presidential Fellowships for Faculty Development, Savannah College of Art and Design, Spring Quarter, 2003 and Winter Break 2006; sole author and project coordinator, City of Savannah, Department of Cultural Affairs' Weave-A-Dream grant, February 2004; inclusion in Marquis 58th edition of Who's Who in America, 2003

The Modern Language Association of America, 1993-2005; The Popular Cultural Association 2005; The National Ethnic Studies Association, since 2006; The Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature 2007

Creative Writings

• "The Year of Sheep, Mother & Me," Hopscotch, an online magazine for and by women, June 17, 2010.
• Poem "Are You My Mother?" Off Course, A Literary Journal (online), issue #28, fall 2006.

Photography

• Published several black and white photographs in JCT (Journal of Curriculum Theorizing):
• • "Woman With Hat," Winter 2010, cover.
  • "Raindrops," Spring 2009, cover.
  • "Belltower," Winter 2008, cover.
  • "Paradise on Earth," Spring 2007, 65.
  • "Umbrella Man," Winter 2007, cover; "Connections," 38.
  • "Poker Face," Spring 2006, cover; "Father," 78.
  • "The Guardians," Winter 2005, cover; "Reflections," 134.

Presentations

• 2010. American Literature Association Symposium on American Fiction 1890 to the Present. Savannah, Georgia. Paper: "'We Got Our Own Souls, Don't We?': Personal Accountability Leading to Manhood in Alice Walker's The Third Life of Grange Copeland."
• 2009. American Literature Association Symposium on American Fiction 1890 to the Present. Savannah, Georgia. Paper: "Do Not Idealize the Ancestral Home."
• 2009. Arts in Society, an International Conference. Venice, Italy. Power Point Presentation: "Snapshots as Collective Memory: One Immigrant Community Caught on Camera."
• 2006. The 34th Annual Conference of National Association of Ethnic Studies. San Francisco, CA. Power Point Presentation: "Documenting the Journey: Chinese American Community in Savannah, Georgia."
• 2005. PCA/ACA Annual Conference. San Diego, CA. Power Point Presentation: "A Laundryman's Daughter: Gerald Chan Sieg Remembers Her People in Her Poetry."
• 2003. The American Folklore Society's annual meeting. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Paper: "Family Legends and Their Role in Postmodern Society: A Study of Kathryn Morgan's Children of Strangers."

Photography Exhibitions:

• 2010. Small Works Annual Sales Exhibition. Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA. Six color photographs were on display.
• 2007. "Homebound," a sole exhibition of 24 black and white photographs. Hall Street Gallery, Savannah, GA.
• 2004. "Your Neighbor Next Door," curator and photographer, 20 black and white and color photographs. Pei Ling Chan Gallery, Savannah, GA.

"The opportunity to work with talented students inspires me to be the best teacher I can be."

"I am fascinated with words and lens. The dynamic interplay of writing and photography has given me new opportunities to explore the Self, people, and place."

blog.scad.edu/wzhang/