Academic Credits & Experience
Corporate Experience
Creative Writing
Journalism
Music
Photography

 

Education

M.A., English, University of Maryland, College Park, 1988

M.A., Outdoor Recreation Resources Management, University of Maryland, College Park, 1985

B.A. English, Miami University, Oxford Ohio, 1977

Sigma Tau Delta: National Graduate English Honor Society
Phi Alpha Epsilon: National Recreation Honor Society

Graduate Academic Data

English:

    Bibliographical and Critical Methods, A; Teaching College Composition, A; Readings in Renaissance Literature, B; Readings in the History of Rhetorical Theory to 1900, A; Fiction Workshop, A; Readings in 20th Century English Literature, A; Readings in American Literature Between 1865 and 1915, A; Studies in Modern Drama, A; Readings in 18th Century English Literature, A; Teaching and Critical Theory, A; Seminar on Poetry and Nature, B; Thesis (a novel) accepted. GPA Overall: 3.82. 

Outdoor Recreation Resources Management/Motivational Psychology:

The Concept of Leisure, B; Recreational Use of Natural Areas, A; Wilderness Area Management, A; Recreation Research and Planning, A;
Methods of Technical Research, A; Quantitative Methods (Statistics and SPSS Programming), B; Advanced Seminar in Recreation, A;
Mental and Emotional Aspects of Sport, B; Thesis (Perceived Social Competence, Boredom, and the Self-As-Entertainer Concept) Accepted (a non-graded degree component). GPA Overall, 3.62.

Academic Employment

Adjunct Professor, Montgomery College (MC) and Prince George's Community College (PGCC), Rockville and Largo, Maryland, respectively. Courses developed and delivered within a framework of minimum requirements set by each institution include English 101, Freshman Composition (U. Md., MC, PGCC); English 102, Composition and Literature (PGCC); English 102, Composition, Literature, and Research (MC); English 246, Creative Writing (U. Md.).  Instructor (Teaching Assistant Scholarship) University of Maryland, College Park.  Tutor, Intensive Educational Development, University of Maryland, College Park.