Avon,
MA 02322
Professor,
Liberal Arts Division, Massasoit Community College, January 1980 -
present.
Courses
Taught: January 1980 - present.
|
Intro
to Anthropology |
Principles
of Sociology |
Committee
Work: January 1980 -
present.
Professional
Development Coordinator. Charged with
maintaining a budget and developing
programs for faculty development. September 1995 - September 1998.
Chair,
Academic Development Committee. Charged
with professional development programs; established travel stipends, mini-grants,
speaker's bureau, and faculty lecture series. September 1993 - September
1995.
Curriculum
Committee. Charged with reviewing
changes, at additions, and deletions to courses and programs and making
recommendations to the President of the College. September 1985 - May 1988.
Chair, Courses Subcommittee. Charged with curriculum reform, created a
Core Curriculum.
Presented to the
general faculty and approved. May 1986
-
December 1987.
Chair,
Core Implementation Group. Charged with
installing the new Core Curriculum:
Troubleshoot problems, establish policy, write new section for the
college catalog. Presentation to the
Board of Regents. January 1988 -
September 1988.
Chair,
Core Analysis Subcommittee. Charged
with assessing impact of the Core on programs.
Measure the effectiveness of a competency‑based core curriculum. September 1988 - May 1990.
Adjunct
Faculty, Stonehill College, January 1985 - June 1998.
Cultural
Anthropology
Adjunct
Faculty, Mass College of Pharmacy and
Applied Health Sciences, September 1995.
Cultural
Anthropology
Graduate
Teaching Assistant, University of Florida, January - December, 1979.
Prehistory
of Man Physical Anthropology
Language
and Culture
Head
Softball Coach, Massasoit Community College, September, 1987 - June, 1999.
Town
Moderator, Town of Avon, May, 2000 - present.
Chair,
Finance Committee, Town of Avon, September, 1990 - May, 2000.
Veteran,
United States Air Force, October, 1968 - August, 1972. Honorable Discharge.
EDUCATION
Master
of Arts
University
of Florida, December 1979, major:
Anthropology.
Bachelor
of Arts with Highest Honors
University
of Florida, June 1976, major: Comparative Religion.
Academic
History
Graduate: Bridgewater State College, September
1982 - July 1985.
University
of Florida, September 1977 - December 1979.
Under-
University
of Florida, September 1973 - June 1976.
graduate:
Rijksuniversiteit
te Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands,
September 1975 - June 1976.
Okaloosa-Walton
Junior College, Florida, August 1971 - December 1972.
Massasoit
Community College, Massachusetts, September 1966 - June 1968.
Research: Field research and computer utilization
for the Rural Communications Project: analysis of rural farmers for the
Alachua County Farm Agent, Gainesville, Florida, March - September, 1979.
Evaluation
of a Gainesville neighborhood, for the Gainesville Housing Authority,
Gainesville, Florida, March - December, 1979.
Evaluation
of Downtown Gainesville, for the City Commission, Gainesville, Florida, March -
June, 1978.
Publications: "Rolly, Dick, and Dave's Excellent
Adventure: A Report of the National
Association of Scholars' Annual Meeting." Teaching and Learning,
November, 1994. Journal article.
Report
of the Core Implementation Group of Massasoit Community College to the Office
of the Chancellor, Board of Regents of Higher Education, Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. July 1988.
A monograph on Massasoit's comprehensive curriculum reform.
The
Communication of Information among Farmers and Gardeners in Alachua County. September, 1981. A monograph prepared for the Center for Community and Rural
Development, Gainesville, Florida.
High
Rise Society and Neighborhood Change. December, 1979. A monograph prepared for the
Gainesville Housing Authority.
"Ranking,
A Study of Verbal Insult." The Florida Journal of Anthropology,
1979,
vol 4, no 1.
Downtown
Gainesville, A Planning and Research Assessment. July, 1978.
A monograph prepared for the Gainesville City Commission.