Timothy E. Trask
Massasoit Community College • One Massasoit Boulevard • Brockton, MA 02302 • (508) 588-9100, x1980 • ttrask@massasoit.edu
Teaching & Administrative Experience
Massasoit Community College • Brockton, MA
Professor, English and Communicative Arts, 1982 - present
• Teach courses in writing and literature
• Serve on various college committees (curriculum, technology) and intercollegiate initiatives (NECIT)Massasoit Community College • Brockton, MA
Director, The Television/Radio Center, 1985 - 1997
• Created and ran The Massasoit Channel, a 24-hour cable TV outlet
• Co-creator of the Media Option in the Liberal Arts Studies Program
• Obtained nearly a half-million dollars in grants to run the Center
• Upgraded the facility and increased productivity and services during every year
• Improved the technological capacity of the college in several areas, including satellite television,
distance learning, cable programming, and classroom instruction.Eastern Nazarene College • Wollaston, MA
Assistant Professor, English and American Literature, 1980 - 1982Stephens Institute of Technology • Hoboken, NJ
Adjunct Professor (full-time), American Studies, 1978 - 1979Columbia University, School of General Studies • New York City
Teaching Assistant (part-time), American Literature, 1975 - 1977
Education
Columbia University • New York City
• PhD, English and Comparative Literature, 1982
• MPhil, English and Comparative Literature, 1977
• MA, English and Comparative Literature, 1974
• Dissertation title: "Crying in the Wilderness: A Study of Thoreau at His Word"
Dissertation sponsor: Quentin AndersonEastern Nazarene College • Wollaston, MA
• BA, Literature, 1973
• Danforth Fellow nominee; Faculty Scholarship Recipient
Publications, Writing, Community Service
• Presentations to MLA, Chamber of Commerce, Duston/Dustin Family Association, MCC Faculty,
Newbury College Colloquium, 1998
• NISOD presentation on student-built courses, May, 2001
• Produced, directed, and edited thousands of television programs, including tapes for NEH, GSA, and Center for the House
• Former Member: Kennedy Parent Advisory Council, Arnone School Iimprovement Council, Thoreau Society,
Brockton Cable Advisory Board
• Current Member: MLA, Emerson Society, Tamarack Writers, NAACP
• Trustee, Brockton Historical Society
• Editor, The Tamarack Writers, Vortext (literary journals)
• Recipient, Massachusetts Pride in Performance Award, 1995
• Recipient, Nisod Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2004
• Recipient, Rotary Award for Public Service, 2005
• Campus Coordinator for NECIT, 2001 - 2007
• Edges of The Wall (essay); Beyond Basic (story)
• Review of The Mark, by Jaques Leslie
• Review of In the Lake of the Woods, by Tim O'Brien
• Review of Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming, by Jonathan Shay, M.D., Ph.D.
• Review of Goofy Foot: An Alex Rasmussen Mystery, by David Daniel
• Review of The Marble Kite: An Alex Rasmussen Mystery, by David Daniel
• Review of Upstarts in Upstate, by Art Seamans
• Vietnam War Veteran, awarded Bronze Star Medal (Merit), 1968
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