PUBLICATIONS

“The Portfolio at Seton Hill College,” forthcoming in Student Learning:  A Central Focus for
    Institutions of Higher Education, Alverno College, 2001

Portfolio Handbook, Seton Hill College, 2000

“Touching the Night Sky:  Strange Adventures and Mystery In Space,” article, in circulation

“The Lighthouse Keeper,” short story, in circulation

“Under the Table,” children’s picture book, in circulation

An article and poem on the retirement of Colette Toler and Lynn Conroy, Seton Hill College Forward,
    1999

Science, Myth, and the Fictional Creation of Alien Worlds, UMI Research Press (Ann Arbor,
    Michigan), 1985

Prospectus for dissertation, Science Fiction Research Association Newsletter, no. 43 (Sept., 1975),
    3-5  

POEMS

“Abby Is Three,”  Eye Contact (the literary magazine of Seton Hill College), 2000

“Changing Woman,”  Eye Contact, 2000

“Lullaby for Abby,”  Eye Contact, 1999

“Earth Angel,”  Eye Contact, 1999

“Haiku:  Nomads In Love,”  Eye Contact, 1998

“Night Thoughts,” Eye Contact, 1998

“The Child,”  Eye Contact, 1998

“Rain People,”  Eye Contact, 1997

“The Sacred Mountains,”  Eye Contact, 1997

“The Rainbow Way,”  Eye Contact, 1997

“The Secret Identity.”  Eye Contact, 1996

“The Haunted,”  Eye Contact, 1996

“As It Fell,”  Eye Contact, 1995

“If I Should Forget Thee,”  Eye Contact, 1995

“The Necessity of Human Weakness,”  Eye Contact, 1994

“The Dreams at the Bottom of the Sea,”  Eye Contact, 1994

“Fall,”  Eye Contact, 1991

“The Assent,”  Eye Contact, 1991

“The Poetry of Life,”  Eye Contact, 1991

“In a Moment,”  Eye Contact, 1991

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

“Curriculum for the Millenium Generation:  The Portfolio,” part of a panel presentation at the National
    Conference of the Association for General and Liberal Studies, Pittsburgh, 2001

“Flash Gordon:  The Fifties Version by Mac Raboy,” Popular Culture Association Conference,
    Philadelphia, 2001

“Space Museum:  Heroism and Identity,” International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts, Ft.
    Lauderdale, Florida, 2001

“The Universe as Wonderland:  Strange Adventures and Mystery In Space,” Popular Culture
    Association Conference, New Orleans, 2000

“Adam Strange:  A Scientific Romance,” International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts, Ft.
    Lauderdale, Florida, 2000

“Touching the Night Sky:  Strange Adventures and Mystery In Space,” International Conference for the
    Fantastic in the Arts, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 1999

“Teaching the Graphic Novel,” International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts, Florida, 199

“Andre Norton and the ‘Power of Story,’” International Convention of the Fantastic in the Arts, Florida,
    1992

“Reader Response Theory and Andre Norton,” International Convention of the Fantastic in the Arts,
    Florida, 1991

“The Genre of Science Fiction,” lecture at the Shaler Township Library, Pennsylvania, 1988

“The Universe,” lecture and slide presentation on current discoveries in astronomy, Allegheny County    
    Community College, 1984

“The Freshman Seminar Program at Seton Hill College,” with Linell Davis, National Conference on the
    Freshman Year, South Carolina, 1983

“The Ideal of Scientific Communication in James E. Gunn's The Listeners,” Popular Culture Association
    Conference, Pittsburgh, 1979

Chaired a panel presentation on “Science Fiction and Fantasy,” Northeast Modern Language Association
    Conference, Hartford, Connecticut, 1979

“Alien Communication in Poul Anderson's The Byworlder,” Science Fiction Research Association
    Conference, Waterloo, Iowa, 1978

  “Science Fiction as Means and End,” Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Pittsburgh,
    1977

WORKSHOP ATTENDANCE

Week-long Assessment as Learning workshop at Alverno College, Milwaukee, 1997

Enabling Leadership Workshops dealing with the use of technology in instruction, Webpage design and
    Internet use, 1996-1998

Panel presentation on “The Teaching of Science Fiction” at Confluence, the

Pittsburgh Convention on Science Fiction and Fantasy, Pittsburgh, 1996

Computer Authoring Program for Teachers Workshop, Allegheny County Community College, 1995

“Forum on Exemplary Teaching” at the American Association for Higher Education Convention,
    Washington D.C., 1991

Middle States Conference, Baltimore, 1990

Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Oxford, Ohio, 1989

Council of Independent Colleges Regional Workshop on College Teaching, Pittsburgh, 1987

National Conference on Faculty Development, Oxford, Ohio, 1986

Directors Guild of America Hollywood Workshop, Los Angeles, 1985

Participant in the National Conference on Student Development, Wittenberg, Ohio, 1982

Participant in the Conference on Technology and the Humanities, Pittsburgh, 1981

Participant in the two-week Workshop on Teaching Methods, Brunswick, Maine, 1981

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES, HONORS

Caritas medal for 20 years of service to Seton Hill College, spring, 2001

Director of the Portfolio project, and Chair, the Academic Assessment (Portfolio) Committee,
    2001-present

Member of the design group for the implementation of college-wide Portfolio Assessment, Seton Hill
    College, 1997-present

Co-founded and co-designed, with Lee McClain, the Masters Degree in Writing Popular Fiction, Seton
    Hill College, 1996-present

Chair, Core Curriculum Committee, Seton Hill College, 1996-1999

Member of the Western Cultural Traditions planning team and pilot group, Seton Hill College, 1995-1997

Chair, English Department, Seton Hill College, 1987-1995

Faculty Development Coordinator, Seton Hill College, 1987-1992, 1994
    (Led a two-semester workshop each year; the workshop studied and shared pedagogical practices
    and instructional styles, and involved videotaping of all participants)

Chair, College Governance Steering Committee, Seton Hill College, 1983-1987

Member of the original pilot group for Freshman Seminar, Seton Hill College, 1982

Passed Ph.D. Comprehensive Exams “with distinction,” University of Pittsburgh

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Science fiction, writing of popular fiction, Romanticism, writers of the American West, contemporary
    popular culture, visual studies, film studies, landscape painting since the Romantic period, science and
    literature

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