I recently retired as an adjunct professor teaching critical thinking, writing, research and classical rhetoric for10 years at Charter Oak State College (all online). I am open to opportunities to advance knowledge and the common good, including written contributions. Various writings in progress, including a possible textbook on theories and methods of knowledge making and management (epistemology today). Historical background work in progress including SAR ancestor Col. James Otis, who was wounded in the Revolutionary War, and various Mayflower connections: Richard Warren, Anna Warren, John Alden, Priscilla Mullins.

EDUCATION

M.A. English and American Literature, Trinity College, 1991. Hartford, CT. I’m proud to say that my thesis advisor was Prof Barbara Benedict. Thesis: https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/grad/26/

B.A. Communication Arts, Fordham College, 1970. Bronx, NY.

A.A. Liberal Arts, STS, 1968. Bloomfield, CT

Jobs/Tasks For 50+ Years Past to Present (Volunteering in green)

Ditch Digger, foundation of Uncle’s “Green Thumb” greenhouse
Poet, Stella Matutina (STS) and Fordham Magazine
Ambulance attendant, G&L Unionville
Housekeeping janitor, St. Mary Convalescent Home, West Hartford
Mansion swimming pool painter (Hudson River valley, NY)
Wire puller, Tel-Rad Communications Systems
Proem writer and film critic, All About, Hartford
Art critic, Hartford Advocate
Hospital orderly for handicapped children & young adults @ New Britain Memorial Hospital & for adults at Florida’s Ft. Myers Convalescent & Ft. Myers General Hospital (post-surgery)
Housepainter, Webster/Zygmunt Painters, New Britain
Apple tree pruner & cider maker, Orkil Farms, W Simsbury
Chemical salvage worker, Oakland, CA
Substitute teacher, Hartford Adult Learning Center
Assistant editor/ photog/ AV manager, Greater Hartford CofC
Editor, Carbone’s Cookbook
Editor, Handbook For the Handicapped
Reporter, Waterbury Republican American
Associate director of communications, UofH & director of Speakers Bureau
Contributing editor, CT Business Journal
Marketing, Fundraising & Coordination, OPTIONS Six-College Speakers Bureau on International Security Issues (based at UofH)
Freelance writer/editor, Cambridge College (alumni booklets, newsletters)
Freelance writer/editor, Pacific Oaks College (alumni booklet)
Freelance writer/editor, Central Ct State University PLUS program
Freelance editor, Book Marketing Works (Marlys Hanson was a client)
Communications specialist, Kaman Aerospace Corporation
Marketing proposal writer, Tai Soo Kim Partners Architects
Contributor, (Kaman Aerospace article) CT Tech Tribune
VP/writer, Pollinet & Jobdialog.com, producing alumni profiles for Northwestern CT Community College
Maintenance/resto of inherited 1929 Packard 640 Roadster
Academic Advisor, Linda Christas, www.lindachristas.org
Assistant editor, The Voice newspaper, Winsted
Tutor, Apados Education (in-home, inner cities)
Director and painting crew supervisor, St Ann Cares (restoring homeless shelters etc.)
Creator and manager of one-day, team renovation of Countryside Park, Avon (lower pond is Hutchins Pond)
Secretary, Director of Valley Collector Car Club (profits to local charities)
Family estate sale manager ( resulted in Berkshire Crossing, Avon)
Emanations Press editor and publisher
Director and Education Consultant, New England Auto Museum
Adjunct professor of writing & rhetoric (first-year), UofH
Adjunct professor of college research and writing, Charter Oak State College, IDS 101 Cornerstone Seminar. 10 years, (retired Dec 2020)

EMANATIONS PRESS

Owner, Editor Jan 2009 – Present

Edited, designed, published first book of poetry for Prof Shalom Saada Saar, MIT, 2009, and set up Amazon account. Produced exploratory edit for his book Leading With Conviction. Wrote successful, four-color alumni profiles marketing booklets for Cambridge College, MA, and Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena. Co-taught successful business writing and communications class to Qualidigm, Rocky Hill, CT.

CHARTER OAK STATE COLLEGE

Adjunct Professor of Writing & Research Sept 2010 – Dec 2020

Piloted with a few other instructors the new, required, online IDS 101 Cornerstone Seminar on writing/rhetoric and academic research, using MLA and APA guidelines and Turnitin.

UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD

Adjunct Professor of Writing & Rhetoric Sept 2006–June 2009

Taught rhetoric, writing and academic research courses to first-year students, using customized syllabus, MLA guidelines, and state-of-the-art Blackboard technology; creating a “flipped classroom” ahead of its time… This was two-semesters, RPW 110 and RPW 111. Topic areas included education reform, consumerism, global warming.

HONORS

The UofH Speakers Bureau was recognized for excellence by the Network for Talented and Gifted students, the Connecticut State Department of Higher Education and the Advertising Club of Greater Hartford. Charter Oak State College has been recognized as the top college in America serving adult learners.

Honorable Mention, L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest, with penned comment by Algis Budrys. 1985 Silver Medal and Editor’s Choice Award from Poetry.com for “To a Child Born Prematurely”