1118 N. Second Street, Harrisburg, PA  17102            717-238-5874

Education

                  Ph.D., 1989, History, Bryn Mawr College

                              Dissertation:  The Decline of Dominance:  India and the Careers of Lionel Curtis, Philip Kerr, and Reginald Coupland.  An examination of the theoretical limitations and practical decline of liberal imperialism

M.A., 1985, History, Bryn Mawr College

                              Thesis:  The Failure of Milnerism:  The Career of Lord Lothian

                  An analysis of the failure of the doctrine of imperial unity to meet the security needs of Great Britain in the interwar period

A.B., 1970, cum laude, Honors in History, Bryn Mawr College

                              Major:  History, with a broad spectrum of course work in European and Russian history and art history. 

Honors Thesis:  Trotsky and the Theory of Permanent Revolution

Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2000 – 2005, teaching/administrative workshops.

Central Pennsylvania Business College, 1972 – secretarial and paralegal courses

Camp Hill High School graduate, 1966

 Institutional Teaching Experience

9/1999-7/2000

Member Central European Teaching Program

·        Taught Conversational English, Writing,  and American Culture to 90+ students at a Language Teachers College in Kalisz, Poland

·        Taught professional and business English to 20 private students

(civil engineers, public administrators, teachers, college students)

·        Drama coach for amateur theater group

1991-1999

Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges, Bryn Mawr and Haverford, PA

            I served as sabbatical leave replacement for the history departments at both colleges.  This involved teaching established curricula as well as the creation of upper level courses and seminars (marked with an asterisk.) All courses were writing intensive.

            Introductory level courses:

Introduction to Western Civilization

The Historical Imagination:  Introduction to Global History

*Freshman Seminar:  Higher Education

(an interdisciplinary writing course)

               200-level courses

*The Impact of Empire:  Great Britain, 1858-1960

*Islam and the West

*Nationalism:  Theory and Consequences (Poland, Czechoslovakia, Ireland)

*Britain and Empire:  The Victorian Years

Europe since 1789

*The Great Powers and the Near East (survey from 1789-1962)

*The Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1890-1990

300-level seminars                

*Society and Disease:  Facts, Fiction and Tuberculosis

*European Imperialism and the Challenge of National Liberation:  Vietnam, India, and Egypt

*Heroes:  The Changing Face of Public Virtue

*Losing Peace:  The League of Nations Experience

I also directed Independent Studies and Senior Theses

1998-1999      

Adjunct Instructor of History at Harrisburg Area Community College and Penn State Harrisburg

I taught Western Civilization and Modern European surveys

Other Related Professional Experience

9/2000-3/2005

Director of Literacy and English as a Second Language Programs, Volunteers of America, Pennsylvania

·        Interviewed, assessed and matched students and tutors

·        Taught conversation and grammar to ESL adult students

·        Taught writing skills to intermediate English learners

·        Created curriculum resource library

·        Wrote a variety of private and public grant applications

·        Wrote and administered  Pa Dept of Education grants

1985-1998

            Paralegal in the office of Attorney Kent H. Patterson    

·        Performed all bookkeeping operations for the practice

·        Maintained all Estate files, including filing of tax returns

·        Performed title searches ( in 4 counties) for real estate transactions

·        Prepared settlement sheets and title insurance policies

Volunteer Experience:

             Sylvan Heights Science Charter School (elementary), Board Member (2005- )

Harrisburg Mayor’s Commission on Literacy (2001 – 3/2005)

Chairman 2003-2005; Treasurer, 2001-2003

Supervised successful search for first Executive Director

                        Led a Future Planning retreat

Participated in many community literacy events – African-American Family Festival, Patriot-News Super Saturday, Super-Reader special event, etc.

Received the Mayor’s Award for Distinguished Public Service

The Shared Ministry Church Council (2005)          

This is an inner city church, a partnership between the congregations of Fourth United Church of Christ and Park Street United Methodist Church.  It is a service-oriented ministry which provides assistance to those who live in poverty line. 

Helped design Ties That Bind, a pilot urban outreach program.  I served as an advisor/leader for a Summer Art Camp for neighborhood children and I participated in a Church Mural Project.  

            Chairman, Stewardship Committee

Allison Hill Ministerium (2000-2005)   an information-sharing network

Second United Church of Christ Consistory (1997-1999)

President; Treasurer

As president, I set the organizational agenda, supervised paid staff, conducted extensive correspondence, recruited volunteers, and built consensus. I also established an Oral History Program and was an adult Sunday School teacher.

English as a Second Language tutor (ongoing)

Adult Basic Education/GED Prep tutor (ongoing)

Junior League of Harrisburg (1976-1988)

            Initiated Vietnamese Refugee Sponsorship program

            Taught Board-training and grantsmanship workshops

            Hobbies:

            Reading, painting, learning about the Southwest

References:

            Available on request

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