TEACHING

For a short statement of my teaching philosophy, click here.

Curricula designed and offered at Salem State College, Salem, Mass. Click on the course name for a syllabus.

COM 201 - Introduction to Communications

COM 201 - Introduction to Communications, Freshman First version

COM 201 - Introduction to Communications, laptop-intensive version

COM 205 - Computer Production

COM 309 - Editing

COM 325 - Sports Writing

COM 370 - Fundamentals of News Writing

COM 371 - News Reporting and Writing

COM 371 - News Reporting and Writing, online version

COM 470 - Feature Writing

COM 470 - Feature Writing, online version

COM 471 - Public Affairs Reporting

COM 495 - Special Topics: Newscasting

COM 495 - Special Topics: Newspaper Layout and Design

Directed studies:

COM 325: Sports Writing, Ben Larsen (Spring 2005).

COM 370: Fundamentals of News Writing, Diane Zarrella (Spring 2005).

COM 371: News Reporting and Writing, Joel Foster, Erica Giurleo, Robert Rosen (Summer 2004); Brittany Quaglieri (Spring 2006).

COM 470: Feature Writing, Giovanni Albanese Jr. (Fall 2006).

COM 471: Public Affairs Reporting, Kristina Ryer (Spring 2005); Heather Hopkins (Spring 2006).

COM 495: Special Topics: Newspaper Layout and Design, Emily Dumas (Fall 2004); Jeannine Heisey (Fall 200); Kylie Hirsch, Erik Johnson (Spring 2006).

COM 501: Practicum in Communications, Therese Gormley (Fall 2003); Kylie Hirsch (Fall 2005); David A. Filiberti (Spring 2006).

Guest lectures:

IDS 225: Comparative Religious Traditions, James Gubbins, instructor, Spring 2007: “Vipassana meditation as Buddhist practice.”

IDS 108: First Year Seminar (three sections), James Gubbins, instructor, Fall 2006: “Introduction to mindfulness meditation.”

IDS 108: First Year Seminar (two sections), Elizabeth Duclos-Orsello, instructor, Fall 2006: “Introduction to mindfulness meditation.”

SFL 363: Stress and Health Empowerment, Steven Dion, instructor, Fall 2006: “Introduction to mindfulness meditation.”

PHL 310N: Philosophy and Religion of the Eastern World, Krishna Mallick, instructor, Fall 2006: “Vipassana meditation as Buddhist practice.”

IDS 225: Comparative Religious Traditions, James Gubbins, instructor, Spring 2005: “Vipassana meditation as Buddhist practice.”

ENG 314: Survey of Journalistic Styles, Perry Glasser, instructor, Fall 2005: “Models of objectivity in journalism.”

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, SERVICE & awards

Salem State College service:

The Salem State Vlog | www.SalemStatic.com, news video podcasts produced by student journalists of The Salem State Log, faculty adviser, 2006-present.

Meditation Society, leader, 2004-present.

President’s Advisory Committee on Diversity/Minority Issues, faculty member, 2004-2007.

The Salem State Log, the independent voice of Salem State College students, faculty adviser, 2003-2007.

Foundations of Excellence in the First College Year project, faculty participant, 2007.

Online Course Development Program, faculty participant (COM 371: News Writing and Reporting), 2006-07.

Cornerstone Fellow, Peabody Hall, floors 1 & 5, 2006-07.

“Presentation of Anthony Weller, editor of George Weller’s First into Nagasaki: The Censored, Eyewitness Dispatches on Post-Atomic Japan and Its Prisoners of War,” co-organizer and anchor, March 26, 2007.

“New England Society of Newspaper Editors Editing Workshop,” with Len Levin, Providence Journal, organizer, Dec. 14, 2006.

The Cornerstone Project, faculty resource (meditation for stress, anxiety and depression management), 2006-07.

“Take Your Professor to Lunch” program, faculty participant (many lunches), 2006-07.

“Rainbow Spirituality,” panel discussion on homosexuality, sponsored by the Gay–Straight Alliance and the Interfaith Office, presenter of Buddhist perspective, Nov. 27, 2006.

Streaming Audio/Video Content over the Internet Using the Real Networks Server workshop, participant, Nov. 8, 2006.

The Future is Now Conference, presenter, Integrating Laptops Across the Curriculum, with Mikhail Brikman, May 2006.

Freshman Orientation laptop session, faculty presenter, August 2006.

“Need Help?” Orientation initiative, participant, August 2006.

Salem State College Technology Fellow, 2005-06.

Academic Excellence Task Force’s “Freshman First” pilot program, instructor (COM 201: Introduction to Communications), Fall 2005.

Project 120 discussion group participant, April 2006.

Dean of the Library and Instructional and Learning Support search committee, faculty member, 2004.

Grants Office Interactive Grant Seekers Workshop, faculty participant, March 30, 2006.

Podcasting workshop, participant, Feb. 27, 2006.

Working with English as a Second Language Students at the College Level (faculty development seminar, Title III Grant, Project NOBELL, U.S. Department of Education), participant, Summer 2005.

Reading and Writing Initiative Workshop (faculty development seminar), participant, Summer 2005.

Salem State College/The Enterprise Center/Salem Access Television Joint Task Force, faculty member, 2004-05 & Salem State College/The Enterprise Center/MultiMedia Pros Digital Studios Joint Task Force, faculty member, 2006-07.

“The Panel on Plagiarism at Salem State College,” sponsored by the Public Relations Society of America, Salem State College chapter, participant, Feb. 25, 2005.

“Developing International Short-Term Courses Abroad,” Massachusetts Council for International Education workshop, participant, April 21, 2004.

“Advocacy Journalism: An Emerging Genre,” presentation, First Lecture Series, Sept. 25, 2003.

Massachusetts State College Association (MSCA) service:

Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) Membership Materials Committee, higher education committee, 2007.

Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) “In the Loop: Building stronger local associations through communications” workshop, participant, June 26, 2007.

Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) convention, delegate, representing Massachusetts State College Association, 2006-07.

Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) Lobbying Day participant, April 26, 2006.

Salem State College Communications department service:

Tenure-track faculty (advertising) search committee, member, Spring 2006.

Internal departmental assessment committee, member (journalism component), 2006-07.

External Departmental Review, journalism component, participant, 2005-06.

Departmental retreat, participant, Spring 2003-07.

Student adviser, advising over 45 students per semester, Fall 2003-present.

Curriculum committee, coordinator, Fall 2003-present.

Bulletin board director, Fall 2003-present.

Departmental representative, Salem State College Open Houses, 2003-present.

Departmental representative, “Meet Your Major” orientation sessions, 2003-present.

Portfolio Day, community reviewer, Spring 2003.

Professional service, activities and memberships:

New England Society of Newspaper Editors, treasurer, 2008; member, governing board, 2007-09; member, since 2005.

• “What are journalism schools teaching and why?” panel discussion, organizer and moderator, NESNE annual convention, Oct. 2007.

• NESNE survey of New England newspaper editors, lead investigator, 2007.

Northern Essex Community College journalism & broadcasting department program review committee, member, 2006-07.

Phil Dunkelbarger for Congress, media consultant, 2006.

American Jewish Press Association award winner, Second Place, Excellence in News Reporting in Newspapers under 15,000 Circulation, for “Harvard Close to Rejecting Sheikh’s Gift,” The Jewish Journal, July 4, 2003, awarded June 2004.

New England News Forum conference, “The New(s) England Revolution: From Politics to Courtroom to Classroom,” session presenter, “Converting Newspapers into Video Podcasts,” UMass-Lowell, April 7, 2007.

College Media Advisers, biannual convention, attendee, New York City, March 2007.

New England Society of Newspaper Editors, annual convention and awarding of Yankee Quill Awards, attendee, since 2005.

Vermont Newspaper Association annual contest, judge, two categories (best local story, non-daily & best feature, non-daily), 2007.

Association of Opinion Page Editors annual contest, judge, 2007.

American Jewish Press Association, member, since 2003.

Center for Public Integrity, member, since 2003.

Center for Media and Democracy, member, since 2005.

College Media Advisers, member, since 2007.

Committee of Concerned Journalists, member, since 2003.

Free Press Action Fund, member, since 2006.

New England News Forum, member, since 2006.

New England Newspaper Association, member, since 2005.

New England Press Association, member, since 2003.

New England Society of Newspaper Editors, member, since 2005.

Public Citizen, member, since 2006.

Student Newspaper Advisers at Community Colleges in Massachusetts, member, since 2006.

Student Press Law Center, member, since 2007.

Union for Democratic Communications, lifetime member, since 2004.

Voice of Teachers for Education (VOTE), member, since 2006.

Tufts University, undergraduate senior thesis committee for Mary I. Kohler, faculty member, 1999.

Tufts University, Lincoln Filene Center, visiting scholar, 1993-1994.

Career Access Network, University of California, San Diego, career contact, 2002-present.

University of California, San Diego, communication department, graduate student representative, graduate affairs committee, 1989-1991.

State University of New York at Binghamton, student commencement speaker, 1986.