EMPLOYMENT and EDUCATION
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Most Recent Employment |
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Master Teacher of English & history, The Haverford School, Haverford,
Pennsylvania, beginning in 2001. American literature,
British literature, American history, history and English electives. Assistant winter track coach; poetry club sponsor. Retired June 2019. |
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Fellowships & Residencies | |
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Research
Fellow, American Studies Department, University
of Wales, Swansea, United Kingdom. 1997-2000:
explored various aspects of 20th century American
wars and war literature. Special emphasis on Korean
War. 2001-2002: background research on the
Welsh in southern Ohio. Fellowship involved research
& writing as well as visits to Swansea to lecture,
conduct seminars, advise & consult. |
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Guest-in-Residence,
Unit One/Allen Hall, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana,
1998. Lived, ate, and taught in first-year dorm.
Offered programs nightly. Available during days
for individual consultations with students. |
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Writer-in-Residence,
The National Writer's Voice Project of the YMCA
of the USA, Downtown Detroit YMCA, 1996. Conducted
master-level workshops at the Y for mature writers
(post-undergraduate). Lectured in individual classes
at Wayne State University, Macomb Community College,
and the Center for Creative Studies. |
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Visiting
Professor of War and Social Consequences, The
William Joiner Center, University of Massachusetts
at Boston, 1990. Taught course on the Vietnam War.
Edited special newsletter on women veterans' poetry.
Researched VVAW Winter Soldier hearings. |
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Other Teaching |
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Director,
Summer Writers' Workshop for High School Students,
Department of English, La Salle University, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, 1997-2000. |
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Teacher of English and History
at Sandy Spring Friends
School, George School, Temple University-Ambler,
Germantown Friends School, La Salle University,
Bucks County Community College, and the Haverford
School at various times between 1978 and 2001.
Courses taught include Western Civilization, American
History, American Literature of the 1920s & 1930s,
Stephen Crane, Contemporary Poetry, Introduction
to Poetry, English Romantic Poets, Literature of
the Sea, Literature of the Vietnam War, History
of the Vietnam War, History of Nonviolent Resistance
in America, History of Revolutions (American, French
& Russian), History of the Donner Party, Poetry
Writing Workshop, Creative Writing Workshop, Composition. |
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Education |
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Doctor
of Philosophy, University of Wales at Swansea, 2000. |
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Master
of Arts, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle,
1978. |
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Bachelor
of Arts, Swarthmore College, 1973. |
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Military Service |
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U.S.
Marine Corps, 1966-69; Sergeant (E5); Honorable
Discharge. |
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Other |
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Contributing Writer, New Hampshire Gazette, 2017-- |
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Contributing Writer, Dick & Sharon's LA Progressive and Hollywood Progressive, 2014-- |
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Editor-at-Large, Veterans for Peace National Newsletter, 2006--2022. |
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Merchant
seaman aboard US and Irish vessels, construction
laborer, forklift operator and warehouseman, roofer,
legal aide for the Pennsylvania Department of Justice,
reporter, and writer-editor at various times between
1969 and 1984. |
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