• M.A. English, SUNY Albany. 
• B.A. English, summa cum laude, St. Bonaventure University.

Current Teaching Positions

• Olean High School, ELA teacher, ELA department chairperson
• Jamestown Community College, College Connections adjunct instructor, English

Teaching Experience

• St. Bonaventure University, adjunct professor, Secondary English Methods, spring semesters, 2013 – 2017
• Measurement Incorporated, Consultant, ELA Rangefinding, summer 2016
• Wellsville High School, ELA teacher, 1997-1998
• Alfred State and Jamestown Community Colleges, adjunct instructor, 1995 – 1997
• Southern Tier Catholic School, ELA teacher, 1995-1997 Canterbury School, ELA and theology teacher 1987 – 1995

Positions Held and Awards

• Current president of the New York State English Council (NYSEC)
• New York State English Council Teacher of Excellence Award, 2015
• Associate editor for the peer-reviewed journal The English Record, 2015 to present
• National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Teachers Institute, 1990

Publications

• Peer-reviewed publication.  “Outside In:  Video Composition and Vocabulary Instruction.”  The English Record.  68.2. (spring / summer 2018), 54-77.
• Peer-reviewed publication.  “Poetry Out Loud (and Up Close).”  The English Record.  67.2 (spring / summer 2016), 54-69.
• Poem.  “Close-Reading.”  English Journal.  105.5  (May 2016) 22.
  Peer-reviewed publication.  “End of Fun.”  The English Record.  66.1  (fall/winter 2015) 86 - 102.
• Peer-reviewed publication.  “Trust in Education.”  The English Record.  65.2.  (spring/ summer 2015) 109-115.
• Essay with Lou Ventura.  “Poetry Master Class with Billy Collins.”  Voices de la Luna  6:1  (October 2013) 17.
• Peer-reviewed publication.  “Boethius in the Endless Mountains.”  The College English Association Critic  72:1  (fall 2009) 49-63.
• Poem.  “Soapbox.”  Soapbox.  Earth’s Daughter’s #74 (2009) 57.
• Peer-reviewed publication.  “John Gardner’s Dialogue with the Book of Job.”  Midwest Quarterly  37:1 (autumn 1995) 80-91. 

Conference Presentations

• with Dr. David Bruce (University at Buffalo), Dr. Sunshine Sullivan (Houghton College), Lou Ventura (Olean High School) and Stephen Sorensen (Olean High School).  “Rural Voices, Rural Vision.”  NCTE conference.  St. Louis, Missouri, November 2017.
• with Dr. Sunshine Sulliven (Houghton College), Lou Ventura (Olean High School) and Susan Snyder (Allegany-Limestone High School), “Writing with Video,”  NYSEC conference.  Albany, NY, October 2017.
• with Lou Ventura.  “Keeping the Home Fires Burning.”  NYSEC conference.  Albany, NY, October 2016.
• with Lou Ventura.  “Close Reading from the Inside Out:  An Examination of Grammar and Meaning.”  NYSEC conference.  Albany, NY, October 2015.
• with Lou Ventura.  “Electronic Portfolios.”  Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES Best Practices Symposium.  Ellicottville, NY, May 2008.
• “Boethius in the Endless Mountains.”  John Gardner Society Conference.  Susquehanna, PA, April 2007.
• “Pilgrims without Guides.”  John Gardner Society Conference.  Batavia, NY  March 2006.