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Education:
All course work & practicum for Master's Degree in English
Wright State University: Dayton, Ohio
Program of Study: Writing Pedagogy
Undergraduate Degree: Modern Languages
Wright State University: Dayton, Ohio
Graduated 1982.
Professional History:
Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
Retired February 2010
University Media Services. (1980-2010)
Media Technical Specialist: Prior to April,
1995: Managed repair facility for four-year state university. Maintained,
repaired and installed all audio-visual equipment and systems on campus
and at off-campus locations. Maintained parts and equipment inventory in
computer database. Since April, 1995: Work with faculty and staff for efficient
use of media systems in classrooms and lecture halls. Supervise and train
student employees.
Department of English Language & Literatures (1994-1995)
Graduate Assistant: Prepared & taught
undergraduate writing courses. Designed & prepared course work for
upper level composition and literature courses. Taught two quarters of
first year (freshman) college composition (Fall quarter 1994, Winter quarter
1995).
R.L. Drake Company, Miamisburg, Ohio (1976-1980)
Production Line Technician: Aligned, repaired
and tested state-of-the-art digital radio communications receivers and
transmitters.
Times Publications, Kettering, Ohio (1972-1976)
Assistant Production Manager: Supervised
all areas of advertising, news copy composition and pre-press production
of a two edition, twice weekly newspaper. Coordinated and scheduled job
printing composition and production.
United States Navy
Active Duty (1968-1972); Navy Reserves (1976-1980)
Watch Section Supervisor: Supervised and
trained personnel in Navy fleet communications procedures. Maintained records
and routed message traffic. Operated and set up cryptographic equipment.
Assisted in operations of fleet satellite communications facility.
Experience Summary:
Management & Supervision:
Supervisor technician of a university
media repair & technical support facility. Quality control
& test technician with a communications equipment manufacturer serving
military & commercial markets. Assistant production manager
of an award-winning newspaper. Supervisor of naval communications
facilities ashore & afloat.
Teaching and training:
Graduate TA teaching first-year college
composition courses. Train student technicians and equipment
operators. Trained composing room personnel, compositors &
make-up personnel using computer composing equipment. Trained
radio, teletype & cryptographic operators.
Other Talents:
Conversant in Spanish, Norwegian &
German . Knowledge of Swedish, Danish, & Portuguese. Experience living
in Caribbean, Latin American and European cultures.
Experience with printing, graphic design
and publishing. Experience with Windows word-processing, web page design and database
systems.
Vita:
Offices Held:
Convention Chairman, American Amateur
Press Association, 1993. Second Vice President, American Amateur
Press Association, 1991-1992, 1990-1991. Vice President, National
Amateur Press Association, 1984-1985.
Articles Published:
"Krets for talkompresjon og forbedring
av mottaker" (Circuit for speech compression and improvement of receiver
audio), Amatør Radio, July 1980, Norwegian Radio Relay League, Oslo.
(Article written in Norwegian). "Wind Voices" (poem), Nexus
1984, Wright State University. "Sarge," "Yavapai Winter" (two
poems), Nexus 1984-1985, Wright State University. "Texas Chili"
(short story) Nexus 1985-1986, Wright State University. Intersection:
Three Short Stories, 1990, Tagalong Press, Medway, Ohio. "Jihad"
(short story), 1991, The Village Idiot. "In the Imperfect Tense"
(essay) 1991, The Mandatory Sentence. "A Peaceful Virus: Infection
of the Reader by Silko's Ceremony" (essay), presented at English Department
Graduate colloquium, Wright State University, 1994.
"S&S Engineering's ARK4" (product review), Radio Fun, 1995 (co-written
over the Internet with Jeff Gold of Tennessee Technical College).
Awards & Citations:
President's Award for Excellence in Human
Relations, 1997. Wright State University. One of 67 finalists
(out of 900 entries) in Dayton Daily News' Short Story Contest, 1997. Dayton
(Ohio) Daily News. Laureate Award for Prose Fiction, 1991.
American Amateur Press Association. Laureate Award for Non-fiction
Prose, 1989. American Amateur Press Association. Laureate Award
for Editorial Prose, 1986. National Amateur Press Association.
Honorable Discharge, 1976. U.S. Navy; 1980 U.S. Naval Reserves.
Avocational Pursuits:
Historical & comparative linguistics
& comparative literature. Writing pedagogy & the psychology of
writing & narrative psychology. Human communications & socio-political
ramifications of changes in communications media. Amateur radio. Print
& printing technology. Web page design & development.