Education
Major College Service
- Chair, Committee of the Faculty, Fall 2007-present
- Chair, English Department, 2005-2008
- Co-Chair, Senior VP of Academic Affairs Search Committee, Fall 2007
- Mentoring Program Coordinator/New Faculty Program Coordinator, Fall 2004
- Chair, Educational Policy Committee, 2002-2003
- Chair, A.A. in Liberal Arts Program Review Committee, 2001-2003
- Chair, English Department, 1999-2002
- Chair, Committee of the Faculty, 1998-1999
Current Research Interests
- Men and Masculinity
- Popular Culture
- Gambling, Poker Culture, and Gender (spring 2005 sabbatical project: "Gambling Men with Poker Faces: Poker and Representations of Masculinity in Literature, Film, and Suburbia")
- Gender and College Retention (Click here for a copy of my 2004 Princeton University/NJ Community Colleges Partnership Mid-Career Fellowship Program Essay Project, "Male Retention at the Community College")
Conference Presentations
- "Making Masculinity Visible: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack in the Intro Course." Co-Presenter with Dr. Karen Gaffney. Mid-Atlantic Women's Studies Association Conference (March 2008, Penn State Abington)
- "Men's Studies is from Mars, Women's Studies is from Venus, But Not If We Can Help It: Bridging the Gap in the Intro. Course." Co-Presenter with Dr. Karen Gaffney. National Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference (March 2007, Boston)
- "Guts and Glory on the Felt: Poker's Popularity and the Crisis of Masculinity." National Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference (April 2006, Atlanta)
- "Cheaters Might Never Prosper, but Liars Sure Do: Masculinity, Poker Culture, and the Valorization of Deception." National Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference (March 2004, San Antonio)
- "Gambling Men with Poker Faces: Poker and Representations of Masculinity in Books, Films, and Suburbia." National Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference (April 2003, New Orleans)
- "Professing Masculinity: Negotiating Classroom Space as Male Instructor of Masculinity in Literature." National Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference (March 2002, Toronto)
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