At LaGuardia:  Humanism, Science and Technology, The Novel, The Short Story, The Woman Writer, Writing Through Literature, English Composition, Basic Writing; in thematic liberal arts clusters: Drama, Culture and Communication, Gender Issues, Literature and the Visual Arts, American Literature and Film, Heroes, Gods and Monsters: The Greeks Then and Now, Teaching Practicum for Ph.D. Program Interns; at Spence: Modern British and American Literature, Victorian Literature, European Fiction, Latin American Fiction; at Queens: Introduction to Literature, Aspects of Fiction, Aspects of Drama, English Composition; in Spain: English as a Second Language.

Departmental and College-Wide Committees and Programs:

Departmental: Co-Director of Composition, Research and Composition Committee, Personnel and Budget Committee, Steering Committee on Departmental Self-Assessment, Women's Studies Committee, Professional Development Committee; College-Wide: Associate Director, LaGuardia Center for Teaching and Learning, Coordinator, Writing in the Disciplines Project; Freshman Year Advisory Committee; Assessment Task Force, International Studies Program, Liberal Arts Advisor, Network to Confront Racism; Coordinator, College-Wide Learning Communities (Liberal Arts Clusters and New Student House Program), Core Competencies Assessment Committee.

Administrative Activities:

As ACLC Coordinator: Met with advisory board bi-annually to plan learning community retreats and workshops for Northeast-Mid-Atlantic Region.  As National Learning Communities Fellow: Participated in Annual Learning Communities Institutes for faculty developing learning communities nationwide; conducted site visits to colleges upon request; wrote essays for Monograph Series; participated in national conferences; developed local network for open houses and retreats for learning community faculty.  As New Faculty Seminar Coordinator: Organized a year-long professional development seminar to orient new faculty to the college: conducted sessions on a wide range of pedagogical topics including collaborative learning, problem based learning, learning community history and practice.  As Teaching Portfolio Seminar Coordinator: Engaged a team of faculty in a year-long professional development that included building teaching portfolios describing collaborative and diversity work (See website: www.lagcc.cuny.edu/tps). As Associate Director, LaGuardia Teaching and Learning Center: Coordinated and conducted college-wide initiatives in professional development including pedagogy, diversity and technology workshops; project director for various grant funded professional development projects involving in-house workshops, worked with individual departments to assess professional development needs; organized seminars led by national leaders in professional development for LaGuardia faculty. As Co-coordinator of Writing in the Disciplines Initiative: Co-wrote initial grant for the project; conducted master seminars for faculty developing Writing Intensive Courses in the Disciplines.  As Co-Director of Composition: Administered Composition Program’s three writing courses, Basic Writing, English Composition and Writing Through Literature including dissemination of procedural memos, organization and administration of exams, coordination with library for student orientations, coordination with registrar and ESL division for student placement and coordination with Writing Center for student tutoring; reviewed departmental policies, curriculum guidelines and standards in the writing courses, mentored new faculty and organized professional development workshops for full and part-time faculty.  As Learning Communities Coordinator: organized meetings and professional development workshops in support of clusters, pairs and houses; guided and coordinated faculty efforts in creating new learning communities; developed assessment measures for learning communities; met regularly with department chairs and administration to evaluate learning communities; designed and maintained learning communities website: www.lagcc.cuny.edu/lc.

Other Administrative and Professional Development Efforts:

Co-wrote letter of intent for development of an English Major (2004). Conducted departmental and college-wide workshops on collaborative learning and other pedagogical topics (1996-present); assessed departmental curriculum requirements and grading standards in English Composition, developed curriculum for writing courses and electives, trained and supervised teaching interns (1996-1998); conducted workshops linking basic skills courses to college-level courses, conducted professional development training workshops on collaborative learning, multiculturalism and other pedagogical topics (1996-present). Participated in ePortfolio, Critical Thinking and Designed for Learning (teaching with technology) professional development seminars for faculty 2002-2004).

Conference and Workshop Presentations:

Strengthening and Expanding Learning Communities.” Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT, February 2007.

“Learning Communities and Student Affairs.” Atlantic Center For Learning Communities, Fall 2006 Retreat, Passionist Retreat Center, Bronx,NY.

May 2006:  “Building and Expanding Your Learning Communities.” Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, Maryland.

April 2006: “Learning Community Design and Assessment.” Lehigh Carbon Community College, Schnecksville, PA.

October 2004: Site Visit to Kingsborough Community College for National Learning Communities Project.

October 2004: Atlantic Center for Learning Communities Curriculum Planning Retreat, Retreat Coordinator and Presenter, Holyoke, Massachusetts.

October 2004: “Learning Communities: Where to Begin: a Workshop for Faculty and Administrators, TCI College of Technology, NYC.

October 2003: Site Visit to Kingsborough Community College for National Learning Communities Project.

March 2003: “Designing and Sustaining Learning Communities.” Nassau Community College, Garden City, Long Island, NY.

July 2002: PEW National Learning Communities Dissemination Project, Bi-Annual Fellows Retreat, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington.

July 2002: “From Lost Letters to Lurking Beasts: Reflections on the Lost 'Self' in Henry James,” Henry James Today: The International Conference of the Henry James Society, The American University of Paris.

March 2001: “Diversity Issues in Learning Communities,” American Association of Colleges and Universities, Providence, Rhode Island.

April 2001: “Approaching Cultural Diversity: Topics and Strategies.” Co-facilitated workshop with Evergreen State College, Tacoma, University of Texas at El Paso and The Washington Center for the Improvement of Undergraduate Education.

May 2001: “The New Student House: A Developmental Learning Community” Post-Conference Institute for The Washington Association of Developmental Education, Silverdale, Washington.

July 2000: Learning Communities Leadership Conference. The Washington Center for the Improvement of Undergraduate Education, The Evergreen State College, Olympia Washington.

June 2000:  Conducted three-day Summer Institute for the Development and Enhancement of Plan One Learning Communities at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois.

March 2000: Advanced Workshop on Learning Communities, American Association of Higher Education, Anaheim, California.

July 1999: Presented paper: “Charting an Ethics of Desire in The Wings of the Dove,” International Conference on Ford, Conrad and James, Canterbury, England.

November 1998:  “Nuts and Bolts: Linking Courses, Projects and Assessment via Theme: a Learning Communities Workshop,” Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey.

April 1998: Presented Paper: “Othello and Season of Migration to the North: Representing Cultural Identity,” Two Year College Association Conference, Newport, Rhode Island.

March 1998: Conducted Workshop: “Taking Structure Seriously: Using Learning Communities to Transform Institutions,” American Association of Higher Education Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

January 1998: Conducted Workshop: “How to Develop Learning Communities--An Introduction to Clusters, Pairs and Houses.” Contra Costa College, Richmond, California.

May 1997: Conducted Workshop: “An Introduction to Learning Communities,” Palomar College, San Marcos, California.

November 1996: Paper presented: “Linking Classic Drama, Contemporary Drama and Film in a Writing Course,” Community College Humanities Association, Eastern Division, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

April 1996: Conducted workshop, “Creating Effective Learning Communities,’ Montclair University, Montclair, New Jersey.

April 1995: Chaired panel on Postcolonial Literature at Northeast Modern Language Association Convention, Boston, Massachusetts.
 
April 1995: Conducted two-day workshop, “Implementing a Basic Skills Cluster,” at Normandale Community College, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

December 1994: Paper presented, "Delicate Subjects: Culture, Race and Gender in the Multicultural Classroom," Modern Language Association, San Diego.

August and October 1994: Workshop: “Collaborative and Improvisation Techniques in the Writing Classroom,” City University Graduate Center, New York, New York.

June 1994: Workshop: “Collaborative Teaching in Basic Skills Clusters,” What Works Conference on Collaborative Learning, sponsored by the National Council on Teaching, Learning and Assessment, Pennsylvania State University.

May 1994: “The New Student House Program,” Thirteenth Annual Conference of the Community College General Education Association, Russell Sage College.

May 1994: Workshop: “Collaborative Learning and Active Learning Strategies for English and ESL Students,” City College, City University of New York.

April 1994: Presentation: "Linking Basic Skills Courses in the New Student House Program," New York State Metropolitan Association of Developmental Education, Nassau Community College.

February, 1994:Paper presented: "Delicate Subjects: Contextualizing Multicultural Issues," CUNY English Forum, CUNY Graduate Center, New York.

March 1993: Paper presented: "Evading Cultural Mythologies in the World of Kazuo Ishiguro," Northeast Modern Language Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

February 1993: Presentation: "Basic Skills Clusters," Fifth Annual Conference of CUNY Writing Centers Association Conference on Writing and Social Responsibility, Hunter College, CUNY, New York.

November 1992: Panelist, CUNY Ph.D. Program in English, Job Forum: Teaching in a Community College, CUNY Graduate Center, New York.

June 1992: Chaired panel, "Against Empire," Second Annual Virginia Woolf Conference, New Haven, Connecticut.

April 1991: Chaired panel, "Modern British Literature," Northeast Modern Language Association, Hartford, Connecticut.

October 1990: Paper presented: "Retrieving our Students' Cultural History," CUNY Association of Writing Supervisors, John Jay College, CUNY, New York.

April 1989: Paper presented: "Renaming Faulkner's Characters in As I Lay Dying: Old Testament Figures in a Modern World," Northeast Modern Language Association, Wilmington, Delaware.

April 1987: Paper presented: "James's Use of Machiavelli: Character and Moral Vision in The Golden Bowl," Northeast Modern Language Association, Boston, Massachusetts

April 1986: Paper presented: "The Revelation of the Name: Identity and Prophecy in Henry James," Northeast Modern Language Association, New Brunswick, New Jersey