University Teaching & Special Honors

Special Honors and National Committees

Led team winning Academy Award for King Gimp/ Best Short Documentary, 2000

National Endowment for the Arts grant recipient

National Endowment for the Arts/ SAC grant decision committee

Represented US at Cultural Palace Museum/ Forbidden City, Beijing, China

Karlovy Vary Conference, Czech Republic/ Keynote address

Workshop & address/ National Museum/ Delhi, India

Hirshhorn Museum/ Smithsonian Institute Education Committee/ Washington, DC

Baltimore Museum of Art student arts coordinator

Dayton Arts Institute Board Acquisitions Committee

South Carolina Arts Commission Acquisitions Committee

US Representative/ World Tea Party, Canada

One of 80 artists representing USA on global tour (sponsored by US State Department)

Work in 22 museum and public collections internationally

Over 70 articles published in national publications

Total of 12 grants received

Over 60 solo and group exhibitions (includes 18 museum exhibitions)

National Winner - Best Poetry Book 2019/ 2020, Reader Views, Love Poems from Vermont

International Finalist - Best Poetry Book, Next Gen.Indie Book Awards, Love Poems from Vermont

Winner - Poetry/Nature, Feathered Quill Book Awards, Clouds

Winner - Inspirational, Feathered Quill Book Awards, Clouds

Previous Vice President - Independent Publishers of New England

Current Vice President - League of Vermont Writers

Winner - International Book Award for Clouds 2022

Group Exhibition, Vermont Center for Photography 2023

Rochester Institute Technology, Assistant Professor

Clemson University, Assistant Professor

University of Dayton, Associate Professor/ Department Chair

University of Arizona, Professor/ Department Head

Towson University/ U Maryland, Professor/ Department Chair

Indiana U, Professor/ Dean/ Chief Development Officer

BS University of Vermont

MFA Rutgers

MID Pratt Institute