Educational Background
Selected Highlights
Higher Education Positions Held Throughout Career
- University Vice Provost
- Dean, College of Professional Studies (Dean, School of Business; Dean, School of Technology; Dean, School of Education; Dean, School of the Arts)
- Dean, Schools/Colleges of Education (Over 17 Years as Dean/Associate Dean/Assistant Dean at Four Universities)
- Tenured Professor (Over 20 Years of Teaching Doctoral and Masters Level Graduate Courses at Three Universities)
- Massachusetts Department of Education Educational Specialist
Community Service
- State of Illinois Teacher Certification Board Member
- Elected City School Board Member
- Chairman, Finance Committee
- Chairman, Legislative Committee
- President, Illinois Association of Teacher Educators
- President, Illinois Association of Teacher Education in Private Colleges
- President, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Teacher Education Consortium
- U.S. Department of Education Consultant
- Educational Review Board, Computers in the Schools
- Consultant for Multiple Books/Book Proposals, Corwin Press
- Consultant for State Boards of Education and State Higher Education Commissions
Invited National and International Presentations and Publications
Over 75 Scholarly Presentations
Invited International Conference Presentations, Following Peer Review Process by International Scholars, in the Following Cities: Beijing, China; Lisbon, Portugal; Penang, Malaysia; Seoul, Korea; Seville, Spain; Sydney, Australia; Vancouver, Canada; Venice, Italy; and Vienna, Austria.
Invitations from the Following Professional Organizations
- American Association of Colleges in Teacher Education
- American Association of School Administrators
- American Counseling Association
- Association for Advancement of Computing in Education
- Association of Educational Communications and Technology
- Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development
- Association of Teacher Educators
- International Council on Education
- International Society for Technology in Education
- National Association of Laboratory Schools
- Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education
Author of Over 50 Professional Publications
Selected Recognitions
- Recipient of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Citation for Outstanding Performance Awarded by Governor Michael Dukakis
- Recipient of Outstanding Public Service Recognition As a School Board Member from the Speaker and Massachusetts House of Representatives
Inducted in the Following Professional Honor Societies
- Kappa Delta Pi
- Pi Kappa Lambda
- Pi Lambda Theta
- Phi Alpha Theta
- Phi Delta Kappa
Education
- Ed.D. Educational Leadership/Administration, Boston University
- M.Ed. Educational Leadership/Administration, Boston University
- B.M.Ed. Music Performance and Music Education, Boston Conservatory of Music
- Post Doctoral Study, Harvard Law School, School Law Institute