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Academic Appointments

since 2003

Empire State College, State University of New York (Associate Professor, Cultural Studies)

Education

2003	Ph.D., The Ohio State University, Modern Greek Studies Dissertation: Guarding the Wild: A Placed Critical Inquiry into Literary Culture in Modern Nations Candidacy Exams: Critical Theory and Nature, Literature and Nation, Literature and Place, Literature and Folklore (2001)
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1999	M.A., The Ohio State University, Modern Greek Studies Thesis: Folklore's Marginalization of "Literature": The Cretan Mantinada as Placed Literature
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1995	Doctoral Candidacy, The University of Chicago, Applied Mathematics Candidacy Exams: Wavelets and the Numerical Solution of Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations (1995), Finite Element Methods for the Incompressible Navier Stokes Equation (1994)
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1993	M.S., The University of Chicago, Applied Mathematics
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1992	B.S., Clarkson University, Mathematics

Scholarly Articles

2008	"The Place Within: Scott Russell Sanders on Literature and Art of Place" in ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, Volume 15(2):137-155.
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2006	"Literary Criticism for Places" in Symploke: Theoretical, Cultural, and Literary Scholarship, Volume 14(1-2): 232-251.
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2006	"Guarding the Wild: Place, Tradition, Literature and the Environment in the Work of a Cretan Folk Poet" in Journal of American Folklore, Volume 119(43): 275-300.
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2006	"Place-Based Pedagogy for the Arts and Humanities" (with Alice Lai) in Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition and Culture, Volume 6(2):261-287.
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2006	"Folkism and Wild(er)ness: Observations on the Construction of Nature in Modern Greek Culture" in Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora, Volume 32(1-2): 7-43.
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2006	"Can Competing Visions of Adult Student Empowerment Complement One Another?" (with Alice Lai) in Academic Exchange Extra Issue 3 (May 2006)
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2005	"Toward a Greek Ecocriticism: Place Awareness and Cultural Identity in Pandelis Prevelakis's Οι δρόμοι της δημιουργίας" in Journal of Modern Greek Studies, Volume 23(1):1-37.
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2004	"Students Online as Cultured Subjects: Prolegomena to Researching Multicultural Arts Courses on the Web" (with Alice Lai) in Studies in Art Education, Volume 46(1):20-33.
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2003	"Greek Food After Mousaka: Cookbooks, 'Local' Culture, and the Cretan Diet" in Journal of Modern Greek Studies, Volume 21(1):1-36.
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2002	"Home Is Where the Art Is: Exploring the Places People Live Through Art Education" (with Alice Lai) in Studies in Art Education, Volume 44(1): 47-66.
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2002	"Where Are the Folk? The Cretan Mantinada as Placed Literature" in The Journal of Folklore Research, Volume 39(2-3): 147-172.
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2000	"Negotiating Regional Identity in the 'Literature' of Everyday Life: The Case of a Cretan Mandinadhologos" in Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora, Volume 26(2): 59-94.
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Essays About Education

2009	"A Tale of Freedom and Temptation, Part 1 of 2" in All About Mentoring Issue 36: 41-51.
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2008	"Making TIme - Time Management and the Sociocultural Construction of Time: A Collage" (with Diane Shichtman) in All About Mentoring Issue 34: 83-91.
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2007	"Short Circuits, or Refashioning the Scholarly Self Version 2.0" in All About Mentoring Issue 32: 44-47.
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2006	"Refashioning the Scholarly Self for Higher Education: Reflections in Progress" in All About Mentoring Issue 31: 19-27.
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2006	"Some Qualities of a Learner-Centered Educational Institution" in All About Mentoring Issue 30: 39-42.
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2005	"Heteragogy: Mentoring as Intercultural Practice" (with Alice Lai) in All About Mentoring Issue 29: 3-7.
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2005	"Too Many Boundaries?" (with Nadine Fernandez and Cathy Leaker) in All About Mentoring Issue 29: 41-46.
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2004	"Thinking About Empowerment" (with Alice Lai) in All About Mentoring Issue 28: 12-15.
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2004	"Distance Education: Online… and On Its Own Terms" (with Alice Lai) in All About Mentoring Issue 27: 24-33.

Literary Publications (in Greece in Greek)

1997	Φιλόκρητος (Book of original poetry and philosophical essays)
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1997	A series of personal essays, sometimes including poetry, published in the Greek newspaper Αλλαγή: "Ύδωρ ή οίνος;" (July 8, 1997) "Στην ξενιτιά γλεντίζουνε" (January 15, 1997) "Να δώσω σείσμα τ' ουρανού" (November 23, 1996) "Κρασοφιλοσοφική βραδιά" (September 29, 1996) "Πνεύμα εν πράξει: Πως έζησα την Κρήτη" (July 26, 1996)
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1996	Translation into Greek of Byron's "When a man hath no freedom to fight for at home" published in the Greek newspaper Αλλαγή (June 13, 1996)

Reviews

2008	"Place Matters" in American Book Review, Volume 29(2): 23-24.
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Selected Presentations

2009	"Food and Drink at Work and Home: Wond'ring Aloud" Susan H. Turben Award Faculty Lecture at Empire State College's All College Conference, March 25.
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2008	"What the Hell is Water: Thinking Together About David Foster Wallace" (with Cathy Leaker and Alan Mandell) at All Areas of Study Conference, Empire State College, November 21.
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2007	"Citizen Co-worker: What Can Be Learned From Watching NBC's The Office?" at All Areas of Study Conference, Empire State College, November.
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2006	"The Risks of Not Knowing" (with Alan Mandell) at All Areas of Study Conference, Empire State College, November.
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2005	"Raising Environmental Awareness Through the Cretan Mandinadha" at the New Voices in Modern Greek Studies conference held at The Ohio State University, May 6-8.
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2004	"Too Many Boundaries?" (with Cathy Leaker and Nadine Fernandez) at All Areas of Study Conference, Empire State College, November. .
2004	"Researching (Inter)cultural Communication in Online Courses" (with Alice Lai) at the Sixteenth Annual Conference on Ethnographic and Qualitative Research in Education. June 4-6, 2004 at the University at Albany, Albany, NY.
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2004	"From 'Literature and Place' to Literature in Placed Communities" at the Fourteenth North American Interdisciplinary Conference on Environment and Community. February 19-21, 2004 at SUNY Empire State College, Saratoga Springs, NY.
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2003	"How Language Works, What Language Does, and Why We Should Care" at All Areas of Study Conference, Empire State College, November.
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2003	“The Ecologization of Nature-Metaphors in Local ‘Folk Poetry’” at the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment Fifth Biennial Conference, June 3-7, 2003 at Boston University, Boston, MA.
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2002	"Cat's Ears, Dittany, and Cichorium Spinosum: Cookbooks, Identity, and Place Awareness in Crete" in the Modern Greek Studies Seminar of the Department of Greek and Latin, The Ohio State University, February 12, 2002.
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2001	"Placed Criticism: Toward an Inhabitory Paradigm for Literary Studies" at the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment Fourth Biennial Conference, "Making a Start Out of Particulars," June 19-23, 2001 at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.
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2000	"Where Are the Folk? The Cretan Mantinada as Placed Literature" at the American Folklore Society Annual Meeting "Contesting Concepts of Culture," October 26-29, 2000 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Columbus, OH.
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2000	"From the Food Chain to a Chain of Empty Signifiers: The Contest for Meaning(fulness)" at the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment sponsored symposium "Food and Farming in American Life and Letters," June 15-17, 2000 at Unity College, Unity, ME.

Other Presentations

2000	Public presentation of a new poem in Greek [Τριάς] and performance of traditional Cretan dances and music at The Cretan Night sponsored by the Hellenic Heritage Foundation of Columbus, OH.
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1997	Interviewed by Yannis Damarlakis on the radio program Cretan Tradition on New Radio, Irakleio, Greece (June 5-6)

Online Courses Authored

2003-present	Empire State College, Saratoga Springs, NY Food and Drink in Cultural Context: Introductory; Food and Drink in Cultural Context: Advanced Exploring Place: Humanities; Exploring Place: Arts; Exploring Place: History (with Alice Lai) The Pursuit of Happiness in American History (with Alan Mandell) Making Time: Time-Management and the Sociocultural Construction of Time (with Diane Shichtman) An Introduction to Philosophy An Introduction to Ethics (2-credits) (with Jordan Seidel) Perspectives on Terrorism (author of the module on terrorism and philosophy)
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Teaching Experience

2003-present	Empire State College, Saratoga Springs, NY Food and Drink in Cultural Context (inquiry-based online course) Cross-Cultural Eating Disorders (graduate tutorial) Literature Review: Food and Culture (graduate tutorial) Anthropology of Food (graduate tutorial) The Practice of Food Writing (graduate tutorial) Foodways, Cookbooks, and Culture (graduate tutorial) Food in Greece (advanced undergraduate tutorial) Food and Literature (advanced undergraduate tutorial) Food and Film (advanced undergraduate tutorial) Food Studies: A New Academic Field (advanced undergraduate tutorial) Food That's Local, Food That's Industrial: A Multidisciplinary Study (advanced undergraduate tutorial) Food, Fat, and Obesity: A Multidisciplinary Study (advanced undergraduate tutorial) Food and the Environment: A Multidisciplinary Study (advanced undergraduate tutorial) Questioning the American Lawn (tutorial) Living the Creative Life (undergraduate and graduate blended residency/online course/tutorial) Is Freedom at Risk? (undergraduate and graduate blended residency/online course/tutorial) Authority and Dissent (undergraduate and graduate blended residency/online course/tutorial) Exploring Place (Humanities; Arts; History) History of the English language (tutorial) Great Lakes Culture and Geography (tutorial) An Introduction to Philosophy Educational Planning Individualized Tutorials
1999-2002	The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH as Graduate Teaching Associate, Department of Greek and Latin Modern Greek Language (all levels) guest lectures in art education classes
1998	Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY as Assistant to Pipeline of Educational Programs (HEOP, CSTEP, McNair Scholars) Tutor in Calculus II, Probability and Statistics, Ordinary Differential Equations GRE Preparation Workshops Writing workshops.
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1997	Norwood-Norfolk Central School, Norwood, NY as a substitute teacher Elementary through high school; Special Education
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1995-1997	David Game College, Irakleio, Greece as an adjunct instructor and as interim Director of Studies English Literature Introduction to Philosophy Calculus Information Technology Computer Programming in C++
1993-1995	The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL as Lecturer in Mathematics (1994-1995), College Fellow (1993-1994) Mathematics for the Social Sciences Calculus Analysis
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1990-1992	Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY as Teaching Assistant (1991-1992), Grader (1991), Tutor (1990) Calculus I, II, III Ordinary Differential Equations Probability and Statistics

Graduate Theses Supervised

• Joanne Cloughly (Food History)
• Mary Jo Jackson (Food Writing)

• Supervision of CDL Cultural Studies faculty and curriculum, Empire State College (2003-present)
• Co-chair of CDL Mentoring Committee (2009-present)
• Co-chair of ESC Faculty Conference (2007-2009)
• Chair Keep-Mills residency planning committees (2006, 2007)
• Chair ESC Cultural Studies, Empire State College (2003-2007)
• Co-chair of CDL ad hoc committee on Assessment, Empire State College (2004)
• Chair CDL Humanities Committee (2005-2007)

• New York Folklore Society Board of Directors (2006-2007)

1991	NASA Space Grant, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY Research Assistant (summer)
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1989-1990	New York State Department of Transportation, Albany, NY Construction Inspector (summers)

• Susan H. Turben Award for Excellence in Scholarship (2008)
• Hellenic Heritage Foundation Prize in Modern Greek Studies (2003)
• Department of Greek and Latin Fellowship (Summer 2000, Autumn 2002)
• The Ohio State Council of Graduate Students Professional Development Fund Travel Award (Autumn 2001, Spring 2001)
• The Ohio State University Graduate Fellowship (1998-1999)
• Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (Clarkson University) Honorary Service Award (1998)
• National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (Honorable Mention) (1993-1994)
• National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (Honorable Mention) (1992-1993)
• Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Studies Fellowship (Honorable Mention) (1992)
• Department of Mathematics Fellowship (1992-1993)
• Francis A. DeLucia Award for the Outstanding Junior in Liberal Studies (1991)
• R. Gerald Bradshaw Award for the Outstanding Junior in Mathematics (1991)
• Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society Induction (1991)
• Pi Mu Epsilon National Mathematics Honor Society Induction (1990)
• Department-sponsored Honorary Membership in the Mathematical Association of America (1990-1992)
• Institute for Humane Studies Summer Seminar Fellowship at Marymount University, Arlington, VA (1989)