My Curriculum Vitae
MICHAEL ANDOLINA
27 Grant Avenue
Amsterdam, NY 12010
(518) 842-7026
Amsterdam, NY 12010
(518) 842-7026
TEACHING AND MENTORING EXPERIENCE
Empire State College, State University of New York, Saratoga Springs, New York, (1985-Present).Mentor/Coordinator, Johnstown Unit, (1985-1992), 1996-Present).
Develop and implement a pilot ESC/Community College cooperative venture. Advise adult students in designing nontraditional, baccalaureate degree programs; teach a variety of independent, individualized philosophy studies; mentor students in a range of disciplines; participate in college governance coordinate administrative functions of learning unit; coordinate integrated FMCC/ESC Baccalaureate degrees.
Faculty Chair, Graduate Programs, (12/92-6/96).
Developed new M.A.L.S. program (1994) and chaired both Master of Arts in Social Policy and M.A.L.S. programs. Responsible for academic quality of the programs; supervise faculty; review all admissions applications; chair curriculum committee; develop and review new program offerings.
Mentor/Tutor, Graduate Program, (1990-Present).
Tutor graduate students in Ethics and Policy Studies; advise graduate students. Member, Culture and Policy Studies (now Social Policy) and M.A.L.S. Panels. Reader for graduate master’s exams and master’s theses.
Consultant, Regents College, (now Excelsior College), (1993-Present).
Design guided instruction materials, develop and field test comprehensive examinations, design course materials and study guides for undergraduate and graduate philosophy courses.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Union College, Schenectady, New York, (1976-Present).
Teach three-term Logic sequence, Inductive Logic, Inductive Logic and Scientific Method, and Symbolic Logic.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, (1984-1985).
Logic and Argument, Symbolic Logic, Philosophy of Mind, and Seminar in Action Theory.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Schenectady County Community College, Schenectady, New York (1984-1996).
Business and Professional Ethics
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Associate Dean of Students, Union College, Schenectady, New York, (1979-1983).
Advised and counseled students and organizations; administered student judicial system; wrote and edited student affairs publications; supervised staff development; collected and interpreted data regarding student needs and attitudes; planned and coordinated special functions; served as liaison to the Admissions and Academic Affairs offices; supervised Student Affairs office in Dean’s absence.
Assistant Director of Admissions/Coordinator of Minority Recruitment, (1977-1979).
Designed and coordinated minority admissions and support programs; conducted interviews with prospective candidates; evaluated admissions credentials; formulated admissions recruitment strategies.
Director, County Education and Counseling Programs, Montgomery and later Dutchess County: New York State Office of Substance Abuse, Albany, New York, (1972-1977).
Administered and coordinated a county-wide counseling and education program. Responsible for planning and developing budget and new programs with school districts; and supervised 19 professional staff.
COLLEGE SERVICE
ESC Senator, SUNY Senate, (2001-2004).
Member, Planning, Programs, Budget Committee (2004-present).
Faculty Chair, Northeast Center (2002-2004)
Member, NEC Personnel Committee, (2000-2003)
Co-chair, Graduate Studies Committee, 1996, Member Graduate Studies Committee, 1993-1999; Member, SUNY Senate, Graduate and Research Committee, 1994-2000.
Chair, College Senate, (1990-1991); Member, Planning Policy and Budget Committee and ex-officio member, College Council, (1990-1991).
Chair, Member, Center Task Force on Educational Planning and Assessment, 2000-2001; ESC Foundation/NEH Challenge Grant Planning Committee, 1989; Member, Center Personnel Committee, 1990-1992, 1996-1998, 1999-present; Middle States Task Force, 1994, 1999, Member, Student Learning Outcomes Task Force; Advisor to Graduate Panel, Masters of Arts in Liberal Study and Masters of Arts in Social Policy, 1988-Present; Committee on experimental unit, 1987-1989; Faculty Senate, 1988-1991; Center ad hoc Committee on Retention, 1986.
RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS AND WORKS IN PROGRESS
Adult Student Learning and Study Skills, Thompson/Delmar Publishers, Albany, New York, currently under contract and in progress. Publication date: December 2002.
Practical Guide to Critical Thinking, Delmar/Thompson Learning Publishers. Albany, New York. January, 2002.
Practical Guide to Critical Thinking: Instructor’s Manual, Delmar/Thompson Learning, Albany New York, January 2002.
Critical Thinking for Working Students, Delmar/Thompson Learning Publishers, Albany, New York. September, 1999.
Instructor’s Manual for Critical Thinking for Working Students, International Thompson/Delmar Publishers, Albany, New York, January 2001.
Panelist, All Area of Study Conference, October, 2001. Topic: Religious Fundamentalism.
Reviewer and Panelist, Eastern Academy of Management Annual Meeting. Session: Business, Ethics and Society, Philadelphia, PA., 1999 and 2000. Reviewer, 1999-Present.
Participant/Panelist, Teaching Critical Thinking Seminar, Maria College, Albany, New York, December 2000.
Structure and Change: Our Place in the World: Study Guide. With Bruce Johnston and John Murray, Regents College Publications, Albany, New York, 1998.
Panelist, SUNY Faculty Conference on Instructional Technology. Session: Ethical and Legal Issues: Property Rights, SUNY Cortland. 1998.
Presenter, Fulton and Montgomery County Regional Conference on Government and Ethics, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000. Topic: N.Y. State Ethics Codes.
Structure and Change: Our Place in the World: A Book of Readings. With Bruce Johnston and John Murray, Regents College Publications, Albany, New York, 1996.
New Rule of Reason: Philosophy and Society in the Seventeenth Century: Study Guide. With Edward D’Angelo and Peter Murphy, Regents College Publications, Albany, New York, 1994.
New Rule of Reason: Philosophy and Society in the Seventeenth Century: A Book of Readings. With Edward D’Angelo and Peter Murphy, Eds., Copley Press, Boston, 1993.
“Innovation and Structure,” Innovating, Spring 1993.
“Teaching Critical Thinking: A Multidisciplinary Approach.” Small College Creativity, Spring 1993.
Panelist, ESC, British Open University, Dutch Open University, Heerlen, The Netherlands, “The Role of the Mentor in Individualized Education,” April 1990.
Panelist, New York State Assembly and Montgomery County Bicentennial Constitution Committee Open Forum, “The Right to Die,” Novermber 1989.
“Innovation: The Conflict Between Freedom and Structure,” presented at the Conference on Adult and External Degree Programs, Washington, D.C. Published in Proceedings, October 1988.
“Integrating Technology and Philosophical Logic,” paper presented at the International Conference on Issues in Higher Education, published in Proceedings: National Issued in Higher Education, September 1987.
Review: The Refutation of Scepticism by A.C. Grayling, in The Idealist, Fall 1987. “The Logical Form of Sensation-Sentences,: presented at the State University of New York at Albany Philosophy Colloquium, November 1985.
“Conceptual Schemes,” presented at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Colloquium, December 1985.
Panelist, International Conference on the Works of Donald Davidson, Rutgers University, April 1984.
“Davidson and Quine on Eliminative Materialism,” paper presented at Union College Colloquium, November 1983.
Dissertation Topic: Philosophical Psychology—“A Critical Analysis of Donald Davidson’s Theory of Action,” 1983.
“A Miniature Ecosystem,” New York State Conversationist, June 1971.
AWARDS
Recipient, Susan H. Turben/ESC Award for Excellence in Scholarship, spring 2001.
Sabbatical Leave, 1999-2000.
Professional Reassignment, June-August, 1991, Research on Health and Human Values. Faculty presentation, “Rawls on Health Care Rationing,” October 1991.
Teaching Fellow/Seminar Coordinator, 1990: Hudson-Mohawk Association of Colleges and Universities. Faculty Seminar, Topic: “Teaching Critical Thinking: A Multidisciplinary Approach.”
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Member, Amsterdam Memorial Hospital Ethics Panel; member, Amsterdam Memorial Hospital Institutional Review Board; member Amsterdam Memorial Hospital Foundation Board of Directors, 1997-Present.
Member, Fulton-Montgomery Community College Foundation Board of Directors, 1996-Present
Member and Chair, Catholic Charities of Montgomery County Board of Directors, 1994-1998.
Chairman, Montgomery County Ethics Advisory Board. Appointed by Board of Supervisors to oversee ethics in government policies, review charges of conflict of interest and recommend sanctions, 1990-1994. Member, Board of Directors and Chair, Personnel Committee, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Montgomery County, 1987-1995.
Member, Greater Amsterdam School District Citizen’s Budget Review Committee, 1996.
Member, Amsterdam City Planning Board, 1995-1998.