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Education: Montclair State University, Master of Science - Mathematics - Pure and Applied Mathematics, May 2000, grade point ave. 3.824.

Member (1999): American Mathematical Society.

Awards: recipient of Westerdahl Scholarship for 1997-1998.

Graduate Assistant, Spring 1999.

County College of Morris, Associate of Science - Mathematics, with highest honors, January 1997, grade point ave. 3.888. Activities included Phi Theta Kappa, Ambassadors Club, “Music Man”, “Grand Hotel”.

Syracuse University College of Law, Juris Doctor 1973.

President, Board of Governors, Law Student Senate.

Cornell University, Bachelor of Arts – Government (Political Science) 1970.

Chairman, Senior Class Council (President, Senior Class).

Certification:

Completed Phase I of New Pathways to Teaching in New Jersey Alternate Route program offered jointly by County College of Morris and New Jersey City University.

Certificate of Eligibility (Mathematics Teacher)

Passed PRAXIS (Mathematics: Content Knowledge) January 2008. Score 167 (passing 137; maximum 200). Received ETS Recognition of Excellence.

Education

Employment:

Jan 2009 to date. Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, William Paterson State University. Courses taught include Quantitative Mathematics I.

Sept 1998 to date. Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, Montclair State University. Courses taught include Applied PreCalculus, Statistics, Mathematics for Business Applications: Linear Algebra, Mathematics for Business Applications: Calculus, Contemporary Applied Mathematics for Everyone, Calculus II (indep. study).

Sept 1996 to date. Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, County College of Morris. Courses taught include developmental Basic Mathematics and Basic Algebra, Statistics, Probability, College Algebra, PreCalculus and Calculus I. Additional activities include: appointed by College President as Adjunct Representative to College Council (2007-2009), member of cast of college musical ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (fall 2007), participation in Middle States Self-Study Committee (2002).

Fall 2007. Special General Education Assistant to the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Passaic County Community College. Duties included acting as liaison between the VPAA and the newly appointed Chair of General Education, and assisting the VPAA and the chair as needed with Assessment and Planning of General Education in light of legislative changes and 2-year/4-year institution agreements.

July 2004 to June 2007. Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Passaic County Community College. Courses taught ranged from Developmental Arithmetic to Calculus II including Statistics and On-Line (Liberal Arts) College Mathematics I.

Highlights of additional activities included: One of four representatives of the 19 NJ Community Colleges on the Mathematics Taskforce (subcommittee of the New Jersey College Presidents’ Council) regarding the New State-Wide Transfer Agreement; Chair of General Education; Chair and webmaster of Faculty Resource Center website for Subcommittee of Academic Council of Educational Technology Committee; Correspondent with MATYC-NJ to coordinate PCCC Math Dept. hosting of Spring 2005 meeting; Named to 2006-2007 Who’s Who in Collegiate Faculty.

January 2004 to June 2004. Instructor of Mathematics (temporary full-time), Passaic County Community College. Courses taught included hybrid liberal arts math with Passaic County Vocational Technical High School (

Sept 2002 to Dec 2003. Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics, Passaic County Community College. Courses taught included developmental level and introductory college level mathematics. Additional activities have included invited participation in Summer Institute for Faculty Development, June 23-26, 2003, Focus on Writing: Helping Students Succeed as Writers and Learners, cooperative venture of Passaic Community College with New Jersey City University and Hudson County Community College, and membership on Adjunct Advisory Council.

Sept 2000 to June 2002. Instructor of Mathematics (full-time on one-year contracts), Middlesex County College. Courses taught include developmental and college level courses through Pre-Calculus, including Statistics. Additional activities include conducting TI-Graphing Calculator seminars, tutoring, MAT 107 Course Coordinator, committee participation including Dean-appointed member of Bylaws Committee of College Assembly, participation in SSI Technology Conference May 10, 2001, conducting on- and off-campus middle-school, high-school and teacher education seminars on a variety of topics including calculator and CBR, initiation and maintenance of department “Mathematics” bulletin board.

Sept 2002 to Dec 2002. Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, Bergen Community College. Courses taught: developmental Basic Mathematics.

Sept 1999 to May 2000. Adjunct Professor of Developmental Mathematics, Sussex County Community College. Courses taught include Intro. Algebra I, Intermediate Algebra, Business Calculus.

Summer 1999. Mathematics and Debate Instructor, Summer Institute for the Gifted, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey.

Fall semester 1998. Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, Caldwell College. Learning Center – small-class remedial Algebra.

Sept 1995 to Aug 1996 (part-time). Para-professional Tutor in the Math Center, County College of Morris.

Professional

Memberships:

MATYC-NJ Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges – New Jersey, 2002 – date. Elected State Treasurer, (2-year term commencing June 2007).

NCTM National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2000 – 2003.

AMATYC American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges, 2001 – 2003.

AMTNJ Association of Mathematics Teachers of New Jersey, member 2002 – 2003. Historian and member of Executive Board for year 2003. Presenter at Annual Meeting Oct. 24-25, 2002, topic “But My Calculator Said . . . ”.

AMS American Mathematics Society, 1999 – 2000.

Conferences

Attended: Blackboard Training Workshop, January 15-16, 2009, William Paterson University.

NJ NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) Workshop in conjunction with Math Association of America (MAA) – NJ, November 12-13, 2004, The College of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ. Selected as a New Jersey Fellow.

Fifth Summer Institute for Faculty Development, “Classroom Assessment.” June 18 – 21, 2007.

Fourth Summer Institute for Faculty Development, “Beyond the Basics: Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum.” June 19–22, 2006.

Third Summer Institute for Faculty Development, “Effective Teaching: Using Technology in Assessing Student Learning.” June 20–23, 2005.

Second Summer Institute for Faculty Development. Teaching and Learning: Helping Second-Language Students in the College Classroom, June 21–24, 2004.

Mathematics Association of Two Year Colleges – New Jersey (MATYC – NJ), Spring Meeting, April 3, 2004, County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ.

New Jersey Council of County Colleges Best Practices Conference, April 2, 2004, Mercer County Community College, Trenton, NJ.

Summer Institute for Faculty Development, Literacy Across the Curriculum: Helping Students Succeed as Writers and Learners, June 23- 26, 2003.

Other

Employment:

April 1975 to date. Attorney conducting general practice of law as a sole practitioner. Parsippany and Rockaway, New Jersey.

Spring 1993 (part-time). Instructor, Community and Professional Programs, County College of Morris, with Dr. Ronnie Kopp Wiener, "Separation, Divorce, and Beyond - The Legal and Psychological Aspects of Divorce."

January 1990 to December 1995 (part-time). Denville Twp Public Defender.

October 1977 to April 1986. Part-owner, Chief Operating Officer of restaurant/cocktail lounge. Parsippany, New Jersey.

Bar Admissions:

New Jersey - all courts – 1973

New York - 1985 to 1999

U.S. District Court (New Jersey) – 1973

U.S. Court of Appeals (3rd Circ.) - 1981

U.S. Supreme Court – 1981

Community

Involvement:

regular blood donor.

March 1992 to June 1996. Member, Director, Rockaway Twp. Lions Club.

September 1992 to August 1993. President, Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce. 1989 to 1994, Member of the Board of Directors.

1991 to 1992. Treasurer, Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany.

1982 to 1985. Member, Zoning Bd of Adjustment, Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp.

References: Professor Janet Delaney, Chair, Department of Mathematics and Engineering, Passaic County Community College, Paterson, New Jersey. (See letter of recommendation attached)

Professor Joan Monaghan, Chair, Department of Mathematics, County College of Morris, Randolph, New Jersey.