Career

EDUCATION                                                                                                                                          

Middlebury College, Bread Loaf School of English: MA  - English Literature 
Amherst College -  BA - Dramatic Arts 

TEACHING                                                                                                                                

Rice Memorial High School , South Burlington, VT 1981- 2018; adjunct instructor 2018-present

Teacher (Advanced Placement English Literature & Composition, Advanced Placement English Language & Composition, British and American Literature, College Writing Creative Writing, Speech, Drama, Computer Science)   English Department Chair, 2000 – 2018   Coordinator and General Editor, 2011 NEASC Decennial Accreditation Study     Technology Coordinator/Information Systems Supervisor 1985-2002

St. Therese Digital Academy,  Burlington VT   2018-2021

Teacher (AP English Literature & Composition, College Writing, Creative Writing)

Champlain College, Burlington, VT 1989 - 2003

Adjunct Professor of Arts and Sciences ( Literature  and  Composition  courses)

Bishop Walsh High School , Cumberland, MD   1976 - 1981  

Teacher (English, Speech, Drama)

CONSULTING 

The College Board   2001 - present

Consultant, Workshop Facilitator Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition, AP English Language and Composition, Pre-AP English; Mentor, AP Mentoring Program

Educational Testing Service  1999 - 2026

Reader, Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition 1999-2006, 2015-16 Table Leader, 2007- 2014, 2020-26

FELLOWSHIPS                                                                                                                                 

National Endowment for the Humanities: Interdisciplinary Study of Dante’s Divine Comedy, under William Stephany, University of Vermont (1990)

Northwestern University School of Speech: Summer Fellowship for Secondary Educators in Speech and Theatre, under Roy Wood, Leslie Hinderyx and John Miller, Northwestern University (1982)

SERVICE / MEMBERSHIPS                                                                                                            

Vermont Agency of Education

ROPA Team Evaluator, Accreditation Committee inspecting Vermont’s  Peer Review licensing  program (2012)

Peer Review Panelist, Vermont Agency of Education (2014-Present)

New England Association of Schools and Colleges:  -  Visiting Accreditation Team Member, (accreditation of  Mt. St. Joseph Academy, Rutland VT) (2010)

Professional Standards Board, Catholic Schools, Diocese of Burlington VT:   Member (2000 - 2013); Chair (2008-2012); Vice Chair (2012-13)

National Council of Teachers of English:  Member, 1981-Present (Retired)

Champain Valley Trout Unlimited:  Director, (2021-present)

Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife:  Instructor, (2025-present)