- PERSONAL DATA
- Date and place of birth: New York, N.Y.; November 1, 1940
- Marital status: married, 40 years
- Children: Michael (37), Rubin (30)
- EDUCATION AND TEACHING SPECIALTY
- Education:
- Adelphi College, Garden City, N.Y., 1958-1962 (A.B., 1962)
- St. John's University, Jamaica, N.Y., 1962-1963 (M.A., 1963)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1963-1967 (Ph.D., 1969)
- Teaching Experience:
- Valdosta State University:
- 1978-present: Professor of History
- 1971-1978: Associate Professor of History
- 1967-1971: Assistant Professor of History
- University of North Carolina:
- 1964-1967: part-time instructor
- North Carolina State University:
- 1964: part-time instructor
- PROJECTS
- Traveling photographic exhibit, "A Celebration of Jewish Life in Georgia," 1981-1984.
- PUBLICATIONS
- Books
- Random Thoughts, IV: The Teaching With Passion, New Forums Press (forthcoming)
- Random Thoughts, III: Teaching With Love, New Forums Press, 2005
- Chant of Ages; Cry of Cotton: The Biography of a Rural Jewish Community in Georgia,
1866-1900 (submitted for publication)
- Random Thoughts, II: Teaching From The Heart, Atwood Publications, 1997
- Random Thoughts: The Humanity of Teaching, Magna Publications, 1995
- Valdosta-Lowndes County: "A Ray in the Sunbelt". Windsor Publishing Co., 1988.
- Remembrance, Valdosta Hebrew Congregation, 1986.
- Binding Ties, Georgia Publishing Co., 1984.
- Jews of the South, co-edited with Samuel Proctor. Mercer University Press, 1984.
- Reflections of Southern Jewry: The Letters of Charles Wessolowsky,
1878-1879. Mercer University Press, 1982.
- Books in Progress
- Random Thoughts, V: Teaching With Compassion
- Random Thoughts, VI: Teaching With Purpose
- Random Thoughts, VII: Teaching With
Vision
- Random thoughts, VIII: untitled
- My Dictionary of Good Teaching
- Book Chapters and Essays:
- "Thar's Gold In Them Thar Souls," Experiences, Lynn Anderson & John Carta-Falsa
(expected publication, 2006)
- "No Miracles," in Lyndon Pugh, Lorcan Dempsey & John MacColl,
Delivering the Electronic
Library: An Ariadne
Reader, 1999.
- "Confessions of a Talking Addict," in Chen Ai Yen and John Van Maanen,
A Reflective Spin: Case
Studies of Teachers In Higher Education Transforming Learning. World Scientific Publishers, 1999
- "Power of Caring," in John Lawry, College 101: A First Year Reader, McGraw Hill, 1998
- "You Can't Cheat On My Exams," What Works: Building Effective Collaborative Learning Experiences,
National Center on Postsecondary Teaching, Learning & Assessment, University of Pennsylvania, 1994.
- "We Were Part of a Lost Generation," Charles Wilson, ed.,
Perspectives on the American
South, Gordon & Breach, 1991.
- "Jews & Gentiles in a Small South Georgia Town," in Samuel Proctor & Louis Schmier,
eds., Jews of the South, Mercer University Press, 1984.
- "Touch Life and Find It Good," in Jacob Marcus & Abraham Peck, ed.,
Studies in
the American Jewish Experience, American Jewish Archives, 1981.
- "Helloo! Peddlerman! Helloo!," in Jerrell Shofner, ed., Ethnic Minorities in Gulf
Coast Societies, Pensacola Historical Preservation Board, 1979.
- Pamphlets and Manuals:
- Jews and Georgians: A Meeting of the Cultures, 1733-1983, Atlanta Jewish Federation, 1983.
- Instructor's Manual, for Civilization in the Western World, Lippincott, 1969.
- Articles:
- "Hardwired To Connect," International Network of Personal Meaning, January, 2004
- "Remedial Doesn't Mean Unworthy," Newsletter of the National Association of
Developmental Education in Georgia, Winter, 2003
- "Remedial Doesn't Mean Unworthy," Newsletter of the National Association of
Developmental Education (accepted for publication)
- "Student Journaling," Academic Exchange Quarterly,
Winter, 2002
- "My Painted Pinky Nail," AE Extra, September, 2002
- "Learning, Motivating, Teaching," Academy of Management Journal (accepted for Publication)
- "A Tah Lum," Risalat Al Mualem, Jordanian Ministry of Education, Spring, 2002
- "My Suggestions For Teachers," Ken's World, January, 2001
- "Mining For Gold," Advocate, March, 2000
- "Reflections on Teaching," Teaching Voices, January, 2000
- "What To Teach" American College Counseling Newsletter, January, 1999
- "What Is An Education?" Journal of Academic Advising, January, 1999
- "Community and Emotion," Academic Exchange Quarterly, Summer, 1998
- "No Accommodation Without Documentation," Disability Access and Support, January 1998.
- "No Miracles," Ariadne, January, 1998.
- "Nothing is Instant," Marketing Educator, Fall, 1997.
- "On Being A Teacher," Output, December, 1997.
- "Why Do I Have To Take...," General Education Dialogue, Indiana State University, Fall, 1997.
- "'Getting to Know Ya': Forging a Classroom Learning Community,"
To Improve the Academy, Fall, 1997.
- "I Am A Teacher," Oregon Social Studies, January, 1997.
- "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town," Electronic Journal of Teaching in Community Colleges, January, 1997.
- "Internet ja mina," Dimensio, Fall, 1996.
- "Three Principles of Collegiate Teaching," Research and Reflection, April, 1996.
- "Academia's 'Second Son'", Georgia Journal of College Student Affairs, Winter/Spring, 1996.
- "Confronting Faculty Fear of Student Teaching Evaluations: A Personal View."
Journal of
Staff, Program, & Organizational Development, Winter, 1996.
- "The 'I' In Teaching," Indiana University Student Personnel Association Profile, October, 1995.
- "To Be A Teacher," Special Editions, Arizona Department of Education, October, 1995.
- "Students Working Together," The Teaching Professor, August, 1995.
- "Whose School Is It?" Academic Leader, July, 1995.
- "Reaching to Teach," CSP Newsletter, February, 1995.
- "Reaching Students," College and University Faculty Assembly Newsletter, February, 1995.
- "To Be A Teacher," Educational Newsletter, Winter, 1995.
- "The Good Teacher," The Pedagogical Challenge, Winter, 1995.
- "Three Teaching Principles," The Teaching Professor, December, 1994.
- "Faculty Evaluations: Ghosts and Hobgoblins," Georgia Journal of College
Student Affairs, Summer, 1994.
- "Faculty Cramming," The Point, June, 1994.
- "Faculty Evaluations," Auburn University Faculty Newsletter, April, 1994.
- "The Other Depression: The Black Experience in Georgia Through the Lens of an FSA
Photographer," with Denise Montgomery, Georgia Historical Quarterly, Spring, 1994.
- "The Other Depression: A Farm Security Administration Family in Carrol County, 1941"
with David Williams & Denise Montgomery, Georgia Historical Quarterly, Winter, 1993.
- "Teaching for Character," National Teaching and Learning Forum, November, 1993.
- "About Office Hours," Teaching and Learning Exchange, October, 1993.
- "Fad 'n Fashions in Education," American Association for Registrars Newsletter, November, 1993.
- "'This New Canaan Called Georgia': Part II," Georgia Historical Quarterly, Winter, 1989.
- "'This New Canaan Called Georgia': Part I," Georgia Historical Quarterly, Summer, 1989.
- "Passages," American Jewish Times Outlook, August, 1987.
- "Jews in Gray," Ibid., May, 1987.
- "Memories," Ibid., March, 1987.
- "'Jews Don't Murder:' Memories of Tom Watson and the Lichtenstein Murder Trial of 1901,"
Georgia Historical Quarterly, Fall, 1986.
- "This is not a Godless Land," Explorations, Winter, 1985.
- "The Expulsion of Jews From Thomasville, Georgia,"
Southern Exposure, Fall, 1984.
- "An Act Unbecoming: Anti-Semitism in the Confederate South,"
Civil War Times Illustrated,
October, 1984.
- "A 'Jewish Missionary' to the Gentiles," Journal of Southwest Georgia History, October, 1983.
- "'For Him the Schwartzers Would Do Anything:' A Jewish Peddler and His Black
Customers," American Jewish History, September, 1983.
- "Notes and Documents on the Expulsion of the Jews from Thomasville, Georgia,"
American Jewish Archives, April, 1982.
- "The Man From Gehau," Atlanta Historical Journal, Fall, 1979.
- "Charles Wessolowsky of Albany, Ga.," Masonic Messenger, Spring, 1978.
- "The First Jews of Valdosta," Georgia Historical Quarterly, Spring, 1978.
- Posters:
- Major Encyclopedia and Dictionary
Articles:
- "Jews," in Richard Current, ed. Encyclopedia of the Confederacy, Simon & Schuster, 1993.
- "The South," in Jack Fischel & Sanford Pinsker, eds.,
Jewish-American History
and Culture: an Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press, 1992.
- "Jewish Religious Life," in William Ferris & Charles Wilson, eds.
Encyclopedia
of Southern Culture, University of North Carolina Press, 1989.
- "Jews," ibid.
- "Jews and Black Slavery," in Randall Miller, ed.
Dictionary of Afro-American
Slavery, Greenwood Press, 1988.
- "Morris Rich,"in Kenneth Coleman, Dictionary of Georgia Biography, Greenwood Press, 1985.
- "Richard Rich," ibid.
- "Jewish Charitable Organizations in the South," in Samuel Hill, ed.
Dictionary of
Southern Religion, Mercer University Press, 1984.
- "The Sheftall Family," Ibid.
- "The Southern Jewish Press," Ibid.
- "Southern Jewish Immigration," Ibid.
- Book Reviews:
- John Mack Faragher, et. al, Out of Many: A History of the American People,
H-Survey electronic discussion list, 1998.
- Robert Seitz-Frey & Nancy Thompson-Frey, The Silent and the Damned, in
Georgia Historical Quarterly, Fall, 1988.
- Frank Byrne & Jean Soman, eds., Your True Marcus: The Civil War Letters
of a Jewish Colonel in The Journal of American Ethnic History, Spring, 1988.
- Mark Cowett, Birmingham's Rabbi in Florida Historical Quarterly, Fall, 1987.
- Janice R. Blumberg, One Voice in Georgia Historical Quarterly, Summer, 1986.
- Frank Byrne & Jean Soman, eds., Your True Marcus: The Civil War Letters of a Jewish
Colonel in Blue and Gray, Summer, 1986.
- Harriet & Fred Rochlin, Pioneering Jews in
The Journal of Jewish Religious Studies,
April, 1986.
- Saul Rubin, Third To None: The Saga of Savannah Jewry in
Journal of Southern
History, Fall, 1985.
- Samuel Hill, On Jordan's Stormy Banks in
Florida Historical Quarterly, Spring, 1985.
- Sherry Konter, Vanishing Georgia, in Florida Historical Quarterly, Spring, 1983.
- Stephen Hertzberg, Strangers Within the Gate City: The Jews of Atlanta in
Florida Historical Quarterly, Summer, 1982.
- PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE PAPERS, WORKSHOPS, AND PRESENTATIONS
- Teaching Seminars, Keynote
Addresses, and Scholar-in-Residences
- Pre-conference workshop, "Forging A Classroom
Community," Lilly Conference on Teaching in Higher
Education, scheduled for November, 2007
- Pre-conference workshop, "Forging A Classroom
Community," Lilly Conference on Teaching in Higher
Education, November, 2006
- Plenary Address, "It's Never Perfect," Lilly Conference on Teaching in
Higher Education, November, 2006
- Opening Plenary address, "It's Begins With Me," Lilly-South Conference on
Teaching in Higher Education, February, 2006
- Pre-conference workshop, "Forging A Classroom Community," Lilly Conference
on Teaching in Higher Education, November, 2005
- Teaching workshop, "Forging A Classroom Community," Adrian College, April, 2005
- Teaching workshop, "Forging A Classroom Community," Kettering University, April, 2005
- Pre-conference workshop, "Forging A Classroom Community," Lilly Conference
on Teaching in Higher Education, November, 2004
- "The Spirit of a Learning Community," Faculty Development Seminar, Miami Dade
Community College, July, 2004
- Pre-conference workshop, "Forging A Classroom Community," Lilly Conference on
Teaching in Higher Education, November, 2003
- Teaching workshop, "Everyday Creativity," Miami University, November, 2002
- Teaching workshop, "Everyday Creativity," Massachusetts Institute of Technology.,
October, 2002
- Keynote Address, "Wonder and Marvel," Arkansas Association For Development Education, October, 2002
- Teaching workshop, Arkansas Association For Development Education, October, 2002
- Teaching workshop, "Exciting the Classroom," Clarion University, September, 2002
- Teaching workshop, "It's Your Cookie," Indiana University Southeast, August, 2002
- Keynote Address, "The Three Basics in Teaching: Attitude, Attitude, Attitude," Library
Instruction Roundtable, American Library Association annual conference, June, 2002.
- Keynote Convocation Address, "After the Ecstasy Comes the Laundry," combined faculties
of Odessa Community College, Midland Community College, Howard Community College,
San Angelo Community College, January, 2002
- Keynote Convocation Address, "Great Expectations," Meridian Community College, August, 2001
- Keynote Address, "A Meaningful Place," Texas Community Colleges Teachers Association, March, 2001
- Keynote Address, "You Are Important!" Region 3, National Orientation Directors
Association, February, 2001
- Teaching seminar, "Believing Is To See," University of Georgia, School of
Agriculture, January, 2001
- Teaching workshop, "Creating Classroom Community," Lilly Conference on Excellence
in College Teaching, November, 2000
- "Spirituality in Academia," Plenary Address, International Conference of Search
For Meaning in the New Millenium Conference, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, Canada, July, 2000
- Keynote Address, "From the Heart to the Heart," Christie McAuliffe Scholars Conference, July, 2000
- Teaching Seminar, "The 'I's' In Teaching," Youngstown State University, April, 1999
- Scholar in Residence, New Orleans Jewish Historical Society, March, 1999
- Teaching Seminar, University of Colorado-Denver, February, 1999
- Teaching Seminar, North Florida Community College, January, 1998.
- Teaching Seminar, North Carolina State University, September, 1997
- Keynote Convocation Address, "I Wonder," North Florida Community College, August, 1997.
- Keynote Address, "The Humanity of Teaching," Association For the Advancement
of Community College Teaching, January, 1997.
- Keynote Address"The Classroom Is A Garden," County College of Morris, 1996.
- Teaching Seminar, "Planting Seeds," County College of Morris, January, 1996.
- Teaching Workshop, "Teaching in Higher Education," Faculty Retreat, Western
Carolina University, 1994.
- "David Emanuel, Georgia's 'Jew-Governor' and the Country's First State Governor,"
keynote address at the dedication ceremonies of a plaque honoring David Emanuel at
Georgia's State Capitol, May, 1991.
- "Yes, Virginia, There Are Jews in the South," keynote address, annual conference,
Peninsula Jewish Historical Society, 1990.
- "The Pitfalls of Local Jewish History," keynote address, annual conference,
Texas Jewish Historical Society, 1989.
- "Do You Remember the Time When...," keynote address, Ethnic Heritage Celebration
of Augusta, Ga., May, 1986.
- "The Southern Jewish Religious Experience: An Historical Perspective," keynote
address, Symposium on the Southern Jewish Experience, University of North Carolina
at Asheville, April, 1986.
- Scholar-in-Residence, Savannah Educational Alliance, 1984.
- Scholar-in-Residence, Augusta Jewish Federation, 1983.
- Scholar-in-Residence, Columbus Jewish Federation, 1983.
- Scholar-in-Residence, Charlotte Jewish Federation, 1982.
- Other Conference Papers, Workshops,
and Presentations
- "Creating a Motivating Classroom,"
Lilly-North Conference on Teaching in Colleges and
Universities, scheduled for October, 2007
- "Creating a Motivating Classroom,"
Lilly-South Conference on Teaching in Colleges and
Universities, February, 2007
- "Keeping the Fires Burning," Lilly-South
Conference on Teaching in Colleges and Universities,
February, 2007
- "Creating a Motivating Classroom," Lilly
Conference on Teaching in Colleges and Universities,
November, 2006
- "Creating a Motivating Classroom,"
Lilly-North Conference on Teaching in Colleges and
Universities, October, 2006
- "Zen and the Art of Teaching Maintenance," Lilly-South Conference on Teaching
in Colleges and Universities, February, 2006.
- "Zen Stories For Teaching," Lilly Conference on Teaching in Higher Education,
November, 2005
- "Forging Classroom Community, I: Getting to Know Ya," Lilly Conference on
College Teaching, November, 2005
- "Forging Classroom Community, II: How It Works," Lilly Conference on College
Teaching, November, 2005
- "Forging Classroom Community, III: Crayons, Markers, and Other Things," Lilly
Conference on College Teaching, November, 2005
- "Forging Classroom Community, I: Getting to Know Ya," Lilly Conference on College
Teaching, November, 2004
- "Forging Classroom Community, II: How It Works," Lilly Conference on College
Teaching, November, 2004
- "Forging Classroom Community, III: Crayons, Markers, and Other Things,"
Lilly Conference on College Teaching, November, 2004
- "Student As Customer," colloquim, POD conference, November, 2004
- "Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges, Forging A Spirit of Classroom Community,"
Eastern Academy of Management May, 2004
- "Forging Classroom Community, I: Getting to Know Ya," Lilly Conference on College
Teaching, November, 2003
- "Forging Classroom Community, II: How It Works," Lilly Conference on College
Teaching, November, 2003
- "Forging Classroom Community, III: Crayons, Markers, and Other Things," Lilly
Conference on College Teaching, November, 2003
- "Forging Classroom Community," Lilly Conference on College Teaching, November, 2002
- "Everyday Creativity," Lilly Conference on College Teaching, November, 2002
- "The Human Side of Teaching," Lilly Conference on College Teaching, November, 2002
- "Relationships," combined faculties of Odessa Community College, Midland
Community College, Howard Community College, San Angelo Community College, January, 2002
- "Parable of the Dandelion," Odessa Community College, Midland Community College,
Howard Community College, San Angelo Community College, January, 2002
- "Forging A Classroom Community," Odessa Community College, Midland Community College,
Howard Community College, San Angelo Community College, January 2002
- "Crayons, Markers, and Other Things," Lilly Conference on College Teaching, November, 2001
- "Forging A Classroom Community," Lilly Conference on College Teaching, November, 2001
- "Crayons, Markers, and Other Things," International Society for Exploring Teaching
Alternatives, October, 2001
- "Parable of the Dandelion," Meridian Community College, August, 2001
- "Reflections," Meridian Community College, August, 2001
- "Conversations," School of Business, Memorial University of Newfoundland, June, 2001
- "Reflections on Collegiate Teaching," College of the North Atlantic, June, 2001
- "The Parable of the Dandelion," Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher
Education, June, 2001
- "Forging A Classroom Community," Georgia Conference on Teaching, Kennesaw
State University, February, 2001
- "Gifts," Texas Community College Teachers Association Annual Conference, March, 2001
- "Crayons, Markers, and Other Things," Texas Community College Teachers
Association Annual Conference, March 2001
- "Crayons, Markers, and Other Things," Lilly Conference on Excellence in
College Teaching, November, 2000
- "Humanity in the Classroom," ISETA October, 2000
- "Conversations," Teaching for Change Conference, June, 2000
- Fetzer Institute Teacher Transformation Retreat, June, 2000
- "The Real Power in the Classroom," Lilly Conference on Excellence in College
Teaching-South, February, 2000
- "The Real Power in the Classroom." Lilly Conference on Excellence in College
Teaching, November, 1999
- "The 'Me' in Teaching,", October, 1999
- 'Wholeness and Teaching: Cooperation Between Student Services and Teaching
Faculty," International Society for Exploring Teaching Alternatives, October, 1999
- "The Human Dimension of Teaching," Lilly Conference on Excellence in College
Teaching, November, 1998
- "Hidden Prejudices; Hidden Insecurities: Let's Be Frank About Leo Frank,"
Southern Jewish Historical Society, November, 1998
- "Creating a Learning Community, " International Society for Exploring Teaching
Alternatives, October, 1998
- "It Begins With Me," Secondary Educational Council on Instructional Technology
Conference, May, 1998
- "Chant of Ages: The Jewish Experience in Georgia," Ethnic Diversity in Georgia
Program, Athens, April, 1998
- "Creative Writing in a History Class," Conference on Creative Writing, Darton
College, March, 1998
- "Chalk, Crayons and Other Things," Lilly Conference on Excellence in College
Teaching, November, 1997.
- "Forging A Classroom Learning Community," International Society for Exploring
Teaching Alternative, University of New Brunswick, Canada, October, 1997.
- "It All Begins With 'Me,'" Lilly Conference on Excellence in College Teaching
--South, May, 1997.
- "Forging a Classroom Learning Community," Conference on the First Year Experience, February, 1997.
- "The Humanity of Teaching: A Workshop," conference of the Association For
the Advancement of Community College Teaching, January 1997.
- "Forging a Classroom Learning Community," Lilly Conference on Excellence
in College Teaching, November, 1996.
- "Faculty Mind Set & Identity," International Conference of the First Year
Experience, St. Andrews University, Scotland, July, 1996.
- "Diversity and Flexibility in the Classroom," National Conference of the Society
for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, June, 1996.
- "Teaching in Alternative Languages," Lilly-South Conference on Excellence in
College Teaching, May, 1996.
- "A Glimpse at Jewish Women in the South," Conference of Women in the South, March, 1996.
- "To Touch Is To Learn," National Conference of the First Year Experience,
University of South Carolina, February, 1996.
- "Teaching and Research," Symposium of The Teaching Academy, University of
Wisconsin, December, 1995.
- "It Starts With Self," Lilly Conference on Excellence in College Teaching, November, 1995.
- "The Flexible Teacher," International Conference of the First Year Experience,
York University, York, England, July, 1995.
- "Getting Them to Think," Conference of the Society of Teaching and Learning
in Higher Education, University of London, June, 1995.
- "Forging a Learning Community," Organizational Behavior Teaching Society National
Conference, June, 1995. Guest presenter, EDNET electronic discussion list, May, 1995.
- "Forging a Learning Community," Lilly Conference-West on Excellence in College Teaching, UCLA, March, 1995.
- "It Starts With Self," National Conference of the First Year Experience,
University of South Carolina, February, 1995.
- "Creating a Learning Community," Lilly Conference on Excellence in College Teaching, 1994.
- "Who Is The Professor?" Conference of the Society of Teaching and Learning
in Higher Education, University of British Columbia, June, 1994.
- "You Can't Fail My Exams," Conference on Collaborative Learning, Pennsylvania
State University, June, 1994.
- "The Triad," Lilly -West Conference on Excellence in Teaching, March, 1994.
- "The Courage to Teach," Lilly-West Conference on Excellence in Teaching, March, 1994.
- "Testing as a Creativity, Imaginative, and Learning Experience," National
Conference of the Freshman Year Experience, February, 1994.
- "The Courage to Teach," National Conference of the Freshman Year Experience, February, 1994.
- "The Courage to Teach," Conference on Excellence in College Teaching,
University of Florida, February, 1994.
- "The Courage to Teach," First Year Experience Conference, November, 1993.
- "Tandem Learning and Character-Based Curriculum," Lilly Conference
on Excellence in Teaching, November, 1993.
- "South of Hester Street," Southern Jewish Historical Society, November, 1993.
- "Three Is Not A Crowd," Conference of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, June, 1993.
- "The Way They Really Were: Techniques in Teaching History," Conference of
the Association of Georgia Historians, 1993.
- "Jewish Life in the Rural South," Southern Historical Association, November, 1992
- "Judaism as a Cultural Expression in Georgia," Georgia Council for the
Humanities Conference on Multi-ethnic Experience in Georgia, May, 1992.
- "Southern Jews and the 'Hydrangea Effect'," Conference of the Southern Jewish
Historical Society, 1990.
- "From Pariah to Citizen," Faces of Georgia's Ethnic Heritage Conference, October, 1987.
- "The 'Unique' Institution of Southern Jewry," panelist, Conference of the
Southern Jewish Historical Society, November 1987.
- "Listening and Seeing Your Ancestors," Conference of the Florida Jewish Experience, November, 1986.
- "The Ethnohistory of American Jews," Conference of the American Society
of Ethnohistory, November, 1986.
- "Let Your Elders Tell It: The Techniques, Pitfalls and Goals of Oral History,"
Symposium on the Southern Jewish Experience, University of North Carolina at Asheville, April, 1986.
- "The Day Georgia's Haman Became An Esther," Southern Historical Association, November, 1985.
- "Why Do We Go From Here: The Future of Research Dealing With the Southern
Jewish Experience," Southern Jewish Historical Society, October, 1985.
- "How To Read the Historic Parables in Family Photographs," Southern Jewish
Historical Society, October, 1985.
- "Problems of Publications for Local Jewish Historical Societies," American Jewish Historical Society, June, 1985.
- "This Is Not a Godless Land," American Academy of Religion, March, 1985.
- "When Tom Watson Came to Swainsboro, Georgia: An Insight into the Value of Jewish Oral
Archives," Council of Archives and Research Libraries in Jewish Studies, November 1984.
- "Clio Muses in Bankruptcy: The Use of Federal Bankruptcy Court Records in
the Study of the Southern Jewish Experience," National Archives Symposium,
"Clio And the Courts," October, 1984.
- "The State of Research in Southern Jewish History," Mississippi Department of
Archives Symposium on Southern History, June, 1983.
- "Is There an Historical Alliance Between Jews and Blacks?" National Conference
on African/American-Jewish/American Relations, May, 1983.
- "Tell of the Days of Old," Conference on the Southern Jewish Experience, May,
1983. "Tales of Southern Jewish Peddlers," Tulane University Southern Ethnic
Heritage Series, November, 1982.
- "Jews and Georgia's 'Coat of Many Colors'," Georgia Secretary of State Ethnic
Heritage Program, November, 1982.
- "You Don't Have To Be Famous to Make History," Southeast Regional Hadassah
Conference, April, 1981.
- "This Is Not a Godless Land: A Glimpse At the Southern Jewish Religious
Experience," Conference of Diverse Religious Expressions in the South, Auburn
University, March, 1980.
- "A Confrontation with Sensibility: Teaching the Holocaust in Public Schools,"
Symposium on the Holocaust, Armstrong State College, May, 1979.
- "It's a Peddler's Life," Popular Culture Association, May, 1978.
- "Mr. Peddler," Gulf Coast Humanities and History Conference, April, 1978.
- "The Jewish Community in Valdosta, Georgia, 1865-1945," Georgia Historical
Society, March, 1977.
- FELLOWSHIPS
- Joseph P. Malone Fellowship in Middle East Studies, 1988.
- American Jewish Committee Fellowship in Israeli Studies, 1982.
- Harry Edison Foundation Research Fellowship, 1980-2.
- Marguerite R. Jacobs Fellowship in American Jewish History, 1979.
- Danforth Foundation Associate Fellowship, 1970.
- University of North Carolina Teaching Fellowship, 1965-1967.
- MAJOR HONORS AND AWARDS
- American Library Association Roundtable grant, "Let's Talk About It: Women in
Jewish Literature," with Yolanda Hood, 2006
- Georgia Council for the Humanities Grant, "The Other Depression in Georgia,"
with Denise Montgomery, 1993.
- Queen Carpet Corporation Research Grant, 1991.
- Abram Minis Foundation Research Grant, 1991.
- Kole Foundation Research Grant, 1991.
- Georgia Council for the Humanities, pre-production grant for a TV documentary,
"The New Canaan: The Jewish Experience in Georgia," 1990-1.
- American Association of State and Local History/National Endowment for the
Humanities Research Grant, 1989-90.
- Southern Jewish Historical Society Research Grant, 1989.
- Pearlman Foundation Research Grant, 1988.
- Blumenthal Foundation Research Grant, 1988.
- Arkansas Committee for the Humanities Research Grant, 1985.
- Department of Education Title III Faculty Development Grant, 1985.
- Department of Education Title III Computer Internship, 1983.
- Department of Education Title III Curriculum Pilot Grant, 1982
- Rothschild Foundation Research Grant, 1982.
- Committee for the Humanities in Georgia Project Grant, "Jewish Culture in
Georgia and the South," 1980.
- Committee for the Humanities in Georgia Project Grant, with William Frech, "The
Struggle for Religious Freedom in America and the South: Protestant, Catholic, Jew," 1979.
- B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League Researcher, 1977-1979.
- Danforth Foundation Project Grant, 1971.
- University of North Carolina Assistantship, 1965
- North Carolina State University Teaching Assistantship, 1964
- OTHER HONORS AND AWARDS
- Jack Moses, Inc. Research Grant, 1991.
- Savannah Jewish Federation Research Grant, 1990.
- Weiner, Dwyer & Yancy Research Grant, 1990.
- Goldstein & Sons Research Grant, 1990.
- Loeff Industries Research Grant, 1990.
- Clark & Clark Research Grant, 1990.
- Bouhan. Williams & Levy Research Grant, 1989.
- Valdosta Hebrew Congregation Research Grant, 1988.
- Chatham Steel Corporation Research Grant, 1988.
- Bernd Manufacturing Co. Research Grant, 1983.
- Burke Manufacturing Co. Research Grant, 1983.
- American Cross-Arms Co. Research Grant, 1982, 1988.
- Valdosta State College Faculty Research Grant, yearly from 1977-1991.
- Valdosta State College/University Faculty Development Grant, yearly since 1981.
- Southern Jewish Historical Society Publication Grant, 1981.
- Valdosta State College Alumni Foundation Research Grant, 1981.
- Valdosta State College Resource Grant, 1979, 1980.
- Smith Fund Research Grant, 1968.
- MAJOR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- Study Abroad, China, University of Zhongzhou, Maymester,
2007
- Co-organizer, "Let's Talk About It: Jewish Women
in American Literature, Valdosta State University, 2006
- Co-organizer, "Women In the American Experience,"
speaker series, Valdosta State University, 2006
- Organizer, "Survivors Of The Holocaust," speaker series,
Valdosta State University, 2005
- Consultant, Southern Folklore Project, 2005
- Member, Academic Advisory Council, Commission for Commemorating 350 Years of American
Jewish History, 2003-2005.
- Historical Consultant, Augusta Jewish Community 150th celebration, 2003-2005
- Consultant, Collaborative Online Learning Algorithm Project, 2001.
- Member, Publications Committee, International Society for Exploring Teaching Alternatives, 1999-2001
- Member, Special Awards Committee, International Society for Exploring Teaching Alternatives, 1999-2001
- E-mail list master, ISETL@lighthouse.valdosta.edu, 1999-present
- Conference proposal reviewer, International Society for the Exploration of Teaching
Alternatives , 1998-2001
- Member, Committee on Teaching, American Historical Association, 1999-2000
- Historic Consultant, "Shalom Ya'll," PBS, March, 1999
- Manuscript editor, Esther Wright, Why I Teach, 1998
- Member, Board of Governors, International Society for the Exploration of
Teaching Alternatives, 1998-2001
- Photographic consultant, WNET-TV, New York, 1998
- Columnist, Electronic Journal of Teaching in Community Colleges, 1997.
- Consultant, "Becoming Southerners: A Look At the Jews in the South," National Public Radio, May, 1996.
- Educational consultant, Socratec Corp., April, 1996.
- Historic consultant and contributor, PBS-TV documentary series, They Came For Good, 1995-6.
- Historic consultant, "Golden Threads: A Tapestry of Sephardic Jews," 1991.
- Historic consultant, Jews in the South, New York Times, 1986, 1991.
- Historic consultant, Jews in Georgia, Atlanta Constitution, 1983, 1991.
- Consultant, Peninsula Jewish Historical Society, Norfolk, VA, 1990.
- Consultant, Charlotte Jewish Historical Society, Charlotte, NC, 1990.
- Consultant, Research Communications Corp., 1989.
- Consultant, Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, 1989-1991.
- Editorial Board, American Jewish History and Culture, 1988-91.
- Editorial staff, Georgia Journal of Southern Legal History, 1988-1992.
- Consultant, Florida Mosaic Project, University of Miami, 1988-9.
- Consultant and contributor, Museum of American Jewish History, exhibit depicting
the American Jewish experience, 1989-90.
- Consultant and contributor, Museum of the Diaspora, Tel Aviv, Israel, to assist in
developing a photographic exhibit depicting Jewish life in the United States, 1986.
- Consultant and contributor, WNET-TV, "Heritage, The Jews and Civilization," 1984.
- District Field Director, "Vanishing Georgia" photograph preservation project, Georgia
State Archives, 1982-1983.
- Chief historical consultant, Atlanta Jewish Federation, "Celebration of the 250th
Anniversary of Georgia Jewry," 1982-1983.
- Editorial Board, Journal of Southwest Georgia History, 1984-1990.
- Editorial consultant, American Jewish History, 1983.
- Academic Council member, American Jewish Historical Society, 1980-1998.
- Committee on Local Jewish Historical Societies, American Jewish Historical Society, 1982-1984.
- Historic consultant, Atlanta Historical Journal, 1979.
- Co-Founder, Southern Jewish Historical Society, 1976.
- Vice-President, Southern Jewish Historical Society, 1977-1979.
- Secretary, Southern Jewish Historical Society, 1980-90.
- Board member, Southern Jewish Historical Society, 1990-1.
- Conference Program Chairman, Southern Jewish Historical Society, 1978-1984.
- Publication Committee Chairman, Southern Jewish Historical Society, 1982-1984.
- Co-Organizer, Conference on the Experience of Jews in the South, Georgia Southern College, 1981.
- OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- Manuscript Reviewer, University of Alabama Press, 2002
- Textbook Reviewer, Houghton Mifflin Co., 2001
- Program Reviewer, "Revisiting Auschwitz," Georgia Humanities Council, 1998
- Member, Society For Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 1994-present
- Manuscript Reviewer, University of Florida Press, 1998
- Member, International Society For Exploring Teaching Alternatives, 1996-present
- Member, International Society of Scholars in Collegiate Teaching, 1994-present
- Member, American Jewish Historical Society, 1976-1991
- Member, Southern Jewish Historical Society, 1976-1991
- Retreat leader, Congregation B'nai Israel, Dalton, Ga.,1994.
- Member of the Georgia Governor's "Governor David Emanuel Portrait Committee," 1991.
- Consultant, "Why We Should Remember the Holocaust," Georgia Governor's Honors Program, 1987.
- Grant evaluator, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1986, 1990, 1993.
- Consultant, Historic Augusta Board, 1986.
- Historic Photographs Consultant, Southern Living, 1984.
- Curriculum consultant, Bibb County Public School System, Ethnic Heritage High School
Curriculum Program, 1982.
- Program evaluator, Committee for the Humanities in Georgia, 1981.
- Project Consultant, "Jewish Festival in Georgia," Augusta Jewish Federation, 1980.
- Past member, American Historical Association
- Past member, Southern Historical Association
- Past member, American Association of State & Local History
- Past member, Georgia Historical Association
- UNIVERSITY SERVICE
- University-Wide:
- Member, Faculty Affairs Committee, 2004-
- Board Member, HUB, 2003-
- Hub Leader, Creative Teaching Team, 2003-
- Strategic Planning Retreat, September, 2003
- Task Force on Alcohol Awareness, 2003
- Member, Wellness Group, 2003
- Chair, Stratetic Planning Committee: Student Learning, Retention,
Graduation, 2002-3
- Committee for the Revision of University By-Laws, 1998
- Diversity Week Committee, 1996
- Senate Student Services Committee, 1995-6
- Co-chair, Multicultural Program Committee, 1995-6
- Administrative Council International Services Committee, 1994-
- Administrative Council Student Service Committee, 1994-
- Administrative Council Affirmative Action Committee, 1993-4
- Faculty Senator, 1992-1996
- Senate Grievance Committee, 1992-94, 1995-6
- Chairman, Senate Committee on Minority and Special Student
Needs, 1992-94
- Co-Chair, Administrative Council Ad Hoc Senate Transitional
Committee, 1991-2
- Co-Chair, Administrative Council Ad Hoc Committee on Senate
By-Laws, 1991-2
- Co-Chair, Administrative Council Ad Hoc Committee for the
Revision of the College Statutes, 1991-2
- Co-Chair, Administrative Council Ad Hoc Committee to Devise
a Faculty Senate, 1990-1
- Permanent panelist, "Keep Thinking," WVSC-TV, 1989-94
- International Studies Curriculum Committee, 1989-91
- Registration Committee, 1984
- Long Range Goals Committee, 1983-84
- Faculty Affairs Committee, 1980-83 (Chair, 1982-3)
- Freshman Advising Committee, 1981-2
- Library Affairs Committee, 1980-2
- Faculty Grievance Committee, 1971-5, 1989-1991
- Committee on Student Affairs, 1971-3
- Originator, Insight Student Orientation Program, 1974
- Creator & Coordinator, "Week of Seminars Program," 1972-5
- Academic Council, 1971-3, 1991
- President, AAUP, 1971-2.
- Co-Founder, VSC Credit Union, 1972
- Creator & Coordinator, Faculty Scholarship Program, 1969-75
- Curriculum Development Committee, 1970-2 (Chair, 1970)
- Committee on General Education, 1970-4 (Chair, 1974)
- Committee on Academic Rules and Regulations, 1968-71 (Chair,
1971)
- Committee on Academic Honors, 1969-71
- Orientation Committee, 1971-3 (Chair, 1971)
- College of Arts and Sciences:
- Chair, Bachelor of Arts Curriculum Study Committee, 1980-1
- Chair, Humanities Study Committee, 1980-1
- Dean's Advisory Committee, 1979-80
- Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Course Experimental Program,
1974
- Chair, General Studies Curriculum Committee, 1974-5
- Chair, Honors Curriculum Study Committee, 1973-4
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