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NCSSM Humanities Department

NCSSM Humanities Department. Scholarship and Service Activities. Professional Organizations. President, North Carolina Professors of Social Studies Education (1996-1998) Board of Directors North Carolina Council for the Social Studies (1981 to present)

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NCSSM Humanities Department

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  1. NCSSM Humanities Department Scholarship and Service Activities

  2. Professional Organizations President, North Carolina Professors of Social Studies Education (1996-1998) • Board of Directors • North Carolina Council for the Social Studies (1981 to present) • The Southeast Regional Social Studies Conference (1985-1990) • National Association for Science, Technology and Society (1992-1996) • Chair, North Carolina Music Educators' Association Orchestra Section (2006-2008) • Board of Friends of Durham Library

  3. Illinois School of Math and Science Perspectives Program External Evaluator - (1999) • Rockefeller Brothers Minority Teaching Fellowship Program Mentor - (1997-98) • Japan Foundation - Close Up Grant to Visit Japan to Study/Education and Politics (1992) • Member, American Philological Association Outreach Division (2001-2005); member, Outreach Prize Subcommittee (2003-2005, chair 2004). • Board of Trustees Durham Library; Chair Policies Committee, DCL • Convener and Treasurer for the Society for the Study of Women Philosophers.

  4. Site Host— • N. C. Eastern Regional All-State High School Orchestra • N. C. Eastern Regional All-State Middle School Orchestra • N. C. Central All-District Middle School Band • N. C. Central District Middle School Band Contest Festival • Chair, Sight-reading Committee, N.C. Central District Band Auditions

  5. Publications • Various poems in La Naska Fasko (Esperanto), Volume 33, July 2002, SIT • CD of Original Music for Electric Violin, "Simple Gifts" 2004 • “A Drumstick’s Story”, parts 15 & 16, published in News from Indian Country, June 2006 and January 2007. • “Robert Munford” Fifty Southern Writers Before 1900, ed Bain and Flora, Greenwood Press, 1987 • Solicited article, “Distinct Yet Inseparable,” C. G. Jung Society of Atlanta Newsletter • Published poems "Eighty-Three" and “Old Alice” in The Lyricist, the literary journal for Campbell University (2003)

  6. Creative nonfiction: "Daily Bread," Tastes of Italia magazine, March 2005. • Invited article: "Greek Myth and Popular Culture." Classical World 98.2 (2005). • "The Long Conversation: Lewis Simpson and the Archaeology of Mind." The Southern Review 42 (2006), • Biannual Column: "The Classical Buzz," Amphora (official American Philological Association outreach magazine). June 2004-October 2005. • Website: Teenage Heroes: A Young People’s Guide to Greek Mythology." http://courses.ncssm.edu/myth/teenageheroes.htm. • Releasing An Imprisoned Spirit. Maryland: Hamilton Books, 2007.

  7. Teacher's Manual for an Advanced Placement Courses: • United States History • European History • United States Government and Politics • Teaching Social Studies: Handbook of Trends, Issues, and Implications for the Future. Hartford: Greenwood Press, 1993. • "Women's History and the National Standards for World History: A Secondary Teacher's Perspective." Journal of Women's History, 9 (Autumn 1997): 154-160. • "Distance Learning: One School's Experience on the Information Highway," The Journal of Secondary Gifted Education. (Winter 1997/1998), Vol. IX, Number 2: 89-100. • Weblog: Breakfast with Pandora. A resource for ancient and comparative mythology, travel, food, education. http://www.myth.typepad.com. 2005-current.

  8. Major Presentations at Conferences and Meetings • Invited Address: "The Iliad: Ancient Greek Bible." Before the John Locke Foundation, Raleigh NC, 2004. • American String Teachers' Association National Conference, Detroit, MI, "Science and Math in the Orchestra Classroom”, 2007 • Convocation Speaker N. C. Governor’s School West • Panel Duke University “Ph.D’s in Public School Teaching” • Speaker - The Fluent Computer Program, AATG Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA, 1995

  9. "The Learn-More Teach More Grant," National Council for the Social Studies, Washington, D.C., December, 2006 • "Cartographic Texts: Defining the Human with Historic Maps: Africa and North America,“ • “Teaching Contemporary Novels in American Literature”, NCTE, 2003 • “Captivity Narratives” National Council of Teachers of English (94, 95, 97) • Workshop Presenter : "Mythology 101 for Christian Writers: Climbing the Story Tree." Festival of Faith and Writing, Calvin College, 2002. • Invited respondent : "Navigating the Shoals" a panel on secondary and higher education in the Classics at the American Philological Association 104th annual meeting. 2002. • Panel (organizer, presider): Myth Understood: Practical Approaches to Teaching Myth Theory.” American Philological Association (APA) Committee on Education, San Diego, 2001.

  10. National Council for the Social Studies Presentations • Washington, DC, 1996; Anaheim, CA, 1998; Orlando, FL, 1999; Baltimore, MD, 2004; Kansas City, 2005; Washington, DC, 2006 • North Carolina Council for the Social Studies Presentations • (too many to list) • NCSSSMST • AP Consultant / Reader – AP United States History Examination 2000-2005 • AP Teaching and Learning Conference for Southern Regional Office of College Board, 2004 Miami, and 2005, 2006 Atlanta • Guest Conductor, Maryland Jr. All State Orchestra, 2006 • Guest Conductor, NC Eastern Regional Jr. Orchestra, 2004 • Guest Conductor, NC Western Regional Jr. Orchestra, 2007

  11. Grants, Endowments Received • National Humanities Center Grant for NCSSM Staff Development Project Director – (1993-1994) • "Learn More/Teach More"--a $1-million-dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Education, 2003-2006 • Han-Liles Photography Endowment. Established by Chris Han, NCSSM Class of 1984 to support the darkroom photography program at NCSSM. $30,000. • Distance Learning Grant to teach a web-based course in Music Technology for N.C. Music Educators • "The Embodied Presidency"--a $1-million-dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Education, 2006-2010

  12. Scholarship Spanish Embassy - Course on Spanish Language and Culture at the Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, España July 5-23, 1999. • NEH Summer Seminar Fellowship,"Cartography and Ancient Maps," Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, June-July 2005 • Fulbright-Hays Seminar for Elementary and Secondary School Educators and Professionals, to Greece and Cyprus, May-June 2005. • NCSSM visual archives/Slide Show Preservation Fund established by the NCSSM Class of 1986 at their 20th class reunion. $90,000.

  13. Awards Students Have Won • N. C. All-State Honors Orchestra, Band, Chorus • NC Governor’s School in Music • Durham Herald Front Page Award, Foreign Language (twice) • Honorable Mentions in fiction contests (2004, 2005), and nonfiction contest (2002). • First, Second, Third Place, and Director’s Choice Award in the annual Black-and-White Photography Competition sponsored by Durham Family Counseling Services, February 2006. • 1st Place Regional Winner for VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Essay Contest • Economic Challenge - N.C. Champion – Adam Smith Division Two Students tied for top score in the state – regional and in Philadelphia • Speech and Debate Competitions – 1st and 2nd Place • Honorable Mention Delegates and Best Delegate Awards for Model United Nations Competitions at UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke, University of Virginia, Georgetown University, University of Georgia, Appalachian State University, National Model UN Conference – New York

  14. Faculty Awards • National Board Certification • Social Studies-History, Art, French, English, Music • President’s Volunteer Service Award • Robert and Katherine Sawyer Teaching Award, Duke University, TIP, 1996 • National Council for the Social Studies President’s Award, 1999 • National Council for the Social Studies Teacher of the Year, 2000 • National Council for the Social Studies Outstanding Service Award, 1986

  15. NCSU's Graduate Thesis Award for the Humanities (2007) • NCSU's Humanities Nomination for the Southern Conference of Graduate Schools Thesis Award (2008) • Patrick Henry Medal for Meritorious Service • 1st place in the category of Video Art in Slovenia, 2000 • Martin Luther King “Keeper of the Dream” Award, 2002 • Who's Who in American Education, 1988-1989, 1994-1995 editions • Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 1994, 1999 - 2005 editions

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