• Studied at Yad Vashem, Israel’s International School of Holocaust Studies, and traveled throughout the state of Israel
• Nominated to receive the Elgin Heinz Outstanding Teacher Award
• Spent a summer studying in China with the University of Pittsburgh
• Participated in the University of Colorado’s summer institute on Sino-Japanese relations and participated in the NCTA Japan Study Tour
• Received the master’s graduate student of excellence award from Siegal College
• Traveled extensively throughout Europe and led numer­ous student-focused tours abroad
• Initiated the MPS Holocaust class…Every year stu­dents visit the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC and tour the Capitol
• Teacher of the Year award recipient
• MA in Judaic Studies at Siegal College/2010 + 27 credits in various subjects
• Teach at Jefferson Lecture Series; work for United States Holocaust Memorial; lecture at Erie County Prison for 12 years-once a month

Teaching Assignment: Junior/Senior Humanities-IB and The Holocaust

• BA, English, Gannon, 1981
• MA, magna cum laude, ST. Vincent DePaul Seminary, Florida, 1990
• M.Div., magna cum laude,  St. Vincent DePaul Seminary, Florida
• M.Ed., Gannon University, Curriculum and Instruction, 2004
• Ordained:  May 10, 1991, Cathedral Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
• 1992 – 1996 (all of this is concurrent)
  • Spiritual Moderator, Office of Youth and Young Adult Catholics, Diocese of Palm Beach
  • (until 1994) Priest’s Council, Diocese of Palm Beach
  • Chaplain, Florida Atlantic University
  • Chaplain, Palm Beach Atlantic College
  • Chair, Department of Religious Studies, Cardinal Newman High School, West Palm Beach, FL
  • Chaplain, Cardinal Newman High School, West Palm Beach (1993 – 1997)
• Returned home to Erie in August 1997
• 1997 – 1999:  Campus Minister and Chaplain, Behrend College
• 1999 – present:  Chaplain, English and Theology, MPS
• 2007 (May) Pastor, St. Mark’s, Lawrence Park
• 2005 – present:  Adjunct Instructor, Mercyhurst College, Department of Religious Studies
• Currently on Priest’s Council, Diocese of Erie; Chair, Clergy Convocation Committee, Diocese of Erie
• Awards:  Archbishop Gannon Medal of Distinction, Gannon University, 2000.
• Memberships: 
  • Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
  • Ntional Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
  • American Academy of Religion (AAR)
  • Southern Poverty Law Center

Teaching Assignment: Junior English-CP, The Beat, the Beatles and Woodstock-CP, Literature of the 1950's, The Sixties: "Years of Hope, Days of Rage", and 1960

• Master’s degree in English
• IB Theory of Knowledge instructor
• IB Extended Essay supervisor
• Former adjunct instructor, Gannon University
• Past fellow, NWPA Summer Writing Institute
• Shorelines advisor
• University of Chicago Outstanding Teacher Award 2008

Teaching Assignment: Theory of Knowledge-IB, Senior English-CP, and Sophomore English-CP

• 2003 MPS Graduate
• Recipient of the 2003 MPS Award
• 2003 Recipient of President’s Award for Excellence in the Creative Arts at Mercyhurst Prep
• 2007 Recipient of President’s Award for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities at Mercyhurst College 
• Conductor, Trombonist, and Pianist at Erie Playhouse since 2001
• Music Director/Conductor for Diocese of Erie All School Summer Musical since 2004
• Rehearsal Pianist and Assistant Choir Director for Erie Opera Theatre since 2005
• 2009 Recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Service Award
• Member of MENC: The National Association for Music Education
• Member of PMEA: The Pennsylvania Music Educators Association
• Substitute Organist/Pianist for various local churches
• Member of the MPS Middle States Planning Team
• Co-authored MPS Profile of a Graduate
• Helped create Profile of a Graduate webpage
• Created MPS Student Assistance Program Website

• BA Communications/English  Gannon University
• English Education Certification-Mercyhurst College
• Advisor to Chrysalis-School’s Literary and Art Magazine
• Founder and Coordinator of school’s guitar folk group
• Present Girls Golf coach
• Former Assistant Girls Soccer Coach
• Former Varsity Head Softball Coach
• Cooperating teacher to several student teachers
• Travelled to England, Ireland , Wales, and New England with students
• Member of several Middle States Evaluation teams in Pa and NY state
• Board member for  Hospice of Greater Erie
• Member and past champion of Erie District Women’s Golf Assoc
• Memberships to NWPCTE, NEA and NCEA

Teaching Assignment: Senior English-CP, Sophomore English-MPS PreIB/H, and Freshman Communications

• Awarded WQLN’s student-nominated “Great Teacher Contest”
• Moderator for the MPS Model United Nations delegation, which has earned nearly $30,000 in college scholarships within the last four years
• Cooperating teacher and mentor to student educators
• Has taught SAT essay preparation courses at Gannon University
• Has travelled throughout Europe and also assisted in coordinating a student trip to Greece during the spring of 2008, sponsored by the English Department
• Director for the winter drama at MPS for three years
• Former President of the Board of the Roadhouse Theater for Contemporary Art
• Involved in local theatrical productions, but also spent several years working as a professional actor on the stage and in commercials (voice)
• Former news anchor/morning show co-host for WESB Newsradio in Bradford, PA

Teaching Assignment: Senior English-H and Junior English-H