EDUCATION
DEGREES AWARDED
B.A. with distinction in philosophy, University of Rochester May, 1970
M.A. in philosophy, University of Rochester May, 1981
Ph.D. in philosophy, University of Rochester Sept., 1984
TEACHING CERTIFICATION AND OTHER GRADUATE WORK
Part-time at Boston University, Brandeis University, S.U.N.Y. at Binghamton,
Ithaca College, and Russell Sage College. Thirty-three graduate credits earned.
OTHER UNDERGRADUATE WORK
Harvard University, Summer, 1969. Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, 1966-1967.
Teaching experience
Professor Emeritus, Professor of Philosophy,
Associate Professor of Philosophy,
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
St. Bonaventure University 1984-2020
Taught courses in moral theory, introductory philosophy, critical thinking,
metaphysics, social and political philosophy, business ethics, medical ethics,
news media ethics, war and morality, philosophies of Gandhi and King.
Director of The Center for Nonviolence,
St. Bonaventure University 1986-2020
Taught courses on:
nonviolence and the philosophy of nonviolence, Gandhi,
Martin Luther King, Jr., causes and effects of violence, the death penalty.
Full-time Instructor of Philosophy, St. John Fisher College 1983-1984
Taught courses in history of modern philosophy, business ethics,
minds and machines, and elementary and intermediate logic.
Part-time instructor of philosophy 1980-1983
University of Rochester, Monroe Community College,
Rochester Institute of Technology,
and St. John Fisher College
Taught courses in introductory philosophy, critical thinking,
intermediate logic, and war and morality.
English teacher
Brighton High School, Rochester, New York 1979-1980
Shenendehowa Middle Schools, Clifton Park, New York 1975-1978
Chenango Forks High School, Chenango Forks, New York 1973-1975
Taught English, grades 7-12, non-Regents, Regents, and honors levels.