Personal Resume

CURRICULUM VITAE
John M. McInerney, Ph.D. English Department
802 Hilltop Drive University of Scranton
Clarks Summit, Pa. 18411 Scranton, Pa. 18510
Telephone: (717) 587-5922 (717) 941-7659
EDUCATION
B.A. (cum laude) in Eng. Lit., Le Moyne College, Syracuse, N.Y.,1962
M.A. in Eng. Lit., Loyola University, Chicago, 1964
Ph.D. in Eng. Lit., Loyola University, Chicago, 1969
Dissertation: An Analysis of the Comic Techniques of Shaw, Giraudoux, and Beckett.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Loyola University, Chicago (Teaching Assistant):1962-66
University of Scranton:1966-Present
Professor of English:1977
Chairperson of English Dept. 1975-78; 1981-87
COURSES TAUGHT
(A Partial List)
Basic Composition, Advanced Composition, Writing for the Law, Oral Communication, Surveys of British and American Literature, Introductions to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, Shakespeare's Plays, Dramatic Comedy, Melodrama, Modern Drama (graduate level), Shaw's Comedies (graduate level), Theatre of the Absurd (graduate level), Literature of Revolution, Man and Mass Media, Film History, Appreciation, and Criticism, Great Lives- On Stage and in History (Interdisciplinary).
PUBLICATIONS, PAPERS PRESENTED, LECTURES
(A Partial List)
"The Shoes of the Fisherman: A Politically Prophetic Papal Potboiler," Paper presented to IAMHist/ Literature/ Film Association Conference on the Cold War, Salisbury, Maryland, July 30, 1997.
MYSTERY. Scranton, Pa.: ICS Learning Systems, 1996
"Henry Fleming's Ambiguous Escape From Fate," Paper presented to the Air Force Academy Conference on THE RED
BADGE OF COURAGE, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Dec. 2, 1995.
"Constructing Crane for the Screen," STEPHEN CRANE STUDIES, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Fall, 1994) 19-23.
"The Evolution of a Biographical Drama," Paper presented to the Literature/ Film Conference, Ocean City, Maryland, Dec. 4th, 1993.
TO ESCAPE MY FATE (A biographical teleplay about Stephen Crane)
Produced and Directed by Tom Musto; Broadcast on WVIA-TV
on Oct. 8, 1993.
TO ESCAPE MY FATE (A biographical Play about Stephen Crane) Presented by the University of Scranton and the Pa.
Humanities Council, Dec., 1991.
"The Image of the Teacher in Contemporary Films: Female Autocrats and Male Victims," Paper presented to the 13th Annual Colloquium on Modern Literature and Film, West Virginia University (Morgantown), September 29, 1988.
Head Writer, HARMONY PARK TELEVISION SERIES, For the Diocese of Scranton and Contemporary Media Associates, 1987-88.
THE SYMPTOMS OF CHRISTMAS (An Original Play). Presented by The Churchmouse Players at the Lucan Center, Scranton, November, 1987.
"The Mission and Robert Bolt's Drama of Revolution," LITERATURE/
FILM QUARTERLY, Vol. 15, No. 2 (1987), 70-77.
"A Script in Progress," Lecture presented to the Mulberry Poets and Writers Association Meeting, Jan. 12, 1987.
"Lean's ZHIVAGO, A Reappraisal," LITERATURE/FILM QUARTERLY,Vol. 15, No. 1 (1987), 43-48.
EXCURSION TO MURDER (an original play). Presented by Pennsylvania Media Productions and the University Alumni
Association, in Scranton, October, 1986.
DREAM SCHOOL (an original play). Presented by The Churchmouse Players at the Lucan Center, Scranton, March, 1986.
"A Tale of Two Epics," a Paper presented at the LITERATURE/ FILM
CONFERENCE, Salisbury State College, Salisbury, Maryland, June, 1985.
"Diary of an Extra," TEMPO MAGAZINE (May, 1985), 34-36.
"Image Patterns in RYAN'S DAUGHTER," Paper presented at the LITERATURE/ FILM CONFERENCE, Jacksonville, Florida, March, 1981.
"Children for Vonnegut," NOTES ON MODERN AMERICAN LITERATURE (Winter, 1978), 7-9.
"Non-Ideological Literature and The Twentieth-Century Imagination," MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES (Winter,1972), 1-4.
"A Rebuttal to Richard Ohmann," MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES (Winter,1972), 11-12.
"Shakespearean Word-Music as a Dramatic Resource in Shaw," THE SHAW REVIEW (May, 1971), 90-94, 99.
More than 700 two-page film reviews for, first, THE PITTSTON SENTINEL, and then, THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE, 1969-1980.
Approximately 60 book reviews for BEST SELLERS, 1968-1986.
SELECTED UNIVERSITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Member, University Senate, 1970-Present; Chairperson, 1980-81,1987-93, 97-
Member, Rank and Tenure Board, 1980-83, 1984-87, 1988-91, 1993-95,1997-98.
Member, Graduate Dean's Conference, 1975-78; 1981-87; 96-98.
Member, CAS Dean's Conference, l985-88.
Member, DH College Task Force, 1985-86.
Member, Middle States Task Force, 1986-87.
Coordinator for Richard Harris Production, JULIUS CAESAR, A WORK IN PROGRESS, 1987-88
Member, General Education Task Force, 1990-92
Staff Member, Office of Instructional Development, 1990-Present
Director, Master of Arts in English Program, 1996-Present
AWARDS, HONORS, GRANTS
CASE PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR, 1993: the University of Scranton nominee.
Membership in ALPHA SIGMA NU, ETA SIGMA PHI, AND SIGMA TAU DELTA academic Honor Societies.
Research and Development Grant, U. Of S., Summer of 1986. (Purpose: to develop an experimental Intro. to Fiction course on video that could be taken on a "flex time" basis. Project was completed, and the course offered for
the first time in the Summer of 1987, repeated in the Spring semester, 1988, Summer, 1993, Summer, 1995.
Development Grants for various versions of the Play, TO ESCAPE MY
FATE, from the U. of S. in 1992, from the Pa. Council of
Humanities in 1991 and 1992.
SELECTED COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Volunteer, St. Francis Center, 1996-Present.
Member, Advisory Board for Friends of the Weinberg Library.
Member, Board of Directors for the Robert Dale Chorale, 1995-98, Secretary, 1996-97
Member, Editorial Board for TEMPO MAGAZINE, 1981-87.
Member, Northeastern Pa. Writing Council, 1983-93 Member, The Churchmouse Players, 1982-92
Member, Board of Trustees for The Lucan Center, 1985-1990.
Member, Our Lady of Snows Parish, 1975-Present.
Member, Advisory Board of Retired Senior Volunteer Program, 1989-93
Member, Governing Board of the Robert Dale Chorale, 1994-present.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Modern Language Association
American Association of University Professors
Woodrow Wilson Institute
Stephen Crane Society
Dr. McInerney, who has served on the University faculty since 1966, was born and raised in Elmira, New York, and educated at Le Moyne College, Syracuse, New York, and Loyola University of Chicago. He teaches courses in dramatic literature and film appreciation, and has published a number of articles in scholarly journals. He also reviewed films regularly for THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE. He resides with his wife, Maureen, and his two daughters in Clarks Summit.

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