PUBLICATIONS

ARTICLES:

"The Catholic University, A Contradiction in Terms?," ESPRIT (University of Scranton Magazine), 1968.
"The Role of Undergraduate Education--An End In Itself," The Scalpel (publication of Alpha Epsilon Delta, the Premedical Honor Society), Spring 1983, p. 3-7. (A national magazine; article was invited after it was presented as the keynote at the association's national conference in 1983.)
"Focusing on the Student As a Means of Closing the Dichotomy," Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education, Number 11, Spring 1996. (National publication; invited article.)
"Hiring for Mission: An Overview," Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education, Number 12, Fall 1997, pp. 5-13. (National publication; invited article.)
"What We're Doing: A Survey of the Core Curriculum in Jesuit Colleges and Universities," Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education, Number 15, Spring 1999, pp. 14-17. (National publication; invited article.)

PROFESSIONAL PAPERS:

"The Preparation of the College Teacher of English," Annual Meeting of the PA Council of Teachers of English, October, 1969. (Refereed by Council panel preparing agenda.)
"Program 101: Creighton's Alternative Freshman Year," March, 1977, Liberal Arts Deans Conferences, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. (Invited by chairs of conference.)
Presentation on Saint Joseph's University Faith/Justice Institute, October, 1979, Academic Vice President's Conference, Association of Jesuit College and Universities. (Invited by chair of conference.)
"The Role of Departmental Chairpersons in Faculty Development," Pennsylvania Conference of Academic Deans, Wilkes College, November, 1990. (Invited by chair of conference.)

OTHER REPRESENTATIVE PRESENTATIONS:

Facilitator for a Session on HEMI and the Dynamics of Economic Change for the National Conference of the American Association of Education's Higher Education Management Institute, 1982.
Facilitator for the Group Discussion by Chief Academic Officers in the Conference on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition held at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut in November, 2000.

Representative Professional Reports:

"The Scranton Plan," a report on a revised curriculum presented to and accepted by the University Senate, University of Scranton, 1970, 40 pp.
"Creighton's College of Arts and Sciences, Goals and Program 101," a report for the Danforth Foundation Summer, 1974, 35 pp.
"Self-Evaluation, College of Arts and Sciences, Creighton University," a report prepared for the North Central Association, Spring, 1977, 40 pp.
"Minority Recruiting in The College at Saint Joseph's," a report to the President, December, 1977, 20 pp.

Short Reports and Grant Proposals (selected list):

Scranton:
Revised English Major Curriculum; English Department recruiting publication; communication competency Handbook; NEH, Exxon and Gulf Proposals on Communication Project; Certification Proposals to Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for program in Communication Arts. Academic Mission and Structure at the University of Scranton (1985); Proposal to the Trustees for a New General Education Curriculum (1994).
Creighton:
Faculty Evaluation Model; Faculty Development Model; Chairman's Development Model; Unit Faculty Workload Plan; Grant Proposals to Danforth, NEH, NSF on Curriculum; to Lilly, Danforth, Kellogg on Faculty Development; to Kresge on Communication Arts Space from Old Law School; State of Nebraska on Foreign MD Retraining.
Saint Joseph's:
Articulation Task Force Report on Future of Evening College (1977); co-author of Report on new Institutional Planning Committee and new role of Planning at SJU (1978); Five Year Periodic Review Report for Middle States Association (1979-80); adapted versions of Faculty Development and Faculty Evaluation Models (1980-81).

Areas Of Interest:

Mission and Identity

I have been interested in questions relating to the mission and identity of colleges and universities, especially of Jesuit and Catholic schools.  I have written several mission statements, and I have written on various aspects of the subject, starting with my days as a young faculty member, through my years as a dean, vice-president, and provost.  My recent membership on the National Seminar on Jesuit Higher Education focused that interest and resultled in a number of practical projects on such subjects as “hiring for mission” and “the core curriculum” in Jesuit universities.  I have also done some work on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition in the last few years.

Curriculum                          

I led two efforts to restructure the core curriculum at the University of Scranton—during the early 70’s and mid 90’s.  I also headed a curriculum revision project for the College of Arts and Sciences at Creighton University.  I have done research, writing, and consulting on the subject.

Planning

I devised planning proceeses and structures for my college at Creighton and for the entire university at Saint Joseph’s and Scranton (at several different time periods at Scranton, in fact.).  I have written and consulted on the subject, especially as planning relates to mission, resource allocation, and staff development.

Administrative, Staff, and Faculty Development

I established active, innovative, and successful faculty development programs at Scranton, Creighton, and Saint Joseph’s, and I have reported on these programs in various places and in a variety of ways.  I have also made professional presentations on various theories of faculty development, and was engaged in a continuing consulting project over several years at a neighboring university.

I have made presentations and written about the professional development of departmental chairpersons, and I have conducted a variety of workshops and training sessions for chairs.

I have hired about a dozen academic deans over the past twenty-three years, and assisted them in their professional development.  Several of them have gone on to vice-presidencies and presidencies.