Experience

NYU School of Professional Studies

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Critical Thinking/Adjunct Instructor

  • Sep 2010 - Present

  "For more than eight decades, the NYU School of Professional Studies has provided comprehensive, professionally oriented educational experiences to students from the New York metropolitan area, across the country, and around the globe." Compose and teach classes in critical thinking that analyze how ideas are formed and communicated through the acquisition of language. Students deconstruct seminal texts to discover methods and concepts used by influential thinkers to change how we conceive of the world and our place within it. Selected Projects ● You Tube Slide Show- Student groups critically read The Republic: Book VII, and then produce and direct a 5-minute slide show that investigates how text and image form identity. ● Critical Journals- Students are trained in deductive reasoning and are required to research, compose and publish analytical essays investigating and evaluating working concepts within their disciplines. Show less



LaGuardia Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Critical and Creative Thinking/Adjunct Instructor

  • Mar 1993 - Present

  "LaGuardia Community College’s mission is to educate and graduate one of the most diverse student populations in the country to become critical thinkers and socially responsible citizens who help to shape a rapidly evolving society." Develop and teach curriculum in Critical and Creative Thinking. Selected Projects ● Real World Problems- Teach students evidence based research methods at LaGuardia Wagner Archives that result in a 1500 word analysis resulting in solutions to community based problems. ● Interview a Role Model- Instruct students in information gathering techniques using open ended and follow up questions to collect "Expert Experiences" that model successful goal paths. ● Decision Debate- Train students in Oxford-style debate so as to form pro and con arguments leading to desired outcomes in their decision making process. Show less



Southeast Center for Photographic Studies

• Daytona Beach, Florida Area

• Instructor

  • Jul 2005 - Aug 2007

  Conducted summer workshop, Visual Literacy and Photography, at The Southeast Museum of Photography program for Talented and Gifted high school students. Conducted summer workshop, Visual Literacy and Photography, at The Southeast Museum of Photography program for Talented and Gifted high school students.



NYC Department of Education

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Educator

  • Jul 2001 - Jun 2002

  New York City Teaching Fellows/Middle School Literacy Instructor at I.S. 291- Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY. New York City Teaching Fellows/Middle School Literacy Instructor at I.S. 291- Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY.



Camera Obscura School of Art

• Tel Aviv Area, Israel

• Visiting Faculty

  • Oct 1989 - Jun 1990

  Developed and taught classes: Visual Language in Photography, Critical and Historical Strategies in Contemporary Photography, Theories and Practice/Color Photography, Advanced B&W Photography. Developed and taught classes: Visual Language in Photography, Critical and Historical Strategies in Contemporary Photography, Theories and Practice/Color Photography, Advanced B&W Photography.