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Curriculum Vitae
Revised, Fall, 2013
Name: Gerald H. Herman
Education: Northeastern University
Masters of Arts in History (1965-1967)
Coordinator of Western Civilization Teaching
Assistants (1966-1967)
Master’s Thesis: “The Quarrel Between the Ancients and
the Moderns in Seventeenth Century
France as a Second Renaissance.”
Honors: Phi Kappa Phi (general)
Phi Alpha Theta (history)
Hunter College of the City University of New York
(1961-1965) Bachelor of Arts (1965)
Fields:
International Affairs
History
Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science)
Honors Seminar in History
Thesis Topic: “The Lamarckian Idea of
Progress”
Honors Seminar in Political Science
Thesis Topic: “Structural Aspects of
Reforming the United
Nations Toward a More
Effective International
Regulator”
Additional Courses Taken At: American Film Institute Film/T.V. Documentation Workshop
(June 1978).
Boston University (1971-1972), in Philosophy of Science,
English poetry, and history of history.
The New School for Social Research (1963-1965), in United
Nations Studies.
Grants, Contracts, and Scholarships:
Sprint/Nextel Instructional Television Fixed System sub-lease
Contract (2007-2037).
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National Science Foundation PASTEL demonstration grant for
informal science teaching in museum environments (Arun
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Bansil, principle investigator with NU faculty and partner
institutions: Museum of Fine Arts; Museum of Science;
Boston Symphony Orchestra; the Schubert Organization.
Provost Freshman Year grant (with J. Jacobson) to develop “War
and Culture” choral concert series and honors course
(2001-2002).
College of Arts and Sciences Centennial Film Grant (1996-’97).
Annenberg/C.P.B. “Migration in World History” CD-ROM
demonstration and development grants (Patrick Manning,
P.I.), (1995-1999).
National Endowment for the Humanities: World Civilization
Curriculum Development Grant (Patrick Manning, P.I.),
(1994).
New England Association of School and Colleges, Schools-
Colleges Alliance Grant (1992, 1993).
Undergraduate Initiative Grant, College of Arts and Sciences,
Northeastern University- Multi-Media Laboratory. (Joseph
Ayers-Co-PI) .
Research and Scholarship Development Fund, Northeastern
University, 1990, for The Pivotal Conflict.
.Northeastern University, University College, Alternative
Freshman Year History/Integrated Language Skills World
Civilization Anthology project Reclaiming Our Global
Heritage (2 Vol., NU Custom Books, 1990).
Indiana Humanities Council Grant (and grants from eleven other
donors) for the ‘industrial’ film: “Public History Today”
for the National Council on Public History (distributed
1992-2009 by NCPH and broadcast on selected Public
Television stations.
National Science Foundation, NU Center for Electromagnetics
Research Center Evaluation Project (1987-1989).
Instructional Development Fund (Grant #7344), Northeastern
University, 1987 (Clay McShane, Co-PI) for Automobile
History course development.
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National Endowment for the Humanities: Program grant “The
Historian and the Moving Image Media”- grant given to the
American Historical Association and the Library of
Congress (John E. O’Connor, Principal Investigator),1985-
1989.
National Endowment for the Humanities: Developmental Grant
(ED 00076-80-0258), Humanities and the Professions
(with other Arts and Sciences and Professional School
faculty).
National Endowment for the Humanities: Pilot Grant (EP 31044-
78-522). “History for Professionally-Oriented Students”;
An Outreach Program of the History Department at (with
other History and Engineering faculty). Two courses
developed under this grant are still being taught.
Andrew Mellon Foundation Grant to Northeastern University for
Improving Undergraduate Education (Donald R. Allen, co-
P.I.), 1973-1975.
Northeastern University Teaching Assistantship (1965-1967).
New York State Regent’s Scholarship (1961-1965).
Teaching and Work Experience:
United States Department of State Reserve Foreign Service Officer (1965-1968).
Northeastern University:
Academic Director (Humanities and Social Sciences), School of
Professional and Continuing Studies (2004-2009)
Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (1999-2010)
Acting Chairman, Department of History (1998-1999)
Special Assistant to University Counsel (1987-2012)
Special Assistant to the Provost (1979-1987)
Special assistant to the Provost for Faculty and Program Development
(1977-1979)
Assistant Professor of History (1973-present)
Jointly appointed in the Cinema Studies Program of the College of
Arts, Media & Design (2010-2011).
Jointly appointed in Education (1999-2010)
Tenure awarded 1973
Instructor of History (1967-1972)
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Major Fields of Academic Interest and Expertise
European Cultural History--the integration of the Arts and Sciences and
the impact of war on culture/Media and History/the teaching of History
(courses reported in the Adler Report of the American Historical
Association)/ Historiography and Philosophy of History/ Contemporary
History/History of Science and Technology/Media and History/Modern
Warfare.
Courses Taught:
(Undergraduate):
Honors Seminar: “War and Memory in the 20th Century”
Honors Seminar: “War Work: The American Experience in World
War II” (Team Taught with faculty from all NU Colleges
and Schools) for the 75th Anniversary of Co-op at NU.
Honors Course: “World War II Plus 50" (Team Taught)
Honors Seminar: Topics in Research and Inquiry: “War and Memory in
the Twentieth Century” (Team Taught with Professor
of Modern Languages Holbrook Robinson and Dr. James
Weiss)
Honors Seminar: “Nuclear Weapons and World Peace” (team taught)
Introduction to College (team taught)
* History of Flight and Space Travel
Technological Transformations of Society (Team Taught with
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Arvin
Grabel).
History of the Automobile in America (Team Taught-Clay McShane)
History of the Vietnam Wars
War in the Twentieth Century/War in the Modern World
History of Science and Technology (Team Taught with Electrical
and Computer Engineering Professor Arvin Grabel).
History through Film, Film through History
European Cultural History (course and seminar)/ “The Creative
Matrix.”
Topics in World History: World War I
Twentieth Century American History (two courses: 1917-1945; 1945-
Present)
Modern African History
Exploring Humanities through Film (interdisciplinary-Team Taught)
Europe in the Age of Reason
* Described in the Northeastern Alumni Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 3 (January/February, 1983), p. 6. Grant related
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Western and World Civilization (Honors and Remedial components as
well.-These courses were listed in the “Adler” Report, in the
National Commission on “Notable Programs Excellence in
Education Report,” and in Nexus)
History of Psychology (in collaboration with the Psychology
Department)
The World Since 1945
Supervised large numbers of Directed Studies and Senior and Honors
in fields related to cultural history and to teaching.
Leadership Studies Experiential Education Directed Study
(Graduate):
Research Seminar in World History: Genocide
World War I
Media and History (course, workshop, and Directed Study)
Approaches to World History
Seminar in the Teaching of History
Seminar in European Intellectual History
Twentieth Century Europe (Team Taught-Philip N. Backstrom,
Tom Segev, Ann Grenell)-Course and Seminar
(Seminar topics:
“Origins of World War II,”
“The Great Depression,”
“The Holocaust,”
“Origins of the Cold War”)
European Historiography (Team Taught)
History of Exploration (Team Taught with William Fowler, Jr.)
Historical Geography (Readings course for students seeking
Massachusetts Teacher Certifications in Social Studies).
Supervised large numbers of Graduate Directed Studies, Master’s
Theses, and Ph.D dissertations in areas related to teaching
and research, as well as Fieldwork supervision .
(Adult Education-University College/School of Professional and
Continuing Studies/College of Professional Studies):
History of the U.S. Film Industry (Team Taught-Raymond
Robinson).
History and Film
Topics in History and Film: The 1930s (Team taught-Wendy Wilson
Hilty)
“War and Peace in the Nuclear Age”
“Vietnam a Television History”
History of Flight and Space Travel
European Cultural History, 1350-present (three quarters)
Modern European History (three quarters)
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World Civilization (three quarters/2 Semesters)
Technological Transformations of Society**
History of Energy
Historical Geography (for students seeking Massachusetts
Teacher Certification in Social Studies)
Supervised large numbers of Directed Studies and Honors Theses
in areas related to my teaching as well as interdisciplinary
and Liberal Studies Senior Projects and Experiential Directed
Studies
Honors: Northeastern University “Advisor of the Year” Award (1998)
Finalist in the category of Best Musical Special for “The Sound in
the Fury”, program commemorating the 50th Anniversary of America’s
entrance into the Second World War. This honor was also awarded by the
New York Festival’s International Radio Competition in which the
program was one of eight internationally submitted programs admitted to
the Medal Competition Award 1992.
American Association for Higher Education “Reaching for New Standards:
Partnerships Take the Lead” Award 1992.
Nominated for the Charles Dana Award (1988) by the U.S. Department of
Education.
Courses cited in the AHA Adler report and in the findings of the National
Commission on Notable Programs.
Northeastern University: “Excellence in Teaching” Award, 1985.
Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels (Initiated, August, 1985)
Ohio State Award for Excellence in Educational, Informational, and Public
Affairs Broadcasting (1980) for the WGBH/National Public Radio
Program “War!”
. Nominated for Charles Foster Peabody Award (1980) for the program “War!”
Listed in: Who’s Who in Education,
Who’s Who in Entertainment,
Who’s’ Who in the East.
Media Productions:
Broadcast/Industrial:
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Historical Consultant/On air expert, “The Generations Project” program on the
Experience of a person trying to uncover the experience of his great grandfather,
who was ’gassed’ in World War I (Brigham Young University-TV, a non-profit
satellite TV station, 2010). http://www.byutv.org/thegenerationsproject/
English language voice-over (as Victor Hugo) for the French language film “La
Commune de 1871: un film documentaire” (conceived and written by Cécile
Clairval and directed by Olivier Ricard).
NU/BSO On Line Conservatory: Schőnberg Cultural Contexts (January 2004),
“In a Few Words” (Janet Coleman Wyman Productions for Northeastern
University, September, 2002).
A Note To You (Northeastern University/WGBH co-production) programs on:
“The Music of War” (April, 2000).
“The Film Music of Aaron Copeland and Jerome Moross” (October,
1998)
“Roland Nadeau Memorial” (1997)
“Gershwin” (May, 1996)
“Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem” (February, 1994)
“Sound in the Fury: Music of World War II” (1990)
“André Chenier” (1989)
“The New England Transcendentalists” (1988)
“The Music of the French Revolution” (1987)
“Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’” (1986)
“Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Opera” (1985)
“Beaumarchais and “The Magic Flute” (1984)
“Migrations in Modern World History” CD ROM project, funded by
Annenberg/CPB (1995-1999), Media Director.
“New Athens: Boston at the Turn of the Century” (1997 Northeastern
University College of Arts & Sciences, Centennial Project.
“Ancestors” project (MCET -Schools/Colleges Alliance) (1994). Nine middle
school students’ programs and one teacher training program plus an
anthology of readings/curricular package.
“Columbus Quincentennial” project (MCET- Schools/Colleges Alliance)
(1992). Five teacher training and three primary-secondary school student
programs plus an anthology of readings and curricular materials packet.
“Public History Today” (1990) 32 minute video for NCPH, broadcast as part of
the American History Showcase series on the History Channel (1995) and
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available on video.**
“Image as Artifact”, video disk/tape compilation (American Historical
Association, 1988).**
“The Dawn of New Era” (WICN Radio), March 29, 1980
History of Music in Sound. 19th and 20th Centuries: nine hour series on
“Morning Pro Musica” (Robert J. Lurtsema, host), November 1979.
WGBH and the Eastern Public Radio Network
“War!” one hour radio production in honor of Memorial Day 1978 broadcast
by WGBH Radio, 11/11/78. Nominated for Peabody Award and awarded
the 1980 Ohio State Award for Excellence in Educational, Informational,
and Public Affairs Broadcasting.
Cultural History of Music: nine volume set of audio tapes (with accompanying
texts) setting forth the musical forms of each cultural period from beginning
of the Renaissance to the present. An abbreviated version was presented by
Robert J. Lurtsema and Gerald Herman on three consecutive “Morning
Pro Musica” Saturday programs on WGBH and the Eastern Public Radio
Network (1986).
Bridge at Midnight: Search for the Origins of Today, 1870-1923. proposed
series of 13 one hour productions conceived for the National
Public Radio Network by John Beck, most recently WNYC Radio and
Television Station Manager, and by R. Nadeau and myself in association
with WGBH Radio (Boston) and the Public Media Foundation.
Development/Production grant submitted to the
Annenberg/CPB Public Broadcasting Project (accepted, first
round/rejected for funding, Spring, 1985)
Course Related:
Windows to the Past:**
34 video tapes for university instruction in the History of Western
Civilization. Each tape contains compilations of recorded audio and
visual sources, and “talking face” connective materials. The whole
constitutes the lecture portions of Northeastern University’s educational
system in Western Civilization the development of which was funded by
matching grants from Northeastern University and by the Andrew Mellon
Foundation.
The Romantic Vision (1975):
three hour synchronized slide and audio tape presentation that integrates
various elements of Romantic Culture in Europe and America in the early
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19th century. The some 300 slides show paintings, etchings, and cartoons of
the Romantic period in order to show the causes, subjects, and philosophic
elements of that culture, while the audio-tapes combine musical excerpts
with pieces of Romantic poetry and prose. narrative thread unites the
presentation, which is divided into eight sections, and textbook
accompanies it (see under publications).
World War I: The Destroying Fathers Confirmed: (1972, revised 1982).
three and one-half hour synchronized slide and audio tape presentation that
integrates the history of the First World War with the cultural phenomena
created during and by it. The 580 slides give pictorial evidence of the war
itself and of the artistic output that occurred during those years, while the
audio tape mixes the poetry and prose written during the war years with the
words of and narrative thread, divided into nine sections. source book
introduces and concludes the presentation, identifies the musical selections
and pictures, and gives the complete texts (and supporting materials) for all
the literary materials and songs.
Sonic Airs (2 hours) synchronized slides/audio tape- History of Flight.
The Sounds of Auto Culture (2 hours) slides/audio tape- History of the
Automobile.
Universal Newsreel Deconstruction/Reconstruction project- Media and
History --“The Berlin Blockade”. Incorporated into the American
Historical Association Video disc project entitled “Image as Artifact”
(1989).
Popular music of the Vietnam War (one hour)-History of the Vietnam Wars
Victorian Social Commentary in the Songs of Gilbert & Sullivan (120
minutes)-European Cultural History
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The Decline and Fall of just about Everything: Social Commentary in the
Songs of Noël Coward-European Cultural History
Publications:
Tour Review: “From Black Slaves to Blue Angels: Exploring NAS
Pensacola tour,” The Public Historian (Vol. 33, No. 4,
November, 2011), pp. 97-99.
Review: Steven J. Dick and Mark L. Lupisella, “Cosmos & Culture:
Cultural Evolution in a Cosmic Context,” The Public Historian
(Vol. 33, No. 1, Spring 2011), pp. 111-113.
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Chapter, “General Charles George Gordon” in Victoria’s Generals
(London; Pen & Sword, 2009), ed. Steven J. Corvi and Ian F. W.
Beckett.
Two entries for the American Disasters: 201 Calamities that Shook the
Nation (Checkmark Books, 2008) edited by Ballard C. Campbell,
one on the “Challenger” and one on the “Columbia Space
Shuttle.”
From the Protocols of Zion to Holocaust Denial Trials: Challenging the
Media, the Law and the Academy (co-editors, Deborah R.
Kaufman, David Phillips, and James R. Ross), Oxford: Vallentine
Mitchell Press (Frank Cass), 2007).
Critical Thinking Skills Using Primary Sources in World History
(2004, J. Weston Walch Publishers), with Wendy Wilson.
“Intellectual Property and the Historian in the New Millennium,” The
Public Historian (Volume 26, Number 2, Spring, 2004), pp. 23-
48.
“Creating the 21st Century ‘Historian for all Seasons,’” The Public
Historian (Volume 25, Number 3, Summer, 2003), pp.93-102.
Critical Thinking Skills Using Primary Sources in U. S. History
(2000, J. Weston Walch Publishers), with Wendy Wilson.
“Chemical and Electronic Media in the Public History Movement,”
The Public Historian (Volume 21, Number 3, Summer, 1999), pp.
111-125.
“The Great War Revisioned: World War I Filmography” in Peter C.
Rollins and John C. O’Connor, eds., Hollywood’s World War I
Motion Picture Images (Bowling Green State University Popular
Press, 1997).
U.S. History on the Screen: Teacher’s Resource Book on Film and
Video (1994, 2002, J. Weston Walch) with Wendy Wilson.
The Pivotal Conflict: Comprehensive Chronology of the First World
War (Greenwood Press, 1992).
World History on the Screen: Teachers Resource with Book on Film
and Video 1990, 1995, 2003, J. Weston Walch), with Wendy
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Wilson Thompson.
“Developing Methodological Synthesis for Documentary Media
Teaching”, Image as Artifact: The Historical Analysis of Film
and Television, ed., John O’Connor (Krieger Publishers and the
American Historical Association, 1990).
“Testbook with Learning Objectives and Film Guide” to accompany
The Mainstream of Civilization, Fifth edition (Harcourt, Brace,
Jovanovich, 1989, 1993), Film Guide Author.
“Wien 1910: An example of Nazi Anti-Semitism,” Film & History
(Vol. XV, No. 3, September 1985), with Richard Geehr and
John Heinemann.
“Palace Cars and Paradise” film review, Film and History Vol. XV
No. 1, February, 1985), with Clay McShane.
The Craft of Public History, chapter editor, “Media and History”
(Greenwood Press, 1983).
Balancing on the Edge of the Void: Reader of Accompany the Film
“Cabaret” (Northeastern Custom Books, 1981).
Liner Booklet for the record album “The Peripatetic Debussy”
(1980).
“For God and Country: Khartown as an Object Lesson for Global
Policemen”, Film and History (Vol. IX, No 1, February 1979).
Liner Notes for the record album “Grace and Beauty: Classic
American Ragtime” (1979).
“The Development of an Educational System In History,” The
Society for History Education, Network News Exchange, Vol.
3, No. 1, Fall 1977, pp. 14-16.
The Romantic Vision, Text to accompany multi-media production
(Northeastern University Press, 1975).
“Operation Barbarosa:” review for classroom use, Film and
History, Vol. V, No. 3, September 1975.
Windows to the Past, and educational system in Western Civ.
including two workbooks in five editions (Northeastern
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University Press and Random House Publishers, 1973-1983),
130 packets of edited historical source materials covering
four historical skills and the history of number of testing
devices, instructors’ and peer tutors’ materials, and evaluation
materials, and scripts for 34 video tapes incorporating audio
collaboration with D.R. Allen, M.E. François, Patricia
Keppler, Resources, Northeastern University and with the
consulting assistance of members of the Department of
History, Northeastern University.
World War I: The Destroying Fathers Confirmed, Text to accompany
multi-media production (Northeastern University, 1982)
“Mediated Instructional Model to Assure Student Competence in
the History of Western Civilization,” International Journal of
Instructional Media, Vol. 4 (3), 1976-77, pp. 217-227 (with
Thomas E. Cyrs Jr.)
“Making Multimedia Lectures for Classroom Use: “Case History,”
Film and History, Vol. 11, No. 4, December 1972
Nicholas and Alexandra, Film and History, vol. 11, No. 1, February
1972)
Classroom media reviews, Historians’ Film Committee Newsletter,
Summer and Fall issues, 1971
Research in Progress:
An Historian’s Guide to non-Print Media (submitted for publication)
Manuscript, Media and Text Reviewer for the Following Publishers:
ITP/Wadsworth
Routledge
McGraw Hill
Bedford Books
Houghton Mifflin
Random House/Knopf
Atlantic/Little, Brown Publisher
Pearson/Prentice Hall
John Wiley
Harper Collins
Forum Press
Oxford University Press
D.C. Heath
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Film and History
The Public Historian
Consultant:
Proposal Review Panel: America’s Media Makers: Development and
Production Grants Panel V, International, Science, and Ecology
Division of Public Programs, National Endowment for the
Humanities (April, 2013).
Boston History Collaborative (1999-2010).
“Boston 5Th Century Trustees, Advisory Board member
“Extending Boston’s 4 Century Run of Innovation into our
5th Century” Historical Advisory Board member
Innovations Odyssey Working Group
WGBH Archives utilization project/ Media Library and Archives
Open Vault Website project evaluator (2004-2007, 2010- )
“Music Matters” (Northeastern University-WGBH webcast music
appreciation site launched on October 14, 2002).
“On Line Conservatory” (Northeastern University Multimedia
Studies Program and Alumni Relations and the Boston
Symphony Orchestra (launched, October 17, 2002).
“A Note to You” (National Public Radio/Armed Forces Radio)
WGBH and Turner Network Television for the centennial history of
the automobile series entitled “Driving Passions,” broadcast in
1995 and available on video
New Jersey Department of Higher Education Council History and
Media grant and N.J.I.T. workshop
“The Historian and the Moving Image Media” national workshops
Reunion Productions
Central Independent Television plc: “Automania, Mankind and
Motorcar”
Cine Research Associates: “Water and theDream of the Engineer”
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Samuel Bronstone Productions: “El Cid”
The Integration of Media into classroom instruction in History,
Pennsylvania State University (A.H.A./N.E.H., Spring 1987)
ITP Thompson
Harper Collins
Scott Foresman
Papers and Workshops Presented:
Boston Public School's Teaching American History (TAH)
Federal Grant program professional development workshops to
enhance critical content knowledge for history and social studies
teachers in the city public school system, Subject: Media and
History, June 16, 2010.
“Using Four Hundred Years of Boston History to Shape its
Economy and Culture: Boston History & Innovation
Collaborative, 1997- 2007,” National Council on Public History
Annual Conference, Santa Fe, N.M. (April 12-15, 2007). And
edited the articles on this that were published in The Public
Historian, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 62–81 (May 2010), pp.68-89.
Presenters:
Gerald Herman, “Innovation History Takes Center Stage”
Robert Krim, Boston 5th Century Trustees, “What has
caused Boston’s Four Centuries of
Innovation? How can History be Linked to
Policy & Culture”
Stephen Crosby, U. Mass. Boston, “The Drivers of
History: Understanding Our Past Leads to
Challenge for our Future”
Comment:
Lynn E. Brown, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
“Guilty or Innocent: You Be the Judge” (Northeast Regional
Conference on Social Studies, March 3, 1999 (with Wendy
Wilson).
“Dynastic States, Natural Law, and Revolutions in Early Modern
History” (Massachusetts Department of Education/
Northeastern University World History Resource Center
“World History for Grade 9" Summer Institute for Teachers
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–July, 1998).
“Teaching with Technology,” World History Symposium, Keene
State College, September 10, 1997.
“Nazism and Modernity,” Northeastern University Holocaust
Awareness Presidential Breakfast Speaker, May 14, 1997.
“Migration in Modern World History: A Course on CD Rom,”
American Historical Association, New York City, January 3,
1997.
“Goals 2000: The Arts and Sciences and the Reform of Public
Education: Coping with the Electrionic Envelope: Media
Literacy in an Age of Information Overload” and “Opening the
School room Door. . .Community Based Learning, Boston,
June 23, 1995.
“Media in History” Mainstreaming Methodology and World History
for Undergraduates in History (N.E.H.) Lecture series, March
17, 1995.
“History/Social Studies Alliance and its Use of Interactive TV,”
NEASC/HECC School/College Collaboration conference,
May 16, 1994.
“The Cultural Impacts of World War I”, U.S. Naval Institute-
Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation Catigny
Conference, August 26-27, 1993.
“Non-Print Media Archives and History: User’s Perspective”,
keynote address presented to the joint New England Society
of Archivists/Association of Moving Image Archivists annual
meeting, November 19, 1994.
“History on the Screen: Using Feature Films in American or
World History classes”- 25th Northeast Regional Conference
on the Social Studies [NERC], March 24, 1994, March 10,
1995, March 1996, March 7, 1997, March 6, 1998.
“War and Revolution,” Northeastern University Scholars Days,
March 9, 1988.
“Videodisk Technology in History Teaching”, Historians Film
Committee (A.H.A, 1987).
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“Training Public Historians”, History and the Public Conference
(Co-sponsored by the History Department and University
Internship programs at the University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, funded by the Massachusetts Foundation for
Humanities and Public Policy) (1987).
New Jersey State Department of Higher Education, New Jersey
Humanities Council “Film in Teaching History” summer
workshop (1986-1990)
OAH/NCPH Workshop on Public History (1986)
“The Historian and the Moving-Image Media: Developing
Methodological Synthesis for Research and Teaching in
History,” Documentary, Newsreel and Television News as
Factual Resource-Teaching,” (A.H.A., Historians’ Film
Committee, National Endowment for Humanities) presented
at the Library of Congress, (April 1985).
“Teaching Public History, Commentary”, National Council on
Public History Annual Conference, April, 1985.
“Vienna, 1910", American Historical Association/ Historians
Film Committee, December 29, 1984.
“Clocks and History: problem of Technological
Transformation” Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honor
Society), Ma Epsilon Chapter (March 1985 - with Arvin
Grabel).
“Rationale For Public History”, Second National Council on
Public History (Spring, 1982).
“Making the Social Sciences germane to professional
Education”, Junior College Social Science Association,
October 1978.
“A Modest Proposal: Toward an Integrated University-wide
Curriculum”, Humanities Forum, Department of English,
Northeastern University, February 1977.
“The Cooperative Development of multi-media Educational
System”, Association for Education and Communications
Technology (A.E.C.T.), Dallas, April 1975.
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“The uses of feature films for Classroom Instruction,”
Historian’s Film Committee, December 1974.
“Teacher-Media-Learner an integrated system approach to
Western Civilization,” American Historical
Association, Chicago, December 1974.
“The Uses and Abuses of Media in History”, Historians’ Film
Committee Regional Workshop, New York, Autumn,
1973.
“The Systems Approach to Service Courses in the Social
Sciences”, Joint Conference, American Technical
Education - Technical Institute Unit.
“The Renewal of the Forest: In Search of the Knowledge
Continuum”, The academy (Honors Society of the
College of Liberal Arts, Northeastern University), Spring
1971.
Conference Panels Organized/Moderated:
Northeastern University Humanities Center, Working Group on the
Integration of Knowledge (2010-2011) Convener.
“Broadening the Horizon of Military History at Public History Sites,”
National Council on Public History Annual Conference,
Portland, OR. (March 12, 2010), Moderator/Commentator.
“Remembering War and Violence,” National Council on Public History
Annual Conference, Portland, OR. (March 13, 2010),
Moderator/Commentator.
“Arctic Exploration and Canadian Public History,” National Council on
Public History Annual Conference, Santa Fe, N.M. (April
12-15, 2007).
“Intellectual Property and the Historian in the New Millennium: A
Roundtable Discussion” (Organization of American
Historians/National Council on Public History, Joint
Annual Conference, Washington, D. C., April 12, 2002).
“Challenging the Academy, the Press, and the Legal System-From the
Protocols of Zion to the Deniers of the Holocaust: An
International Conference” (Boston, Northeastern
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University, May 6-7, 2001).
“Public History and the Internet,” National Council on
Public History Annual Conference May 13, 1997.
“Creating Music in the Ghetto”, the plenary panel of
“Music in Terezin: 1941-1945" Conference/Concerts
held at Northeastern University and at Hebrew College,
November 20, 1994.
“Southernization as framework in Early World History”,
New England Historical Association Meeting, October
22, 1994, University of Hartford.
*Various Faculty and Administrator Development
Workshops at Northeastern University (1977-1987, 1994-
2000).
*Interdisciplinary Faculty Colloquia Organizer (1978-1987).
Miscellaneous Presentations:
Northeastern University, Office of Alumni Relations,
“NU@NOON” conyinuing education Alumni presentation:
“Hollywood Goes to War, 1938-1943” May 16, 2012, NU
Burlington Campus.
Northeastern University Theater Dept “Silver Masque”
Dramaturgical presentations for cast members:
“Children of Drancy” (2008)
“Cabaret”(2006)
Guest presenter, Northeastern University Chorus “War and Music”
Series, Northeastern University and St. Anne’s Church (2002).
Guest Lecturer on the Integration of Culture and on Media and
History: “A Note to You” (National Public
Radio/Armed Forces Radio/WGBH/ Australian
Broadcasting System) (1977-for topics, see Media
Productions, above).
Northeastern University: Department of Modern Languages
Department of Psychology.
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Boston College: Department of History (1973-1986)
Bentley College (1984-1986)
Northeastern University Music Department “Music at Noon” series;
“Music by George Gershwin” with Roland Nadeau (piano)
and Leslie Holmes (soprano), May 16, 1996.
Program with Professors Roland Nadeau and Martin Robbins in
multi-media development and university presentation entitled:
“The Romantic Vision” (1979).
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Department of History
(1986-1987) Media Literacy in History Workshops.
Northeastern University Office of Public Relations Radio
Interviews: American Holidays
Bentley College on the Medicalization of killing and non-
Jewish targets of the Holocaust. (1986-
1992), and on “The Four Freedoms and
US Wartime Ideology” (1993).
University Service: Faculty Senate Parliamentarian (2013-2014)
Senate ad hoc committee on Faculty Rights with respect to
On -Line Courses (2012).
Member, Faculty Handbook Review Committee (2011- ).
Chairman, College of Social Sciences & Humanities
Undergraduate Advisory Committee (2010-2011 ),
member, (2012-2014 ) .
History Department elected representative,
College of Social Sciences & Humanities Council
(2011-2012)
.
College of Social Sciences & Humanities Governance
Documents concordance Committee (Spring, 2011).
Interdisciplinary Programs elected representative, College of
Social Sciences & Humanities Council (2010-2011).
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Senate appointed Member, College of Professiohsl Studies
Governing Board (2009- )
Member, Senate Colleges Liaison Committee (2009-2011).
Co-convener, College of Arts & Sciences Teaching Circle
on Advanced Learning Communities (2008-2009).
Chairman, Senate ad hoc Committee on Student Handbooks
(2006-2007)
Member, College of Professional Studies Academic Council
for Lifelong Learni (2004-2009, 2011-present).
C. P. S. Academic Standing Committee (2006-2009).
C. P. S Academic Director, Social Sciences and Humanities
(2004-2009).
School of Professional and Continuing Studies Student
Handbook project (2005).
School of Professional and Continuing Studies Faculty
Handbook project (2004-2009).
Faculty Handbook completion project (2005-2008, 2010-2012)
Instructional Television Fixed System co-custodian (2005
-2009)*
Member, School of Social Science, Public Policy, and Urban
Studies Planning Taskforce and Governing
Board (2004-2012).
Co-Chair, S.P.C.S. Distance Learning Taskforce (2004-2006).
Member, College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence
Committee (2003-2004).
Member, Leadership Studies Minor Committee (2001-2003),
and University College/S.P.C.S. Leadership Studies
Advisory Committee (2003-2004).
Chairman, College of Arts and Sciences Liberal/Integrative
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Studies taskforce (2003-2005).
Chair, Behrakis Hall visitors’ center Planning Committee (1999-
2003)
Chair, Senate Committee on Institutional Management (2001-
2003).
Chair, Senate Standing Committee on Academic Policy (2002
-2006). and Special Committee on Academic Policy
(2003-2006)—University-wide General Education
Proposal (final approval by the Faculty Senate, Spring,
2006 as “The University Core”).
Member, University Classroom Advisory Committee (2002
-2008, 2010-present).
Advisor, Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, Zeta Tau
Chapter, 2003-2005).
Chair, School of Education Salary Committee (2002-2003)
Member, College of Arts and Sciences Semester Transition
Executive Committee (2001-2003).
Member, University wide Semester Conversion Faculty Policy
Taskforce (2001-2003).
Member, History Department Undergraduate Committee
(2000-2003, 2007-present).
Member, School of Education Admissions Committee (2000
-2005).
Member, School of General Studies Semester Conversion
Curriculum Committee (2000-2001).
Chairman, Classroom Technology Upgrade Taskforce (1999-
2001).
Member, “Management for Non-Profits” Graduate Certificate
Planning Committee (University College)
1998-1999), Program Committee (1999-2008).
Chairman, School of Education By-Laws Committee (1999).
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Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Arts
and Sciences (1999-2010) and ex officio member of
its programs’ Executive Committees.
Member, College of Arts and Sciences Council of Chairs (1990
-2010.
Chairman, President’s Innovations Trail Planning Committee
(1999-2000)
Liaison, Senate Advisory Committee on Handbook revision
(2001-2005, 2010-2011).
Member, Faculty Handbook Revision Committee (1999-2001).
Member, University Telecommunications Initiative and
Contracts Committee (1999-2002).
Member, University Technology Council (1998-2003), member
of the Council’s Executive Committee, and
co-chairman of its Allocations sub-Committee
(1998-2001).
Member, De Rivera Award Selection Committee (1998-2005).
Member, Senate By-Laws Revision Committee (1998-1999).
Member, College of Arts and Sciences Educational
Technology Committee (1998-2002),
Acting Chairman, Department of History (1998-1999).
Co-Chairman, Multimedia Studio Planning Committee (1997).
Chairman, College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished
Professor Selection Committee (1994-2003).
Chairman, Stotsky Professor Selection Committee (1996
-2007).
Member, Senate Interim Appointments Committee (1998)
As part of Faculty Development duties for Provost (1977-1987), President (1977-2009) and
University Counsel (1987-Present).
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Member, Vice President for Adult and Continuing
Education/University College Dean
Search Committee (1997-’98)
Member, Senate Academic Policy Committee (1994-1995).
Chairman, Senate Committee on the Use of non-Traditional
Faculty (at various stages called
C.A.S.T.E. and C.O.U.P.A.A.) (1994-
1997)
*Member, Technology Convergence Task Force, T.A.C. (1994).
*Member, Classroom Technology Task force, T.A.C. (1996).
*Co-Chairman, Distance Learning Task Force, T.A.C.
(1994-1995).
Member, History Department Information Systems Committee
(1994-1996).
Member, “College T” M.A.T. Graduate Education Curriculum
Committee (2007-present).
Member, MAT Advisory Committee (1996-2004).
*Chairman, University-Wide Conflict of Interest/Commitment
Policy Revision Committee (1994-1998).
Member, Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on Grievance
/Tenure Procedure Revision (1992, 1995,
1997).
Chairman, Faculty Senate Faculty Development Committee
(1992-1993)
*Member, Employment Contracts Revision Committee
(1992-2004).
*Chairman, University Grievance/Appeal Procedures Review
Committee (1992-1994)
Member, University-Wide Strategic Planning Task Force, on
Faculty (1992-1993)
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Co-Chairman, College of Arts and Sciences Strategic
Planning Task Force on Undergraduate
Education (1992-1993)
Member, College of Arts and Sciences Strategic
Planning Task Force on K-12 Interface and
Teacher Training (1992-1993) / Center for
Innovation in Urban Education Steering
Committee member (1993-1995).
*University Handbooks Coordinator (1991-2007).
Chairman, Senate Administrator Evaluation Oversight
Committee (1990-1994, 1998-2006, 2008-2010,
Member (1994-1998).
Member, University Calendar Revision Task Force
(1990-1991, 1994-1995)
Chairman, Senate Committee on Academic Support
Services (1990-2002)
*University Copyright Officer (1988-2012).
Member, College of Arts and Sciences General Education
Requirement Revision Committee (1990-1992).
Chairman, Communications Systems [Strategic
Planning] Task Force, T.A.C. (1991-1994).
Student Government Association Advisor (1989-present).
History Department Executive Officer (1990-1993, 1996-
1997).
Chairman, Video Disc Kiosk Development Committee
(1988-1991).
Chairman, Student Recruitment Task Force (1988-1989).
Chairman, History Department Public Historian Search
Committee (1987-1988), Russian/ Eastern
European and Middle East Historian
Search Committees (1994-1996)
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Member, Undergraduate Committee, Department of History
(1993-1997, 2001-2003, 2007-present,
Chairman/Head Advisor, Fall, 2009, Fall, 2013).
Chairman, Sub-Committee on Curriculum, Presidential
Task Force on the Freshman Year (1987-
1992) Member of the Task Force Steering
Committee
*Chairman, Bi-Centennial of the Constitution Committee
(1987-1989)
Member, Operations Committee, Department of History
(1987-1993)
Member, FACS, Department of History (1987) (1992)
Member, Presidential Advisory Committee on
Telecommunications [T.A.C.] (1982-1998)
. Member, Graduate and Certificate Committee,
Department of History (1981-1982, 1986-
1991, 1996-2001, 2003-present)
Member, Goals Committee, Department of History
(1986-1988, 1992-1994)
Chairman, College Media Training Studio Supervisory
Committee (1987-present) and
Chairman of the Media Training Studio
Manager Search Committees (1987,
1990, 1992).
Member, Arts and Sciences College Honors Committee
(1987-1993)
Member, University Conference on the Freshman Year
(1987)
Member, Alternative Freshman Year Program/School of
General Studies Committee (1984-2002)
*University Honors Coordinator (1983-1987)
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*Chairman, Klein Lectureship Committee (1979-1987)
*Chairman, Lifelong Learning Task Force (1984- 1985)
Chairman, History Department Undergraduate Committee
(1984-1985, 2001-2003)
*Special Assistant, Office of the University Counsel
(1987-2012) duties included “University
Copyright Officer” and oversight of FCC
Telecommunications licenses.
Treasurer, the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
(Northeastern University Chapter (1983
-present).
Member, University Honors and Scholarships Committee
(1983-2009).
Commentator, Interdisciplinary Faculty Colloquium
(Spring 1982)
Member, Media Minor/Cinema Studies Advisory
Committee College of Arts and Sciences
(1982-present).
*Personnel Management and Delivery of Services
Workshops for Department Chairpersons
(September 1982-2000)
*University Representative, American Council on
Education Leadership Seminar on Faculty
Handbooks (1980)
Chairman, College of Arts and Sciences Council (1980-
1981, 1990-2007).
*General editor and coordinator, Northeastern
University Faculty Handbook (1980-
1987, 2005-2006).
*Chairman, Committee on Liberal Arts Freshmen
Orientation (1977-1978)
Member, University/College of Social Sciences &
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Humanities Holocaust Awareness Committee
(1983-2013)
*Chairman Senate Committee to review the Faculty
Handbook (1978-1990)
*Chairman, University Committee on Faculty
Development and Evaluation (1979-1981)
*Chairman, University Grantsmanship Committee (1977-
1978)
Member, Academic Advisory committee on the Creative
Arts (1977-1978)
Member, ad hoc Committee on Freshman Programs,
(1976-1977)
Chairman, Committee on Faculty Participation in
Governance (1976-1977)
University Faculty Development Officer (acting 1976-
78)
University Representative, Kansas State University
Regional Seminar on Enhancing
Instructional Effectiveness
(December 1975)
Chairman, Liberal Arts College Advisory Committee on
the Arts (1978-1979)
*Special Assistant, Office of the Provost (1977-1987)
with responsibility for Faculty governance, grievance
Mediation, personnel issue troubleshooting;
Educational telecommunications, ROTC, and
University Honors programs oversight; and special
projects for the President (1977-2009)
Chairman, University-wide Teaching Assistant In-
service Training Program Development
Committee, (1974-1976)
Member, University Commencement Committee
(1975-present)
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University Associate Marshal (1970
-1986),
University Senior Associate Marshal
(1986-present). (as the Senior Associate
University Marshal, whose roles include
organizing and making Cadre
assignments for all Marshal-involved
University functions (6 graduations, 3
doctoral hooding ceremonies, 1
Academic Honors Convocation, 1
Freshman Convocation), participation in
Cadre recruitment and training, and
Chief Marshal selection.
Member, Senate Ad Hoc Faculty Development and
Evaluation Committee (1974-1975)
Presidential Inaugural Committee (1975, 1988, 1997)
*University Representative, International Conference
on Improving Teaching, U.N.E.S.C.O,
(October 1974)
Senate Historian (1976-1978)
Faculty Senate, (1974-1978, 1991-1997, 1999-2003,
2004-2013) member, Faculty Senate
Agenda Committee, (1976-‘77),
Parliamentarian (2005-2008, 2013-2014).
Chairman, Intercollege Committee to develop
and revise the Handbook of
Instructional Techniques (1973, 1980)
Liberal Arts College representative: American
Association of Higher Education,
Conference on Instructional Innovation
(1972)
Chairman, Faculty Senate Grievance Mediation
Committee, No.6 (1974)
Liberal Arts College Standing Committee on
Instructional Innovation (1972-1975)
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Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Compensatory
Education (Summer 1972)
Chairman, Liberal Arts College Honors Committee
(1969-1972)
Advisor, Liberal Arts College Honors Society, “The
Academy” (1971-1972)
Freshman Advisor (1967-1971)
Coordinator, Associate Consultant, Academic
Director, and Advisor,
University College/School of
Professional and Continuing
Studies/College of Professional
Studies programs in History (1967-
2009);
Liberal Studies (2002-2007), and
Social Sciences/Arts (2004-2006).
School of General Studies
History Course[s] coordinator (1999
-2005).
History Department Media Curator (1974-2010).
Professional Service:
Proposal Review Panel: America’s Media Makers: Development and
Production Grants Panel V, International, Science, and Ecology
Division of Public Programs, National Endowment for the
Humanities (April, 2013).
New England Regional World History Association, Fall
2012 meeting: Chairman, Roundtable on Africans on Film
(September 22, 2012, Boston University African Studies
Center).
University representative: Boston History Collaborative—Innovations
Odyssey Working Group/Boston 2004 Advisory
Group/Boston 5th Century Trustees, John LaWare
Leadership Forum (1999-2010). Forums ongoing.
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Vice President, New England World History Association (1994-1999).
Proposal review panelist, Massachusetts Council on the Arts and
Humanities (N.E.H.), (1988).
New England Association of Schools and Colleges/New England
Regional Office. The College Board, Massachusetts Academic
Dialogues (December, 1990).
Co-Chairman, Schools-Colleges Alliance for History and the Social
Sciences (1991-1998)
Member, Publications Committee, National Council on Public History
(1993-2001).
Member, Awards Committee, National Council on Public History
(1987-1992)
Member, Media Orientation Committee, National Council on Public
History (1987-1991)
Media Editor, The Public Historian (1988-present)
National Commission on Cooperative Education, guest speaker on the
faculty role in Cooperative Education (1986-1988)
Faculty Member, “The Historian and the Moving Image
Media,”Workshop Series (1988-1990)
Member, Board of Directors National Council on Public History (1979-
1986)
Exhibition Consultant, Boston Museum of Transportation (1984)
Member, The College Board/Educational Testing Service C.L.E.P.
Subject Matter Examination Committee on Western Civilization
(1984)
*American Council on Education, Leadership Seminar on the
Faculty Handbook (Faculty Member; 1978-1991)
and consultant to colleges and universities on the same subject
Consultant, Societé française des chercheurs pour les associations
(Public Histoire) (1983)
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Conference Organizing Committee, second National conference on
Public History (April 1980)
Bay State Historical League, Conference Film Coordinator and
Moderator (Spring 1980, Spring 1984)
Workshop Participant, Council for the Understanding of Technology
in Human Affairs (1980), funded by the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation.
President, Northeastern University Faculty Organization-National
Education Association (1975-1976)
Grievance Advocate (1974-1976)
Participant, Teaching History exhibitions, American Historical
Association Convention (December, 1974)
Workshop Coordinator, Historian’s Film Committee (1974)
Resource person on instructional development in history and the
social sciences, NEXUS Service-American Association of
Higher Education
Co-Chairperson, Interdisciplinary Faculty Colloquia, Northeastern
University (1970-1974)
Educational Resource Development Consultant (W.G.B.H. Radio)
Instructional Development and Media in History Consultant, various
institutions (1970-present)
Member, Northeastern University Chapter, American Association of
University Professors Committee on Governance (1974-1975).
Professional and Community Memberships and Subscriptions:
The American Air Museum in Britain
American Association of University Professors
American Civil Liberties Union
American Film Institute
American Historical Association
Amnesty International
Center the Study of the Vietnam Generation
Committee for History in the Classroom
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Historians Film Committee (founding member)
History of Science Society
International Association for Audio-Visual Media in Historical
Research and Education (IAMHIST)
Japanese American National Museum
Museum of Television and Radio (Paley Center)
National Council on Public History (founding member)
Smithsonian Associates/Air Space Museum
Society for Cinema Studies (elected Member)
The Society for History Education
Southern Poverty Law Center/Klanwatch Project
University Film and Video Association
United Nations Association of the United States of America
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
World History Association