Curriculum Vitae
Current Position: Chief Financial Officer (CFO) & Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Research Activities:
Telecommunications and Education: Since 1990, grants and contracts from various Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education (for evaluation of computer education centers), research on computers, networks, and other informational technologies.
Environment, Public Space, Social Behavior. Sponsors include the U.S. Department of interior, National Park Service, The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, the New York Parks Council, the Central Park Conservancy, the Lila Wallace Readers Digest Foundation; over ten studies of environmental planning, urban park design, community conflict resolution, policy analysis, impact assessment, etc., at national, state and local level.
Community Studies: Research on work, ethnic communities, education and training, labor, trade unions, youth unemployment, the underground economy and industry -- sponsored by Ford Foundation, the U.S. Department of Labor, and other sponsors.
Applied Urban Research: Research on urban planning and urban ecology --- sponsored by Ford Foundation, the Urban Development Corporation, and others.
Publications: Books and Monographs:
On The Ocean In The City: New York from the water’s view. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2002
Environmental Impact of Urban Public Space: Methods for Commercial Developers. The Readers Digest Foundation, 1998.
Project Telecommuting: Telecommunications for Learning (International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 1997): Strategies of education and training for mobile individuals and groups.
The Harlem Valley Kids: Struggle and Hope in Public Housing Putnam, Grosset Books, 2003. Based on research sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation. Used as the basis of the film, Harlem Diary, Discovery Channel 1996.
The Urban Healing Experience: Readings in the Phenomenology of Urban Health Care (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2001)
Outside of The Box: Readings in the Field Research Experience. (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1999, Sociological Metamorphism (Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace College Publishing, Fifth Edition, 2000)
Growing Up Indigent: A comparative study of the lives of teenagers from four major American cites. Chicago: L.A. Heath, Lexington Books.
Sociological Problems (Prentice Hall, 13th edition, 2008)
New York Times Square: How Bright Are the Lights? (New York: The Ford Foundation, 1983) Blue Collar Community (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984)
Grey Collar Community (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987)
Selected articles and publications since 1992
“Sex Segregation in Military.” (With Thomas Vaughtner). 19931 The Encyclopedia of Military Personnel. Vol. 22. 1983-1990.
"Major Divides: Deceptive Distinctions and Rhetorical Strategies in the Black Colleges in the south. Black Colleges in America. 1994 Winter/Spring. 34-46
“Dichotomies and DNA Pushing the Boundaries: A Lifetime of Research on Alternate Life Styles in the Professions.” 1995. Our Professions, Oxford University Press
"Politics of Associations: Private Visions, Public Realities," American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 42, No. 13, 1985: 272-290.
"Psychology, Sociology, and Mentors," J.M. Dickey, New York: NYU University Press, 1976.
"Black Men in Law: Piercing the Glass Ceiling?" thesis 7:1 Spring, 1996: 122-127
"Black, Male and Gay: The Triple Whammy," Psychology Today,
"Same Sex Partners and Marital Partners: Strains and Solutions in the Dual Career Family Enterprise," Human Relations, 31 (December, 1997): 495-501.
Administration, Colleges & Universities Positions
June, 2005 – Present: Chief Financial Officer (CFO) & Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Adjunct Professor, La Guardia Community College
Adjunct Professor, Hunter College
May 1999 - June 2005:
Director, Data Center Operations
Adjunct Professor, La Guardia Community College
Adjunct Professor, Hunter College
April 1995 -May 1999:
Director, Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS)
Adjunct Professor, La Guardia Community College
Adjunct Professor, Hunter College
November 1987 - April 1995:
Deputy Director, Management Information Systems (MIS)
Adjunct Professor, La Guardia Community College
Adjunct Professor, Hunter College
November 1980 - November 1987:
Computer Operations Manager
Adjunct Professor, La Guardia Community College
Adjunct Professor, Hunter College
December 1979 - November 1980:
Manager, Employee Relations
Adjunct Professor, La Guardia Community College
Adjunct Professor, Hunter College
Adjunct Professor, Saint Peters College
November 1977- December 1979:
Manager, Labor Relations
Adjunct Professor, Essex Community College
Adjunct Professor, Saint Peters College
May 1975 - November 1977:
Programmer Support Representative (PSR-IBM)
Adjunct Professor, Essex Community College
Adjunct Professor, Saint Peters College
March 1973 - May 1975:
Project Manager, Department of Health
Adjunct Professor, Essex Community College
Professional Affiliations:
New York Academy of Science
American Society of Quality Management
Association For System Management
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Safety Administration
IBM Field Engineering Management
Phi Beta Sigma
Phi Beta Kappa
Additional Experience
United States Air Force, (USAF)
Lackland Air Force Base, BT San Antonio, TX
Langley Air Force Base, SI, Hampton, VA
Toul-Rosières Air Base, CI Toul-Rosières, France
RAF Laarbruck, Krefeld,Germany
Tanagra Air Base, Tanagra, Greece
RAF Woodvale, PO Liverpool, England
Sembach Air Base, PO, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Castle Air Force Base, Fresno, CA
Study at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Study at University of Bonn - Universität Bonn
Universität Bonn, Instructor of Energie und Umweltforschung
Energie und Umweltforschung (courses conducted in German)
Education
Bachelor's of Art (BA)
Master''s of Science (MS)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)