ࡱ> )+&'( #fbjbjC3C3 >!!#6========,'B==<=<<<f V=<V=<<<H2 <B==0=<-C<-C<<<==<=-C t:    PROFESSIONAL DATA Salvatore Primeggia, Ph.D. Sociology Department HOME: 鶹ֱ 146 Bayville Avenue Garden City, NY 11530 Bayville, NY 11709 (516) 877-4939 (516) 628-8457 E-mail: primeggi@ adelphi.edu EMPLOYMENT Full-time Positions: 1989 - present Professor Sociology 鶹ֱ 1979 - 1989 Associate Professor Sociology 鶹ֱ 1973 - 1978 Assistant Professor Sociology 鶹ֱ 1969 - 1973 Instructor Sociology 鶹ֱ Part-time Positions: 1998 - 2002 Adjunct Professor French and Italian SUNY- Stony Brook 1994 - 1995 Adjunct Professor Italian American Studies Queens College 1976 - 1982 Visiting Faculty Sociology Dowling College 1967-1969 Adjunct Instructor Sociology 鶹ֱ EDUCATION New School for Social Research Ph.D. in Sociology, 1974 鶹ֱ M.A. in Sociology, 1966 鶹ֱ B.A. in English, 1964 Doctoral Dissertation: Esprith Station: A Study of Black on White Master's Thesis: The Leadership Role of Negro Ministers COURSES TAUGHT Introductory American Minority Groups Social Forces and the Individual Marriage and the Family Development of Sociological Thought The Italian-American Experience Sociology of the Suburbs Social Problems Comparative Community Studies Society and the Individual Italian-American Images in Film The City: Real, Ideal and Unreal Sociology of the Italian-American Community American Racial and Ethnic Groups Cities, Towns and Suburbs The U.S: A Nation Of Immigrants American Ethnicity Italian Film: From W.W.I to the Present AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Community Studies The Italian-American Experience 19th Century Sociological Theories Introductory Courses Suburban Studies Urban Sociology PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Publications: Review of Cartwheel to the Moon: My Sicilian Childhood by Emanuel dePasquale in Italian Americana, Vol. 23, no. 1, Winter, 2005. Primeggia, Salvatore, La Via Vecchia and Italian Folk Religiosity: The Peasants and Immigrants Speak, in Joseph A. Varacalli, Salvatore J. LaGumina and Donald J. DElia, eds. Models and Images of Italian American Catholicism: Academy and Society, Forum ItalicumFILIBRARY Series (Center for Italian Studies, S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook), 2004. With Joseph A. Varacalli, Salvatore J. LaGumina and Donald J. DElia, eds. Models and Images of Italian American Catholicism: Academy and Society, Forum ItalicumFILIBRARY Series (Center for Italian Studies, S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook), 2004. Review of Cartwheel to the Moon: My Sicilian Childhood by Emanuel dePasquale in Voice in Italian Americana, Vol. 14, no. 2, Spring, 2004. With Joseph A. Varacalli, Salvatore J. LaGumina and Donald J. DElia, eds. The Saints In The Lives of Italian-Americans: An Interdisciplinary Investigation, Forum ItalicumFILIBRARY Series (Center for Italian Studies, S.U.N.Y at Stony Brook), second printing, 2003. With Emanuel di Pasquale. Review of Duologue: On Culture and Identity by Antonio D Alfonso and Pasquale Verdicchio in Italian Americana, Vol. XX, no. 1, Winter, 2002. With Frank Cavaioli, Salvatore J. LaGumina, and Joseph A. Varacalli, eds. The Italian American Experience: An Encyclopedia, Garland Press, New York, 2000. With Joseph A. Varacalli. Reprint of Community and Identity in Italian-American Life in The Review of Italian-American Studies, edited by Frank M. Sorrentino and Jerome Krase, Lexington Books, 2000. With Joseph A. Varacalli, Salvatore J. LaGumina, and Donald J. DElia, eds. The Saints In The Lives of Italian-Americans: An Interdisciplinary Investigation, Forum ItalicumFILIBRARY Series (Center for Italian Studies, S.U.N.Y at Stony Brook), 1999. Salvatore Primeggia. The Social Contexts of Religious Devotion: How Saint Worship Expresses Popular Religiosity, in Joseph A. Varacalli, Salvatore Primeggia, Salvatore J. LaGumina, and Donald J. DElia, eds. The Saints In The Lives of Italian-Americans: An Interdisciplinary Investigation, Forum ItalicumFILIBRARY Series (Center for Italian Studies, S.U.N.Y at Stony Brook), 1999, pp. 68-92. With Joseph A. Varacalli. "The Sacred and Profane Among Italian American Catholics: The Giglio Feast," in The International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, Vol. 9, Number 3, Spring, 1996, pp. 423-449. With Joseph Bentivegna and Pamela R. Primeggia. "Nicola Paone: Narrator of the Italian-American Experience," in Proceedings of the 26th Conference of the American-Italian Historical Association: Italian-Americans in a Multicultural Society, edited by Judith N. DeSena and Jerome Krase,1994, pp. 89-106. With Joseph A. Varacalli. "Community and Identity in Italian-American Life," in The Ethnic Quest For Community: Searching For Roots in the Lonely Crowd, Research in Community Sociology Series, Vol. 3, edited by Michael W. Hughey and Arthur Vidich, JAI Press, Greenwich Connecticut, 1993, pp. 43-72. With Joseph A. Varacalli and Floyd Vivino. "The Evolution of Southern Italian-American Comedy: Matteo Cannizzaro, Lou Monte, Louie Prima and Dom DeLuise," in Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the American-Italian Historical Association, October, 1993, pp. 194-211. With Joseph A. Varacalli. "Southern Italian Comedy: Old Worlds to New," in Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the American Historical Association, October, 1990, pp. 241-252. With Joseph A. Varacalli. "Pulcinella to Farfariello to Paone to Cooper to Uncle Floyd: A Socio-Historical Perspective on Southern Italian and Italian-American Comedy," in The ECCESSA (Eastern Community College Social Science Association Journal), Vol. V, Number 1, Winter, 1990, pp. 45-54. With Pamela R. Primeggia and Joseph A. Varacalli. "Uncle Floyd Vivino: A Modern Italian-American Comic," in New Jersey History, Vol. 107, Numbers 3-4, Fall/Winter, 1989, pp. 1-20. Review of Toward the Establishment of Liberal Catholicism in America, by Joseph A. Varacalli, in The Social Justice Review, Vol. 79, Number 9-10, September/October, 1988, p.29. With Pamela R. Primeggia. "Every Year, The Feast," in Italian Americana, Vol. 7, Number 2, Spring/Summer, 1983, pp. 4-12. Excerpted in Il Caffe: The Italian ExperienceAn International Journal, Vol. 2, Number 4, July/August, 1982, pp. 9-10. With Pamela R. Primeggia. Review of The Black Madonna, by F.G. Paci, in Long Island Regional American Italian Historical Association Newsletter, Vol. 6, Number 1, Winter, 1982/ Spring, 1983, p. 4. With Pamela R. Primeggia. Review of The Miracle of Pelham Bay Park, by Anthony Mancini, in Italian Americana, Vol. 7, Number 2, pp. 91-92 ; American Foundation Washington Newsletter, Vol.23, Number 3 ,1982, p. 7: and Il Caffe, Vol. 9, Number 2 , July/August, 1982, p. 12. Manuscript Reviewer: For Syracuse University Press Lackawannas Italians, (forthcoming), Andreozzi, John. Manuscript Reviewed in 1999. For Garland Press The Italian American Heritage: A Companion to Literature and the Arts, (1999), Edited by D Acierno, Pellegrino. Manuscript Reviewed in 1996. Away From Adelphi Member of the Curriculum Advisory Committee, SUNY Farmingdale, April 1, 2006-March 31, 2009. Liberal Arts and Sciences Department Advisory Committee, SUNY Farmingdale, June, 2004-2007. Outside reader and committee member for the Ph.D. Dissertation of Philip Franco at Fordham University. Title of Dissertation: Educating Toward Communion: The Traditional Italian Festa as a Means of Christian Religious Education, 2004-2005. Italian immigrant scholar for the Slate Valley (Granville, NY) Museums 2003 exhibit on The Reality and the Dream of Italian-American Slate Workers in the Slate Valley. Liberal Arts and Sciences Department Advisory Committee, SUNY Farmingdale, June, 2001-2004. Works in Progress: With filmmaker Tony DeNonno. A Century of Laughter: The Art of Italian Comedy in America (this film documentary's expected completion date: 2017). Special speaker: Lecturer in Residence for the NY State Order Sons of Italy for 2018-2019. Lecturer in Residence for the NY State Order Sons of Italy for 2015-2016. Presentations: Speaker at the Italian Cultural Society of Farmingdale, NY. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, November 27, 2018 Speaker at O.S.I.A. Giovanni Caboto Lodge of Seaford, NY. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, November 20, 2018. Speaker at O.S.I.A. Dr. Vincenzo Sellaro Lodge of Smithtown, NY. Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, October 28, 2018. Speaker at O.S.I.A. Luigi Pirandello Lodge of Fresh Meadows, NY. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, October 24, 2018. Speaker at O.S.I.A. Cellini Lodge of New Hyde Park, NY. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, October 11, 2018. Speaker at O.S.I.A. Galileo Galillei Lodge of Hicksville, NY. Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, October 9, 2018. Speaker at O.S.I.A Loggia Lodge of Glen Cove. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, October 3, 2018. Speaker at O.S.I.A. Giuseppe Verdi Lodge of Syosset, NY. Topic: Media Images of Italian-Americans: Perceptions Do Matter, September 24, 2018. Speaker at O.S.I.A Perry Como Lodge of Northport, NY. Topic: Media Images of Italian-Americans: Perceptions Do Matter, September 12, 2018. Speaker at O.S.I.A. Le Americhe Lodge of Yonkers, NY. Topic: Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, September 4, 2018. Speaker at the New Jersey Italian-American Cultural Club. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, August 9, 2018. Speaker at O.S.I.A. Constantino Brumidi Lodge of Deer Park, NY. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, May 21, 2018. Speaker at O.S.I.A. Giovanni Caboto Lodge of Seaford, NY. Topic: Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, May 15, 2018. Speaker at O.S.I.A. John Basilone Lodge of Blue Point. Topic: Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, May 7, 2018. Speaker at the O.S.I.A. Marco Polo Lodge of Levittown, NY. Topic: Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, April 23, 2018. Speaker at the O.S.I.A. America Lodge. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, April 18, 2018. Speaker at the 2018 O.S.I.A State Student Summit (Students Exploring Culture and Heritage), Colonie, NY. Topic: Media Images of Italian-Americans. April 7 2018. Speaker at the 2018 O.S.I.A State Student Summit (Students Exploring Culture and Heritage), Colonie, NY. Topic: Tracing Italian- American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, April 6, 2018. Speaker at the O.S.I.A Judge Frank A. Gulotta Lodge of East Rockaway, NY. Topic: Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, March 14, 2018. Speaker at the Garden City Senior Center. Topic: Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, November 1, 2017. Speaker at the O.S.I.A. America Lodge. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, October 18, 2017. Speaker at O.S.I.A. Caboto Lodge. Topic: Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, November 15, 2016. Speaker at O.S.I.A. Cellini Lodge. Topic: Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, November 10, 2016. Speaker at O.S.I.A. Brumidi Lodge. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, November 3, 2016. Speaker at O.S.I.A. Joe DiMaggio Lodge. Topic: Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, October 30, 2016. Speaker at O.S.I.A Garibaldi Lodge. Topic: Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, October 28, 2016. Speaker at O.S.I.A. Sellaro Lodge. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, October 25, 2016. Keynote speaker at Nassau Community Colleges Italian Heritage Day Conference. Topic: Italian-American Feasts: The Core of Religious Life or an Exercise in Nostalgia, October 24, 2016. Speaker at the Huntington Public Library. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, October 20, 2016. Speaker at O.S.I.A. Per Sempre Ladies Lodge. . Topic: Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, October 18, 2016. Speaker at the Garden City Senior Center. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, October 17, 2016. Speaker at the Huntington Public Library: Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, October 6, 2016. Speaker at O.S.I.A. Loggia Lodge of Glen Cove. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, October 5, 2016. Speaker at O.S.I.A. Pirandello Lodge. Topic: Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, September 28, 2016. Speaker at O.S.I.A. Verdi Lodge. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, September 26, 2016. Speaker at O.S.I.A. Michael Marino Lodge. Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, September 21, 2016. Speaker at the Italian American Cultural Society of New Jersey. Topic: Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, September 8, 2016. Speaker at the Italian American Cultural Club of Westlake, NJ. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, May 16, 2016. Speaker at the Bayport-Blue Point Library. Topic: : Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, May 11, 2016. Speaker at O.S.I.A. Galileo Galelei Lodge. Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, May 10, 2016. Speaker at the Seasons Italian-American Club. Topic: The Giglio Feast of Brooklyn: Building Upon Solid Roots, May 5, 2016. Speaker at O.S.I.A Gulotta Lodge: Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, January 13, 2016. Speaker at the Bayport-Blue Point Library. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, October 23, 2015. Speaker at the America Lodge of Franklin Square. Topic: Media Images of Italian-Americans-Past and Present, October 21, 2015. Speaker at O.S.I.A. Lodge of Glen Cove. Topic: The Giglio Feast of Brooklyn: Building Upon Solid Roots, October 6, 2015. Speaker at the Italian American Cultural Society of New Jersey. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, September 9, 2015. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities in their Speakers in the Humanities Lecture Series at the East Islip Public Library. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, March 26, 2015 Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities in their Speakers in the Humanities Lecture Series at the Onondaga Historical Association (Syracuse, NY). Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, March 8, 2015. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities in their Speakers in the Humanities Lecture Series at La Bella Italia Mia. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, December 21, 2014. Featured Speaker for the Italian History and Culture Association of Gravesend, Brooklyn. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, December 10, 2014. Speaker at Warner Library of Tarrytown through the New York Council for the Humanities in their Speakers in the Humanities Lecture Series. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, November 13, 2014. Speaker at Hampton Bays Library. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, October 27, 2014. Speaker in the New York Council for the Humanities 2014-2015 Speakers in the Humanities Program. Speaker for Italian Heritage Association of Long Island. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, October 26, 2014. Speaker for the Floral Park Chapter 5224 AARP. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, October 20, 2014. Speaker at the Copiague Memorial Library. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, October 14, 2014. Speaker for Baccio of Bridgeport, CT. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, October 6, 2014. Speaker at the Sachem Library. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, October 1, 2014. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities in their Speakers in the Humanities Lecture Series at Connetquot Library Public Library. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, May 5, 2014. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities in their Speakers in the Humanities Lecture Series at Slate Valley (Granville, NY) Museum. Topic: Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, April 26, 2014. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities in their Speakers in the Humanities Lecture Series at Bayshore-Brightwaters Public Library. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, April 10, 2014. Speaker for Baccio of Bridgeport, CT. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, March 3, 2014. Speaker for the Italian Genealogical Group. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, February 8, 2014. Speaker for the Columbian Lawyers Association of Nassua County. Topic: Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, October 31, 2013. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities in their Speakers in the Humanities Lecture Series at Order Sons of Italys Daughters and Sons of Italian Heritage Lodge. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, October 18, 2013. Speaker at Franklin Square O.S.I.A. Lodge. Topic: Religion and Superstition in the Lives of Italians and Italian-Americans, October 16, 2013. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities in their Speakers in the Humanities Lecture Series at the Belmont Library/Enrico Fermi Cultural Center. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, October 10, 2013. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at the Port Washington Library. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, October 4, 2013. Speaker at the Italian Cultural Society at Farmingdale. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, September 24, 2013. Speaker at the Institute for Learning in Retirement. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, September 13, 2013. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at the Conrad Poppenhausen Association. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, April 22, 2013. Speaker at Italian Club of the Seasons of East Meadow. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, April 4, 2013. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at La Bella Italia Mia, Inc. Topic: The Giglio Feast of Brooklyn: Building Upon Solid Roots, March 17, 2013. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at the Half Hollow Hills Community Library. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, October 31, 2012. Discussant for two panels at the Society of the Catholic Social Scientists 20th Annual Conference, Kellenberg Memorial High School. Discussant for the session focusing on: The American Italian Historical Association: Its Scholarship Relevant to the Society of Catholic Social Scientists; Discussant for the session focusing on: Studies in Italian American Catholicism, October 26, 2012. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at O.S.I.A. Lodge of Glen Cove. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, October 21, 2012. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at The Italian American Womens Center, Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, October 20, 2012. Speaker at Nassau Community Colleges 27th Italian Heritage Day Program (The Legacy of the Italian American Experience), Topic: What Does It Mean To Be Italian American Today? October 15, 2012. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at The American Italian Historical Association, Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, March 11, 2012. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at the Eastchester Arts Council, Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, December 11, 2011. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at the Italian American Group, Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, November 16, 2011. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at La Bella Italia Mia organization. Topic: Religion and Superstition in the Lives of Italians and Italian-Americans, March 20, 2011. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at New City Library (Rockland County). Topic: The Brooklyn Giglio Feast: Building Upon Solid Roots, October 18, 2010. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities in their Speakers in the Humanities Lecture Series at the Kensico Italian-American Society. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, October 13, 2010. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities in their Speakers in the Humanities Lecture Series at Modern language club at SUNY Farmigdale. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, October 12, 2010. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities in their Speakers in the Humanities Lecture Series at the Melville Italian-American Group. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, April 28, 2010. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities in their Speakers in the Humanities Lecture Series at Bella Italia Mia organization. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, March 27, 2010. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities in their Speakers in the Humanities Lecture Series at Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, February 24, 2010. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities in their Speakers in the Humanities Lecture Series at Slate Valley Museum (Granville, NY). Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, November 8, 2009. Speaker at the New City (Rockland County) Library. Topic: Religion and Superstition in the Lives of Italians and Italian-Americans, October 28, 2009. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities in their Speakers in the Humanities Lecture Series at the Hillside Public Library (New Hyde Park, NY). Topic: Religion and Superstition in the Lives of Italians and Italian-Americans, October 27, 2009. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities in their Speakers in the Humanities Lecture Series at Half Hollow Hills Community Library. Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, October 21, 2009. Speaker at Suffolk Community College. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, October 21, 2009. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities in their Speakers in the Humanities Lecture Series at the Kensico Italian-American Society. Topic: Religion and Superstition in the Lives of Italians and Italian-Americans, October 14, 2009. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities in their Speakers in the Humanities Lecture Series at the Hauppauge Public Library. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, October 11, 2009. Speaker at Villanova University. Topic: Southern Italian and Italian-American Religion and Superstitions, March 17, 2009. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at Lafayette High School (Brooklyn, NY). Topic: Southern Italian and Italian-American Religion and Superstitions, February 13, 2009. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at the Dobbs Ferry Historical Society. Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, December 12, 2008. Speaker through the New York Council for the Humanities for the Haverstraw Library. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, November 12, 2008. Speaker through the New York Council for the Humanities for the Garden City Community Club. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, November 5, 2008. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at the New City (Rockland County) Library. Topic: The Italian-American Immigrant Experience, October 23, 2008. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at the Hillside Public Library (New Hyde Park, NY). Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, October 21, 2008. Speaker at the Happauge Public library through the We The People Series for the New York Council for the Humanities. Topic: The Italian-American Immigrant Experience, October 11, 2008. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at the Kensico Italian-American Society (Valhalla, NY). Topic: Tracing Italian-American Immigrant History to the Italian-American Present, October 8, 2008. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at Bella Italia Mia. Topic: The Giglio Feast of Brooklyn; Building Upon Solid Roots, July 26, 2008. Speaker at The Division Avenue High School in Levittown, NY. Through the NY Councils Speakers in the Schools Program. Topic: The Italian-American Immigrant Experience, May 29, 2008 Speaker for the We The People Series for the New York Council for the Humanities at the William K. Sanford Town Library, Colonie, NY. Topic: The Italian-American Immigrant Experience, May 22, 2008 Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at the Suffern Free Library. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, May 8, 2008. Speaker at Tuckahoe Senior Center through the We The People Series for the New York Council for the Humanities. Topic: The Italian-American Immigrant Experience, April 3, 2008. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at the Hewlett/Woodmere Library. Topic: The Brooklyn Giglio Feast: Building Upon Solid Roots, February 5, 2008 Speaker at the Mount Pleasant Italian American Association through the We The People Series for the New York Council for the Humanities. Topic: The Italian-American Immigrant Experience, November 14, 2007. Speaker at Drew University. Topic: The Italian Immigrant Experience to the Italian-American Present, November 5, 2007. Speaker at the O.S.I.A.s Glen Cove Loggia through the We The People Series for the New York Council for the Humanities. Topic: The Italian-American Immigrant Experience, October 28, 2007. Presenter at THE 15TH ANNUAL MEETING of THE SOCIETY OF CATHOLIC SOCIAL SCIENTISTS at The St. Johns University School of Law on Panel 36: Catholicism Transforming Culture. Topic: The Giglio Feast as an Agent of Evangelization, October 27, 2007. Presenter at THE 15TH ANNUAL MEETING of THE SOCIETY OF CATHOLIC SOCIAL SCIENTISTS at The St. Johns University School of Law on Panel One: Italian American Catholic Studies. Topic: The Saints in the Lives of Italian American Catholics: Official and Folk Religion, October 26, 2007 Speaker at the College of Staten Island. Topic: Southern Italian and Italian-American Religion and Superstitions, October 24, 2007. Speaker at the New City Library, New City, NY. Topic: Southern Italian and Italian-American Religion and Superstitions, October 22, 2007. Speaker at Drew University for CIAO (Cultural Italian American Organization). Topic: The Italian-American Immigrant Experience, October 18, 2007. Speaker at the College of Staten Island. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, October 3, 2007. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at Bella Italia Mia. Topic: The Brooklyn Giglio Feast: Building Upon Solid Roots, July 28, 2007. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at The Shelter Rock Library. Topic: Southern Italian and Italian-American Religion and Superstitions, May 10, 2007. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at the Long Island Regional Chapter of the American Italian Historical Association. Topic: Southern Italian and Italian-American Religion and Superstitions, March 16, 2007. Speaker at the Mount Pleasant, NY Italian Heritage and Culture Program. Topic: Religion and Superstitions: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, November 15, 2006. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at O.S.I.A. Lodge of Glen Cove. Topic: The Brooklyn Giglio Feast: Building Upon Solid Roots, October 29, 2006. Speaker at the Westchester Community College through the We The People Series for the New York Council for the Humanities. The Italian-American Immigrant Experience, October 25, 2006. Speaker for the We The People Series for the New York Council for the Humanities at the Uniondale Public Library. Topic: The Italian-American Immigrant Experience, October 18, 2006. Speaker for the We The People Series for the New York Council for the Humanities at the North Tonawanda, NY History Museum. Topic: The Italian-American Immigrant Experience, October 7, 2006. Speaker at the Staten Island O.S.I.A. lodge. Topic: The Brooklyn Giglio Feast: Building Upon Solid Roots, October 3, 2006. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at the Staatsburg Library. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, September 29, 2006. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at Kent Public Library. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, June 15, 2006. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at The Rome Teachers meeting. Topic: Southern Italian and Italian-American Religion and Superstitions, June 1, 2006. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at the Suffern Library. Topic: Religion and Superstitions: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, April 4, 2006. Speaker at the Shelter Rock Library. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, January 15, 2006. Speaker at the Long Island Alzheimers Foundation. Topic: The Brooklyn Giglio Feast: Building Upon Solid Roots, December 2, 2005. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at Bella Italia Mia. Topic: Italian and Italian-American Movies and Italian Radio: Shaping An Ethnic Identity, November 26, 2005. Speaker for the Columbian Lawyers Association of Rockland and Orange Counties. Topic: Media Stereotypes of Italian-Americans-Past and Present, October 27, 2005. Speaker the John Michael Marino O.S.I.A Lodge of Port Washington. Topic: Religion and Superstitions: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, September 30, 2005. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at the Southeast Museum (Brewster, NY). Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, September 10, 2005. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at Bella Italia Mia. Topic: The Brooklyn Giglio Feast: Building Upon Solid Roots, July 30, 2005. Speaker and Panelist at Long Island Universitys Honors Conference on New York Stories: Neighborhoods in Transition. Topic: Ethnographic Issues of Neighborhoods: Willamsburg, Brooklyn and the Giglio Feast, March 30, 2005. Speaker at the O.S.I.As Giovanni Caboto Lodge. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, January 18, 2005. Speaker at Nassau Community Colleges Models and Images of Catholicism in Italian-Americana Book Signing Day. Topic: Southern Italian Religion: The Peasant and Immigrant Speak, November 19, 2004. Speaker at Nassau Community Colleges The Saints Throughout the World Culture Conference. Topic: The Saints That Work For Italians, November 12, 2004. Speaker for the Columbian Lawyers Association of Rockland and Orange Counties. Topic: The Brooklyn Giglio Feast: Building Upon Solid Roots, October 27, 2004. Speaker at the O.S.I.A Marcus Aurelius Lodge. Topic: Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, October 24, 2004. Speaker at the Eastchester Senior Citizens Center. Topic: The Brooklyn Giglio Feast: Building Upon Solid Roots, October 18, 2004. Speaker at the Franklin Square Public Library. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, October 17, 2004. Speaker at the Levittown Public Library. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, October 6, 2004. Speaker at the Glen Cove Loggia O.S.I.A. Lodge. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, October 3, 2004. Speaker at the Long Island Teachers Conference at Hofstra Universitys Italian-American Heritage Day. Topic: The Teaching of the Italian-American Experience, September 19, 2004. Speaker at the Avanti Society of Long Beach. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, June 17, 2004. Speaker at the Italian-American Club of the Four Seasons. Topic: Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, June 9, 2004. Keynote Speaker at the New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators. Topic: The Role of Ethnic Political Participation in a Demographically Changing World, June 6, 2004. Speaker at the Circolo DaVinci Italian Club. Topic: The Brooklyn Giglio Feast: Building Upon Solid Roots, June 3, 2004. Speaker at the John Michael Marino O.S.I.A. Lodge of Port Washington. Topic: Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, May 19, 2004. Speaker at Il Club Italiano. Topic: The Brooklyn Giglio Feast: Building Upon Solid Roots, April 15, 2004. Speaker at the monthly meeting of Brooklyn Social Studies Teachers. Topic: The Teaching of the Italian-American Experience, March 28, 2004. Speaker at the Tuckahoe Senior Center. Topic: The Brooklyn Giglio Feast: Building Upon Solid Roots, March 25, 2004. Speaker at the Italian Geological Society. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: : From the Immigrant Era to the Present, March 13, 2004. Keynote Speaker at Westchester Columbian Lawyers Association. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, February 24, 2004. Speaker for The New York Council for the Humanities at the William K. Sanford Town Library, Colonie, NY. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, February 21, 2004. Speaker at the Eastchester Senior Citizens Center. Topic: Religion and Superstition: The Southern italian and Italian-American Belief System, November 5, 2003. Speaker for the Columbian Lawyers Association of Rockland and Orange Counties. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, October 30, 2003. Speaker at the Freeport Memorial Library. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, October 15, 2003. Speaker for Bella Italia Mia. Topic: The Brooklyn Giglio Feast: Building Upon Solid Roots,August 30, 2003. Keynote speaker at the Slate Valley Museum of Granville, NY. Topic: The Italian Slate Workers of the Slate Valley of New York and Vermont, August 16, 2003. Speaker at Eastchester Senior Citizes Center. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, May, 2003. Speaker at Staten Islands San Bernadino Society. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, April , 2003. Speaker at Bella Italia Mia. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: From the Immigrant Era to the Present, March,, 2003. Presenter and Panel discussant at the American Italian Historical Associations Long Island Regional Chapters Reading Italian American. Topic: Italian-American Mystery Writers and their Italian-American Characters, March, 2003. Keynote Speaker at Westchester Columbian Lawyers Association. Topic: Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, February 25, 2003. Speaker at Tuckahoe Senior Center. Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, February, 2003. Speaker at the Garibaldi/Meucci Museum of Staten Island. Topic: Meuccis teletrofono and the Impact Upon The Italian-American Community and the World, December , 2002. Speaker at the North End branch of the Boston Public Library. Topic: Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, October, 2002. Speaker for the Columbian Lawyers Association of Rockland and Orange Counties. Topic: Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian and Italian-American Belief System, October, 2002. Keynote Speaker at Suffolk Community College (Selden campus) Italian Culture and Heritage Committee. Topic: Religion and Superstition In The Lives of Italians and Italian-Americans, October, 2002. Featured Speaker at the National Association of Italian-American Women, Staten Island, NY. Topic: Religion and Superstition In The Lives of Italians and Italian-Americans, October, 2002. Speaker at Nassau Community Colleges Italian-American Heritage Day. Topic: The Peasant Background of Womens Religious Beliefs in Italy and America, October, 2002. Speaker at Images and Models of Catholicism in Italian-Americana: Academy and Society Conference (held at 鶹ֱ, Nassau Community College, and SUNY-Stony Brook). Topic: La Via Vecchia and Italian Folk Religiosity: The Peasant and Immigrant Speak, October 5, 2002. Speaker for The New York Council for the Humanities at the William K. Sanford Town Library, Colonie, NY. Topic: Religion and Superstition In The Lives of Italians and Italian-Americans, April, 2002. Speaker for The New York Council for the Humanities at The Long Beach Public Library. Topic: Religion and Superstition In The Lives of Italians and Italian-Americans, March, 2002. Speaker at the Italian American Senior Cultural Club of Monroe Township, NJ. Topic: Religion and Folklore in the Italian and Italian American Way of Life, March, 2002. Speaker and panelist for The Oyster Bay Historical Society at the Silveri Conference Center at St. Dominics R.C. Church. Topic: The Catholic Church and The Italian Family, March, 2002. Speaker for The New York Council for the Humanities at The Franklin Square Jewish Retirees. Topic: Religion and Superstition In The Lives of Italians and Italian-Americans, January, 2002. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at Granville, NYs Slate Valley Museum. Topic: Religion and Superstition in Italian and Italian-American Life, July, 2001. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at Rome Teachers Center. Topic: Religion and Superstition in Italian and Italian-American Life, May, 2001. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at Italian Heritage Club of Albany. Topic: Religion and Superstition in Italian and Italian-American Life, May, 2001 Keynote Speaker at South Huntington Public Library. Southern Italian-American Comedy: Old World to New, April, 2001. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at Staten Island Italian-American Heritage Association. Topic: Religion and Superstition in Italian and Italian-American Life, April, 2001. Speaker at West Islip Public Library. Topic: Brooklyns Giglio Festa: A Heritage Continues, March, 2001. Keynote Speaker at Farmingdale Italian-American Club. Topic: The Legacy of the Italian Immigrant Saga, February, 2001. Speaker at The New Rochelle Italian-American Association. Topic: Community and Identity in Italian-American Life, February, 2001 Speaker for the Columbian Lawyers Association of Queens County. Topic: Educational Challenges for Third Generation Italian-Americans, February, 2001. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at Peninsula Public Library, Lawerence, NY. Topic: Religion and Superstition in Italian and Italian-American Life, November, 2000. Speaker at Queensborough Community College. Topic: The Evolution of the Italian-American Novel, November 2000. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, Staten Island, NY. Topic: The Inventor of the TelephoneBell or Meucci?, October, 2000. Featured Speaker at the Suffolk County Columbian Lawyers Association. Topic: The Sacco-Vanzetti Case Revisited, October 2000. Featured Speaker at Lynbrook Public Library. Topic: Media Images of Italian-Americans, October, 2000. Keynote Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at Il Club Italiano, Westchester Community College. Topic: Religion and Superstition in Italian and Italian-American Life, October, 2000. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at O.S.I.As. Cellini Lodge, New Hyde Park. Topic: Religion and Superstition in Italian and Italian-American Life, October, 2000. Speaker for O.S.I.A.s William C. LaMorte Lodge, Staten Island, NY. Topic: The Saints in the Lives of Italian-Americans, October 2000. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at Bella Italia Mia, Maspeth, Queens. Topic: The Evolution of Italian-American Fiction, July, 2000. Featured Speaker at the Italian Geneological Group. Topic: Tracing Italian Roots From Ellis Island and Beyond, June, 2000. Keynote Speaker for the Oneonta Italian-American Club. Topic: The Role of Saints in Italian-American Life. June, 2000. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at the New Rochelle Italian-American Association. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: Old World to New,April, 2000. Speaker at the Long Island Regional Chapter of the American Italian Historical Association. Topic: The Saints in the Lives of Italian-Americans, March, 2000. Speaker for the Museum of Italian Culture. Topic: Preserving The Italian Cultural Traditions, February, 2000. Featured Speaker at the Columbian Lawyers Association of Suffolk. Topic: The Italian-American Comedic Tradition, February, 2000. Keynote Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities at Westchester Community College. Topic: "Italian-American Comedy: Old World to New," October, 1999. Speaker at Hofstra Universitys Theatre and Lecture Series. Topic: Italian-Americans and the Saints. October, 1999. Keynote Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities Lecture Series at the North Babylon Public Library. Topic: "Italian-American Comedy: Old World To New," October, 1999. Speaker and Panelist at Nassau Community Colleges Symposium ( ). Topic: Research Findings from a New York Italian-American Neighborhood: The Inevitability of Change, October, 1999. Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities Lecture Series at New Images for the Widowed, Inc. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: Old World to New. September, 1999. KeynoteSpeaker for the New York Police Departments Columbia Association. Topic: Italian-American Values That Assist Police On The Job, June, 1999. Keynote Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities Lecture Series at the Tuckahoe Senior Citizens Center. Topic: "Italian-American Comedy: Old Worlds to New," May, 1999. Keynote Speaker for the New York Council for the Humanities Lecture Series at the Lynbrook Public Library. Topic: "Italian-American Comedy: Old World To New," May, 1999. Keynote Speaker-Columbian Lawyer's Association of Brooklyn. Topic: "Religion and Superstition in the Lives of Italians and Italian-Americans," May, 1999. Conference presenter at State University of New York at New Paltz Conference on Italian Immigration. Topic: "The Social Context of Italian-Americans' Devotion to the Saints." April, 1999. Conference presenter at the 31st Annual Conference of the American Italian Historical Association (Italian-American Politics: Local, Global/Cultural, Personal), Topic:The Social Contexts of Religion: How Saint Worship Expresses Popular Religiosity,November, 1998. Keynote Speaker Columbian Lawyers Association Of Suffolk County Monthly Meeting. Topic: Religion and Superstition in Italian-American Life, October,1998. Featured Speaker at the Columbian Lawyers Association of Nassau County. Topic: The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti: Justice Crucified, March, 1998. Speaker for the Society for Italian Culture of Long Island. Topic: "The Immigrant Puppet Theater," March, 1998. Speaker for The New York Council For The Humanities Lecture Series at The Italian Heritage Club of Albany. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: Old World To New, March, 1998. Speaker for The New York Council For The Humanities Lecture Series at St. Francis College. Topic: Italian-American Comedy: Old World To New, February, 1998. Speaker for The New York Council For The Humanities Lecture Series at The North Babylon Public Library. Topic: "Italian-American Comedy: Old World To New," April, 1997. Featured speaker at Hofstra's Lecture Italian Theatre and Culture Program. Topic: "The Tradition of Comedy from the Commedia Dell' Arte To The Modern Era," March, 1997. Speaker for The New York Council For The Humanities Lecture Series at the Oceanside Library. Topic: "Italian-American Comedy: Old World To New," February, 1997. Speaker for The New York Council For The Humanities Lecture Series at the Babylon Citizens Council on the Arts (BACCA). Topic: "Italian-American Comedy: Old World To New," January, 1997. Speaker for The New York Council For The Humanities Lecture Series for the Long Island Regional Chapter of the American Italian Historical Association. Topic: "Italian-American Comedy: Old World To New," December, 1996. Featured speaker at the Columbian Lawyers of Nassau County Monthly Meeting. Topic: "Contemporary Discrimination Against Italian-AmericansMore Subtle, But Still Lethal," October, 1996. Featured speaker at O.S.I.A. America Lodge, Franklin Square, NY. Topic: "Religion and Superstition in Italian-American Life," October, 1996. Featured speaker at the Italian-American Club at Queesborough Community College. Topic: "Media Stereotyping of Italian-Americans," October, 1996. Featured speaker at O.S.I.A. Sons and Daughters of American Heritage Lodge, Brooklyn, NY. Topic: "Religion and the Italian-American Community," October, 1996. Speaker for The New York Council For The Humanities Lecture Series at The Albany Institute Of History and Art. Topic: "Italian-American Comedy: Old World To New," October, 1996. Speaker for The New York Council For The Humanities Lecture Series at the Belmont Library/Enrico Fermi Cultural Center. Topic: "Italian-American Comedy: Old World To New," October, 1996. Keynote speaker at State University College, Oneonta, NY. Topic: "The Media's Obsession With The Negative Portrayal Of Italian-Americans," June, 1996. Speaker and panelist at Nassau Community College's Symposium, ("Sainthood Viewed Through The Lens Of The Social Sciences"). Topic: "The Saints In The Lives Of Italian Americans," April, 1996. Speaker at Nassau Community College's Fall Lecture Series. Topic: "Italian-American Comedy: From The Immigrant Era To The Present," November, 1995. Keynote speaker at O.S.I.A. Sons and Daughters of Italian-American Heritage, Brooklyn, NY. Topic: "Italian-American Images In Film," October, 1995. Keynote speaker at Fordham University's Pope-Dante Cultural Society. Topic: "The Politically Correct Attack on the Teaching of Italian-American Courses at the University Level," December, 1994. Moderator of "Ethnic and Cultural Studies: Assessing the Real Image," panel discussion at State University of Stony Brook's Fall Symposium, "Italian-American Studies Programs and Organizations: Interface with the Community," October, 1994. Speaker at Queens College Italian-American Club. Topic: "The Impact of Religion and Superstition in Italian-American Life," October, 1994. Keynote speaker at the Italian Cultural Society of Farmingdale, NY. Topic: "Italian-Americans and World War II," October, 1994. Featured speaker at O.S.I.A. America Lodge, Franklin Square, NY. Topic: "Italian-Americans Through the Generations," October, 1994. Speaker at Deer Park Library, Deer Park, NY. Topic: "Southern Italian-American Comedy: An Adaptation to the New World," October, 1994. Speaker at Queens College Italian-American Club. Topic: "Does the Twilight of Ethnicity Argument Spell Doom for the Continuance of Italian-Americanicity?" April, 1994. Keynote speaker at the 14th Annual Conference of LICSPA (Long Island Student Personnel Administrators), Glen Cove , NY. Topic: "Preserving Human Dignity: Enhancing the Campus Climate," January, 1994. Keynote speaker at the Italian Cultural Society of Farmingdale, NY. Topic: "Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian Belief System," November, 1993. Conference presenter at the 26th Annual Conference of the American Italian Historical Association ("Italian Americans in a Multicultural Society"), St John's University. Topic: "The Comedic Songs of Nicola Paone: Italian-American Immigrants Laugh at Themselves and the Americani," November, 1993. Keynote speaker at the Cinema Arts Center, Huntington, NY. Topic: "Italian-American Culture and Household Saints," October, 1993. Keynote speaker at O.S.I.A. Italo Balbo Lodge, Uniondale, NY. Topic: "The Importance of Religious Feasts to Italian-Americans, from Immigration to the Present," October, 1993. Chairperson and moderator of the "Italian-American Women Writers and Artists" panel discussion at State University of Stony Brook's Symposium, "The Changing Role of Italian and Italian-American Women in the '90s," October, 1993. Guest speaker at State University College, Oneonta, NY. Topic: "Brooklyn's Giglio FeastA Ritual of Religion, Family and Paese," June, 1993. Keynote speaker at Nassau Community College. Topic: "The Religious and Catholic Elements in the Southern Italian-American Feast: A Socio-Historical Investigation," April, 1993. Film discussant at the Cinema Arts Center, Huntington, NY. Films: John Torturro's "MAC" and Gianni Amelio's "Il Ladro Di Bambini," April, 1993. Conference presenter at the 25th Annual Conference of the American Italian Historical Association ("New Explorations in Italian-American Studies"), Washington, D.C.. Topic: "The Religious and Catholic Elements in the Southern Italian-American Feast: A Socio-Historical Investigation," November, 1992. Featured speaker at Nassau Community College's 7th Annual Italian Heritage Day Program ("The Legacy Continues"). Topic: "The Giglio Feast of Brooklyn: An Italian Adaptation to America," October, 1992. Keynote speaker at Hofstra University's Cultural Lecture Series ("1992: A Celebration of the Italian-American Experience Continues"). Topic: "Media Stereotypes of Italian-Americans," October, 1992. Speaker at the Italian-American Club, Oneonta, NY. Topic: "Southern Italian Humor in America," June, 1992. Featured speaker at the Italian-American Club of Oyster Bay, NY. Topic: "Five Hundred Years of Columbus: The Discoverer and the Media," June, 1992. Featured speaker at the Rotary Club of Bayville/Centre Island, NY. Topic: "Return to the Future: Long Island's Eco-System," April, 1992. Keynote speaker at the Connecticut Chapter of the National Italian-American Foundation, New Haven , CT. Topic: "The Social History of Italian-American Comedy," April, 1992. Keynote speaker at Il Gianacolo Organization, Woodhaven, NY. Topic: "What Is the Future of Italian-Americanicity," April, 1992. Conference presenter at the 24th Annual Conference of the American Italian Historical Association ("Italian-Americans and Their Public and Private Lives"), Manhattan, NY. Topic: "Southern Italian-American Comedy: The Cases of Matteo Cannizzaro, Lou Monte, Louie Prima, and Dom DeLuise," November, 1991. Speaker at H.Frank Carey High School Gifted Student Program, Franklin Square, NY. Topic: "Understanding Italian-, Irish- and Japanese-American Cultures," November, 1991. Speaker at New York Institute of Technology. Topic: "How to Deal With Bigotry on Campus," October, 1991. Speaker at Hofstra University. Topic: "Honky-Tonk By the Sea: A Coney Island Reverie," September, 1991. Keynote speaker at Hofstra University's Elderhostel Program. Topic: "Italian Comedy Through the Generations," July, 1991. Guest speaker at Oceanside Junior High School, Oceanside, NY. Topic: Peer Evaluation and Personal Development," April, 1991. Guest speaker at Oceanside High School's Human Relations Day Program, Oceanside, NY. Topic: "Media Stereotyping," March, 1991. Guest speaker at O.S.I.A. Italo Balbo Lodge, Uniondale, NY. Topic: "Community and Identity in Italian-American Life," October, 1991. Keynote speaker at Brooklyn Historical Society. Topic: "Lifting the Giglio: Community and Identity in Italian Williamsburgh," April 7, 1990. Conference presenter at Nassau Community College's Conference on Italian-Americans Into the 1990s. Topic: "Italian-American Identity: Assimilated or Authentic?" October, 1989. Keynote speaker at the Italian-American Club of Hofstra University. Topic: "Religion and Myth: The Italian-American Mix," April 1989. Guest speaker at Oceanside High School's Human Relations Day Program, Oceanside, NY. Topic: "Media and Prejudice," March, 1989. Panelist and presenter at State University of Stony Brook's Symposium on Italian-Americans. Topic: From Pulcinella to the Present: Key Figures in the Development of Southern Italian Comedy," November, 1988. Panelist and presenter at City University of New York's Conference on Italian-Americans in Transition. Topic: "A Sociological Analysis of Southern Italian Immigrant Humor," October, 1988. Keynote speaker at Kingsborough Community College's Italian-American Heritage Day. Topic: "The Sociological Components of Contemporary Italian-American Humor," October, 1988. Paper presenter at the 1988 Popular Culture Conference, New Orleans, LA. Title: "Uncle Floyd Vivino: An Italian-American Comic," March, 1988. Panelist and presenter at State University of Stony Brook's Symposium ("Italian Americana: The Family"). Topic: "Brooklyn's Giglio Feast: A Ritual of Religion, Family and Paese," October, 1987. Guest lecturer at Lynbrook High School's Awareness Day Program, Lynbrook, NY. Topics: "Media Stereotyping" and "Socio-Political Issues of the 1980s," April, 1987. Keynote speaker at O.S.I.A. Sellaro Lodge, Deer Park, NY. Topic: "A Comparison of Brooklyn's Giglio and Siena's Palio," April, 1987. Guest speaker at the Livingston Chapter of Unico, Livingston, NJ. Topic: "A Critical Analysis of the Sacco and Vanzetti Case," March, 1987. Guest speaker at Oceanside High School's Human Relations Day Program, Oceanside, NY. Topic: "The Sociological Impact of Minority Status" and "Gender and Social Roles from 1950 - 1980," March, 1987. Guest speaker at Garden State, Italian-American Federation, Old Bridge, NJ. Topic: "Italian-American Authors, from DiDonato to Mangione," February, 1987. Guest speaker at Association of Student and Professional Italian-Americans, Inc.,Manhattan, NY. Topic: "What is Ethnicity? The Third and Fourth Generations' Quest," January, 1987. Keynote speaker at the United Intercollegiate Italian-American Students, Bronx, NY Topic: "Future Directions for Italian-American Politicians," December 19, 1986. Guest speaker at Long Island Regional Chapter of American Italian Historical Association, Syosset, NY. Topic: "The Sociological and Historical Components of Ethnic Feasts for Immigrants and Their Descendants," December, 1986. Major speaker at Copiague Board of Education's Superintendent's Conference, Copiague, NY. Topic: "Copiague's Italian-American Experience Through the Generations," also presented a workshop lecture entitled, "The Italian-American Experience," November, 1986. Panelist and presenter at Nassau Community College Conference on the History and Sociology of Italian-Americans. Topic: "Uncle Floyd: An Italian-American Comic," October, 1986. Featured speaker at the Rotary Club of Bayville/Centre Island, NY. Topic: "Victimless Crimes; Who Aren't the Victims?" June, 1986. Guest speaker at Lynbrook High School's Awareness Day Program, Lynbrook, NY. Topics: The Treatment of Minorities In the Popular Arts" and "A Sociological Comparison of the Old and New Immigrants," April, 1986. Guest speaker at the Gifted Students Program, Boardman Junior High School, Oceanside, NY. Topic: "A Sociological Perspective on Problem Solving," March, 1986. Keynote speaker at United Italian-Americans for Progress, Dix Hills, NY. Topic: "Directions of Third-Generation Italian-Americans," February, 1986. Guest speaker at YM & YWHA of Central Queens open meeting, Forest Hills, NY. Topic: "The Changing Role of American Families," August, 1985. Guest speaker at the Italian Cultural Society of Farmingdale, Farmingdale, NY. Topic: "The Southern Italian Political System in Italy and America," May, 1985. Guest speaker at Boces Gifted Students Program, Massapequa, NY. Topic: Next Stop, The Future," May, 1985. Guest speaker at Mid-Island Jewish Center, Jericho, NY. Topic: "Can the Media Survive the Media?" May, 1985. Guest speaker at YM & YWHA of Central Queens B.A.P.S. Program, Forest Hills, NY. Topic: "Social Relationships from Beginning to End," May, 1985. Guest speaker at YM & MWHA of Central Queens open meeting, Forest Hills, NY. Topic: "The Sociological Study of Ethnicity; 1850 to the Present," April, 1985. Panel discussant at the Long Island Regional Chapter Meeting of the American Italian Historical Association, Westbury, NY. Topic: "Resolved: The Italian Language Is Not Necessary To Maintain Italian Culture and Identity," March, 1985. Keynote speaker at Italian-American Arts and Assistance Council, Huntington, NY. Topic: "One Hundred and Ten Years of Discrimination: The Italian-American Saga," March, 1985. Guest speaker at YM & YWHA of Central Queens B.A.P.S. Program, Forest Hills, NY. Topic: "The Cross Cultural Ramifications of Mass Media," February, 1985. Co-discussion leader at Bayville Free Library Book Discussion Group, Bayville, NY. Book: Richard Gambino's Blood of My Blood, November 19, 1984. Keynote speaker at Lakeville Section of the National Council of Jewish Women, Lakeville, NY. Topic: "What Is Happening to the American Family?" November, 1983. Visiting teacher at Oceanside Junior High and High Schools, Oceanside, NY. Topic: "Anti-Intellectualism and Peer Pressure," November, 1983. Guest speaker at Southside High School, Rockville Centre, NY. Topic: "The Future Social Trends," May, 1983. Guest speaker at Oceanside Junior High School, Oceanside, NY. Topic: "What is Sociology?" May, 1982. Guest speaker at Long Island Regional Chapter of American Italian Historical Association, Syosset, NY. Topic: "Religion and Superstition: The Southern Italian Belief System," March, 1982. Guest speaker at Oceanside Junior High School, Oceanside, NY. Topic: "Futurology," November, 1982. Guest speaker at Retired Officers Club of Long Island, Hempstead, NY. Topic: "The Limits of Social Change, March, 1981. Guest speaker at Jewish Center's Men's Group, Jericho, NY. Topic: "Social Sciences and the Environment," April, 1981. Guest speaker at the Garden City Italian Cultural Society, Garden City, NY. Topic: "Southern Italian Immigrants and Their Value System," December, 1979. Guest speaker at the Women's Club of Temple Gates of Zion, Franklin Square, NY. Topic: "Future Shock," October, 1979. Guest speaker for Wantagh High School's Humanities II Program, Wantagh, NY. Topic: "What Are Social Roles?,"November, 1977. Guest speaker at Massapequa Public Library, Massapequa, NY. Topic: " Future Shock," April, 1972. Mass Media/Magazines/Newspapers: Included in the New York Council for the Humanities 2009-2015 Speakers in the Humanities Program. Interviewed on C.W. Posts NJOYLIFE Program. Topic: The Italian-American Experience. November 25, 2013. Panelist and discussant for 鶹ֱs Exploring Critical Issues Show, moderated by President Robert A. Scott. Topic: Community. The program will be aired on TELECARE, Cablevision Channel 29. Taping occurred on October 25, 2011. Interviewed for Nassau Community Colleges WHPCs (90.3 FM) Catholic Alternative radio program. Topic: The Italian-American Festa and the Catholic Religion. First aired October 30, 2006. Interviewed for Nassau Community Colleges WHPCs (90.3 FM) Catholic Alternative radio program. Topic: The Sacred and Secular Components of Italian-American Feasts: Are they a Tool for Evangelization? First aired May 15, 2006. Speaker in the New York Council for the Humanities 2006-2008 Speakers in the Humanities Program. Interviewed on Talk Radio WLIE 540 AM. Topic: Religion and Superstition in Italian and Italian-American Life. First aired November 21, 2004. Interviewed for Nassau Community Colleges WHPCs (90.3 FM) Catholic Alternative radio program. Topic: Italian-American Feasts: A Comparative Analysis, First aired November 17, 2004. Italics video episode #161covering my presentation of Italian-American Humor: From the Immigrant Era to the Present at the Annual Conference of NY State Italian-American State Legislators that first aired on CUNY/TV in July, 2004 and on cable stations around the USA. Speaker in the 2003-2005 New York Council for the Humanities, Speaker in the Humanities Program. Interviewed for Nassau Community Colleges WHPCs (90.3 FM) Catholic Alternative radio program. Topic: La Via Vecchia and Italian Religiosity: The Peasants and Immigrants Speak, First aired March 12, 2003. Interviewed for Nassau Community Colleges WHPCs (90.3 FM) Catholic Alternative radio program. Topic: The Saints in the Lives of Italian-Americans, First aired March 19, 2002. Interviewed for Nassau Community Colleges WHPCs (90.3 FM) Catholic Alternative radio program. Topic: The Giglio Feast of Williamsburg, Brooklyn: A Religious or Secular Celebration?, First aired July 11, 2001. Consultant and participant in Channel 21s film documentary, Heaven Touches Brooklyn in July. First aired on Channel 21 (WLIW) March, 2001. Interviewed for the film documentary on The Passing of Pennsylvania Station, February, 2001. Sole interview for Staten Islands Community Cable T.V. Program, In Focus. Topic: Italian Myths and Superstitions in the Old and New World, January, 2001. Speaker in the 2000-2002 New York Council for the Humanities, Speakers in the Humanities Program. Consultant for PBS Channel 21's film documentary "The Italian-Americans Part III." First aired on Channel 21 (WLIW) August, 1999. Speaker in the New York Council for the Humanities 1996-1998 Speakers in the Humanities Program. Participant in the Channel 21 (Garden City) film documentary "The Italian-Americans." First aired on Channel 21, August 13, 1997. Consultant for the New Jersey Network (PBS) film documentary La Festa. First aired on New Jersey Network, June 21, 1996. Interviewed by Andrew Schinder for his article, "Rock Heroes: The Changing Concept," Teen to Teen, Vol. 7, Number 6, March, 1992, p. 9. Interviewed by Kevin O'Neill for his article, "Games and Pastimes: Putting a New Spin On It," The Record, January, 1990. Interviewed on Ralph Caso's radio program, The Other Side (WRHU, Hofstra University). Topic: "The Evolution of Southern Italian Humor," June, 1989. Panel participant with Mario Cuomo and Joseph Margiotta on WGBB radio. Topic: "The Italian-Americans and the Political Structure," February, 1979. Consultant and interviewer for the film: "The Sociology of the Future for High School Students," May, 1974. Honors & Awards: Recipient of the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, 2017. Honored by Adelphis Phi Delta Kappa Society (honor society for Education) at the 2017 inductee ceremony, March 19, 2017. Annual Adelphi scholarship in my name was created through the contribution of alumnus Vincent Tizzio. The scholarship first instituted in September 2017. Recipient of the Leone di San Marco Award in Academia from the Italian Heritage and Culture Committee of the Bronx and Westchester out of Fordham University, September 28, 2014. Included in Marquis, Whos Who in America, 2011 edition. Recipient of Association of Italian American Educators, Educator of the Year Award for Higher Education, April 18, 2010. Included in Whos Who in America, 2010 edition. Distinguished Service Honoree recipient, through the Comptrollers Office of The City of New Yorks celebration of Italian Heritage and Culture for Scholarship and Leadership in Italian-American Life, October 18, 2007. Included in Whos Who Among Americas Teachers & Educators, Volume 11, 2006-2007. Recipient of Senior Class of 2006s Distinguished Faculty Excellence Award, November 19, 2006. Included in Whos Who Among Americas Teachers, Volume 9, 2005. Inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa, December 13, 2004. Selected for Inclusion in the AcademicKeys Whos Who in Social Science Higher Education (WWSSHE), 2004. Included in Whos Who Among Americas Teachers, Volume 8, 2004. Recipient of the Provosts Teaching Excellence Award for 2003, 鶹ֱ graduation ceremony, May 19, 2003. Included in Whos Who Among Americas Teachers, Volume 7, 2003. Recipient of Professor of the Year 2001-2002 Award, Student Government Association, 鶹ֱ, May 2, 2002. Recipient of C.A.L.I.B.E.R.s Septima Clark Distinquished Faculty Award, Umoja Gala, April 19, 2002. Included in Whos Who Among Americas Teachers, Volume 6, 2002. Recipient of C.A.L.I.B.E.R.s Septima Clark Distinquished Faculty Award, Umoja Gala, May 5, 2000. Recipient of Professor of the Year 1998-1999 Award, Student Government Association, 鶹ֱ. April, 1999. Included in Whos Who Among Americas Teachers , Volume 3, 1998. Recipient of Professor Of The Year Award, Student Government Association, 鶹ֱ, May, 1996. Recipient of Outstanding Professor of the Year Award, S.G.A., 鶹ֱ, May 1993. Recipient of U.M.O.J.A. Faculty Member of the Year Award, April, 1993. Recipient of Outstanding Educator Award, Panhellenic Association, 鶹ֱ, May, 1992. Recipient of Person of the Year Award, Third World Arts of S.A.B., 鶹ֱ, May, 1990. Recipient of Outstanding HEOP Advisory Committee Member Award, 鶹ֱ, May, 1990. Recipient of Outstanding Professor of the Year Award, S.P.A., 鶹ֱ, May, 1990. Recipient of Outstanding Professor of the Year Award, S.P.A., 鶹ֱ, April, 1989. Recipient of Merit Stipend Award for Excellence in Teaching, September, 1986. Recipient of Person of the Year Award, Senior Convocation, 鶹ֱ, May, 1983. Recipient of Teacher of the Year Award, 鶹ֱ, May, 1974. Recipient of Outstanding Educator in America Award, May, 1973. Inducted into Flambeau Honorary Society, May, 1973. Recipient of Teacher of the Year Award, 鶹ֱ, May, 1972. UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES: Speaker at the Senate Committee on Teaching & Advisement Workshop. Topic: The Luck of Teaching. March 1, 2018. Speaker at the Senate Committee on Teaching & Advisement Workshop. Topic: We Are Teachers! October 11, 2017. Honors Thesis reader for Badarinarayan Maharaj (West Indian Cultural Retention in Queens, New York), December, 2015. Outside reader for Kyle Morrisons Honors College Thesis. Title: A Childs Utopia: Examining the Concept of Utopia in the Context of a Childrens Summer Camp, April 30, 2015. Member of Search Committee for Vice president for Administration and Student Services, Fall, 2012. Outside reader for Maria Osters Ph. D. Dissertation through the Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies (Do They See What I See: The Object Relational World of Children With ADHD), October, 2012). Outside reader for Tiffany Franks Ph. D. Dissertation through the Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies (Sibling Relationships Across the Lifespan: An Investigation of the Variables Influencing the Positive and Negative Aspects Of Sibling Relationships Throughout Time), September, 2012. Speaker and panelist at AU Performing Arts Centers talk-back event connected with Uncommon Women and Others, September 29, 2012 at the AUPAC Black Box Theater. Member of the Search Committee for Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Success, Fall, 2012. Outside Reader for Susan Danishs Ph.D. Dissertation through the Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies (Yoga, Attachment and Well Being), June 23, 2010. Faculty Speaker at launch of The Campaign for 鶹ֱ: Building Adelphis Future One Story At A Time, October 4, 2007. Member of the National Student Athlete Committee, Spring, 2007. Presidents Advisory Calendar Committee member, January, 2006-Present. Honors thesis reader for Billy Lawlor (Wilson and Americas Past: An Investigation of Wilson and Washingtons Farewell Address), May 18, 2006. Faculty presenter and discussion leader for Food for Thought Program. Topic: Relationships, April 26, 2006. Faculty presenter and discussion leader for Food for Thought Program, March 1, 2006. Member of the Faculty and Staff Capital Campaign Committee, January 2006-Present. Member of the National Student Athlete Committee, Spring, 2006. Organized the Lets Go Trip for Adelphi freshmen. The Bronx From Z to A: The Zoo and Arthur Avenue, September 24, 2005. Faculty mentor for first year instructor, Melanie Bush, Fall 2005-Spring, 2006. Speaker at Eddy Halls Resident Presentation. Topic: The Causes of Stereotypes. April 11, 2005. Member of the National Student Athlete Committee, Spring, 2005. Speaker at the Omicron Delta Kappa Induction Ceremony, 鶹ֱ, December 17, 2004. Second Reader for Kristina Stephensons Honors Thesis (Perceptions of Racism; A Case Study of Adelphi), May 9, 2005. Speaker and Panelist at the Faculty Workshop. Topic: Effective Classroom Techniques to Engage Our Students, October 20, 2004 Outside Reader for Yoko Takembayashis Ph.D. Dissertation (Effects of Acculturation Strategies of Entitlementand Psychological Well-Being Among Asian Americans), September 16, 2004. Second Reader for Maya Ramaths Honors Thesis (The Black SheepAn Exploration of the Social and Psychological Phenomenon of the Scapegoated Child in the Family), May 16, 2004. Honors Thesis Advisor for Jamie Marie Wright (The Impact of Film on the Stereotyping of Greek-Americans), May 5, 2004. Presenter and Panelist at AU Teaching Workshop: Tips on Evaluating and Grading, April 18, 2004. Member of Teaching Excellence Committee, 2004-2005. Member of the Search Committee for Dean of The School of Social Work, September 2003-May, 2004. Member of the National Student Athlete Committee, Spring, 2004. Ph.D. Dissertation Reader for Diane Ryder Meehan: The Experience of Mothering Three to Six Year Old Children with Hemiparesis, School of Nursing, December, 2002. Member of Unit Peer Review Committee (for Hugh Wilsons promotion to full professor) for the Political Science Department, September-December, 2002. Adelphi coordinator of the Images and Models of Catholicism in Italian Americana: Academy and Society Conference (part of a three day, three college conference), October 4, 2002. Honors Thesis Advisor for Michael Bojbasa ( Rave: An Analysis of a Subculture), May, 2002 Second Reader for Mary Quartararos Honors Thesis, May, 2002. Second Reader for Rebecaa Raymonds Honors Thesis, May, 2002. Presenter and Panelist at AU Teaching Workshop: Lecturing and Leading Discussions, October, 2001. Member of The Annual Giving Committee, 2001Present. Unit Head of Faculty of Anthropology and Sociology, Fall, 1998 to Spring, 2000. Program Coordinator of Sociology, Fall, 1998 to Spring, 2000. Ph.D. Dissertation Reader for Eileen Bersick, School of Nursing, October, 2000. Member of the Student Counseling Center Advisory Council, 2000- Member of the Presidents Committee on Faculty Teaching Awards, Spring, 2000. Faculty panelist at Adelphis Town Hall Meeting. Topic: Race-Diversity-Community, April, 2000. Speaker at CALIBERs STAR Program, Topic: What Is College And Is It For Me?, December, 1999 Member of the Orientation-1999 Committee, Summer, 1999. Honors Thesis Supervisor for Pia Sanchez (The Impact of Socio-Political Change on Spain: 1939-To The Present), May, 1999. Search Committee Member for the positon of Director of African-American and Ethnic Studies Program, 1999. Adelphi radio promotion, October, 1999. Ph.D. Dissertation Committee member for Barbara Ann Mary Messina, School of Nursing, April, 1999. Keynote Speaker at CALIBRE dinner. Topic: "Diversity: The Only Way to Go," April, 1999. Chair of the Sociology Department, Fall, 1995 to August, 1998. Honors Thesis Committee member for Beth Zirogiannis (Baseball Fans: A Study), May, 1998. Member of the Faculty Hearing Board, September 19971999. Member of Student Service Task Force, June, 1997January, 1998 Ph.D. Dissertation committee member for Beryl Sawyers Earle, School of Nursing, 1997. Lecture Series, Topic: How To Express Happiness in Relationships, October 21, 1997. Participated in high school recruitment at John Adams H.S., Queens, NY, September 25, 1997. Presented lectures during Orientation. Topic: "The Importance of Cultural Diversity, August 29, 1997. Faculty Presenter of "mock" class during Orientation, August 28, 1997. Participant in Adelphi Retreat at the Varick Street Manhattan "campus," June, 1997. Faculty Presenter (The Impact of the Media) at Adelphi's Alumni Day, June 7, 1997. Speaker at Residential Life's Resident StudentWorkshop. Topic: " The Dynamics of Relationships," January, 1997. Speaker at Alpha Epsilon Phi's Fraternity. Topic: "Responsibility: To Your school; Your Community; and To Yourself," November, 1996. Ph.D. dissertation committee member for Ms. Susan Letvak, School of Nursing, 1996. Speaker at St. Paul's Sensitivity Lecture Program. Topic: "The Joy and Anquish of Relationships," October, 1995. Member of Orientation/Advisement Registration Committee, November, 1988 - 1991. Member of Minority Student Focus Committee (a division of Student Life Professional Development Program), February, 1988 - 1993. Member of University Calendar Committee, October, 1992 - 1998. Faculty Advisor for Undecided Student Majors, September, 1985 to present. Faculty Advisor to Adelphi's OX Fraternity, 1985 to present. Presenter of Freshman Orientation mock classes, Summer, 1972 - 1985. Member of the Faculty Senate Student Life and Development Committee, September, 1993 - August 1995. Speaker at the Global Issues and Challenges Symposium. Topic: "Should Huddled Masses Still Apply?" March, 1995. Member at Large of Faculty Senate, September, 1991 - May 1994. Ph.D. dissertation committee member for Patricia Hunt Slamow, School of Nursing, June, 1994. Keynote speaker at S.G.A. Awards Banquet. Topic: "Standing Up for One's Beliefs," May, 1994. Honors thesis committee member for Alan Block and Lidia Palmieri, May, 1994. Speaker at Adelphi's FIJI Fraternity. Topic: "Fraternalism or Exclusiveness: Are Fraternities an Open or Closed Door?" April, 1994. Keynote speaker at Chapman Hall Sensitivity Lecture. Topic: "Prejudice and Stereotyping," February, 1994. Faculty judge for homecoming king and queen, October, 1993. Moderator and speaker at the Global Issues and Challenges Symposium. Topic: "The Immigration Dilemma: Flawed Patriotism or Dual Loyalties?" September, 1993. Member of H.E.O.P. Advisory Committee, September, 1989 - June, 1993. Faculty chairperson of Student Life Committee, November, 1987 to May, 1993. Third reader for honors thesis of Justin Tomasini, May, 1993. Keynote speaker at Chapman Hall Sensitivity Lecture Program. Topic: "Prejudice and Stereotyping," February, 1993. Co-chair and co-moderator of Student Panel Against Racism," December, 1992. Speaker at Eddy Hall Lounge First-Year Student Program. Topic: "Charting Your Future; Sailing the Academic Sea," December, 1992. Co-moderator of R.S.A., S.G.A., S.A.B. and U.M.O.J.A. sponsored Students Unite Against Racism, November, 1992. Speaker at Earth Day Remembrance. Topic: "Materialism vs. the Saving of the Earth," April, 1992. Member of Associate Provost's Academic Calendar Committee, January, 1992 - April, 1992. Keynote speaker at Circle K Hands Across Adelphi. Topic: "The Sociological Causes of Racism," March, 1992. Keynote speaker at Chapman Hall Lounge Relationship Workshop. Topic: "What Are We Without Loves Ones?" February, 1992. Speaker at Eddy Hall Lounge Program. Topic: "Ethnic Diversity and the College Student," December, 1991. Featured speaker at Chapman Hall Sensitivity Lecture Program. Topic: "Males and Females: Enemies?" November, 1991. Keynote speaker at Earle Hall Lounge Workshop. Topic: "Learning About Italian-Americans," November, 1991. Faculty speaker at Catholic Campus Community. Topic: "Religion and the College Student," October, 1991. Speaker at Adelphi Chapter of N.A.A.C.P. Speak Out. Topic: "How Racism Robs America of Its Potential," September, 1991. Keynote speaker at Linen Hall Sensitivity Program. Topic: "Love and Relationships," September, 1991. Member of Ad Hoc Committee to review violation of academic freedom allegations by Professor F. Pritchard, June - August, 1991. Guest speaker at 鶹ֱ's High School Program, Carey High School, Franklin Square, NY. Topic: "An Investigation of Global Problems," July, 1991. Member of University Appeals Board, January, 1988 - May, 1991. Keynote speaker at S.P.A. Awards Dinner. Topic: "Student Life," May, 1991. Speaker at the Chaplin's Center Special Workshop. Topic: "Interfacing with Diversity," February, 1991. Speaker at Resident Assistant Training Session. Topic: "Interfacing with Diversity," February, 1991. Featured speaker at L.I.C.S.P.A.'s 11th Annual Conference, "Overcoming Bias on Campus." Topic: "Bigotry 100: An Introduction to College Life in the 1990s," January, 1991. Speaker at Circle K Organization. Topic: "Abortion and Morality," December, 1990. Member of Search Committee for H.E.O.P. Assistant Director, May - July, 1990. Third reader for doctoral dissertation of K. Friscella, School of Nursing. Dissertation defended June, 1990. Member Freshman Orientation Committee, September, 1989 - May, 1990. Third reader for honors thesis of Erin O'Mara, May, 1990. Advisor for honors thesis of Debbie Meyers. Thesis defended May, 1990. Keynote speaker at 11th Annual H.E.O.P. Awards Dinner. Topic: "Strengthening Ethnic and Racial Relations in American Society," May, 1990. Third reader for honors thesis of Ursula Skolnik, May, 1990. Interviewed by WBAU campus radio. Topics: varied, May, 1990. Faculty member of selection committee for homecoming king and queen, May, 1990. Guest speaker at La Union Latina 16th Annual Parents' Night. Topic: "The Dimensions of Ethnicity," April, 1990. Keynote speaker at St. Paul Lounge Relations Workshop. Topic: "Why Relationships Are Tenuous in Modern Society," April, 1990. Moderator and discussant for Adelphi Looks At Racism Program, December, 1989. Keynote speaker at CALIBER. Topic: "Changing Directions of Interpersonal Relationships," November, 1989. Keynote speaker at Earle Hall Sensitivity Program. Topic: "The Politicizing of Deviance," November, 1989. Speaker at Adelphi's St. Paul's Lounge Program. Topic: "The Future Direction of Higher Education in America," October, 1989. Re-elected as co-chair of Student Life Committee, October, 1989. Member Of H.E.O.P Advisory Committee, September 1989-May, 1992. Faculty member of selection committee for homecoming king and queen, May, 1989. University Faculty Advisor-at-Large for undecided majors, January, 1988 to May, 1989. Member of Faculty Senate Teaching and Advisement Committee, September, 1987 to May, 1989. Member of Adelphi's CALIBER Scholarship Committee, November, 1987 to May, 1989. Keynote speaker at Eddy Hall Sensitivity Program. Topic: "Inner Destruction in the United States: Racism," April, 1989. Guest speaker at La Union Latina 15th Annual Parents' Night. Topic: "What Is the Role of the Educated in the Community?" April, 1989. Keynote speaker at Catholic Campus Community. Topic: "The Future of the Church in the Third World," March, 1989. Guest speaker at 鶹ֱ's On Campus High School Program, Academy for International Studies. Topic: "The International Impact of Mass Media," July, 1988. Member of Search Committee for career counselor, June - July, 1988. Junior Class Faculty Advisor, September 1986 to May, 1988. Keynote speaker at La Union Latina 14th Annual Parents' Night. Topic: "Ethnic Pride, Awareness, and 'Making It' in Mainstream America," April, 1988. Speaker at Earle Hall Awareness Workshop. Topic: "Changing Social Roles and Male/Female Relationships," April, 1988. Keynote speaker at President's Circle. Topic: "The Future Role of the University," April, 1988. Member of Search Committee for Dean of Student Life and Academic Attainment, September, 1987 to April, 1988. Chaperone and academic guide for international students' visit to New York City, March, 1988. Participant in Residence Grand Opening Program, March, 1988. Keynote speaker 鶹ֱ's new student orientation. Topic: "University Expectations From Both Sides of the Desk," January, 1988. Alternate Member of Faculty Grievance Committee, September, 1984 to December, 1987. Member of University Academic Affairs Committee, December, 1985 to December, 1987. Member of Standards Committee's Subcommittee of Academic Affairs, December, 1985 to December, 1987. Member of Faculty Hearing Board, September, 1986 to August, 1987. Member of the University College Academic Affairs Committee, January, 1986 to May, 1987. Faculty panelist and presenter at Adelphi's Idea Exchange. Topic: "Fact and Opinion: South AfricaWhat's It All About?" September, 1986. Senior Class Faculty Advisor, September, 1985 to May, 1986. Mystery guest speaker at Senior Convocation, May, 1986. Keynote speaker at Adelphi's English Language Training Institute. Topic" "The Inherent Confusion of American Culture," March, 1986. Presenter of mock class for 鶹ֱ Parents' Day. Topic: "Culture Is More Than Art," March, 1986. Member of Search Committee for Dean of Student Life and Academic Attainment, April-August, 1987. Keynote speaker at Adelphi's Holocaust Remembrance Week. Topic" "Ideology and Propaganda: The Pornography of the Anti-Semite's Jew," April, 1987. Keynote speaker at Adelphi's CALIBER. Topic: "The Impact and Future Direction of Higher Education," April 2, 1987. Member of Student Trustee Nominating Committee, March to April, 1987. Faculty panelist and presenter at Adelphi's Idea Exchange. Topic: "Pornography: Freedom of Speech or Overexposure?" March, 1987. Member of Faculty Hearing Board, September, 1987 to December, 1987. Presenter and panel discussant for Adelphi's CAAPS and APO. Topic: "Cultural Diversity in the University," November, 1987. Member of Dean of Student's Ad Hoc Committee dealing with racial tensions in the dorms, September to November, 1986. Keynote speaker at Adelphi's Italian Club. Topic: "The Impact of Social Change On the Italian-American Family," November, 1986. Keynote speaker at Adelphi's Catholic Campus Community Supper Seminar. Topic" "Religion and the College Student: Where Are We Going?" October, 1986. Participant at Freshman Orientation New Students' Faculty Lunch Discussion. Topic: "What Is a University?" September, 1986. Member of Search Committee for Vice President of Student Life and Development, May to August, 1986. Third reader and doctoral dissertation committee member for Rose Schecter, August, 1986. Co-founder of and Faculty Advisor to S.I.Am.O. (Students of Italian-American Origin), January, 1983 to May, 1986. Keynote speaker to visiting Hicksville High School students at Adelphi. Topic: "The Influence of the Media On Our Lives," May, 1986. Participant at Freshman Orientation New Students' Faculty Lunch Discussion. Topic: "Working Through The Bureaucratic Maze", September, 1985. Keynote speaker at Freshman Orientation Dean's Reception for College of Arts and Sciences. Topic: "Why Do We Teach and What Do Students Learn?", September 1985. Member of University Center Committee on the University Center, September 1979 to May, 1985. Guest speaker at Adelphi's "US" luncheon. Topic: "The Mass Media (The Tail That Wags the Dog)," November, 1984. Guest speaker at Adelphi's Key Club. Topic: "Myths and Traditions, Italian Style," October, 1984. Guest speaker at 鶹ֱ's High School Program, Carey High School, Franklin Square, NY. Topic: "Future Shock," October, 1984. Keynote speaker at Catholic Campus Community Supper Seminar. Topic: "Orwell's 1984: Warning Versus Prophecy," March, 1984. Workshop speaker at Adelphi's S.I.Am.O. and Garden City Friends meeting. Topic: "From the Mezzogiorno to the United States: The Italian Family," March, 1984. Keynote speaker at Adelphi's OX Fraternity-sponsored seminar for students and parents. Topic: "The Impact of the Mass Media," November, 1983. Keynote speaker at Adelphi's S.I.Am.O. Topic: "Media Stereotypes of Italian-Americans," May, 1983. Guest speaker at Adelphi's Delta Tau Alpha induction ceremony. Topic: "The Ongoing Impact of Mass Media," February, 1982. Guest speaker at Adelphi's Lunch Time Group Rap. Topic: "How To Beat the System," November, 1981. Faculty Advisor to Freshman Class, 1971 and 1977 to 1981. Presented classes to visiting high school students, 1979, 1980, and 1981. Mystery guest speaker at Senior Convocation, 1975, 1979, and 1981. Faculty representative on University Appeals Board, 1977 to 1980. Guest speaker at Adelphi's Parents' Orientation, 1976, 1977, and 1978. Involved in setting up Department of Suburban Studies, 1972. Lecturer at Adelphi's Recess Program, 1975. Member of Review Committee for selection of new dean, Summer, 1975. Co-chairperson, Adelphi's Phonothon, 1974 to 1975. Member of Student/Faculty Senate, 1973. Member Adelphi's Committee on Committees, 1973. Presenter to faculty, inaugurating President's fireside chats, 1973. Member of Dean Bratton's Task Force, 1969 to 1971. One of four faculty founder of Adelphi's PRIDE Program,1974. Consultant for Adelphi's U.S.A. Trip Abroad Program, 1969 to 1970. DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES Chair of the departments UPRC, Fall 2013- Member of the departments UPRC, 2003-present. Acting Chair of the departments UPRC, Fall, 2012. Head of the Faculty of Anthropology and Sociology, 19982000. Chair of the Sociology Department, 1995-1998. Coordinator of the Sociology Senior Awards Evening and Dinner, 1995-present. Member of Sociology Departmental Curriculum Committee, 1977, 1980-82 and 1985 to present. Member of Sociology Departmental Personnel Committee, 1977 and 1985 to 1987. 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