CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
Stony Brook University, SUNY, PhD in Philosophy Oct. 2013
The Inchbald School of Design, London. M.A. June, 2010
The Landscape Institute, Harvard University, C. L. D. June, 2009.
Brooklyn Law School, J.D. Jun. 1982.
Columbia University, M.A. in Philosophy, Oct. 1978.
New York University, B.A. Jun. 1963.
PUBLICATIONS
Long Fiction: “Upper West Side Story,” Harvard Square Editions, 2015.
“The Speed of Light,” a novel, The Permanent Press, 1997.
Short Fiction:
The Indiana Review (2012); The Portland Review (2007); Dan River Anthology (2004); The Texas Review (2002); Battered Suitcase (2011); Midway Journal (2011); Zodiac Review (2012); Arcadia (2010), Gambling The Aisle (2013); Pendulium (2013), Burning Word (2011).
Non-Fiction (Jewish Studies):
“Lust In The Heart,” Moment Magazine, October, 2017.
“A None’s Story,” The Forward, February 3, 2017.
“My Big Sabbath Lie—And The Joy It Brought,” The Forward, Oct. 23, 2015.
“Spaces and Places: Israel’s Homeland Narrative,” Tikkun, May 7, 2015.
“Meaning and the Two-State Solution,” Moment Magazine, May 2, 2014.
Non-Fiction (Philosophy):
“Dancing With Damasio: Complementary Aspects of Kinesthesia, Complementary Approaches to Dance,” The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Vol 51, No. 4, Winter 2017.
University of Illinois Press. “Feeling Is Movement: Damasio’s Neural Model of Dance Expression,” Dance Research, Vol 35.2, Winter 2017.
Edinburgh University Press.“When The Music Moves You: Revisiting The Classics In The Company of Neuroscience,” The Journal of Music and Dance, Winter, 2014. Academic Journals.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Teaching and Lecturing:
Adjunct Professor: The Boston Architectural College, Philosophical Aesthetics of Landscape, 2010- 2015.
Adjunct Professor: Landscape Institute, Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, Seminars on Psychology of Landscape and Landscape Aesthetics. 2008-2010.
Lecturer: “Lust In The Heart: The Meaning of the Tenth Commandment,” The Jewish Center the Hamptons, East Hampton, NY, 2013.
Lecturer: “Exploring the Sabbath” The Jewish Center of the Hamptons, East Hampton NY. 2012.
Lecturer: “In Search of the Sabbath,” Temple Adas Israel, Sag Harbor, NY. 2011.
Lecturer: European Philosophy; History of European Landscape. Norwegian Cruise Lines, 2009.
Lecturer: World Philosophies. Hampton Library, 2005 to present.
Lecturer: Philosophy and Religion, The Jewish Center of the Hamptons, East Hampton, NY. 2001-2005.
Workshop Leader: Sag Harbor Writers’ Circle, 2001-2015.
Lecturer in Philosophy: Southampton College Continuing Education, Southampton, NY. 1997-2001.
Workshop Leader: “The Art of the Memoir,” Public Access Continuing Education, Sag Harbor. 1998, 1999.
Instructor in Philosophy, Adelphi University. 1967-1978.
Adjunct Instructor, Philosophy, Queens College, CUNY (ACE Program)
New York Institute of Technology, Long Island
New York City Community College
C.W. Post College
Packer Collegiate Institute Junior College
Administration:
Grantswriter: Southampton Hospital, 1994
Brooklyn Bridge Parks Coalition, 1997
Director/Founder, PACE, Inc. and SUMMERFEST Adult Education, Sag Harbor, NY.1992-2013
Director, Continuing Education Program, Sag Harbor-Bridgehampton Public Schools, 1992-1994.
Consultant, College Application Counseling. Sag Harbor, NY. 1990-1994.
Director of Public Relations, Bay Street Theatre Festival, Sag Harbor, NY.
Program Coordinator, Legal Studies Program, The New School. NYC. 1990-1994.
Director, Tri-State Humanities Program on Suburban Planning for Women,
Funded jointly by New York Council for the Humanities, Connecticut
Humanities Council, New Jersey Committee for the Humanities. 1977-1978; 1987-1979.
Assistant Dean for College Relations, Douglass College, Rutgers University, 1978-1979.
Legal Practice:
Attorney, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, 1986 -1991.
Attorney, Moses & Singer, 1984 – 1986.
Attorney, Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn, 1982 – 1984.
ACADEMIC HONORS
Brooklyn Law School: Valedictorian; Summa Cum Laude, Martha Prince Memorial Fellow; Jerome Prince Prize in Evidence; Samuel Kirschenbaum Prize in Real Estate Law; Moot Court Honor Society; American Jurisprudence Awards in Evidence, Criminal Law, Torts, Criminal Procedure. Student Clerk: Hon.Richard Owen, S.D.N.Y.; Intern: Counsel to City Council President.
Columbia University: President’s Fellow 1965-66; Reader in Philosophy for Sidney Morgenbesser 1964-65; University Fellow 1963-64; N.Y.S.Regents Teaching Fellow 1963-66.
New York University: Valedictorian; Summa Cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa; N.D.E.A. Title IV Fellowship in Philosophy of Science at Cornell University (declined); Ford Foundation Teaching Fellowship at New York University (declined).
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Who’s Who In America? 1991 et. seq.
Who’s Who In American Women? 1993 et seq.
Member: The Authors Guild
Member: American Association of University Women
Member: New England Landscape Designers and Historians Association
Member: The Writer’s Voice, West Side YMCA, New York
Member: East End Artists’ Alliance, East Hampton, New York
Writer-in-Residence: Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 1999 and 2004; Djerassi Resident Artists Program, 1997; Vermont Studio Center, 1995.