CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
BS, Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1962
MBA, Economics, Iona College, New Rochelle, New York, 1971
MFA Master of Fine Arts, School of the Arts, Columbia University, New York City, 1998
MA English Literature, City College of New York, New York City, 2001)
PhD Sociology of Literature, Warnborough University, Canterbury, UK, 2006.
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Columbia University – School of General Studies
New York City Public Schools – Teachers & Writers Collaborative
City College of New York – Department of English
Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul – MBA Program
Kadir Has University, Istanbul – American Literature and Culture (Graduate and Undergraduate courses)
LITERARY PUBLICATION HISTORY
American Book Review
Assembly
The Eureka Literary Magazine
Half Tones To Jubilee
Inkwell
Shenandoah
Washington Review
Wellspring
Political essays in various on-line journals
WRITING AWARDS
Pushcart Prize Nominee, Shenandoah, 2000
DeJur Award in Creative Writing, 1998
Fellowship, Columbia University, 1997
Geraldine Griffin Moore Award in Creative Writing, 1996
Goodman Fund Short Story Award, 1995
North American Open Poetry Contest, 1994 - Second Place
CITIZENSHIP: United States of America, Ireland, Turkey
