Curriculum Vitae (Full Version)

Education

1977    PhD, Harvard University, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

1971    AB, Fordham University, Classics (summa cum laude)

Additional Education

1986 (Summer) Institute for Educational Management, Harvard University

1981-82            Independent Study (Germany), German and Theology

1979-81            Preparation for ordination, Georgetown University

Professional Experience

1999-                President, Loyola Marymount University

1999-                Professor, Departments of Theological Studies and Classics, Loyola Marymount University

1989-99            Dean, Georgetown College, Georgetown University

1984-89            Assistant Dean, Georgetown College, Georgetown University

1984-89            Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Theology, Georgetown University

1982-84            Assistant Professor of Hebrew and Aramaic, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, Italy

1977-79            Assistant Professor, Department of Theology, Georgetown University

Major Committee Assignments at Georgetown

Main Campus Planning Committee (1989-1999)

Science Planning Committee (1993-1999)

Search Committee for Academic Vice President (1991)

Executive Council of the College of Arts and Sciences (1984-99; Chair, 1989-99)

Student Life Policy Committee (1986-89)

Search Committee for Associate Director of Financial Aid (1987)

Committee on Internal Transfers (1989)

Committee on the State of Student Affairs (1986-87)

Freshman Admissions Committee (1986-87)

Transfer Admissions Committee (1986-87, 1988-89)

Study Group on Residential Colleges (1988)

Academic Services Subcommittee of the Student Information System Implementation Project (1988-89)

Community Relations Committee, Citizens Task Force (1989-90)

Phi Beta Kappa

Academic and Professional Distinctions

Member, Board of Trustees, Boston College, 2001-

Member, Board of Directors, William H. Hannon Foundation, 2001-

Member, Board of Trustees, University of Scranton, 1992-99

Member, Board of Trustees, Fairfield University, 1984-90

Danforth and Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Harvard University, 1971-77

Scholarly Publications

“Saul, Jonathan and the ‘Son of Jesse,’” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament (1993)

“Arad Ostraca” in The Anchor Bible Dictionary (Doubleday, 1992)

“1 Samuel 18: David, Merob, and Michal,” Catholic Biblical Quarterly (1, 1986)

“Genesis 2:24: Trite or Tragic?,” Journal of Biblical Literature (1, 1986)

“Irony in Early Exodus,” Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (3, 1985)

“Israelite Personal Names on Pre-Exilic Hebrew Inscriptions, Biblica (3, 1984)

Additional Publications

“The Scholar’s Life,” America (March 30, 1991)

“Education’s Race with Change,” The Christian Science Monitor (July 27, 1990)

“Teaching: A Vocation at Risk?,” Georgetown Magazine (Spring, 1990)

“Tyranny or Tolerance: Genesis, The Jesuits and Georgetown,” in Georgetown University:

Community of Character (Georgetown University Press, 1988)

Book Reviews

Robert Good, “The Sheep of His Pasture,” Biblica (3, 1985)

Dennis Pardee, “Handbook of Hebrew Letters,” Biblica (2, 1984)

Robert Alter, “The Art of Biblical Narrative,” Biblica (3, 1983)