My real-world experience is in television production and
management, as well as media company ownership.
Specifically, I've directed and produced many types of
television programming including documentaries;
managed small and medium sized media companies;
created and launched national television programs; and
owned my own Los Angeles-based production company.
I love film, preferring to watch movies with an audience, so
every weekend you'll find me in some theatre, somewhere.
One of the favorite events from my professional past was "directing" Titanic and sci-fi director James Cameron for a biographical documentary my L.A. company once did on him. Since Cameron has a reputation for being a demanding director, I found the experience quite heady! During my time in L.A., my wife and I attended the Academy Awards one year and got to enter on the red carpet!
When I realized that mentoring the staff of my own company had become more satisfying than actually making programs, I decided to move into college teaching fulltime. Since I made this change I've taught communications courses to both undergraduate and graduate students, in community college, and to international students here and in China.
I joined the Misericordia faculty as Chair of the Communications program in 2005. There are two other core faculty in the department that also had extensive media careers before they began their college teaching. In the past two years acceptances into the Misericordia Communications program have almost doubled. Creating learning environments and working with students has become a very rewarding experience.
My wife is a family therapist, my son teaches outdoor ecology in Marin County, California, during the day, and works at night and on the weekend on his Masters of Fine Arts in creative writing. My daughter is in her second year at Brooklyn Law School in New York.