Author, Chicago’s Only Castle: The History of Givins’ Irish Castle and Its Keepers (2017). Gave invited presentation at the Newberry Library in Chicago (April 2018), appeared on WGN Radio’s “After Hours with Rick Kogan,” March 2018, May 2019

Archival researcher, documentary, A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps, 2019 (premiered at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., Sept. 2019)

Filmmaker. Produced, co-directed, narrated and wrote the script for feature-length film, Chicago’s Only Castle: The History of Givins’ Irish Castle and Its Keepers. (2011). (1 hour, 26 minutes). Chicago: Errol Magidson Productions, LLC. This production received a grant from Richard H. Driehaus. It was screened at the Beverly Arts Center, the Chicago History Museum, and on PBS TV; appeared on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight with Phil Ponce

Chair, Saint Xavier Adjunct Faculty Organization, 2011 – 2020; Founding Member, Adjunct Council, Saint Xavier University, 2013 – 2017

Adjunct professor at Saint Xavier University from Spring 2006 - Spring 2020 (teaching Introduction to Psychology 101); adjunct professor at Roosevelt University 2008- 2009 (taught General Psychology 103 and Research Methods 285); also previously an adjunct at National Louis University and Purdue University

Workshop developer and presenter on “Developing and Using Effective PowerPoint Presentations in the Classroom,” Saint Xavier University, (Fall 2008) and at Roosevelt University (Spring and Fall 2009)

Workshop developer and presenter on “Creating Exciting Video Documentaries Using the Computer” for teachers in the Catholic Schools sponsored by a program offered by the Office of Catholic Schools, 2007 and 2008

Author of several articles, including ones on psychology and on computer-assisted instruction

Professor emeritus and former Department of Social Sciences Chair, Richard J. Daley College. Taught courses in the social sciences, particularly psychology courses; led faculty development workshops on using technology in the classroom, and helped write and direct a National Science Foundation Project on instructional development

Named Distinguished Professor of Daley College for 2002-2003 by the Board of Trustees of the City Colleges of Chicago, the highest award offered by the City Colleges

Named the Outstanding Teacher of the Year 1998 at Daley College of the City Colleges of Chicago by Phi Theta Kappa, an honors society, in a survey of Daley College students

Recognized by the Chancellor of the City Colleges for mentoring 7 psychology students to receive internships to the 2002 American Psychological Association’s Annual Meeting and Summer Institute

Presenter at various conferences, including the National Education Computing Conference, Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Roosevelt University Mini-Conference on Teaching, and the Midwest Institute for Students and Teachers of Psychology

Guest editor of a special edition of Educational Technology devoted to “Trends in Computer-Assisted Instruction,” April 1978

Worked on PLATO computer-based education Project at the University of Illinois (Urbana) to develop computer-assisted instruction for adult basic education

Peace Corps Volunteer, Institute of African Studies, Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone, West Africa, 1965-1967

Degrees: A.B., Government, Indiana University; M.A.T. Social Sciences, Antioch Graduate School of Education; Ed.D. (Curriculum and Instruction), Nova University

Full-time academic positions: Indiana Vocational Technical College (1970 – 1971), City Colleges of Chicago (1971 – 2004)