DAVID T. LLOYD
Department of English
Le Moyne College

Syracuse, NY 13214

315-445-4398


EDUCATION

BROWN UNIVERSITY
Phd. in English literature (1985).
Dissertation: "Lyric Voice and Epic Dimension in Seamus Heaney's North and
Geoffrey Hill's Mercian Hymns."
Director: B. K. Waldrop. Second Reader: Edwin Honig.

M.A. in Creative Writing (1985).
Fiction thesis: Arguments About Secrets.
Director: John Hawkes. Workshops also with Robert Coover and Susan Sontag.

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT
M.A. in English and American literature (1978).
Thesis on Hart Crane's The Bridge.

ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY
B.A. cum laude, in English, with honors (1975).
Honors thesis: William Carlos Williams' Paterson.

UNIVERSITY OF WALES (Aberystwyth)
Junior Year Abroad: Welsh language, Classical Studies, English literature (1973-74).

TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATION

LE MOYNE COLLEGE
Director, Creative Writing Program, 1997-1998, 2002-present
Rev. Francis J. Fallon, SJ, Professor, 1998-2001
Chair, Department of English, 1992-1996
Director, The S.I. Newhouse Writing Center, 1985-1991

Professor, 1995-present
Associate Professor, 1991-1995
Assistant Professor, 1985-1991

BROWN UNIVERSITY
Adjunct Professor, summers 1984, 1985
Graduate Instructor, 1982-84

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT
Adjunct Instructor, 1978-79, spring 1980, spring 1981
Graduate Instructor, 1976-78

BOOKS

Boys (tentative title), a collection of two novellas forthcoming from Syracuse University Press, 2005.

The Gospel According to Frank. Poetry collection. New American Press, 2003.

The Everyday Apocalypse. Poetry collection. Winner of the 2002 Maryland State Poetry & Literary Society chapbook contest. Baltimore, MD: Three Conditions Press, 2002.

Writing on the Edge: Interviews with Writers and Editors of Wales. Amersterdam and Atlanta: Costerus Series,
Rodopi, 1997.

The Urgency of Identity: Contemporary English-Language Poetry from Wales. Evanston, IL: TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press, 1994.

ARTICLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOOKS

"Fusions in Seamus Heaney's North." In Seamus Heaney: The Shaping Spirit, ed. Catherine Malloy and Phyllis Carey. Newark: The University of Delaware Press, 1996.

"Poetry in Post War Britain: The Two Generations." In Contiguous Traditions in Post-War British Poetry,
ed. C.C. Barfoot. Dutch Quarterly Review Studies in Literature, 1994.

"The Public and Private Realms of Geoffrey Hill's Mercian Hymns." In Self, World, Poem: Essays on Contemporary Poetry," ed. Leonard Trawick. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1990. First published in Twentieth Century Literature 34.4 (1988): 407-415.

"The Margin and the Center in Contemporary American Poetry." In Poetry Wales: 25 Years, ed. Cary Archard. Bridgend, Wales: Seren Books, 1990. An anthology of writing that appeared in this journal since its founding in 1965. First published in Poetry Wales 25.1 (1990): 16-19.

"John Engles." In The Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Catholic American Writers, ed. Daniel Tynan (Westport CT.: Greenwood Press, 1989).

"Interview with Michael Harper." In The Writer in Our World, ed. Reginald Gibbons. Boston/New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986.

ARTICLES, INTERVIEWS, REVIEW ARTICLES

"On Dylan Thomas," forthcoming in Poetry Wales.

"Making It New: R. S. Thomas and Williams Carlos Williams," Welsh Writing in English Yearbook (Vol. 8, 2003): 121-140.

"Articulate to the End: R. S. Thomas and the Crisis of Language," Ariel 30.4 (October 1999): 99-108.

Contribution to "Books 98: Planet's Contributors Make Their Selection," Planet, No. 132 (December 1998/January 1999), p. 78.

"Back to the Future: the Latest Anthology of Anglo-Welsh Literature," commissioned review article on Twentieth Century Anglo-Welsh Poetry, edited by Dannie Abse. Planet 127 (Feb./March 1998): 76-71.

"Through the Looking Glass: R. S. Thomas's The Echoes Return Slow as Poetic Autobiography, Twentieth Century Literature 42.4 (Winter 1996): 438-452.

"Wales, Welsh-L, and the Internet," Planet 116 (April/May 1996): 77-80.

"Nature, City, Nation: an Interview with Welsh Writer John Barnie," Poetry Canada (14.1): 20-21. (Part of an "International Voices" special feature.)

"Publishing in Wales--2: an Interview with Cary Archard," Planet 96 (December/January, 1992-93): 35-41.

"Interview with Peter Finch," Poetry Wales 28.3 (December 1992): 48-53.

"Publishing in Wales--1: an Interview with Dyfed Elis Gruffydd," Planet 95 (October/November 1992): 25-29.

"On Welsh Writing in English: an Interview with Ned Thomas," Ariel 23.3 (July 1992): 87-97.

"Welsh Writing in English," World Literature Today 66:3 (Summer, 1992): 434-438.

"On Welsh Writing in English: an Interview with Mike Jenkins," Colorado Review 19.1 (1992): 1-14.

"Letter From America: the Writer's Workshop," New Welsh Review 3.4 (1991): 57-59. "Letter From America" is a series of commissioned articles focusing on contemporary American poetry and fiction.

"Interview with Raymond Garlick," Poetry Wales (26.3, 1990): 37-42.

"Letter From America: LANGUAGE and the New Formalism," New Welsh Review 3.1 (1990): 51-52.

"Letter From America: The Call for a Public Poem," New Welsh Review 2.3 (1989/90): 75-76.

"The Margin and the Center in Contemporary American Poetry," Poetry Wales 25.1 (1989): 16-19.

"Letter From America: The Postmodernist Legacy," New Welsh Review 2.2 (1989): 65-66.

"Letter From America: The James Joyce Wars," New Welsh Review 2.1 (1989): 74-76.

"Letter From America: Poetry Magazines," New Welsh Review 1.4 (1989): 67-68.

"The Public and Private Realms of Geoffrey Hill's Mercian Hymns," Twentieth Century Literature 34.4 (1988): 407-415.

"The Structural Dynamics of David Jones's The Tribune's Visitation," Ariel 18.1 (1987): 3-15.

"The Adult Voice in Emily Dickinson's Child Poems," Dickinson Studies 49 (1984): 22-31.

"Seamus Heaney's Field Work," Ariel 12.2 (1981): 87-92.

"The Two Voices of Seamus Heaney's North," Ariel 10.4 (1979): 5-13.

REVIEWS

Ghosts of the Old Year: New Welsh Short Fiction (Parthian press anthology) and Waiting for the Piano Tuner to Die (novel by Harriet Richards), forthcoming in Planet.

Cusan Dyn Dall/Blind Man's Kiss, poetry by Menna Elfyn, forthcoming in World Literature Today.

Heaven's Gate, poetry by Tony Curtis, forthcoming in World Literature Today.

"Taking It With You," review of Welsh Reflections: Y Drych & America, 1851-2001, Aled Jones and Bill Jones, Planet 154 (August/September 2002): 97-98.

The Deposition of Father McGreevy, novel by Brian O'Doherty, World Literature Today 76:1 (Winter 2002): 148.

Citizen of the World and LittleBody, poetry by Thomas Kinsella, World Literature Today 76:1 (Winter 2002): 153.

My Piece of Happiness, novel by Lewis Davies, World Literature Today 76:1 (Winter 2002): 146-147.

"Border Crossings," review of Footloose on the Frontier, essays by Nigel Jenkins, Planet 150 (December 2001/January 2002): 98-99.

R. S. Thomas: Reading the Poems, 3 CD set, Sain Records, Ninnau (2001).

The Gift of a Daughter, novel by Emyr Humprheys, World Literature Today 75:3/4 (Summer/Autumn 2001): 145.

Oxygen: New Poets from Wales, World Literature Today 75:1 (Winter 2001): 191-192.

Five Fields, poetry by Gillian Clarke, World Literature Today 75:1 (Winter 2001): 118-119.

Mama's Baby (Papa's Maybe) & Other Stories: New Welsh Short Fiction, World Literature Today 75:1 (Winter 2001): 124.

"Craft and Sincerity," review of Oxygen: New Poets from Wales and Over Milk Wood: Poems from Wales, Planet 145 (Feb./March 2001): 102-104.

A White Afternoon: New Welsh Short Fiction, edited by Meic Stephens, World Literature Today, Vol. 74, No. 2 (Spring 2000): 459.

Prince Charming: A Memoir, Christopher Logue, World Literature Today, Vol. 74, No. 4 (Autumn 2000): 828.

3 Songs of Home, poetry collection by Tony Curtis, World Literature Today, Vol. 73, No. 4, p. 751.

A Theatre of Flowers, poetry collection by Tony Conran, World Literature Today, Vol. 73, No. 4, p. 740.

Zero Gravity, poetry collection by Gwyneth Lewis, World Literature Today, Vol. 73, No. 4, p. 743.

Review of Robert Minhinnick's Selected Poems, Planet 135 (June/July 1999).

Twentieth Century Anglo-Welsh Poetry, poetry anthology edited by Dannie Abse, World Literature Today (Summer, 1998).

Unconditional Surrender, novel by Emyr Humphreys, World Literature Today (Summer, 1998).

Our Lady of Europe, poetry collection by Jeremy Hooker, World Literature Today (Summer, 1998).

"Despite the Shortcomings," review of John Ormond, critical study by M. Wynn Thomas, Planet., No. 128 (April/May, 1998): 106-108.

One Moonlit Night by Caradog Prichard, novel translated from the Welsh, World Literature Today (Spring, 1998).

From Empty Harbour to White Ocean, novel in translation, World Literature Today (Winter, 1998).

Collected Poems of Leslie Norris, World Literature Today (Winter, 1998).

Cell Angel, poems by Menna Elfyn, World Literature Today (Autumn 1997).

Burning the Bracken, anthology of poetry from Seren Books, Planet, No. 121 (Feb./March 1997): 107-109.

No Truce with the Furies, poems by R. S. Thomas, World Literature Today (Autumn, 1996).

Rest for the Wicked, poems by Glyn Maxwell, World Literature Today (Autumn, 1996).

Parables & Faxes, poems by Gwyneth Lewis, World Literature Today (Spring, 1996).

The Show-Me State, novel by Lloyd Rees, Planet 117 (1996): 101-102.

Graffiti Narratives, poems by Mike Jenkins, World Literature Today (Winter, 1996).

Malaya, poetry by Steve Short; Journeying, poetry by Sam Adams; and Crashing the Moon, poetry by Penny Windsor, Planet 110 (1995): 109-110.

That Old-Time Religion, poetry by Peter Didsbury, World Literature Today (summer, 1995).

Anglo-Welsh Poetry 1480-1990, anthology edited by Raymond Garlick and Roland Mathias, World Literature Today (summer 1994): 574.

The City, poetry and fiction by John Barnie, World Literature Today (Autumn 1994): 809.

A Few Selected Exits, memoir by Gwyn Thomas, World Literature Today (Autumn 1994): 819-820.

Welsh Verse, poetry translations from the Welsh by Anthony Conran, World Literature Today (Spring 1994).

Collected Poems, by P. J. Kavanagh, poetry, World Literature Today (Winter 1994): 131-132.

Mass for Hard Times, poetry by R. S. Thomas, World Literature Today (Winter 1994): 134.

The World of Kate Roberts, Welsh novelist, World Literature Today (Spring 1993): 424.

"Anglo-Welsh Showcase," review of New England Review/Bread Loaf Quarterly's Writers of Wales Special Issue, Planet 77 (1989): 98-99.

Dead Languages, novel by David Shields, Lake Effect 4.3 (1989): 18.

A Book of Wales, "Authentic Images," anthology of writing from Wales, Planet 66 (1987-88): 97-98.

The Welsh in the United States and Welsh Fever, "From the Melting Pot," Welsh-American culture, Planet 64 (1987):
97-101.

"John Montague's The Great Cloak," poetry, The Anglo-Welsh Review 65 (1979): 125-130.

INVITED PLENARY ADDRESSES

"Anthologies and Identities": the Annual Conference of the Association for Welsh Writing in English, March, 1998.

"Images of America in Contemporary Anglo-Welsh Poetry," one of 4 invited plenary addresses given to the Annual Meeting of the North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History, May 31, 1996, at the University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande Ohio.

CONFERENCE PAPERS/PANELS/READINGS

Poetry reading, Stone Quarry Hill Art Gallery, Sunday, June 22, as part of the opening of their summer show, featuring new outdoor installations and gallery work by four artists. The reading took place within the outdoor installation titled "Amphitheater," by Kim Waale

Poetry reading tour of Wales, organized by the Welsh Academi. Readings at the Norwegian Church Arts Center, Cardiff (with Robert Minhinnick); the University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd; the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth (with Nigel Jenkins); and Gwesty Mynydd Ednyfed, Cricieth (with Twm Morys and Myrddin ap Dafydd).

Poetry reading, Le Moyne College, with Linda Pennisi and Patrick Lawler, Thursday, April 3.

Poetry reading tour of North Carolina: Readings at the Wine Basket, Charlotte, NC, March 28, 2003 (featured reader in event sponsored by Main Street Rag magazine and press); the Green Bean, Greensboro, NC, March 29, 2003 (featured reader); Morning Dew Café, Winston-Salem, NC, March 30, 2003 (featured reader).

Poetry readings in Baltimore: Funk's Democratic Coffee Spot, Thursday, February 27 (featured reader); Xando, Saturday, March 1 (featured reader).

Poetry reading by panel of contributors to Natural Bridge special Irish issue. Midwest American Conference for Irish Studies regional meeting, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, October 24-27, 2002.

"Making It New: R. S. Thomas and William Carlos Williams": Fifth Annual Welsh Studies Conference (North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History and the Le Moyne Forum), Le Moyne College, June, 2002.

Poetry reading (with others): Fifth Annual Welsh Studies Conference (North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History and the Le Moyne Forum), Le Moyne College, June, 2002.

"Open-Eyed, Full-Throated: A Showcase of ACIS Poets": American Conference for Irish Studies 40th Annual Meeting, June 2002, Marquette University, Milwaukee.

Poetry reading (with Chris Kennedy): Le Moyne College, April, 2002.

Poetry reading (with Carol Rumens and Ian Gregson), Bangor, University of Wales, December 4, 2001.

Poetry reading (with Linda Pennisi), St. Stephen's Church, Cazenovia, for Cazenovia Counterpoint Festival of Contemporary Music and Art, Sponsored by the Society for New Music, July 22, 2001.

"Open-Eyed, Full-Throated: A Showcase of ACIS Poets": American Conference for Irish Studies 39th Annual Meeting, June 2001, Fordham University, New York City.

"Poets reading from their work": Southern Regional Meeting, American Conference for Irish Studies, February, 2001.

Poetry reading (with others): Fourth Annual Welsh Studies Conference (North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture), Bryn Mawr College, June, 2000.

Poetry reading, Café Paradiso, Syracuse, February 1, 2000.

Fiction Reading (with poets Linda Pennisi, Patrick Lawler, Janet St. John, Happy Endings Coffee House, Syracuse, NY, September 17, 2000.

"Open-Eyed, Full-Throated: a Showcase of ACIS Poets": American Conference for Irish Studies 38th Annual Meeting, Limerick, Ireland, June, 2000.

"Poetry Reading," Twelth Graduate Irish Studies Conference, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, March 2000.

"Special Session: the Job Search": invited participant in round table discussion. Twelth Graduate Irish Studies Conference, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, March 2000.

Poetry Reading: American Conference for Irish Studies Southern Regional Meeting, Miami, Florida, 2000.

"American Poets/Irish Themes: a Reading": participant in panel in the Annual Conference of the American Conference for Irish Studies, Roanoke, VA, May, 1999.

Reader in the Poetry Forum of Hofstra University's Frank Sinatra Conference, November 1998.

"'I Walked Yeats' Street': Modern Anglo-Welsh Poetry and the Irish Model," 1998 American Conference for Irish Studies National Meeting, Nova University, Ft. Lauderdale Florida.

Fiction reading, for "Read Aloud" (National Library Week event), April 22, 1998

"R. S. Thomas and the Problem of Language," Third Annual Conference of the North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History, University of Rio Grande, June 27, 1997.

"Contemporary Anglo-Welsh Poetry," invited presentation for the 65th Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu, Utica, New York, August 31, 1996.

"A 'Celtic Moment': Literary Interactions Between Ireland and Wales," delivered at the 1995 American Conference for Irish Studies National Meeting, Belfast, Northern Ireland, July 1, 1995.

"A Reading of Poems from and About Wales," chaired and participated in this panel for the First Annual Conference on Welsh Studies, University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Ohio, June 1, 1995.

"Seamus Heaney, Gillian Clarke, and the Sheila na Gig at Kilpeck," delivered at the March 16, 1995, Southern Regional Meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC.

"Language, Nationalism and the Anglo-Welsh," delivered at the "Nationalism in the Celtic Sphere" panel at the 1993 Modern Language Association meeting in Toronto.

"The Dublin Magazine and the Making of Anglo-Welsh Literature, 1930-1960," delivered at the SUNY Cortland Conference on Literature and Culture, October 17, 1993.

"The Madoc Myth in Madoc: a Mystery," delivered at the 1992 National Meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies, University of Galway, Ireland, July 8, 1992.

"Connections and Departures: Contemporary Irish and Welsh Poetry," delivered at the 1991 National Meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

"Political Subjects, Poetic Strategies: Seamus Heaney as a Case Study," delivered at the Southeastern Regional meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, February 1, 1990.

"Fusions in Heaney's North," delivered at the National Meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies, Syracuse, NY, April, 1989.

"The Public and Private Realms of Geoffrey Hill's Mercian Hymns," delivered at the Cleveland State University Poetry Center's 25th Anniversary Celebration, "A Jubilation of Poets," 1986.

"The Unity of Heaney's North," delivered at the Irish Studies Summer Program, the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, July, 1979.

AWARDS AND HONORS

WINNER, 2002 MARYLAND STATE POETRY & LITERARY SOCIETY CHAPBOOK CONTEST for poetry collection The Everyday Apocalypse.

POET IN RESIDENCE, Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Red Wing, MN, August 2002.

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES STIPEND, from the New York State Foundation for the Arts and the Upper Catskill Community Council of the Arts, fall 2002.

OUTSIDE CONSULTANT, program review, Department of English, Utica College, site visit conducted on April 26, 2002.

INVITED JUROR IN POETRY, 2001 Saltonstall Arts Council Poetry Residency Competition.

FULBRIGHT DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR AWARD, for research and lecturing at the University of Wales, Bangor, September - December 2001 (one of eight Distinguished Scholar Awards in the UK for 2000-2001).

REV. FRANCIS J. FALLON ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP, 1998-2001, awarded for exceptional scholarship, teaching, and service. Carried reduced teaching load, stipend in support of research projects.

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES STIPEND, from the New York State Foundation for the Arts and the Upper Catskill Community Council of the Arts, fall 2001.

POET IN RESIDENCE, Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Ithaca, NY, June - July 2001.

FIRST PLACE, TRADITIONAL VERSE CATEGORY, Oregon State Poetry Association, for "Sestina On the Everyday Apocalypse," 2001.

NOMINATION, PUSHCART AWARD by editors of Del Sol Review for story "As Always, Jason," 2001.

ROBERT H. WINNER MEMORIAL AWARD, Poetry Society of America, co-winner for manuscript titled "Sestinas for the Everyday Apocalypse," Judged by W. D. Snodgrass (April 2000).

LE MOYNE COLLEGE RESEARCH GRANTS AND COURSE LOAD RELEASE (2001, 2000, 1996, 1993, 1992, 1990, 1988, 1986).

FIRST PRIZE, TALLGRASS ANTHOLOGY/CONTEST, for poems "Expedition" and "Creatures Within Give Advice" (2000).

INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANT AWARD FOR SCRIPTWRITING AND VIDEO/FILM PRODUCTION PROJECT, CULTURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL COMMUNITY ARTS GRANT Program (February 2000).

HONORABLE MENTION, 1997 ICARUS POETRY COMPETITION, for "Where the Roof Had Been"; national contest judged by poet Jill Pelaez Baumgaertner.

THIRD PRIZE, 1997 WHISKEY ISLAND POETRY CONTEST, national contest judged by poet Richard Garcia, sponsored by the Whiskey Island Magazine.

NOMINATION, FORWARD POETRY PRIZE (1996): Two poems nominated by the editor of Planet in the category, "Best Individual Poem." Nominated poems must have been published in a British magazine within a specified twelve month period.

RED BRICK REVIEW POETRY CONTEST, RUNNER-UP (1996): for the poem "Giving It All Away,"
published in the 1996 Red Brick Review.

SCHOLAR OF THE YEAR (1995): Awarded for the full-time Le Moyne faculty member judged to have produced the most significant publication record during a three year period (Aug. 1992- Aug. 1995).

VERMONT STUDIO CENTER: awarded a two week writer's residency with fellowship for spring, 1994.

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES SUMMER SEMINAR PARTICIPANT: participated in
three seminars:
· "Yeats and Autobiography," with James Olney in Sligo, Ireland, in 1993;
· "The Political Mythology of Racism," with Leonard Thompson, Yale University in 1989;
· "The Modern Lyric Sequence," with M.L. Rosenthal, New York University in 1981.

WORLD LITERATURE TODAY REVIEWING STAFF: Asked in February, 1993, to join the reviewing staff of WLT in the areas of contemporary Irish, Welsh, and English belles lettres.

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES TRAVEL TO COLLECTIONS GRANT (summer, 1992) for
research at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales.

SUMMER INSTITUTE ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND VALUES (summer, 1990): Selected to participate in a four week summer institute sponsored by the Values Program at Le Moyne College and centered on science, technology and values.

CAPHE Fellowship (summer, 1988): A Consortium for the Advancement of Private Higher Education Fellowship to attend a Values Program Summer Institute on Economic Justice.

ST. DAVID'S SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SCHOLARSHIP (1986): Award in recognition of academic and creative achievement in the area of Welsh arts and literature.

WELSH NATIONAL GYMANFA GANU ASSOCIATION STIPEND: Two awards: summer, 1986 to pursue research at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth; academic year 1987-88, to devote time to scholarly writing.

BROWN UNIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP (1981-82 and spring semester, 1984): Award for academic excellence in graduate study of English literature.

RHODE ISLAND COUNCIL ON THE ARTS LISTING: Listed on the literature roster of the RISCA Artists in Education Program (1983).

DIRECTORY OF SCHOLARS LISTING: Listed in the Vermont Council on the Humanities and Public Issues Directory of Scholars (1980).

TUPPER AWARD (1979): Outstanding graduate student in English at the University of Vermont.

WATSON FELLOWSHIP: Post-graduate Fellowship to study Anglo-Welsh poetry abroad and to write poetry (1975-76).

SERVICE

Member, Rank and Tenure Committee, 2002-present.

President, North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History, June 2002 - 2004.

Member, Georg Professorship Nomination Committee, 2003.

Vice-President/President Elect, North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History, June 2000 - 2002.

Coordinator for joint Le Moyne Forum/North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History conference, June 2002.

Member, Editorial Board, The North American Journal of Welsh Studies, on-line academic journal published on behalf of the North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History (2000-present).

Invited member, Advisory Board for the Madog Center for Welsh Studies, University of Rio Grande, 1999-present.

Invited outside Evaluator for the Department of English, Utica College, Spring 2000.

Division Two Representative (elected), Committee on Academic Relations, Policies, Procedures (fall 2000 - present).

Division Two Representative, Lecture Committee (fall 2000 - present).

Member, English Department Search Committee for two generalists, fall 2000.

Co-chair, Program Committee for the Year 2000 National Meeting, North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History, Bryn Mawr College, June 2000.

Elected member at large, North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History, 1996-2000.

Fallon and George Professorship Guidelines Committee, spring 2000.

Member, English department Outcomes Assessment Committee (1998-present).

Member, Special Increments Committee for Full Professors (1998-99).

Founder and Director, Creative Writing Program of the English Department (1997-1998).

At-large Member, Research and Development Committee of the Faculty Senate (1997-1998).

External Examiner, two Phd. dissertations, University of Wales, Aberystwyth (UK), May, 1997.

Member, Composition Committee, Department of English (1997-2000).

Member, Scholar of the Year Committee (1996-1999).

Advisor, English majors applying to graduate programs, 1990-91 and English majors applying to graduate programs in Creative Writing (1995-present).

Coordinator, Newhouse Awards in Writing, 1990-91, 1996-present.

Faculty Advisor for The Salamander literary magazine (1993-present).

Faculty Advisor for the Gaelic Club (1996-present).

Honors Program faculty, 1988-present.

Faculty Advisor for the English Club (1996-1998).

Chair, English Department Search Committee (Rhetoric/Composition, 1996-97).

Chair, Academic Relations, Policies and Procedures Committee of the Faculty Senate (1995-96).

Member, Executive Board of the Faculty Senate (1995-96).

Chair, Department of English, 1992-1996.

Member, Georg Professorship Nomination Committee, 1994.

Co-Chair, Leadership Committee, Le Moyne College Heights Project, 1993.

Faculty Evaluation Committee member, 1992-93.

Area Chair (later Area Facilitator), Humanities Division, 1992-96.

Chair, Humanities Division Planning Committee, 1992. (Committee to draft a plan and priority list for the Humanities Division, as part of the Strategic Planning process.)

Principal Author, Le Moyne College 1991 Self-Study for the Middle States Association for Higher Education.

Member Middle States Steering Committee, 1990-1991.

Director, The S. I. Newhouse Writing Center, 1985-1991.

Member, Core Curriculum Advisory Committee, ad hoc committee responsible for implementing the Humanities Core Curriculum, 1990-91.

Faculty leader for freshman workshops on sexual harassment: 3 workshops (1988, 1989, 1991).

Chair, English Department Search Committee, 1989-90.

Honors Program Faculty, 1988-present.

Working Group on Values, Member, 1988-89.

Editor for Values Program book, Ambitious Dreams, 1989.

Performing Arts Committee member, 1986-1991.

Member, College English Handbook Committee, Departmental committee set up to select college-wide composition handbook, 1986.

Editor for the Le Moyne Presidential Planning Group document, forecasting needs and goals for the coming five years, 1986.

Organized and promoted public readings by the following poets and fiction writers Robert Coover (1986), Galway Kinnell (1987), W.D. Snodgrass (1988 and 1994), Patrick Lawler (1990), Adrienne Rich (1993, with the Community Writers' Project), Robert Minhinnick (1994), Michael Martone (1994), Jeremy Hooker, (1995), Steve Griffiths (1995), Willie Perdomo (1995), Roberto Santiago (1995), Michael Harper (1995), Hayden Carruth (1995), Jean Valentine (1995), and Michael Burkard (1995), Mary Caponegro (1996), Barbara Moore Clarkson and Sean Thomas Dougherty (1996), and Iwan Llwyd, Menna Elfyn, and Nigel Jenkins (1997), a "Reading by Le Moyne Poets" for the College Jubilee Celebration (1997), Linda Pennisi (1998), Betsy Sholl (1998), Joanna Scott (1998), Joellen Kwiatec (1999), George Saunders (1999), Jack Gilbert (1999), John Barnie and Iwan Llwyd (2000), Linda Gregg (2000), AJ Krivak and Nathalie Anderson (2001), Chris Kennedy (2002), Thom Ward (2002), Martha Rhodes (2003), Linda Pennisi, Patrick Lawler (2003).

MANUSCRIPT READER

For Syracuse University Press: various fiction manuscripts, 2001-present.

ORGANIZATION AFFILIATIONS

The North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History. Co-chair, Program Committee for the Year 2000 National Meeting, Bryn Mawr College. Vice-President/President Elect, June 2000 - 2002.

Advisory Board Member, Madog Center for Welsh Studies, University of Rio Grande.

The Associated Writing Programs

Celtic Studies Association of North America

The American Conference for Irish Studies

The Modern Language Association

POETRY CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOOKS AND ANTHOLOGIES

"Lloyd After Williams" in A Due Voci: the Photographs of Rita Hammond, Julie Grossman, Ann Ryan, Kim Waale, eds. (Syracuse University Press, 2003).

"Sestina on the Everyday Apocalypse," Verseweavers: The Oregon State Poetry Association Anthology of Prize-winning Poems, David Hedges, ed., No. 6 (Summer 2002): 16-17. Included for winning First Prize in the Traditional Verse category of the Fall 2001 contest.

"The Heavens" in Chapter 9 ("The Voice in the Desert") of Gilbert L. Gigliotti, A Storied Singer: Frank Sinatra as Literary Conceit (Greenwood Press, 2001).

"Expedition" and "Creatures Within Give Advice" in Earth Beneath, Sky Beyond, Whitney Scott, ed. (Outrider Press, 2000).

"Transformations of Stone" in Knowing Stones: Poems of Exotic Places, Maureen Tolman Flannery, editor (John Gordon Burke Publishing, Inc., 2000).

"Giving It All Away," "What If?" and "He Tells Me" in Reader's Break: A Literary Anthology of Short Stories and Poetry (Pine Grove Press, 1998), pp. 74-79.

"Where the Roof Had Been," Icarus "Wild Blue Yonder" chapbook anthology (Kitty Hawk, NC: Kenan Press,1997).

"Temptations," Mohawk Valley Anthology of Poetry, Nancy Kobryn, ed. (American Poetry Press, 1988), p. 11.

POETRY CONTRIBUTIONS JOURNALS

"Not I" forthcoming in Great River Review.
"Creation" forthcoming in Great River Review.

"from The Gospel According to Frank": poems on the mythic styles of Frank Sinatra: "Daydreams," "Uncreation," "Syllogism," "God, and God," and "Eschatology: Frank and Elvis" (this last poem is reprinted from Crab Orchard Review 7.2, Spring/Summer 2002), Planet, No. 158 (2003): 65-68.

"Sestina for the Everyday Apocalypse," "The Artist," "What If?" "The Heavens": previous published poems reproduced in the Saltonstall Foundation's third annual web-based anthology of literature. Invited to participate as one of the 2001 Saltonstall award recipients: http://www.saltonstall.org/echap3/intro.html.

"The Garden According to Frank," Crab Orchard Review 7.2 (Spring/Summer 2002): 190-191.

"Eschatology: Frank and Elvis," Crab Orchard Review 7.2 (Spring/Summer 2002): 192-193. Reprinted in Planet.

"Warp-Spasm," Natural Bridge - Special Irish Issue 6 (spring 2002), pp. 149-150.

"My Mother's Daybook," Red Brick Review 6 (2000), p. 33.

"In the Courtyard of the High Priest," DoubleTake 6:2 (Spring 2000), p. 106.

"When the Snakes Arrived," Planet, No. 137 (October/November, 1999), pp. 81-82.

"Variety Show," Planet, No. 137 (October/November, 1999), pp. 81-82.

"The Heavens," Denver Quarterly 34.1 (Spring 1999), p. 32.

"Once Again in Remsen, N.Y.," Planet, No. 132 (December 1998/January 1999), contribution to a series titled "A Round for Remsen: Four Poets on an afternoon in America," p. 40.

"Miracle," poem included in the invited multi-media piece "Here/There/Over There" (completed in collaboration with artist Kim Waale and composer Richard Lloyd.

"What's Left," Frontiers "Hero's Journey" anthology (Houston, TX: Blue Heron Press,1997).

"This Unfamiliar Place," Whiskey Island Magazine (Summer/Fall, 1997). Third prize 1997 Whiskey Island Contest (with "He Tells Me" and "What If?"), p. 30.

"He Tells Me," Whiskey Island Magazine (Summer/Fall, 1997). Third prize 1997 Whiskey Island Contest (with "This Unfamiliar Place" and "What If?"), p. 31.

"What If?" Whiskey Island Magazine (Summer/Fall, 1997). Third prize 1997 Whiskey Island Contest (with "He Tells Me" and "This Unfamiliar Place"). p. 32.

"When the Snakes Arrive," Asheville Poetry Review 3.2 (Fall/Winter 1996), p. 79.

"Snowman," Asheville Poetry Review 3.2 (Fall/Winter 1996), p. 80.

"Taking the Body to Dinner," Planet, No. 121 (Feb./March 1997), p. 41.

"Giving It All Away," dual publication: Planet, No. 115 (Feb./March, 1996), pp. 30-31, and Red Brick Review (1996).

"The Artist," Planet, No. 115 (Feb./March, 1996), pp. 31-32. Reprinted in the Summer/Fall 1998 St. Lawrence Magazine, p. 18.

"The Great Bombers of North America," Red Poets Society, No. 3, 1995.

"London, 1962," The New Welsh Review, No. 26, Autumn 1994, p. 20.

"The First House I Knew," The New Welsh Review, No. 26, Autumn 1994, pp. 20.

"The Second House I Knew," The New Welsh Review, No. 26, Autumn 1994, pp. 21.

"Bedtime Stories," Planet, 102 (Dec. 1993/Jan. 1994): 60.

"Perspectives," The Cloverdale Review of Poetry and Criticism (1992-93): 130.

"Old Voices," Poetry from Aberystwyth VI, ed. R. Gerallt Jones (Aberystwyth, 1991). An anthology of poems selected from the 1991 Aberystwyth Open Poetry Competition.

"Playground," Poetry from Aberystwyth V, ed. R. Gerallt Jones (Aberystwyth, 1990). An anthology of poems selected from the 1990 Aberystwyth Open Poetry Competition. "Playground" was listed as "highly commended."

"The Unfamiliar," Poetry Wales, 25.1 (1989), p. 33.

"I, You, Reader, Words" supplied text for a multi-media piece including music by Richard Lloyd, choreography by Elaine Heekin and Bruce Walchyk, sculpture and costumes by Kim Waale. Titled Threads, this piece was performed in the American College Dance Festival, 1990; and again at Hamilton College in 1991.

"Storm," Poetpourri, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1988 (Awards Edition), p. 19.

"Nightmare, Dawn," Poetpourri, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1988 (Awards Edition), p. 18.

"Hunting the Beast," Poetry Wales, Vol. 21, No. 2, 1987, p. 61.

"Night's Moving Shadow," Poetry Wales, Vol. 21, No. 2, 1987, p. 63.

"Fire: Penmaenmawr," Poetry Wales, Vol. 21, No. 2, 1987, p. 62.

Transformations of Stones: poems from this 28 poem-sequence were used, along with music, dance and slides, in the multi-media piece Soundstone, performed by Disc Dance Theater. Premier: Hamilton College, October, 1987. Subsequent performances: Onondaga Community College, Le Moyne College.

"Dialogue with the Dead," Poetry Wales, Vol. 21, No. 4, 1986, p. 32.

"Axe Factory: Graig Lwyd," The Anglo-Welsh Review, No. 84, 1986, p. 105.

"Stone's Edge," The Anglo-Welsh Review, No. 84, 1986, p. 107.

"Stone's Center," The Anglo Welsh Review, No. 84, 1986, p. 104.

"Transformations of Stone," The Anglo-Welsh Review, No. 84, 1986, p. 106.

"Leaves After Rain," Northeast Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1, p. 31.

"Savage Outlines," Brown Journal of The Arts, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1984, p. 20.

"Questions," The Anglo-Welsh Review, No. 73, 1983, p. 16.

"Starting Again," The Anglo-Welsh Review, No. 73, 1983, pp. 16-17. Reprinted in Ocean State Poems, anthology issue of Northeast Journal, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1983, p. 29.

"In Locked Space," The Anglo-Welsh Review, No. 73, 1983, p. 17.

"The Ancestor," The Anglo-Welsh Review, No. 73, 1983, p. 18.

"The Maze": a seven poem sequence ("Step-by-Step," "Don't You Remember?" "That Perfect Dialogue," "These Forms," "Choosing," "The Maze," "Those Words Again"), Poetry Wales, Vol. 19, No. 1, 1983, pp. 86-91.

"The Flaw," Rhode Island Review, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1983, p. 18.

"Domestic," Poetry Wales, Vol. 17, No. 3, 1982, p. 88.

"A Forest of All the Trees," Poetry Wales, Vol. 18, No. 1, 1982, p. 42.

"Carrying," Poetry Wales, Vol. 18, No. 1, 1982, p.43.

"Balance," Colorado State Review, Vol. 10, No. 1, 1982, p. 33.

"Binding," Dark Horse, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1981, p. 11.

"Hedgerow," Madog, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1981, p. 47.

"Abraham: A Sequence of Four Poems" ("Beginnings," "The Land," "On Moriah," "On His Deathbed"), Poem No. 38, 1980, pp. 17-20.

"Arrival," The Anglo-Welsh Review, No. 63, 1979. p. 30.

"Sleep," The Anglo-Welsh Review, No. 63, 1979, p. 31.

"Connections," The Anglo-Welsh Review, No. 63, 1979, p. 31.

"To His Wife," Green Mountains Review, No. 9, 1979, p.11.

"Subsistance," Green Mountains Review, No. 9, 1979, p. 12.

"Romanticism," Green Mountains Review, No. 9, 1979, p. 12.

"Hermetic," Green Mountains Review, No. 9, 1979, p. 13.

"Voyeur," Madog, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1979, p. 38.

"Sandcastle," Madog, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1979, p.39

"On Presbyterianism," Poem, No. 35, 1979, p.34.

"Convergence: A Sequence of Nine Poems" ("Set," "On the "Journey," "Letter,"

"The Monk's Prayer," "The Black Man's Threat," "Meditation," "What Is It," "Celtic Knot"), The Anglo-Welsh Review, No. 61, 1978, pp. 22-29. "Celtic Knot", a poem from this sequence, was reprinted in Pocket Poetry, Vol. 2, No. 5, 1978, p. 46.

FICTION CONTRIBUTIONS JOURNALS

"Damage," New Scriblerus (forthcoming).

"As Always, Jason," Del Sol Review (No. 7, 2001), http://webdelsol.com/f-delsol.htm (archives).

"Isaac and Abraham," Salt Hill No. 9 (2000), pp. 68-74.

"Snow," Women's Studies, an Interdisciplinary Journal Vol. 28, No. 5, 1999, pp. 575-578.

"Voodoo," Planet No. 130 (August/September 1998), pp. 84-88.

"That Look Again," Colorado Review, Vol. XIV, No. 2, 1987, pp. 37-39.

"Snapshot," Colorado Review, Vol. XIV, No. 2, 1987, pp. 40-41.

"Somersaults," Colorado Review, Vol. XIV, No. 2, 1987, pp. 42-43.

"The Orchid Girl," Lake Effect, Vol. 2, No. 3, 1987, p. 6.

"Lydia's House," Northeast Journal, 1986, pp. 47-50.

"The Photograph," Planet, No. 58, 1986, pp. 59-60.

"Trimballo," Lake Effect, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1986, pp. 10-11. This story received second prize in the 1986 Lake Effect short story contest.

"That Look Again," Clerestory, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1985, pp.4-5.

"By Cader Idris," The Anglo-Welsh Review, No. 81, 1984, pp. 69-70.

"Stormdoor," Brown Journal of The Arts, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1984, p. 19.

"The Secret," Clerestory, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1984, p. 41.

"Painting Father," Rhode Island Review, Vol. 1, No. 4, 1983, pp. 12-13.

VIDEO, FILM, MULTI-MEDIA AND COLLABORATIVE INSTALLATIONS

"Amphitheater," collaboration with sculptor Kim Waale: an outdoor installation involving sculpture, text, and live poetry reading, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, June 2003.

"Bear Woman," 16 mm film in collaboration with Kim Waale. Six Digital stills from the film appeared in Planet 140 (April/May 2000), pp. 77, 79, 80.

"Miracle," poem included in multi-media piece "Here/There/Over There" in collaboration with artist Kim Waale and composer Richard Lloyd. Shown at the Kirkland Art Center "Exquisite Corpse" invitational exhibit. Curator: Mary Murry.

"I, You, Reader, Words," poem for a multi-media performance piece including music by Richard Lloyd, dance by Elaine Heekin and Bruce Walchyk, sculpture and costumes by Kim Waale. Titled Threads, this piece was performed in the American College Dance Festival, 1990; and again at Hamilton College in 1991 and fall 2000.