Jonathan M. Alexander
EDUCATION
Ph.D.
English, Literature and Criticism,
Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Dissertation:
“Composing the Self, Communing in Silence: Voice and Identity in Poetry of the
Holocaust.” May 2001.
M.A. English, West Chester University (PA). Thesis: Fiction manuscript entitled, “What
Goes Around.” August 1994.
B.A. English, Widener University (PA). May 1992.
HONORS, AWARDS, and DISTINCTIONS
Christian
and Mary Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching Excellence, 2008.
Awarded
Tenure, Burlington County College, January 2007.
Burlington
County College Professor of the Year, 2006.
Student
Government Advisor of the Year, 2006.
Widener
University Alumni Keynote Address to Freshmen, September 2005.
Burlington
County College Professor of the Year, 2001.
PUBLICATIONS
First
Response: Reflections of September 11th, August 2002.
A collection of 100+ essays,
poems and personal narratives.
Bookends I
and II, (DVD) March, November 2004.
A series of informal faculty
chats to assist students with the task of literary analysis.
John Updike:
In His Own Words, (VHS), Pennsylvania College English Association
Conference, Radnor, PA, April 1996.
(Adopted by Films for the
Humanities American Authors Series.)
“The Holocaust: Literature and Representation,”
Conference proceedings from the Center
for Advanced Holocaust Studies, November 2006.
“The Search for a Friendly Face: An Analysis of Two
Testimonial Narratives,” Pennsylvania College English Association Conference,
PSU Dubois, PA, March 1998.
REVIEWS
Sounds of
Defiance: The Holocaust, Multilingualism and the Problem of English by Alan Rosen, for Holocaust and Genocide Studies,
October 2006.
“Evaluating a Performance: A
Brief Drama Supplement” by Michael L. Greenwald, for Longman Publishers, July
2001.
The Terror of Our Days: Four American Poets Respond to
the Holocaust by Harriet L. Parmet,
for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, November 2001.
Persecution, Extermination, Literature, by Sem Dresden, for Studies
in the Humanities, August 1996.
The Ironist’s Cage: Memory, Trauma, and the
Construction of History, by Michael
S. Roth, for Studies in the Humanities, September 1996.
The Prose Reader: Essays for Thinking, Reading, and
Writing, 4th Edition, by
Kim and Michael Flachmann for Prentice Hall Publishers, October 1996.
Writing
Paragraphs and Essays, 4th
Edition, by Joy Wingerski, for Thompson/Heinle Publishers, March 2003.
“New Jersey English Benchmarks,” Burlington County
College, 2005.
“Creative Writing Curriculum,” Bordentown Regional
School District, May 1999.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS and
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Holocaust Remembrance
Service Interfaith Keynote Address,” Temple Har Zion,
Mt. Holly, NJ, April 24, 2009.
“Scholars’ Academy:
Accessing Genocide through History, Cinema, and Poetry,” Burlington County
College, November 2007.
“Uncovering the Curriculum,”
Community College Showcase Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, November 1998.
“Unraveling Theory in
Freshman English,” South Central MLA Conference, New Orleans, LA, 1998.
“A Voice in Conflict: Primo
Levi and Poetic Silence,” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Symposium on
“The Holocaust: Postwar Literature and Representation,” Washington, DC, May
21-24, 2001.
“The Function of
Dysfunction: Custom, Ritual and Psychology in Modern Literature,” Phi Theta
Kappa Middle States Regional Honors Institute, Frostburg State University, MD,
June 2001. Invited to deliver again at the Community College of Baltimore
County’s International Education Week, November 2001.
“Divided We Fall,” Bux-Mont
Jewish Community Center Film Series, Blue Bell, PA, February 2002.
“Fostering Commitment and
Collaboration Through a Community of Learners: A Cross-Curricular
Approach,” video-documentary, League for Innovation in the Community Colleges,
Boston, MA, March 2002.
“Developing Our Craft,”
Faculty in-service, Burlington County College, March 2001.
“Applications of the
Holocaust and Genocide Curriculum Across Disciplines,”
Faculty in-service, Burlington County College, April 2001.
“The Culture of Cheating,”
Faculty Panel, Burlington County College, April 2003.
“Academic Expectations,”
Faculty Panel, Burlington County College, January 2000, August 2001, September
2006.
CONFERENCES and WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
“Combating Hatred:
International Conference on Human Rights,” Kean University, NJ, January 29,
2010.
Association of New Jersey
Holocaust Organizations, Princeton / Monroe / Lawrenceville, NJ, 1999, 2000,
2001, 2002, 2003.
South Jersey Alliance Spring
Conference: “Who’s Sitting in My Classroom? and What Does It Mean To Me?” The
New Jersey Project, Gloucester County College, 1999.
“The Holocaust and Contemporary Ethics,” Richard
Stockton College, NJ, November 3, 1999.
“Confronting the Holocaust Through Literature and
Testimony: An Evening with Dr. Lawrence Langer,” Kean University, NJ, November
29, 1999.
Middle States Conference on Outcomes Assessment,
Philadelphia, PA, March 2, 2000.
30th Annual International Scholars’ Conference on the
Holocaust and the Churches, St. Joseph’s University, PA, March 4-7, 2000.
“Speech and Silence: Poetry
of the Holocaust,” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC,
April 9, 2000.
Phi Theta Kappa Middle States Regional Honors
Institute, Cedar Crest College, PA, June 9-10, 2000.
Effective
Instructional Strategies, Burlington County College, NJ, October 2001.
Holocaust Teachers’ Institute, Kean University, Union, NJ, March 2002.
Council of Holocaust
Educators, Jewish Federation MetroWest, Whippany, NJ, October 2003.
“Teaching Holocaust and
Genocide Studies at Community Colleges,” Queensborough Community College, NY,
August 10-11, 2003.
New
Jersey Community College General Education Work Group, Mercer County College,
January 2004; Bergen Community College, September 2004.
Outcomes
Assessment Workshops, Educational Alliance, BCC, March 2004.
SCHOLARSHIP and ACTIVITIES at Burlington County College
Center for Social Justice, Founding Director
Civility Fund / Civility
Award, Founding Director
Student Code of Conduct
Committee, Chair
Creative Writers Guild,
Founding Advisor
Student Literary Magazine Regio, Editor
Middle States Self-Study,
Subcommittee Chair
Kristallnacht Memorial Service
Movie and a Message,
Discussion Facilitator
Leon Alexander Prize for Creative Writing, Founding
Administrator
Phi Theta Kappa, Hallmark
Advisor
Academic Standards Committee
General Education Program
Review Committee
Instructional Affairs
Committee
Grade Appeals Committee
Faculty Senate, Secretary
Faculty Association Executive
Committee
Faculty Association
Scholarship Committee
Faculty Association, Social
Committee Chair
Faculty Association, Lead
Negotiator
Lewis M. Parker Student
Leader of the Year Award Selection Committee
Valedictorian Selection
Committee
Adjunct Interviewer / Hiring
Committees
Adjunct “Coffee House”
Mentoring Program
Visiting Holocaust Lecturer
Series, Coordinator
“September 11th Solidarity
Vigil,” Co-organizer
Director, The Diary
of Anne Frank, BCC Student Theatrical Production
United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum, Semi Annual Trip Coordinator
“Shakespeare in London,”
Educational Travel Leader
September 11th
First Anniversary Memorial Program, Co-organizer
President’s Educational Alliance Team Member
Curriculum Development
“The History of Genocide,”
HIS 213
“Poetry of the Holocaust,”
LIT 216
“The Holocaust in World
Literature,” LIT 217
“Shakespeare and Renaissance Master Playwrights,” LIT
265
“Learning Communities,” ENG 101
/ PSY 101 and ENG 102 / PHI 101
“Junior / Senior
Seminar—Search for Identity” BCC/FDU Partnership
Association of New Jersey Holocaust Organizations
Community
College Humanities Association
Council
of Holocaust Educators (Inaugural Member)
Modern
Language Association
National
Council of Teachers of English
New
Jersey Education Association
Editorial
Advisory Board, Collegiate Press Handbook
(Rev. November 2010)