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I am married to Dr. Barbara England, and we are beginning our 17th year at Freed-Hardeman.  We have four children, four grandchildren, and enjoy spending as much time as we can with them. During my tenure at FHU it has been a privilege to work with the graduate and undergraduate programs in education; graduate program in counseling; and especially the Department of Fine Arts in music.   Over the past ten years we have taken several student groups to Europe as a part of FHU's summer short course sessions to study art and music in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Scotland, England, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Italy, and Vatican City.   As a family we have also been privileged to be a part of church work in Scotland, Belgium, France, Mauritius, and Haiti.  It has been a great honor to have been a guest speaker at several conferences and universities, including four conference speaking engagements at Oxford University in England.  Especially enjoyable is giving lecture recitals that include the works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, and Rachmaninoff.  

Curriculum Vita

Education

Freed-Hardeman College, 1972-74
Union University, 1974-76, Bachelor of Music
Memphis State University, 1977-82, Master of Music
Memphis State University, 1982-85, Doctor of Education

Post-doctoral studies in psychology at the University of Memphis and Austin Peay State University.
Continuing education studies at the University of Oxford

Music composition studies with Donald Freund.
Piano studies with Max Pugh, Herbert Hermann; Theodore Edel; and Joan Gilbert

Tennessee Department of Education Professional License in School Music (K-12); Special Education (K-12);  Administration and Supervision (K-8); Administration and Supervision (7-12); Supervisor of Attendance; Superintendent; Professional Administrator; School Psychology

Teaching Experience

1978-1984:  Public school teacher in Arkansas and Tennessee/Music and Special Education

Freed-Hardeman University
1995-2001:  Assistant Professor/Associate Professor of Sp. Education and Education (Graduate and Undergraduate),
2001-2009: Associate Professor of Music
2009-Present:  Professor of Music

Adjunct Graduate Professor of Counseling (psychological assessment) 

Other Experience

1985-1991:  Alabama Commission on Higher Education/Staff member in Research and Service; and Academic Program Review
1991-1994:  Principal (PK-12) Jackson Christian School
1994-1995:  Headmaster (PK-12) Clifton Ganus School
2000-2001:  Assistant Superintendent for Administrative Services, State of Tennessee, Department of Mental Health, Western Mental Health Institute (while teaching at FHU)

Other related experience:
1994-1997:  Commissioner, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools/Council on Occupational Education Institutions
1996-2000: Commissioner, Accrediting Commission/Council on Occupational Education Institutions
2006-Present:  Honorable Friend, Bodleian Library, Oxford University

Composer/original music for "A Winter's Tale" FHU Theater, 2006
Composer/original music for "The Miracle Worker" FHU Theater, 2006
Piano Accompanist/Rehearsals for 35th Christian College Choral Festvial/Rene Clausen, Conductor, 2005
Music Director/Performer (keyboard) "Little Shop of Horrors" FHU Theater, 2005
Music arranger/keyboards for Special Technology Access Resource Center (STAR) Benefit Concert with Kellye Cash; Roy Cash, Jr.;  and Stan Perkins, 2005

Selected Publications
"Educational Opportunities for Industry:  An Alternative Through Telecommunications" Industry and Higher Education, Vol. 1, No. 2, Butterworth Scientific Limitied, 1987

"Engineering Education Through Telecommunications:  Policy Recommendations for the States" The American Journal of Distance Education. Vol. 1, No. 3, Penn State College of Education, 1987

"The Alabama Project" Contemporary Issues in American Distance Education. Pergamon Press, 1990

"A Survey of State-Level Involvement in Distance Education at the Elementary and Secondary Levels" American Center for the Study of Distance Education Research Monograph, No. 3, Penn St. University, 1991

"Segregation or Diversity in Education?  An Overview" (with Donald F. DeMoulin) National Forum of Educational Administration and Supervision Journal. Vol. 11, No. 2, 1994

Displaced Children in Crisis:  Our Enabling System for High Risk Behavior.  Edwin-Mellen Press, 2001

"Rethinking the Assessment of Maladaptive Behavior" in Administering Special Education:  In Pursuit of Dignity and Autonomy, Elsevier Ltd., 2004

"Kurt Huber and Carl Orff:  Two Conflicting Ideologies" Forum on Public Policy. Vol. 4, No. 4, 2008

"Creative Minds:  The Search for the Reconciling Principles of Science, the Humanities, Arts and Religion" Forum on Public Policy. No. 2, 2009 (available on-line)