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EDUCATION
__B.A., PH.D, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
UNIVERSITY CAREER
__Director of Italian (1977-2008), U. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; specialized in Foreign Language Learning, Renaissance Italian Literature, 20th Century Italian Avant-Garde Poetry, Italian Film of the Cold War Period.

PHOTOGRAPHIC AWARDS
__2011: First Place Overall, GILLS CREEK WATERSHED ASSOCIATION, "Photo Contest," Columbia, SC
__2010: First Premium, SOUTH CAROLINA STATE FAIR, "Professional Photography Exhibition," Columbia, SC
__1984: Fourth Premium, POLAROID INC.," Picture America National Contest," judged by the International Center of Photography, New York, NY;
__1982: Third Premium, SOUTH CAROLINA STATE FAIR, "Professional Photography Exhibition," Columbia, SC
__1982: Selection for Show, SOUTH CAROLINA ARTS COMMISSION'S ANNUAL EXHIBITION (one of 69 works selected out of 900 submissions), Columbia, SC

__OTHER ARTISTIC EFFORTS
5 Poetry, 4 prose, and 9 photo books viewable on Blurb.