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ACE Staff and Instructors
Richard joined Queens College as the Director of the Adult Collegiate Education (ACE) program on February 20, 2007. He spent the twelve years as an instructor and academic advisor at Adelphi University. With a B. A. in business adminstration from Rutgers University and an MBA in marketing from the University of Michigan, he brings instructing experience and a strong business and marketing background to the ACE program. Contact Information Celeste has been Liaison and sometimes advisor to potential ACE candidates; tracking status of applications, organization of the Alpha Sigma Lambda awards, the ACE Honors and Awards ceremony, program schedules, assignment of rooms for the program, documenting and following up with other special preparation classes offered to ACE candidates.
A graduate of the Queens College ACE program, Elizabeth gained a BA in Urban Studies in 2003 and is currently working on a Master’s degree. She is currently Assistant Director of Admissions, where she coordinates the ACE application process. She is also an undergraduate admissions counselor and recruiter for regular Queens College programs. She is also the Events Coordinator for the Undergraduate Admissions office. Her prior position at Queens was as Executive Assistant to the Dean of Education where she coordinated most education events including many art exhibits. Elizabeth’s main interests include assisting others in achieving their goals; writing non-fiction life stories; singing and creating gardens. Contact information elizabeth.hennessey@qc.cuny.edu
Nancy has worked at Queens College's Advising Center since 2003, first handling the New Student Phone Line, and for the past several years, as an Academic Advisor. Nancy is now the Academic Advisor for the students in the ACE Program, and is available to ACE students in her office at Kiely Hall. When not working with ACE students, Nancy provides academic advising to transfer students and incoming freshmen, as well as continuing students at Queens College. Nancy resides in Queens County, and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and Management from Fordham University. Contact information
John Nici has earned two Master's Degrees-- one in Victorian Literature and the other in Medieval Art. He has taught courses in the Art Department at Queens College since 1990 in subjects as diverse as the Art of England, Neoclassicism and Romanticism, American Art and Italian Renaissance Art. He has also taken a leading role in the management of the Advanced Placement Art History program for the College Board and the Educational Testing Service. In addition to his publications on Delacroix and Raphael, he has written three books, the most recent called Barron's How to Prepare for the AP Art History Examination, which will be published in January 2008. Diane Menna received a MA at City University of New York where she has taught for over 25 years in a variety of programs at Queens College and other colleges across CUNY. Although nineteenth century American Literature is her area of concentration, she has experience in a wide range of courses from 100 level introductory writing courses to 200 level survey courses to 300 level elective courses including a popular course focusing on Whitman and Dickinson. She has been primarily a member of the English Department serving on a number of committees over the years, but has also been a contributing faculty member of a number of other programs here at Queens College including Adult Collegiate Education (ACE), Weekend College, Labor Education and Advancement Project (LEAP), American Studies, College Now and the College Preparatory Program in conjunction with Townsend Harris High School where she often teaches the senior seminar Humanities in the Western Tradition. Contact Information Salvatore Miceli received his B. A. from Queens College and his M. A. from the University of Toronto. He did his Ph.d work (all but dissertation) at the Graduate Center, CUNY. Miceli has taught courses in the Philosophy department at Queens College since 1977. He has also taught courses in the World Studies Program, and since 1985 the ACE seminar courses (ACE 015 and 016). In addition, he regularly teaches intensive writing courses in the Honors and the Honors Experience Programs. He was ACE teacher of the year in 1999. Contact Information
Robert Kole received his doctorate in English from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Since 1988 Dr. Kole has taught a wide range of Literature and Composition courses at Queens College, from the most remedial Composition course offered for credit, to upper level Literature and Graduate classes devoted to his major field: Shakespeare. As assistant editor of Language and Style, he helped prepare a collection of essays for publication, and recently began investigating the publication of that journal on-line. Dr. Kole also teaches Technical Writing. His background in Composition and his former employment in computer operations on Wall Street have combined to help make him an effective instructor in the Engineering Department at Polytechnic University. Contact Information
Jason Jacobowitz received his doctorated at New York University. He has taught in the Adult Collegiate Education (ACE) Program for the past 35 years. In addition, Dr. Jacobowitz has taught history courses in the School of General Studies at the College. He served as Associate Registrar at the College for many years. Contact information
Rhoda Sirlin received her doctorate at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City. In addition to having taught introductory composition and literature courses, Sirlin has taught electives in American fiction and drama as well as Introduction to American Studies and Urban Studies Research Writing for Graduate Students.She teaches a seminar every semester on ″How to Write an A+ Research Paper″ open to all QC students, organizes trips to Broadway plays, and she brings writers to the QC campus to speak to writing students; additionally, she has won two teaching awards at QC. She has published two books and articles on William Styron. Contact Information
Susan Dougherty received a master's degree from the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York. Professor Dougherty has twenty-one years experience teaching at CUNY and other colleges in the New York metropolitan area. In addition to teaching Social Science in the Adult Collegiate Education program at Queens College, she has taught courses in English, Philosophy, and the Humanities. Contact Information
Roy Nitzberg received his Ph.D. in music theory from the CUNY Graduate Center in 1999; the title of his dissertation was Voice Leading and Chromatic Techniques in Expositions of Selected Symphonies of Joseph Haydn, Introducing a New Theory of Chromatic Analysis. He studied Schenker analysis with Carl Schachter and Charles Burkhart and is presently coauthoring a book with QC Professor Henry Burnett titled Chromaticism and the Developmental Process. He coedited Hogaku, the journal of the Traditional Japanese Music Society between 1984 and 1989 and was the Associate Director of The Center for Preparatory Studies in Music, a children's music program at Queens College, from 1987 until 1995. Dr. Nitzberg also teaches music theory, ear training and music appreciation at Hunter College and Hofstra University and is the Senior US Correspondent for LabourStart ( www.labourstart.org).
Twice nominated for the Queens College Adjunct Teacher of the Year award, and the recipient of both the Queens College Performance Excellence and President's Multicultural Award, Jonathan Irving has taught as an adjunct assistant professor for the Aaron Copland School of Music and the ACE program at Queens College, for nearly a decade. His teaching philosophy is one of inclusion, participation, inspiration, and creating an exciting and multi-dimensional approach to learning. Music is an expression of the human spirit and Dr. Irving strives to create an atmosphere of a shared journey as the foundation of his classroom experience. In addition to teaching at Queens College, Dr. Irving has also served on the faculty of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon,and has taught at Montclair State University in New Jersey, and at the Manhattan School of Music, in New York. A passionate educator, Dr. Irving has served as the Director of Arts-in-Education programs for the Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music, and the Lincoln Center Institute, in New York City. Also a concert pianist, Dr. Irving has performed to critical acclaim throughout the United States and Canada. He was for years, the accompanist for the well known singer/actor Theodore Bikel, and was the music director/conductor/pianist for the hit off-Broadway show, "Jacques Brel is Alive & Well & Living in Paris," in New York, and on tour throughout the United States. Contact Information (718) 997-3802
James N. Jordan, a native of Houston, received his Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin in 1966. He has been a member of the Department of Philosophy at Queens College since 1970. He has been chair of his department, and he served a term at Queens as dean of Social Sciences. Currently he is director of Queens′ Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program. His publications include Western Philosophy: From Antiquity to the Middle Ages (New York: Macmillan, 1986). Since 1970, he has regularly taught ACE 015 and 016, the ACE seminars in the social sciences. Contact Information
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