CURRICULUM VITAE
of
JEFFREY A. PORTNOY
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address:
Honors Program
Georgia Perimeter College
555 North Indian Creek Drive
Clarkston, Georgia 30030
Phone:
678/891-3620
Email:
jeffrey.portnoy@gpc.edu
EDUCATION
1988
Doctor of Philosophy
Major: English
Emory University
1981
Master of Arts
Major: English
Emory University
1973
Bachelor of Arts
Major: English
The University of Iowa
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2010-Present
Director of the Honors Program: Georgia Perimeter College
2006-2010
Interim Director of the Honors Program: Georgia Perimeter College
2002-Present
Professor of English: Georgia Perimeter College
1996-2002
Associate Professor of English: Georgia Perimeter College (Formerly
DeKalb College)
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1993-2006
Honors Program Coordinator: Georgia Perimeter College
1992-1996
Assistant Professor of English: Georgia Perimeter College
1992-1993
Honors Program/Joint Enrollment Coordinator: DeKalb College
1990-1992
Associate Director, Honors Program: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
1990
Faculty, Emory University Summer Study Abroad Program, Oxford,
England: Emory University
1989-1992
Lecturer, Department of English: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
1987-1989
Adjunct Faculty, Department of English: Georgia State University
1984-1989
Adjunct Faculty, Department of English: Oglethorpe University
HONORS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITION
2010
Fellow of the National Collegiate Honors Council (Inaugural Class)
2007
Dedicatee for the Spring/Summer Issue of the Journal of The National Collegiate
Honors Council (JNCHC 8.1 (2007))
1995
Honorary Member of Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Zeta Mu Chapter
GRANTS
1996
Grant, DeKalb Council for the Arts for “The Latin Deli” ($2,000)
1995
Grant, Fulton County Arts Council for “The Latin Deli” ($1,700)
1995
Grant, Georgia Council for the Arts for “The Latin Deli” ($1,229)
1995
Grant, Georgia Humanities Council for “The Latin Deli” ($6,000)
1992
Grant, Nevada Humanities Committee for the Nevada Institute for Gifted and
Talented Students ($6,800)
1991
Grant, Nevada Humanities Committee for the Governor's Institute for Gifted and
Talented Students ($6,600)
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PUBLICATIONS
Portnoy, Jeffrey A. “For Whom the Business Bell Tolls: Honors in America.” Journal of the
National Collegiate Honors Council 15.1 (2014): 45-48.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A. “An Honors Koan: Selling Water by the River.” Journal of the National
Collegiate Honors Council 14.2 (2013): 47-51.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A. “The Card in the Baseball Cap: ‘Braves Win! Braves Win! Braves Win!
Braves Win!’” The National Pastime: Baseball in the Peach State. Ed. Wynn Montgomery and
Kenneth R. Fenster. Cleveland: Society for American Baseball Research, 2010. 148-53.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A. “Balancing on the Edge of Honors: A Meditation.” Journal of the National
Collegiate Honors Council 8.1 (2007): 55-57.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A. “Business and Educational Values.” Journal of the National Collegiate Honors
Council 7.1 (2006): 47-51.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A. “Intimations of Imitation: Honors Students and their Alps.” Journal of the
National Collegiate Honors Council 6.1 (2005): 31-34.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A. “Cultivating Honors Excellence in the Other Garden.” Journal of the National
Collegiate Honors Council 2.1 (2001): 83-85.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A. “An Interview with Wole Soyinka.” Arts Alive 12.3 (1991): 19-21.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A. Rev. of The Autobiographical Subject: Gender and Ideology in EighteenthCentury England, by Felicity A. Nussbaum. The Scriblerian 33.2 (1991): 276-78.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A. “Shared Inquiry into Great Books.” Arts Alive 11.1 (1991): 8, 25.
EDITING PROJECTS
Portnoy, Jeffrey A., gen. ed. Writing on Your Feet: Reflective Practices in City as TextTM. Ed. Ada
Long. Lincoln: National Collegiate Honors Council, 2014.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A., gen. ed. If Honors Students Were People: Holistic Honors Education. By
Samuel Schuman. Lincoln: National Collegiate Honors Council, 2013.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A., gen. ed. Preparing Tomorrow’s Global Leaders: Honors International
Education. Ed. Mary Kay Mulvaney and Kim Klein. Lincoln: National Collegiate Honors Council,
2013.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A., gen. ed. The Other Culture: Science and Mathematics Education in Honors.
Ed. Ellen B. Buckner and Keith Garbutt. Lincoln: National Collegiate Honors Council, 2012.
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Portnoy, Jeffrey A., gen. ed. Honors Programs at Smaller Colleges. By Samuel Schuman. 3rd ed.
Lincoln: National Collegiate Honors Council, 2011.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A., gen. ed. Partners in the Parks: Field Guide to an Experiential Program in the
National Parks. By Joan Digby. Lincoln: National Collegiate Honors Council, 2010.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A., gen. ed. Place as Text: Approaches to Active Learning. By Bernice Braid and
Ada Long. Lincoln: National Collegiate Honors Council, 2010.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A., gen. ed. Setting the Table for Diversity. Ed. Lisa L. Coleman and Jonathan D.
Kotinek. Lincoln: National Collegiate Honors Council, 2010.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A., gen. ed. Fundrai$ing for Honor$: A Handbook. By Larry R. Andrews.
Lincoln: National Collegiate Honors Council, 2009.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A., gen. ed. The Honors College Phenomenon. Ed. Peter C. Sederberg. Lincoln:
National Collegiate Honors Council, 2008.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A., gen. ed. Inspiring Exemplary Teaching and Learning. Ed. Larry Clark & John
Zubizarreta. Lincoln: National Collegiate Honors Council, 2008.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A., gen. ed. Shatter the Glassy Stare: Implementing Experiential Learning in
Higher Education. Ed. Peter A. Machonis. Lincoln: National Collegiate Honors Council, 2008.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A., gen. ed. A Handbook for Honors Programs at Two-Year Colleges. By Teresa
A. James. Lincoln: National Collegiate Honors Council, 2006.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A., gen. ed. Beginning in Honors: A Handbook. By Samuel Schuman. 4th ed.
Lincoln: National Collegiate Honors Council, 2006.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
“STOP Certification/Accreditation NOW: The Backstory of a Bad Idea.” National Collegiate
Honors Council Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA. 9 November 2013.
“Meet the NCHC Editorial Team.” National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. New
Orleans, LA. 8 November 2013.
“Welcoming Transfer Students: Articulation Agreements, Recruiting Issues, and Other
Challenges.” National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA.7
November 2013.
“Meet the NCHC Editorial Team.” National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference.
Boston, MA. 16 November 2012.
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Beginning in Honors Workshop. National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Boston,
MA. 14 November 2012.
“Meet the NCHC Editorial Team.” National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference.
Phoenix, AZ. 21 October 2011.
Beginning in Honors Workshop. National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference.
Phoenix, AZ. 19 October 2011.
“Meet the NCHC Editorial Team.” National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference.
Kansas City, MO. 22 October 2010.
“Perceptions of Elitism and Social Class Redux: A Comparative Analysis of Honors and NonHonors Students.” National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Kansas City, MO. 22
October 2010.
“When the Winds of Change Shift.” National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference.
Kansas City, MO. 22 October 2010.
“NCHC Involvement Opportunities.” National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference.
Kansas City, MO. 21 October 2010.
Beginning in Honors Workshop. National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Kansas
City, MO. 20 October 2010.
“Meet the NCHC Editorial Team.” National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference.
Washington, D.C. 31 October 2009.
Moderator, Panel of Student Research (“Woe, Oh Woe: Modern America Under Siege”). Georgia
Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Milledgeville, GA. 27 February 2010.
Moderator, Panel of Student Research (“Intact and in Disrepair: Empires Past and Future”).
Georgia Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Milledgeville, GA. 27 February 2010.
Moderator, Panel of Student Research (“Literary Struggles Over Identity and Self”). Georgia
Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Milledgeville, GA. 27 February 2010.
“Perceptions of Elitism and Social Class: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis.” National
Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Washington, D.C. 30 October 2009.
Beginning in Honors Workshop. National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference.
Washington, D.C. 28 October 2009.
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“A Retrospective of a Pop Culture F(Ph)ile: The Imperial Palace (In Memoriam) and Me.” Far
West Popular Culture Association and Far West American Culture Association Annual
Conference. Las Vegas, NV. 14 March 2009.
Moderator, Panel of Student Research (“War and Literature: The Dead and the Displaced”).
Georgia Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Valdosta, GA. 28 February 2009.
“Coping with the Mysteries and Misdirections of Honors: Perspectives from Faculty, Chairperson,
and Director.” San Antonio, TX. 24 October 2008.
“Meet the NCHC Editorial Team.” National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. San
Antonio, TX. 24 October 2008.
Beginning in Honors Workshop. National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. San
Antonio, TX. 23 October 2008.
Moderator, Panel of Student Research (“Power and Love”). Georgia Collegiate Honors Council
Annual Conference. Kennesaw, GA. 23 February 2008.
Moderator, Panel of Student Research (“The Value of Poetry: Four Assessments of Its Changing
Boundaries”). Georgia Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Kennesaw, GA. 23
February 2008.
“Dumbing Down Atlanta’s Drought: The Media, Politicians, and Disinformation.” Far West
Popular Culture Association and Far West American Culture Association Annual Conference. Las
Vegas, NV. 26 January 2008.
“Discussing Honors Students: Legality, Legitimacy, Utility.” National Collegiate Honors Council
Annual Conference. Denver, CO. 1 November 2007.
“Publishing in Honors: An Open Forum with the JNCHC, HIP and Monograph Editorial Boards.”
National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Denver, CO. 1 November 2007.
Beginning in Honors Workshop. National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Denver,
CO. 1 November 2007.
Moderator, Panel of Student Research (“Racial and Religious Divisions and Reconciliations”).
Georgia Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Dalton, GA. 24 February 2007.
“Georgia’s Political Football: Governor Perdue Sees Red in a Sea of Red.” Far West Popular
Culture Association and Far West American Culture Association Annual Conference. Las Vegas,
NV. 27 January 2007.
Honors Forums for Publication. National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference.
Philadelphia, PA. 18 November 2006.
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“Honors Triangulation: Honors Directors, Department Chairs, and Faculty.” National Collegiate
Honors Council Annual Conference. Philadelphia, PA. 17 November 2006.
Beginning in Honors Workshop. National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference.
Philadelphia, PA. 16 November, 2006.
Moderator, Panel of Student Research (“The Literary Borders of Being, Nothingness, and Death”).
Georgia Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Carrolton, GA. 11 February 2006.
“Weeds and Weeds: The Political/Apolitical Continuum in Agrestic, CA.” Far West Popular
Culture Association and Far West American Culture Association Annual Conference. Las Vegas,
NV. 28 January 2006.
“A Critical Review of Honors Contract Models.” (Panel Discussion). National Collegiate Honors
Council Annual Conference. St. Louis, MO. 29 October 2005.
Beginning in Honors Workshop. National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. St.
Louis, MO. 27 October 2005.
Moderator, Panel of Student Research (“Consequences for Words and Deeds”). Georgia Collegiate
Honors Council Annual Conference. Morrow, GA. 19 February 2005.
“From Text to Film: Jackson’s Dramatic Transformation of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.” Far
West Popular Culture Association and Far West American Culture Association Annual
Conference. Las Vegas, NV. 5 February 2005.
Beginning in Honors Workshop. National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. New
Orleans, LA. 10 November 2004.
“NCHC: Charting New Directions” (with Donzell Lee). Southern Regional Honors Council
Annual Conference. Wilmington, NC. 16 April 2004.
“Luckovich Redux: Post-War Cartoons and the Bush Presidency.” Far West Popular Culture
Association and Far West American Culture Association Annual Conference. Las Vegas, NV. 7
February 2004.
Moderator, Panel of Student Research (“Remaking the Government in Post-War Iraq”). Georgia
Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Savannah, GA. 21 February 2004.
Moderator, Panel of Student Research (“Gender Issues in Homer and Milton”). Georgia Collegiate
Honors Council Annual Conference. Savannah, GA. 21 February 2004.
Beginning in Honors Workshop. National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Chicago, IL. 5
November 2003.
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“Death and Dying in America: The Lovely Bones Beckons.” Far West Popular Culture
Association and Far West American Culture Association Annual Conference. Las Vegas, NV. 1
February 2003.
Moderator, Panel of Student Research (“Court Life: Modern, Post-Modern, and Medieval”).
Georgia Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Macon, GA. 22 February 2003.
Moderator, Panel of Student Research (“Love and Sisterhood: Relationships in Flux”). Georgia
Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Macon, GA. 22 February 2003.
Master Class in Poetry Workshop. National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Salt
Lake City, UT. 1 November 2002.
Beginning in Honors Workshop. National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference.
Chicago, IL. 30 October 2002.
Moderator, Panel of Student Research (“From Self to Other”). Georgia Collegiate Honors Council
Annual Conference. Albany, GA. 16 February 2002.
Moderator, Panel of Student Research (“Silence on Both Sides of the Grave: A Panel on
Censorship and Euthanasia”). Georgia Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Albany,
GA. 16 February 2002.
“What’s the Right Road for NCHC?” (with Brian Adler). Georgia Collegiate Honors Council
Annual Conference. Albany, GA. 16 February 2002.
“Luckovich’s Cartooning of America: Satire Before and After September 11.” Far West Popular
Culture Association and Far West American Culture Association Annual Conference. Las Vegas,
NV. 2 February 2002.
Master Class in Poetry Workshop. National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference.
Chicago, IL. 1 November 2001.
Beginning in Honors Workshop. National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference.
Chicago, IL. 31 October 2001.
“Rhetorical Chads and Real Chads: The Bizarre in South Florida.” Far West Popular Culture
Association and Far West American Culture Association Annual Conference. Las Vegas, NV. 3
February 2001.
Moderator, Panel of Student Research (“Judging and Being Judged: Neighbors in Surprising
Spaces”). Georgia Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Macon, GA. 17 February 2001.
“Campaigning with Ideas Capital: Primary Colors Revisited.” National Collegiate Honors Council
Annual Conference. Washington, D.C. 21 October 2000.
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Beginning in Honors Workshop. National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference.
Washington, D.C. 19 October 2000.
Moderator, Panel of Student Research (“Home and Heart: Literary Travels and Travails”). Georgia
Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference Convention. Milledgeville, GA. 26 February 2000.
“Springing the Tourist Rat Trap: Hiaasen’s Struggle against Mickey and the Disneyfication of
Florida.” Far West Popular Culture Association and Far West American Culture Association
Annual Conference. Las Vegas, NV. 6 February 2000.
“Carl Hiaasen’s Florida.” National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Orlando, FL. 29
October 1999.
“Honors Recruitment and Advising: Keys to Success.” National Collegiate Honors Council
Annual Conference. Orlando, FL. 28 October 1999.
Beginning in Honors Workshop. National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference.
Orlando, FL. 27 October 1999.
Moderator, Panel of Student Research (“Where Visions and Values Collide: American Education
in Transition”). Georgia Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Carrollton, GA. 27
February 1999.
“Past Life Regression and New Age Therapies: Fashioning Stories about the Self.” Far West
Popular Culture Association and Far West American Culture Association Annual Conference. Las
Vegas, NV. 6 February 1999.
Beginning in Honors Workshop. National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Chicago, IL. 5
November 1998.
“Some Truth in Every Lie: Narrative (In)Justice in The Usual Suspects.” Far West Popular Culture
Association and Far West American Culture Association Annual Conference. Las Vegas, NV. 9
February 1998.
Moderator, Panel of Student Research (“Critical Perspectives on the Work of Lewis Nordan”).
National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Atlanta, GA. 25 October 1997.
Introduction of Plenary Speaker: Lewis Nordan. National Collegiate Honors Council Annual
Conference. Atlanta, GA. 24 October 1997.
Moderator, Panel of Student Research (“History and Literature: When Worlds Collide”). Georgia
Honors Council Annual Conference. Valdosta, GA. 15 February 1997.
“Developing in Honors Workshop: The Honors Contract.” National Collegiate Honors Council
Annual Conference. San Francisco, CA. 31 October 1996.
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Moderator. “Texts and Contexts.” Aphra Behn Society Conference. Athens, GA. 27 October 1996.
“When the Revolution Comes: Women in Behn's Oroonoko and Bell's All Souls’ Rising.” Aphra
Behn Society Conference. Athens, GA. 25 October 1996.
Moderator, Panel of Student Research. Georgia Honors Council Annual Conference. Macon, GA.
17 February 1996.
“In Cross-Town Traffic: A Workshop for Multi-Campus Honors Programs.” National Collegiate
Honors Council Annual Conference. Pittsburgh, PA. 4 November 1995.
“Bad Girl Music (Phair, Phillips et al.): Rocking With and Without the Boys.” Far West Popular
Culture and Far West American Culture Associations Annual Conference. Las Vegas, NV. 5
February 1995.
Moderator for Student Panel. “Trouble in 'Paradise': Preparing for Georgia's Future.” Georgia
Honors Council Annual Conference. Athens, GA. 26 February 1994.
“Communication and Community: The Honors Program Writing Center at UNLV.” Western
Regional Honors Council Annual Convention. Lake Tahoe, NV. 10 April 1992.
“Community Through Print: Richardson's Editor and the Reader.” Northwest Society for
Eighteenth-Century Studies Convention. Las Vegas, NV. 24 November 1991.
“'The sober part of Israel:' The Jewish Problem in Absalom and Achitophel.” South Atlantic
Modern Language Association Convention. Atlanta, GA. 15 November 1991.
“Madness in the Margins: The Genealogy of Nabokov's Editorial Presence.” Far West Popular
Culture and Far West American Culture Associations Annual Conference. Las Vegas, NV. 25
January 1991.
CONSULTANCIES
2009
Consultant, Honors Program, Orange County Community College
1999
Consultant, Honors Program, Lenoir Rhyne College
1998
Consultant, Honors Program, Greenville Technical College
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SELECTED HONORS ACTIVITIES
Georgia Collegiate Honors Council (Formerly the Georgia Honors Council)
Co-Chair, Local Arrangements, 1995 GHC Annual Conference, 1994-95
Member, Planning Committee, 1995 GHC Annual Conference
Member, Planning Committee, 1999-2002 & 2005-Present, GCHC Annual Conferences
Vice President, 1999-2000
Conference Chair, 2000 GCHC Annual Conference
President, 2000-2001
Immediate Past President, 2001-2002
State Coordinator, 2005-Present
Vice President, 2007-2008
Conference Chair, 2008 GCHC Annual Conference
President, 2008-2009
Immediate Past President, 2009-2010
National Collegiate Honors Council
Conference Planning Committees
Member, 1995 NCHC Annual Conference
Proofreader, Program for the Annual Conferences 1995-1996 & 1998-Present
Co-Chair, Local Arrangements, 1997 NCHC Annual Conference
Member, 2006-2015 NCHC Annual Conference
Two-Year College Committee
Member, 1994-Present
Publications Board
Member, Publications Board, 1997-Present
Co-Chair, Publications Board, 1998-2004 and 2006-Present
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council,
1999-Present
General Editor, NCHC Monograph Series, 2004-Present
Southern Regional Honors Council
Chair, Local Arrangements, 2002 Annual Conference
Member, Executive Committee, 2002-2005
Chair, Bylaws Committee, 2004-2006
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Peer review of fifteen essays for the Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council (2002Present).
Peer review of six essays for Honors in Practice (2008-Present).
Director, Master Classes in Poetry, Music, Drama, and Photography. National Collegiate Honors
Council Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. 5-9 November 2003.
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
Georgia Association of Educators
Georgia Collegiate Honors Council
Modern Language Association
National Collegiate Honors Council
National Council of Teachers of English
National Education Association
Southern Regional Honors Council
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