CURRICULUM VITAE
of
JEFFREY A. PORTNOY
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)
1992-1996
Assistant Professor of English: Georgia
Perimeter College
1993-2006
Honors Program Coordinator: Georgia Perimeter
College
1992-1993
Honors Program/Joint Enrollment Coordinator:
DeKalb College
1990-1992
Associate Director, Honors Program: University
of Nevada, Las Vegas
1989-1992
Lecturer, Department of English: University
of Nevada, Las Vegas
1990
Faculty, Emory University Summer Study Abroad
Program, Oxford, England: Emory University
1987-1989
Adjunct Faculty, Department of English:
Georgia State University
1984-1989
Adjunct Faculty, Department of English:
Oglethorpe University
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
A.
EDUCATION
1988
Doctor of Philosophy
Major: English
Emory University
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B.
1981
Master of Arts
Major: English
Emory University
1973
Bachelor of Arts
Major: English
The University of Iowa
HONORS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS
2010
Fellow of the National Collegiate Honors Council
(Inaugural Class)
2009
Consultant, Honors Program, Orange County Community
College
2007
Dedicatee for the Spring/Summer Issue of the Journal of
The National Collegiate Honors Council (JNCHC 8.1
(2007))
1999
Consultant, Honors Program, Lenoir Rhyne College
1998
Consultant, Honors Program, Greenville Technical
College
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)
1995
Honorary Member of Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Zeta Mu
Chapter
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 ($6,600)
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C.
PUBLICATIONS
Portnoy, Jeffrey A. “Balancing on the Edge of Honors: A
Meditation.” Journal of the National Collegiate Honors
Council 8.1 (2007): 55-7.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A., gen. ed. Beginning in Honors: A
Handbook. By Samuel Schuman. 4th ed. Lincoln:
National Collegiate Honors Council, 2006.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A. “Business and Educational Values.”
Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council 7.1
(2006): 47-51.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A. “The Card in the Baseball Cap: ‘Braves
Win! Braves Win! Braves Win! Braves Win!’” The National
Pastime: Baseball in the Peach State. Ed. Wynn
Montgomery and Kenneth R. Fenster. Cleveland: Society
for American Baseball Research, 2010. 148-53.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A. “Cultivating Honors Excellence in the
Other Garden.” Journal of the National Collegiate
Honors Council 2.1 (2001): 83-5.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A. “For Whom the Business Bell Tolls:
Honors in America.” Journal of the National Collegiate
Honors Council 15.1 (2014): 45-48.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A., gen. ed. Fundrai$ing for Honor$: A
Handbook. By Larry R. Andrews. Lincoln: National
Collegiate Honors Council, 2009.
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. The Honors College
Phenomenon. Ed. Peter C. Sederberg. Lincoln:
National Collegiate Honors Council, 2008.
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., gen. ed. Honors Programs at Smaller
Colleges. By Samuel Schuman. 3rd ed. Lincoln, NE:
National Collegiate Honors Council, 2011.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A., gen. ed. If Honors Students were
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People: Holistic Honors Education. By Samuel Schuman.
Lincoln, NE: National Collegiate Honors Council, 2013.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A., gen. ed. Inspiring Exemplary Teaching
and Learning. Ed. Larry Clark & John Zubizarreta.
Lincoln: National Collegiate Honors Council, 2008.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A. “Intimations of Imitation: Honors
Students and their Alps.” Journal of the National
Collegiate Honors Council 6.1 (2005): 31-4.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A. "An Interview with Wole Soyinka." Arts
Alive 12.3 (1991): 19-21.
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.
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. Preparing Tomorrow’s Global
Leaders: Honors International Education. Ed. Mary Kay
Mulvaney and Kim Klein. Lincoln, NE: National
Collegiate Honors Council, 2013.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A. Rev. of The Autobiographical Subject:
Gender and Ideology in Eighteenth-Century England, by
Felicity A. Nussbaum. The Scriblerian 33.2 (1991): 27678.
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. "Shared Inquiry into Great Books." Arts
Alive 11.1 (1991): 8, 25.
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.
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Portnoy, Jeffrey A., gen. ed. Writing on Your Feet:
Reflective Practices in City as TextTM.
Ed. Ada Long. Lincoln: National Collegiate Honors
Council, 2014.
PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND RELATED ORGANIZATIONS
1981-Present
American Society for Eighteenth-Century
Studies
1996-Present
(Intermittent)
Aphra Behn Society
2004
Community College Humanities Association
1991-Present
(Intermittent)
Far West Popular Culture Association and
Far West American Culture Association
1999-Present
Georgia Association of Educators
1993-Present
Georgia Council of Teachers of English
1993-Present
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;
Conference Chair, 2000 GCHC Annual
Conference;
Vice President, 1999-2000;
President, 2000-2001;
Immediate Past President 2001-2002);
State Coordinator, 2005-Present;
Vice President, 2007-2008;
Conference Chair, 2008; President, 20082009
2000-2003
Georgia Writers Association
1999-Present
Journal of the National Collegiate Honors
Council (Member, Editorial Board)
1981-Present
Modern Language Association
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1992-Present
National Collegiate Honors Council
(Member, Conference Planning Committee,
1995 NCHC Annual Conference, 1994-95;
2006 NCHC Annual Conference, 2005-2006;
2007 NCHC Annual Conference, 2006-2007;
2008 NCHC Annual Conference, 2007-2008;
2009 NCHC Annual Conference, 2008-2009;
2010 NCHC Annual Conference, 2009-2010;
2011 NCHC Annual Conference, 2010-2011;
2012 NCHC Annual Conference, 2011-2012;
2013 NCHC Annual Conference, 2012-2013;
2014 NCHC Annual Conference, 2013-2014;
2015 NCHC Annual Conference, 2014-2015
Member, Two-Year College Committee, 1994Present;
Proofreader, Program for the Annual
Conferences 1995-96 & 1998-Present;
Member, Planning Committee, 1997 NCHC
Annual Conference, 1996-97;
Co-Chair, Local Arrangements, 1997 NCHC
Annual Conference, 1996-97;
Member, Publications Board, 1997Present;
Co-Chair, Publications Board, 1998-2004
and 2006-Present; Member, Strategic
Planning Committee, 2003-04;
General Editor, NCHC Monograph Series,
2004-Present)
1978-Present
National Council of Teachers of English
1993-Present
(Intermittent)
Popular Culture Association
1994-Present
(Intermittent)
Society for
Literature
1982-Present
(Intermittent)
South Atlantic Modern Language Association
(Member, Local Arrangements Committee,
1993, 1997, & 2000)
1993-Present
Southern Regional Honors Council
(Chair, Local Arrangements, 2002 Annual
Conference; Member, Executive Committee,
2002-2005; Chair, Bylaws Committee,
2004-2006)
the
Study
of
Southern
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1992-Present
Two-Year College English Association
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.
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 Non-Honors Students.”
National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Kansas
City, MO. 22 October 2010.
“When the Winds of Changes 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.
“Perceptions of Elitism and Social Class: A Qualitative and
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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.
“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.
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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.
“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
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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.
“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”).
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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.
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.
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“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.
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
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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.
OTHER
Peer review of fifteen essays for the Journal of the National
Collegiate Honors Council (2002-Present).
Peer review of six essays for Honors in Practice (HIP) (2008Present).
Director, Master Classes in Poetry, Music, Drama, and
Photography. National Collegiate Honors Council Annual
Conference, Chicago, IL. 5-9 November 2003.
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
1982-84
Trustee, Atlanta Stage Company
1984-89
Founding Trustee, Georgia Shakespeare Festival
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1984-89
Treasurer, Georgia Shakespeare Festival
1988
Secretary, Georgia Shakespeare Festival
1988-89
Chair, Education Committee, Georgia Shakespeare
Festival
1992-Present
Volunteer, Georgia Shakespeare Festival
1997 & 20002001
On-Site Evaluator, Literary Arts Advisory
Panel, Georgia Council for the Arts
1997-2000
Panel Member, Literary Arts Advisory Panel,
Georgia Council for the Arts
1998
Conference Application Review
Georgia Humanities Council
1998-2002
Member, Author Selection Committee, The
Atlanta Jewish Book Festival
1999-2001
Chair, Book Store Committee, The Atlanta
Jewish Book Festival
1999-2002
Committee Member, Atlanta Jewish Book
Festival Planning Committee
2000-2001
Editor and Proofreader for F.A.I.R (Fair
Assessments for Intown Residents)
2000-2003
Member, Georgia Writers Association
2006
Volunteer, Second Wind Dreams, 13th Annual
Hands On Atlanta Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Service Summit
2006
Editor, Candler Park Tour of Homes Pamphlet
2007
Editor, Atlanta Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary
Tour
Panel,