Résumé
Eric Denton Professor
Religion ¦
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Community College
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96816
808-***-**** abqcg3@r.postjobfree.com
Education
MA Religion University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Honolulu, Hawai'i 1996
BA Religion University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Honolulu, Hawai'i 1991
Certificate Hungarian
Eötvös Loránd
University Budapest, Hungary 1996
Certificate Spanish University of Hawai'i at
Mānoa
Honolulu, Hawai'i
1990
Teaching
Kapi'olani
Community College Honolulu, Hawai'i 1997 -
1998
1999 - Present
REL 150
Introduction to the World's Major Religions
REL 151
Religion
and the Meaning of Existence
REL 151 &
ENG 270E
Learning Community Inventing Eternity: Early
Religion
and Literature
REL 202
Understanding Indian Religions
REL
209
Understanding Islam
REL 215
Contemporary Religions
REL 215 &
ENG 270F
Learning Community Reinventing Eternity:
Modern Religion and Literature
REL 222/HIST 222
Religion
and Conflict in the Modern Era
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Honolulu, Hawai'i
1997
1998
REL 150
Introduction to
the World's
Major Religions
Chaminade University of Honolulu Honolulu, Hawai'i
1997
REL 103
Religion
and the Human Community
Honolulu Community College Honolulu, Hawai'i
1996
REL 150
Introduction to the World's Major Religions
Európai Nyelvek Stúdiója
Budapest,
Hungary 1991 - 1992 1993 - 1994
1996
English
as a Foreign Language
Teaching Equivalencies
Academic Coordinator
International Education Fall 2012 - Spring 2013
Philosophy &
Religion Assessment Coordinator
Arts and Humanities Department Fall 2011
Chair
Arts and Humanities Department Spring 2009 - Fall 2010
Coordinator
International Studies Fall 2006
Coordinator
Asian Studies Fall 2001 - Fall 2005
Co-Coordinator
Kapi'olani
Asia Pacific Emphasis (KAPE) Fall 2001 - Spring 2003
College Service
Presenter
“The Academic Study of Myth and
Religion” HWST 270 20 March
2008
30
August 2011
30
August 2012
Robespierre The Scarlet Pimpernel
KCC Spring Production Spring
2011
Panelist Got
Philosophy? Professional Philosophy Workshops 8 May
2009
12 April
2010
Interviewer Engaged
in Education Intake Sessions 6 March
2009
5 March 2010 (Professional
Development Days)
Peer Coach Laulima Sharon
Rowe
13 May
2009
Presenter
“Lactating Virgins, Exploding Turbans, and the
Politics of
Beer” 9 November 2007 (THINK Seminar) 6 March
2009 (Professional Development Day Seminar)
Presenter
“Holy Land, Contested Lands: The Politics of
Myth and Identity
in the Modern
Middle
East” 20 March 2008 (KCC International
Festival)
5 March
2009 (POLS 207)
Presenter
WAC+ Critical Thinking Workshop Wo
Innovations in
Learning Day (WILD) 7 March 2008
Tour
Guide KCC Ambassadors Campus Tour Program
Fall 2006 – Spring 2007
Guest
Lecturer REL 680B Teaching Religion
University
of Hawai'i at
Mānoa Fall
2006
Presenter
“In the Footsteps of Prophets: Travels in the
Middle
East” International Education Week
16 November 2006
Guest
Speaker “Gold, Gods, and Glory: Power and the
Rhetoric of
Religious Absolutism” Phi Theta Kappa Induction
Ceremony
4 November 2006
Presenter
“Jinn and Tonic: Adventures in International
Weblogging” Center for Excellence in Learning,
Teaching, and
Technology
(CELTT) Seminar 11 September 2006
Presenter
“The Hijacking of Religious Essences and Other
Strange
Tales” The Hidden Intellectual Network at KCC
(THINK)
Seminar 28
January 2005
Committee Service
Member
Student Services Department Personnel Committee Fall 2011 Fall 2012
Co-Facilitator
Standard III Accreditation Committee Standard
III.D.
Fall 2010 - Fall 2012
Arts and Humanities
Representative Student Learning
Outcomes Assessment Ad Hoc Faculty Senate Committee Spring
2007 - Spring 2012
Member
Tenure and Promotion Review Committee Spring 2011
Member
Student Services Screening Committee Spring 2011
Member
Student Learning Outcomes General Education Subcommittee
on Self and Community Fall 2008 - Spring 2009
Chair
Tenure and Promotion Review Committees Spring
2007
Spring
2009
Religion
Representative
Asian Studies Board Fall 2006 - Spring 2009
Chair
Student Learning
Outcomes Subcommittee on Accreditation Communications Fall
2007 - Spring 2008
Member
Excellence in Teaching Award Selection Committee
Fall 2002 - Spring 2003 Spring
2007
International
Education Representative Center for Excellence in
Learning, Teaching, and Technology (CELTT) Advisory Committee
Fall 2005 -
Fall 2006
Member
Combined Personnel Committee Fall 2005
Chair
International Education Board Fall 2003 -
Fall 2005
Chair
Asian Studies Board Fall 2001 - Fall 2005
Chair
Excellence in Teaching Award Selection Committee
Fall
2003 – Spring 2004
Department & Discipline Service
Religion Discipline
Coordinator
Arts and Humanities Department Spring 2007 - Present
Peer
Evaluator Arts and Humanities Department
Spring 2004
Fall 2004 Spring 2005 Fall 2006
Spring 2007
Fall 2007 Spring 2008 Fall 2008 Spring 2011 Fall 2011 Spring 2012 Fall 2012
Curriculum Updates
REL 150 REL
151 REL
200 REL 201 REL 202 REL 209 REL 210 REL 215 REL 222 HIST 222
Fall
2011
Religion Discipline
Assessment Coordinator
Arts and Humanities Department Spring 2011
Editor
Revised Arts and Humanities DPC Guidelines Fall
2010
Member
Arts and Humanities Department Personnel Committee
Fall
2005
Fall
2007
Fall
2008
Member
Arts and Humanities DPC Review & Revision
Committee
Spring
2008
Chair
Arts and Humanities Department Personnel
Committee
Fall
2006
Faculty
Mentor Arts and Humanities Department
Religion
Discipline Fall 2003 – Fall 2005
Member
Arts and Humanities Department Screening Committee
Fall
2004
Independent
Study “The Scholarship of Religious
Violence”
Spring 2004
Independent
Study “Women and Religion in Korea”
Fall 2003
Community
Service
Guest
Speaker “In the Footsteps of Prophets: Travels
in the
Islamic Mediterranean” Kahala Nui Retirement
Home
6 June 2011
Guest
Speaker “Behind the Wall: Arab East Jerusalem
and the
West Bank” Rotary Club of Kahala Sunrise
25 May
2011
Volunteer Mālama Maunalua Limu
Huki 6 March 2010
Participant Pahua
Heiau Talk Story Liveable Hawaii Kai Hui and the Office of
Hawaiian Affairs 25 February 2010
Client Tamra
Ambulance Project Tamra,
Israel and
Kapi'olani
Community College eBusiness Fall 2008 - Fall 2009
Host
“The Israeli Palestinian Reality”
Lecture and Book Signing by Susan Nathan
Kapi'olani
Community College
23 October
2008
Host
“Palestinian Encounters: Youth Voices from
Behind the Wall”
Palestine Symposium Who Are the Palestinians?
Understanding
the Nakba
Kapi'olani
Community College
10 March
2008
Interviewer
Library of Congress Veterans History Project
Fall
2003 - Fall 2007
Minister
Ota and Nakamoto Wedding Ceremony 18 March
2007
Panel
Moderator 2006 Student Conference on Historical,
Political, and International Studies Chaminade University
of
Honolulu 11
November 2006
Minister
Kinard and Dawrs Wedding Ceremony 08 August
2006
Minister
Kam and Martin Wedding Ceremony 19 June 2005
Presenter
“Islam and the Hijacking of Religious
Essences”
Mini-Conference on Religious Pluralism and Religious Tolerance
Chaminade
University of Honolulu 16 April 2005
Presenter
“Islam in Iraq: Diversity and
Interpretation”
Current Affairs Forum Hawaii Pacific University
11
April 2005
Co-Presenter
“Inventing Eternity: A Fully Integrated Learning
Community” League for Innovations Conference
New
York, New York March
2005
Minister
Cochrane and Vandermeer Wedding Ceremony 19
February
2005
Presenter
“Islam in Iraq: Diversity and
Interpretation”
Current Affairs Forum Chaminade University of Honolulu
4 February 2005
Guest
Speaker “The World’s Major
Religions” Farrington High
School History Classes 20 February 2004
Expert
Testimony “The
Dietary Laws of Coptic Christianity”
Hawai‘i State Department
of Public
Safety, Corrections Division 30 July 2003
Professional
Development
Arabic Language Course "A Taste of the
Arabic Language" Kapi'olani
Community College Continuing Education 26 January - 09
March 2011
Achieving the Dream:
Hawai'i Strategy Institute "Student Success:
What We're Learning About What Matters Most" by Dr. Kay McClenney
"Application of
Universal Design for Learning" by Megan Conway Windward Community
College 4 March 2011
Lecture
“Islamic Calligraphy: Form, Function and
Decoration” Dr. Wheeler M. Thackston, Jr.
Honolulu
Academy of Arts Shangri
La 11 December 2010
Lecture
“Borders of Sorrow: Violence and Politics of
Religious
Identities in Modern Indo-Pakistani Fiction” Dr.
Alok
Bhalla Honolulu
Academy of Arts Shangri
La 26 June 2010
Secrets of Success
Workshop “Let's Honor Queen
Kapi'olani” Colette Higgins
Kapi'olani
Community
College
24 June 2010
Summer Leadership
Academy Community College
Leadership Development Initiatives (CCLDI) Hawai'i
Tokai International College 6-10 July 2009
Lecture
“Does Art Have a Religion? Islamic Art
Revisited” Dr. Aslam Syed Honolulu
Academy of Arts Shangri
La 23 May 2009
Lecture
“Israel and Palestine: A Journey through
Despair” Dr. Joseph Overton The Hidden
Intellectual Network at KCC (THINK)
Seminar 24 April 2009
Panel Presentation
“The Roles of Women in Contemporary Iran”
Farideh Farhi, Marcia Morse, and Marty Nikou Honolulu
Academy of Arts Shangri
La 21 March 2009
Retreat on Student
Learning and Assessment, Level I Western
Association of Schools and Colleges
Honolulu, Hawai'i 29-31
January 2009
Lecture
“The Dream of the Poem: Islamic Art, Arab Verse
and Andalusian Hebrew Poetry” Peter Cole
Honolulu
Academy of Arts Shangri
La 24 January 2009
Conference American Academy of
Religion
Chicago,
Illinois
1 - 3
November, 2008
Conference North American
Association for the Study of Religion Chicago,
Illinois
31
October - 1 November, 2008
Lecture
“Introducing the Qur'an as Literature”
Dr. Carl W. Ernst Honolulu
Academy of Arts Shangri
La 26 June 2008
Lecture
“In Search of the Memory of
Al-Andalus” Prof. Maria
Rosa Menocal Honolulu
Academy of Arts Shangri
La 8 March 2008
Lecture
“The Prison-House of the Orient: A History of
Contemporary Architecture in the Islamic World”
Prof. Nasser
Rabbat
Honolulu Academy of Arts 27 May 2007
Title VI
Workshop “Beyond Asia and the Pacific”
Kapi'olani
Community College 17-18 May 2007
Learning
Information Literacy Online (LILO) Workshop Windward
Community College 16 May 2007
Skip
Downing Student Engagement Techniques Workshop Journey to
the Center Professional Development Day Kapi'olani
Community
College 2
March 2007
Ruth
Stiehl Student Learning Outcomes Workshop Windward
Community College 16-17 February 2007
ePortfolio
Workshop Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching,
and Technology (CELTT) Kapi'olani Community College
26 January 2007
Sabbatical
Leave Spain, Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, the West
Bank, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, and Bosnia-Herzegovina
December 2005 – May
2006
Title VI
Workshop “Beyond Asia and the Pacific”
Kapi'olani
Community College 16-18 May 2005
League
for Innovations Conference New York, New York
March
2005
Fulbright-Hays
Group Project Abroad in Malaysia and Indonesia
Asian Studies Development Program June – August
2004
Learning
Communities Institute Kapi'olani Community College
April 2004
Lecture
“Soldiers Zen in WWII Japan: A Classic Case
Study of
Holy War” Dr. Brian Victoria
University of Hawai'i at
Mānoa 11 March 2004
Teachers
Talking to
Teachers about Teaching Kapi'olani Community College
14 November 2003
Awards
and Recognition
Promotion
Professor of Religion
Kapi'olani Community College
1 August 2012
Nomination, Election,
and Appointment Chair of Arts
and Humanities January 2009 - December 2010
Travel
Grants
Faculty Development Council
Kapi'olani Community College
2001 2004
2005 2008
Promotion
Associate Professor of Religion
Kapi'olani Community College
1 August 2008
Who’s
Who
Among America’s Teachers
2005
Tenure
Assistant Professor of Religion
Kapi'olani Community College
1 August 2005
Promotion
Assistant Professor of Religion
Kapi'olani Community College
1 August 2004
Fulbright-Hays
Scholarship
Asian Studies Development Program Group
Project
Abroad Malaysia and
Indonesia 2004
“Teacher Most Likely to Promote Critical Thinking”
Kapi'o
Newspaper
2003
Board of
Regents' Award for Teaching Excellence University of
Hawai'i
Kapi'olani Community College 2001 - 2002