GARY LEMCO, Ph.D.

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OBJECTIVE: To contribute toward the enhancement, goals, and ideas of an existing educational program utilizing my background, knowledge, and skills.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

High School Teaching:

English Teacher: Santa Teresa High School, East Side Union, San Jose, 2007-2020.

English Teacher: Andrew Hill High School, East Side Union, San Jose, 2006-2007.

English Teacher: Westmont High School, 2002-2003; Vestal Central Schools, 1973-75; New York City Schools (Bronx HS of Science), 1968-70.

English and Advanced Placement Teacher: Harker School, 2001-02 (incl. two summers of Expository Writing); Tallulah Falls School, 1997-01;

Fayette County Schools, 1990-91; Atlanta City Schools, 1976-90.

Grader: Advanced Placement English Exam, ETS, 1982-90; 2003-2004; 2006.

NTE, ETS, 1984-89; Regents Exam (GA), 1995-97.

Writer: Advanced Placement English curriculum: Atlanta Public Schools, 1990, Tallulah Falls School, 1997, Harker School, 2001; SAT II Prep curriculum, Think Tank Learning, 2003; SAT II and Writing Instructor, Calder Academy, 2004.

Courses Taught: American Literature (9th, 11th); Honors (9th, 10th); British Literature (10th); World Literature (Advanced Placement, 12th).

Tutor: Advanced Placement; College Application Essays; Expository Writing; SAT II and ACT Preparatory Classes, esp Ivymax: SAT Bootcamp Instructor, 2015-17.

College Instructor/Professor:

Adjunct English Instructor: Foothill College, 2005; Brooks College, 2004.

Adjunct Philosophy Professor: Piedmont College, 2000.

Adjunct Literature Professor, Music and Philosophy: GSU and DeKalb College, 1996-97.

Associate English and Humanities Professor: Life University, 1993-96; developed courses in music, film, and philosophy.

Adjunct English, Music, and Philosophy Professor: GA State University, 1992-96.

Courses Taught: English 111-112 (101-102); American Literature; British Literature; World Literature I - II; Short Story; Business Communications; Film Survey; Advanced Placement English; Introduction to Music; Critical Thinking; Public Speaking; History of Philosophy; Introduction to Philosophy.

LANGUAGES: Proficiency in French; Studies in German.

CERTIFICATES: New York State: English 7-12 (Perm.); Georgia: English 7-12 (T-7); California: English Credential, 7-12.

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. Educational Foundations: Georgia State University, 1987. “Nietzsche as Educator”.

M.A. English: Georgia State University, 1985. “Ben Hecht’s Theater of Dualism”.

M.A. Philosophy: SUNY at Binghamton, 1975. “The Music in Nietzsche’s Thought”.

B.A. English: SUNY at Binghamton, 1968.

TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS: Philosophical Foundations of Education; Interdisciplinary Studies in Music; Literature and Philosophy; Nietzsche; American and British Fiction; Film.

PUBLICATIONS:

Book Author: Nietzsche as Educator, Mellen Univ. Press, 1993.

“Nietzsche and Education,” Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory (ad1cj1@r.postjobfree.com), 2016.

“Nietzsche and Education,” Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory

“Pigeon Woman Takes Flight,” Contemporary Verse 2, September, 2023.

“Edgar Allan Poe,” in The Student Encyclopedia to Great American Writers, Facts on File, (2010), Vol. 3.

“Along for the Ride: Demonism in D. H. Lawrence’s ‘The Rocking Horse Winner,’” The Utah English Journal, Vol. 34: 2006, 53-57.

"The Dark Dust in The Great Gatsby," The Utah English Journal, Vol. 33: 2005, 49-51.

"The Aesthetic Mask: Cinematic and Musical Icons in Ellison's Invisible Man," The Utah English Journal, Vol. 32: 2004, 77-87.

“Nietzsche and Schumann,” New Nietzsche Studies Vol. I: (Fall/Winter 1996), 42-56.

“Bellow’s Herzog: A Flight of the Heart,” Saul Bellow Journal, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Fall/Winter 1983), 38-46.

“The Quest for a Medium in Hawthorne’s The Blithedale Romance,” GSU Review (1981/82), 58-62 (Winner: Phi Eta Sigma Essay Award).

“Theatrical Elements in Herzog: or, An Act of the Heart,” Studies in American-Jewish Literature, Vol. III, No. 1 (1977), 7-16.

“Henry James and Richard Wagner: The American,” Hartford Studies in Literature, Vol. VI, No. 2 (1974).

Article-Footnote on Hemingway and Music for S. Grebstein, Hemingway’s Craft (So. Illinois University Press, 1973), 166-69; 232.

Contributing Writer, The New SAT (REA, Piscataway, NJ), 1994.

AWARDS: Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, 1975; NEH Grant, “The World of Yesterday: Vienna 1880-1930,” Lehigh Univ., 1999.

RELATED EXPERIENCE:

Cultural Arts Reporter/Writer for various New York, Atlanta, California and national journals, including Musical America, 1966-present.

Host, programmer, and announcer, “The Music Treasury,” KZSU-FM, 2010-present.

Commentator, San Jose Chamber Music Society, 2012-2013.

Host, programmer, and announcer, “The Music Treasury,” WHRW-FM, 1966-70; 1970-75; at WRFG-FM, Atlanta, GA: 1971-1973; at KZSU-FM, Stanford University, 2011-present.

Music Critic: Classical disCDigest, 1991-99.

Film Critic: Poets, Artists & Madmen, 1993-97; West of Twin Peaks Observer, 2002-2003.

Program Annotator: The Atlanta Virtuosi, 1990-95; Lyceum (Film) Series, Georgia State University, 1980-88.

Guest Critic: “First Hearing,” WQXR-FM (NYC), 1984-97.

Commentator and CD-critic: www.audaud.com 1998-present.

Contributing Writer: www.grapevineculture.com, 2003-2004.

Contributing Writer: www.classicalmusicguide.com, 2005-2009.

Contributing Writer, Fanfare, 2021-present

Contributing Writer, Peninsula Reviews, 2014-2020.

Pre-concert Lecturer, The Steinway Society the Bay Area, 2016-23.

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