RESUME
CURRENT ADDRESS
Gabriel J. Gomes
Fishkill, NY 12524
E-Mail: **********@*****.***
EDUCATION
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
B.A. Major: Philosophy 1958
Holy Cross College, Washington, D.C.
M.A. in Theology 1963
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
M.A. in Philosophy 1964
Columbia University, New York, NY
Ph.D. in Philosophy 1973
Dissertation Topic: Foundations of Ethics in Walter Burleigh’s Commentary on
Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Marymount College of Fordham University, Tarrytown, NY 10591
Instructor to Professor of Theology (1963-2007)
Adjunct Instructor: Hunter College, New York, NY (1974)
Adjunct Instructor: Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY (1988)
Adjunct Instructor: Pace University, Pleasantville, NY (1989-1996)
Adjunct Professor: Fordham College of Liberal Studies at Tarrytown, NY (2007)
Adjunct Professor: Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY (2008-2010)
Adjunct Professor: Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT (2008-2011)
Adjunct Instructor: Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY (2014)
Adjunct Instructor: Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY (2013-2017)
COURSES TAUGHT (at Marymount College)
RELIGION: Introduction to Religion; Faith and Critical Reason; Introduction to World Religions;
Introduction to the Old Testament: Introduction to the New Testament; Introduction
To the Bible; American Religious Experience; Utopias and Communal Experiences;
Culture and Consciousness; Myth and Religious Consciousness; God in Cross-Cultural
Perspectives; Meditation: Teachings and Practices; The Catholic Tradition; Hinduism;
Buddhism; Islam; Twentieth Century Religious Thought; Mysticism: East and West; Sacred
Books of the East
HUMANITIES: Ancient and Medieval Worlds; Modern World; The Greek Experience
PHILOSOPHY: Introduction to Symbolic Logic; Introduction to Philosophy; Introduction to Ethics;
Theories of Knowledge; Analytic Philosophy; History of Modern Philosophy; Bioethics
AS ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
Hunter College, NYC: Problems of Knowledge and Reality
Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY: Introduction to World Religions
Pace University: Great Ideas of Eastern Religious Thought; Introduction to World Religions
Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY: Religions of the World; Ethics
Fordham College of Liberal Studies, Tarrytown, NY: Sacred Books of the East
Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT: Problems of Philosophy; Introduction to
Philosophy; Introduction to Ethics; The Greek Experience; Comparative Religion
Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY: Introduction to World Religions; Ethics
Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY: Introduction to Philosophy; Ethics; World Religions
GRADUATE ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
NEH Summer Institute: Institute on Great Books of the Major Asian Traditions.
Columbia University, 1986. Director: William Theodore de Bary.
NEH Summer Institute: Institute on Nagarjuna and the Buddhist Tradition.
University of Hawaii, 1989. Director: David Kalupahana.
NEH Summer Seminar: Metaphysics and the Great Chain of Being.
University of California, Berkeley, 1990. Director: Huston Smith.
DOCTORATE DISSERTATION EXAMINER: Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Dissertation: A Comparative Examination of the Contemporaneous Neo-Platonic
And Indian Buddhist Wisdom Traditions by Noel Tiongton (1992)
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Chairman: Philosophy/Religious Studies Department (1995-1997; 2000-2003)
Chairman: Humanities Division (2000-2003)
Coordinator: The Humanities Program (1992-1993; 1999-2003)
Coordinator, Marymount College Mission Theme: Ethics/Spiritual Values Committee (1989-92)
Chairman: Educational Policies Committee (1983-1984)
Director: Marymount College Internship Program (1979-1983
Freshman and Sophomore Faculty Advisor: Many years.
PUBLICATIONS
Song of the Skylark I: Foundations of Experiential Religion. Lanham, MD: University of America
Press, 1991.
Song of the Skylark II: Meditation – Teachings and Practices. Lanham, MD: University of America
Press, 1991.
Discovering World Religions: A Guide for the Inquiring Reader. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, 2012.
Meditation for Beginners in Six world Religions. Xlibris Publishing Company, 2019.
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Bengali
French
Latin
Sanskrit
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Academy of Religion
Phi Beta Delta
REFERENCES
References will be furnished upon request