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CURRICULUM VITAE


of

JEFFREY A. PORTNOY


CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: Honors College

Georgia State University

Perimeter College

555 North Indian Creek Drive

Clarkston, Georgia 30030
Phone: 678/891-3620
Email: jportnoy@gsu.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

2016-Present Associate Dean of the Honors College: Georgia State University, Perimeter College


2016-Present Professor of English: Georgia State University, Perimeter College
2010-2015 Director of the Honors Program: Georgia Perimeter College
2006-2010 Interim Director of the Honors Program: Georgia Perimeter College
2002-2015 Professor of English: Georgia Perimeter College
1996-2002 Associate Professor of English: Georgia Perimeter College (Formerly DeKalb College)
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

2015 President’s Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award (Georgia Perimeter College)


2014 Ron Brandolini Award for Excellence at a Two-Year Institution (Inaugural Recipient--National Collegiate Honors Council/Valencia College)
2014 Dedicatee for The Honors Thesis: A Handbook for Honors Deans, Directors, and Faculty Advisors. By Mark Anderson, Karen Lyons, and Norman Weiner. National Collegiate Honors Council Monograph Series
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)



PUBLICATIONS
Portnoy, Jeffrey A. “Sam and Sam-I-Am-Not.” Honors in Practice. 11 (2015): 19-22.
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 Eighteenth-Century 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. Housing Honors. Ed. Linda Frost, Lisa W. Kay, and Rachael Poe. Lincoln: National Collegiate Honors Council, 2015.
Portnoy, Jeffrey A., gen. ed. The Honors Thesis: A Handbook for Honors Deans, Directors, and Faculty Advisors. By Mark Anderson, Karen Lyons, and Norman Weiner. Lincoln: National Collegiate Honors Council, 2014.
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.
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 and 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
“Publishing in Honors.” National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Chicago, IL. 13 November 2015.
Moderator, Panel of Student Research (“Female Characters Pushed to the Edge”). Georgia Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Americus, GA. 28 February 2015.
“Publishing in Honors.” National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Denver, CO. 7 November 2014.
Moderator, Panel of Student Research (“From Ancient Times to Modernity: Human Machinations”). Georgia Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference. Macon, GA. 8 February 2014.
“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 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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
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. 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.
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, Panel of Student Research (“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

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

Southern Regional Honors Council

Chair, Local Arrangements, 2002 Annual Conference

Member, Executive Committee, 2002-2005

Chair, Bylaws Committee, 2004-2006
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

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Selection Committee Member, 2015 Ron Brandolini Award for Excellence at a Two-Year Institution (National Collegiate Honors Council/Valencia College)
External Reviewer for Promotion to Professor, Department of English and Foreign Languages, Georgia Regents University (2015)
Expert Panel Member, Dissertation Evaluation, Doctor of Management Program at the University of Maryland University College (2014).
External Reviewer for Promotion to Professor, Department of English and Foreign Languages, Georgia Regents University (2014)
Peer review of twenty essays for the Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council (2002-Present).
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.

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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