Leslie Glickman Kaplan
kaplanlb@mail.sas.upenn.edu
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
RESIDENTIAL LIVING EXPERIENCE
PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE
AWARDS AND HONORS
PAPERS READ
SKILLS AND LANGUAGES
Degrees:
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
Folklore and Folklife December 2001
M.A. University of Pennsylvania Folklore
and Folklife August 1997
M.Phil. Lincoln College, Oxford
University Middle English Literature 1989-1991
B.A. Tufts University English and
Philosophy 1984-1988
Non-degree courses:
American School for Classical Studies,
Athens, Greece: Associate Member 1994-1995
University of Paris-Sorbonne, Paris,
France: Certificat de Langue Francaise July 1991
Quinnipiac College, New Haven,
CT: Basic Accounting July 1989
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance
Studies, Oxford, England: French, Latin, German, Old English 1988-1989
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Teaching Experience:
- Adjunct Instructor :
University of North Florida, Fall 1999-present
- Adjunct Instructor: University of
Pennsylvania, Summer 1999
- Lecturer: American Folklore (6 week
course), Jewish Community Center of Southern New Jersey, May-June 1997
- Teaching Assistant: Folk and
Alternative Medicine, Folk 369 Department of Folklore and Folklife, University of Pennsylvania, Fall 1996
- Tour Guide (part time): American
Council for International Study, London, England, 1990-1991
Courses Taught: Introduction
to Folklore, Heroes and Outlaws, College Writing, Introduction to
Literature, King Arthur Through the Ages
Administrative Experience:
- Undergraduate Research Center, University
of Pennsylvania
- Graduate Assistant, September 1998-May 1999
- Department of
Architecture, University of Pennsylvania
- Administrative Coordinator, (part time) July 1996-June 1997
- Administrative Coordinator, (full time) July 1995-June 1996
- Business Administrator Feb. 1993-Aug 1994
- Administrative Assistant Sept. 1991-Jan 1993
- English Language and Orientation
Program, Department of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania
- Program Coordinator, Summer 1996, 1997
- Leila Day Nursery School
- Office Manager, Summer 1989
- Med-O-Lark Summer Camp
- Program Director, 1987-1988
- Foreign Studies Orientation Program,
Tufts University
- Chairman/Founder, 1987-1988
- Research Experience:
- Philadelphia Folklore Project
- Samuel L. Fels Fund Winnet Intern,
Summer 1997
- Corinth Computer Project, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania (in Greece)
- Research Associate, September
1994-March 1995
- Archaeological Surveyor/
Computer Technician, Summer 1992,1993
- Residential Living Experience:
- Graduate Advisor: Centre for
Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 1988-1989
- Residence Advisor: Tufts
University, 1987-1988
- Camp Counselor: Med-O-Lark
Summer Camp, Summer 1986
- Publishing Experience:
- Copy Editor : Glencairn Museum
Catalogue, February 1994-December 1996
- Researcher: Vade Mecum Guide Book
of Oxford, 1989
University Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania, 1997-1998
Graduate Research Travel Award: Lincoln College, 1990, 1991
Overseas Research Scholarship: British Government, 1990-1991
Class of 1911 Prize Scholarship: Tufts University, 1988
Cum Laude, Philosophy: Tufts University, 1988
- "The Green Man: Origins and Meaning"
- American Folklore Society Meeting, Portland, Oregon, October 1998
- "Untangling the Origins of a Place-Name: Archaeology and the Early Travellers in the Corinthia"
- Art and Archaeology in the Mediterranean World Colloquium, University of Pennsylvania, April 1997
- "Hexamilia: Place Name as Object of Negotiation"
- American Folklore Society Meeting, Pittsburg, PA, October 1996
- Computer (PCs and Macintosh)
- extensive word processing spreadsheet, database and html experience
- computer assisted design: AutoCad 13 (and previous versions)
- some basic hardware/software installation and hardware/software troubleshooting experience
- Languages
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language: 2 week course certificate
- Foreign Languages:
- French
- modern Greek
- Latin