Peter Paolucci, Ph.D.

Service: Committees, Administrative, and Advisory


2010 - 2019 (Department of English)


blue sphere September 2015 - June 2019: Member, teaching committee
blue sphere September 2012 – June 2014: Chair, teaching committee
blue sphere September 2011 – June 2013: Member, curriculum committee
blue sphere September 2012 – May 2015: Coordinator, curriculum sub-committee Medieval & Renaissance
blue sphere December 2011 - March 2012: Chair, PRWR search committee for a new Assistant Professor appointment in Professional Writing.
blue sphere Since 2011 (May) – 2015: Oversight of the Medieval-Renaissance subcommittee on curriculum review and reform.



2000-2009


blue sphere 2009 (Sept) – June 2010: Member, research committee.

blue sphere Between 2007 and 2012: Member of the advisory board of Existere: Journal of Arts and Literature, commencing with Volume 27.1 (Fall 2007).

blue sphere 2007 (January) – 2008 (June) and September 2009 – June 2010: Member, Professional Writing Curriculum Review committee.

blue sphere2007 (January) – 2008 (June): Committee member of DACC (Dean's Advising Committee on Computing).
Scrutiny and assessment of departmental computer plans for Faculty of Arts, assisted departments with their computer plans, advised on planning and future computing needs to support faculty in their teaching and research.
blue sphere2007 (January) - 2008 (June): Coordinator, Professional Writing Program, York University.

blue sphere Between 2005 and 2016: Department of English Computer Coordinator.
Created the Department's computing plan by assessing current conditions of inventories and infrastructure, and predicted and planned for faculty's future needs. Consulted with, and advised faculty on computing issues related to teaching and research. Hired and oversaw work-study students to support the Department's computing needs. Developed mid-and long-term plans for teaching with technology.
blue sphere Between 2004 and 2008: Faculty Advisor, EUSA (EN Undergraduate Students Association). Resurrected EUSA after it had been dormant for quite some time. Assisted in re-drafting their constitution and getting it approved. Helped students to organize and promote themselves. Acted as design and technical consultant for their website.

blue sphere 2003 (August) – 2007 (January) and 1995 (July) – 1998 (June): Academic Advisor Stong College, York University. Originally administered twenty-two college (degree-credit) courses, including hiring, disciplinary hearings, curriculum development and oversight, faculty recruitment, and teaching evaluation and assessment until 1998.
Created and maintained professional development programs for instructors, counselled and advised undergraduate students on improving academic performance, study strategies, career paths and personal problems. After 1998, the course administration component disappeared from the job description; oversight, updating and maintenance of the college's website, server log analysis and reporting, and supporting the college's web-based databases; oversight of seventeen work study students who have been developing online student resources for the past four years sitting on various committees for routinely occurring disciplinary hearings, awards, College hirings, and advisor to SCSG (Stong College Student Government). Contributing fellow of Stong College from 1984 until 2005.

blue sphere From 2003 - 2017. Executive member of the Canada-Mediterranean Centre (CMC) (356 Stong College), providing advice to the Centre on academic conferences and publications, oversight and development of the Centre's online XML-based database of its library and collections, and occasionally providing expertise on the Centre's technical and strategic development.

Outside Reader




blue sphere 2011: Second reader for honours thesis (EN 4160 6.0A) entitled, Explorations of Dystopic Urban Fantasy by Clare Wall. Supervisor, Prof. Allan Weiss.

blue sphere 2007: Second reader for honours thesis (EN 4160 6.0A) entitled, Making it Queer: The Subversive Qualities of Slash Fandom by Emily Loh. Supervisor, Prof. Terry Goldie.