David Dennis Coleman, II

Background

II, David Dennis Coleman, was born on November 18, 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Washington Smith and Sallie Lee Coleman.

Education

Bachelor, Boston College, 1979. Master of Education, Boston University, 1982. C.A.G.S., Harvard University, 1984.

Postgraduate, University Massachusetts, 1993. Master of Fine Arts, Boston University, 1993. Doctor of Philosophy, Lesley University, 2001.

Career

Teaching intern, Massachusetts Hospital School for Handicapped Children studio technician, Station WGBH-television, Boston, 1982; associate professor communications, Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, 1985-1987; department chairman arts and humanities, professor arts and humanities, Roxbury Community College, Boston, since 1987; artistic director artist-in-residency program, Roxbury Community College, Boston, since 1988; managing director media arts, Roxbury Community College, Boston, 1992-1993. Instructor photography Digital Equipment Corporation, Andover, Massachusetts, 1985. Assistant Professor of English and literature, Roxbury Community College, 1982-1985.

Technical director Black Folks Theater Company, Boston, 1988-1990. Adviser Roxbury Outreach Shakespeare Experience, Boston, 1988-1990. Researcher station WGBH-FM, 1981.

Camera man television show 10 O'Clock News, 1982. Stage manager television show Front Line, 1982, Masterpiece Theatre Mystery, 1982. Founding board member ACT (Artists, Culture and Trade) Roxbury Consortium.

Achievements

• David Dennis Coleman II has been listed as a noteworthy Theater educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Instructor photography Hawthorne Youth Center, Boston. Cinematographer Operations Crossroads Africa. Group leader, construction worker Association of Ghana.

Coordinator bike ride Massachusetts chapter Arthritis Foundation. Member Performers Ensemble, Massachusetts Teachers Association, International Brotherhood Electrical Workers, Greater Boston Pan-Hellenic Council (vice president), Phi Beta Sigma (state director 1982, area director 1983).

Interests

• Avocations: cycling, long-distance running, visual arts, graphic arts, music.

Connections

Married Marie Edith Elder, October 11, 1986. Children: David Dennis III, Brandon Nathaniel, Christopher Cameron.

Father:

George Washington Smith

Mother:

Sallie Lee Coleman

Spouse:

Marie Edith Elder

child:

Christopher Cameron II

child:

David Dennis III

child:

Brandon Nathaniel II