Gerald Thomas Burns

Background

Burns, Gerald Thomas was born on February 25, 1948 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. Son of James Edward and Jane Margaret Burns.

Education

Bachelor in Liberal Studies, University Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1984.

Career

Assistant professor English and American studies Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1981—1989. Visiting exchange professor American literature University Philippines, Manila, 1989—1991. Professor English and American studies Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, New Hampshire, since 1992.

Fulbright senior scholar University Philippines, University of the East, Manila, 2005—2006. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1970-1974, Pacific.

Achievements

• Gerald Thomas Burns has been listed as a noteworthy literature and language professor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member screening committee New American Schools Initiative, Washington, 1992. Member steering committee, researcher Rindge 2020 Task Force, New Hampshire, 2001—2004. Tutor Pathways to Higher Education, Manila, 2006.

Member of Liberal Education Advisory Board, New Hampshire. Community Technology College, Monadnock Institute of Nature, Place and Culture (chair, executive committee 1996—2006), American Studies Association.

Interests

• Volunteer work, travel, exercise, golf.

Connections

Married Ruth Calizar Arjona, August 10, 1994. 1 child Sebastian James Alejandro.

Father:

James Edward

Mother:

Jane Margaret Burns

Spouse:

Ruth Calizar Arjona

child:

Sebastian James Alejandro Burns