Donald A. DePoy
P.O.
Box 146
depoyd@hotmail.com ~ www.dondepoy.com
EDUCATION
Ph. D. Interdisciplinary (Popular Culture/American
Music) December 1996
M. Ed. Social Studies May 1994
B.U.S. Liberal Studies December 1992
A.S. Pre-teacher
Education June 1970
EMPLOYMENT
1995 present
Graduate and
Undergraduate adjunct faculty
Responsible
for teaching courses in sociology, social equity and diversity,
multiculturalism, human relations, communications, public relations, marketing
and advertising, electronic publishing, music appreciation, US history,
E-commerce (graduate level), psychology and web design.
1994 2006 New England
Associate
Professor
Responsible
for teaching courses in three disciplines: social science, marketing/public
relations, and communication technology.
As part of the senior faculty responsibilities include: developing
curriculum, mentoring junior faculty, and teaching courses in sociology, social
equity and diversity, multiculturalism, public relations, publishing seminar, electronic
publishing, marketing & advertising, music appreciation, US History,
E-commerce (graduate level), psychology and web design. Administrative activities include
implementing and managing a web design/Internet technology certificate program
and new course sequence and minor concentration for the electronic page,
desktop publishing and multi-media production.
Served as student advisor, curriculum committee,
recruitment advisor, in-house advertising and printing agency, and Web meister.
1999 present Gafia
Sailing Charter, Inc.
Captain (summer season)
Charter-service
Captain, holding a United States Coast Guard 100 Tons Unlimited Passengers 200
mile Near Coastal Waters license with sail and tow endorsements. Responsibilities include: managing daily
operations of the sailing charter company and captain of s/v Viva, a
1939 46' B T Dobson cutter. With over 30
years of sailing experience, teaches sailing at all levels. (www.sailbelfast.com) Teaches USCG Licensing courses through American
BoatSchool, Mystic, CT.
Certified American Red Cross/USCG First Aid and CPR Instructor.
1989 1995 D&D Marketing, Inc.
President
D&D
Marketing: d\b\a The Media Shop & Auntie M's Guide for Bargain Hunters. Responsible for all phases of physical and
financial operations of Orono's only privately owned full service computerized
desktop publishing, off-set printing, audio/visual/multi-media production and
photocopying business. Auntie M's was a
bi-monthly publication started in December 1990, with a circulation of 10,000
copies per issue distributed throughout the greater
1986 1989 Laserset Publishing Center
Owner
Responsible
for start-up and all phases of operation of a company with two retail stores
and six satellite centers specializing in the design and production of printed
materials. Laserset pioneered the
technology of desktop publishing to establish a niche in the competitive
1984
1986 Goodway Marketing, Inc.
Project
Coordinator/Executive Producer
Responsible
for all phases of television, radio, and audio productions,
national/regional/local spot and block media buys and syndication for a
national marketing holding company with twenty-three separate businesses. Activities included: working with clients and
outside agencies for advertising/public relations support, script writing and
editing. Supervised a full time staff of
5 and free-lance crews as required. Also
worked as the writer/producer/director for numerous national cable programs. Staff of 3-10.
1981
1984 Teleimage, Inc.
President
and CEO
Responsible
for start-up, construction and operation of
1979
1981 Hubert Wilke, Inc.
Design
Engineer
Responsible
for base building and facilities design for television studios, audio studios,
and "rf" and baseband distribution systems for an international
design firm. Clients served were in the
top Fortune 100 companies.
1970 1979 Virginia Community College System
Lecturer and Instructional Technologist
Taught
courses including: first and second year biology laboratory, Introduction to AV
Media, Introduction to Photography, Beginning Banjo, Beginning Guitar, Advanced
Banjo, and Advanced Guitar. Responsible
for all media production and related services at
PRESENTATIONS
· Life as
therapy. Society for Research in
Adult Development (2005).
· Higher
education and the working class.
Society for Research in Adult Development (2006).
· Enhancing
ones life through music making.
COMMUNITY
SERVICE
2004 present SailViVA
Co-founder/Executive
Director
SailViVA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing sailing
opportunities to connect people of all ages, abilities, and means to the
worlds oceans through educational and recreational programs that stimulate
individual growth and instill an enduring love and appreciation of the sea and
to ensure that ViVA is maintained as a historic racing yacht for
others to enjoy for all generations to come. www.sailviva.org
1994 1999 F.O.L.K., Inc. (Focus On Local
Knowledge)
Executive
Director (volunteer service)
F.O.L.K.
is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization chartered to support preservation,
dissemination and education about folk practices specifically relating to
living history, performance and visual arts.
F.O.L.K. was an active member of the Greater Bangor Arts Council,
organizes local venues for underserved music, and produced Mainely Bluegrass, a 26-part bluegrass music program. F.O.L.K. has also successfully worked with
local organizations to secure grant funding to better serve the
1958 present Professional Musician Southern Mountain Music (old-time, folk,
bluegrass)
Instruments:
5-string banjo, guitar, mandolin, mountain dulcimer, and voice. Inducted into the
Music Instruction: 5-string bluegrass
banjo - all levels; bluegrass guitar - all levels.
Production
credits: Executive producer Skyline
Records, Inc. (1971-1977); Line producer NPR's Folk Festival USA radio series
(1975-1976); Executive producer Folk Alley: ½ hour television series (1985);
Executive producer Mainely Bluegrass:
½ hour pilot for a radio show (1990); Executive producer/director Mainely Bluegrass: 13-part, ½ hour
television program series airing over Maine Public Television Network, Public
Television Plus Network in southern Maine, and New Hampshire Public Television
network (1993-1994 season, 1994-1995 season, 1995-1996 season); Roots & Branches, a bluegrass play
(1999); Cape Horn Gale CD (2000); Making Tracks CD (2001); SeaGrass: Sea Shanties with bluegrass
overlays CD (in production); On the Road
Home CD (2005), Music Maker Guide
Book with CD (2007),
Performance
credits: WABH-AM 1 hour per week
"live" Mountain Music Show (1963-1967); Mountain Heritage Craft and
Music Festival (1974-1977); Philadelphia Folk Festival (1987 and 1988);
Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival (1988 and 1989); American Cowgirls, a bluegrass
music play (1992); Bulgarian National Television segment (1992); Bulgarian
National Radio segment (1992); Roots & Branches, a bluegrass play (1999);
Schooner Days, Camden Maine (2000 and 2001); and too numerous to mention stage,
club and festival performances throughout the United States.
Recording
credits: Featured performer on eleven
recordings and four anthologies of traditional American music. Me
& Martha release their CD On the
Road Home (2005).
Related
credits: Board of Directors for the
Bluegrass Association of Maine (2001-03); Board of Directors for the University
of Maine Orchestra (1997-2004); member of the Executive Committee for the
Greater Bangor Area Arts Council (1996-1999); Chairperson, The Arts and
Cultural Tourism committee (1996); invited presenter at the Folk Alliance
International Conference (1995); field and artifact contributions to Library of
Congress, Folklife Archives Collection, Washington, D.C., (1992); Frontier
Cultural Museum, Staunton, Virginia (1992); Northeast Archives at the
University of Maine, Orono, Maine (1992 and 1993); founding member of the Folk
Music Society of the Blue Ridge (1971); Music Director for the Apple Harvest
Festival, Winchester, Virginia (1976 and 1977); Music Director for Annual Arts,
Craft and Music Festival, Middletown, Virginia
(1974-1976) and Weyers Cave, Virginia (1973-1975).
Personal,
business, educational, or sailing references provided upon request.
www.gafia.com Sailing commercial
www.meandmartha.com
Music and personal
www.sailviva.org
Sailing non-profit