Donald A. DePoy
P.O.
Box 146
207-323-4800 (cell)
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
2007 present
Associate
Professor
Responsible
for teaching courses in the Department of Sociology, including Principles of
Sociology, Cultural Diversity in American Music, and Organizations in American
Life.
1994 2006 New England
Associate
Professor
1995 2006 Husson College
Graduate and
Undergraduate adjunct faculty
Responsible
for teaching courses in three disciplines: social science, marketing/public
relations, and communication technology.
As part of the senior faculty responsibilities included: developing
curriculum, mentoring junior faculty, and teaching courses in sociology, social
equity and diversity, multiculturalism, public relations, publishing seminar, electronic
publishing, music appreciation, US History, E-commerce (graduate level),
psychology and web design.
Administrative activities included 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 from 1995-2000.
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
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
1959 present Professional Musician Southern Mountain Music (old-time, folk,
bluegrass)
Instruments:
5-string banjo, guitar, mandolin, bass fiddle, mountain dulcimer, autoharp and
voice. Inducted into
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).
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
(1959 present).
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
www.meandmartha.com
www.sailviva.org