Hackettstown, New Jersey

College of Liberal Arts and Career Preparation

International

Undergraduate Degree Programs of Study in Areas Including Liberal Arts and Career Development, Master Degree Programs in Business Administration, Counseling, Counseling Psychology, Education, English, Special Education, Public Administration and Psychoanalysis, Online Master's Program

The Atlantic Monthly; Institute of International Education Publications

Camping, Participating in Athletic Activities and Road Races, Traveling

Ph.D. in French, Columbia University (1985); Master of Arts in French, Columbia University (1978); Bachelor of Science in Teacher Preparation, Manhattan College (1971)

Modern Language Association; American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies; American Association of Teachers of French; Former Member, National Association of Student Personnel Administrators; The Association for Core Texts and Courses; Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey; Columbia University Club of Northern New Jersey; Knights of Columbus

New York City

International Studies in Higher Education

USA

1/28/2008

Full Professor of English and French, Centenary College (1986-Present); Director of International Studies (1991-Present); Chairwoman, Humanities Department (1996-1998); Chairwoman, International Studies Department (1994-1996); Visiting Professor, Obirin University, Machida, Tokyo (1988); Adjunct Professor of Romance Languages, CUNY College of Staten Island (1985-1986); Adjunct Professor of Humanities, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY (1985-1986)

Publisher of Three Books and Numerous Articles; Manager, Ten International Programs; Visiting Professor, Japan; Presenter of Papers at Three International Conferences in Seoul, Korea, Chicago, United States and Grenoble, France

Mr. Frail's understanding of diversity from his numerous international experiences separates him from his peers.

Mr. Frail's greatest career achievement was implementing successful and intensive management procedures so that 30 Americans could experience China resulting in 700 Chinese students and teachers benefiting from the cross-cultural experience.

Mr. Frail's understanding of diversity from his numerous international experiences separates him from his peers. Since he works mostly within an academic framework, he possesses knowledge grounded in the humanities, which can then be applied to practical business entrepreneurship. Many of his administrative responsibilities include supervision of a large department with numerous budgets and several ongoing programs and relationships in about 15 countries. He has traveled through most of China and Japan, and knows Seoul, Korea and Hong Kong well, in addition to extensive travel in Europe. Many high-level executives who travel are often isolated from the local culture. They dine in fine restaurants, travel in town cars and limousines and stay in five-star western hotels and probably know no more than two or three phrases in a foreign language. For example, most of the college administrators with international experience whom he has met informed him that they traveled with large groups of American educators in pre-arranged tours or attended college fairs. In Mr. Frail’s many years of travel, he has either traveled alone or in the company of a translator, if needed. He has met numerous teachers, students, administrators, and government officials, and has taken taxis, public transportation, and a bicycle to meetings. He knows the cultures of the countries he has visited from the inside-out. I has been to remote villages and walked down back alleys in large cities. Often when he meets with important contacts, they are stunned by his knowledge of the history of their country, his understanding of the local culture, and his acquaintance with the local foods and customs. This, he believes, shows them that he and the school he represents are serious about developing a relationship. Since the summer of 2000, Centenary College has organized a two-week English language school in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China. In this endeavor, Centenary works with two well-established private schools, Fujian Hwa Nan Woman's College and Anglo-Chinese College. Despite intense summer heat and humidity and somewhat poor facilities and technology (compared to United States standards), the program has grown from about 40 students and teachers enrolled in 2000 to 240 in 2006. In the first year, Centenary sent two NJ Centenary teachers (both Centenary alumni) and one translator. In the second year, two Centenary professors and a NJ high school teacher (Centenary alumnus) were sent. From these humble beginnings, Centenary, in the summer of 2006 sent seven students (Education majors) or recent graduates along with a translator and one Centenary professor to accommodate the ever-expanding interest in the programs in China. Three of the teachers also spent two weeks at a new site at Ningbo University. The point of all this is that because of Centenary's zealous commitment to globalization under Mr. Frail’s direction, a combination of 30 American college students, graduate students, alumni (NJ teachers), professors, and staff (translators) have gone to China in the past six years (with 2004 canceled because of the SARS epidemic) to teach a grand total of 700 Chinese students and teachers. None of these individuals could afford to do this without Centenary's support. Centenary provides transportation, teacher preparation and incidental expenses. Because costs are reduced in China, more students can enroll, and the schools in Fuzhou provide academic facilities, housing, meals and weekend trips. The fairly large budget to support these programs in Fuzhou and Ningbo comes from Centenary's success in other international endeavors, especially recruiting hundreds of international students by dint of hard work and creative program development. There is perhaps no greater satisfaction than meeting a young person in a faraway country who expresses an interest in one’s school and then one day he or she arrives on campus. In short, because of successful and intensive management procedures, 30 Americans have experienced China, and 700 Chinese students and teachers have benefited from this cross-cultural experience. In the summer of 1974, Mr. Frail left his teaching position at the Hudson View School in Yonkers, New York after three years as an instructor of language arts. This school specialized in special needs, and the students he worked with were placed in foster care from an early age. Many suffered from emotional dysfunctions and were two years behind in their education. This was his first job after college, and he was eager to hone his teaching skills. He enjoyed working with these students and for awhile he thought special education might be his niche. However, once Mr. Frail entered graduate school, he began to sense that the formalized administration of these schools actually worked against the potential success of these students. Disillusioned, he applied for work in Europe through a United States placement agency. In September he was assigned to work as a dishwasher at a Japanese restaurant in a hotel in Zürich, Switzerland. There he met Americans like himself and also Italian, British, Spanish and Japanese employees. The kitchen was a riot of languages including Swiss, German, French, Italian, English and Japanese. During the winter, he was placed at a hotel in Mürren in the Swiss Alps where he supervised the hotel's laundry room. He worked with people from Spain, Australia, Holland, and Italy. In April 1975, Mr. Frail left Switzerland when a friend offered him a job as a caretaker in a senior citizens home for retired veterans in Croyden, south of London. There, he worked with employees from the Caribbean and Africa and got to know some wonderful old men, some of whom served in the Boer War in the 1890s. He returned home in August 1975 and prepared for the graduate record exam in French and applied to Columbia University's Department of French and Romance Philology, where he passed the oral examination. Mr. Frail always loved French literature and while living in Switzerland, his French improved so much that it sounded close to native fluency. That year abroad and those marvelous encounters with people from all over in addition to extensive travel throughout Europe during that year and in the many years after, represent both a life-changing event and a pivotal point in his career. Within a few years after joining the faculty at Centenary College, Mr. Frail became a visiting professor in Japan and his Asian odyssey began. As for words of wisdom or quotes to live by, there is only one phrase that he can think of is ‘Give it back’! When he was in elementary school and high school, his father and mother worked diligently and sacrificed their own well-being so that he and his two siblings could be educated at top-level Catholic schools. Today, all three siblings are career professionals in education, and they do everything they can to help those in their family achieve academic success. Mr. Frail’s publications include ‘Tibet The Twentieth Century’, ‘Great Events (Supplement) Manon Lescaut,’ ‘Abbe Prevost (Plot Summary and Critical Evaluation) Masterplots (20th Anniversary Edition)’, ‘Guy de Maupassant Masterplots II (Short Story Supplement)’, ‘The Kingfisher, Amy Clampitt Masterplots II (Women's Literature),’ ‘Marcel Proust Great Events From History (Arts & Culture)’, ‘Jean Froissart Great Lives From History (Ancient & Medieval)’, ‘Louis de Saint-Just Great Lives From History (Renaissance to 1900)’, ‘Jean Giraudoux Great Lives From History (The Twentieth Century)’, ‘Charles Burney and Frederick Delius Great Lives From History (British & Commonwealth)’, ‘Roger Martin du Gard and Sigrid Undset Nobel Prize Winners (Literature)’, ‘August W. Schlegel and Remy de Gourmont’, ‘Critical Survey of Literary Theory Francois Mauriac European Writers (The Twentieth Century)’, ‘Jacques- Benigne Bossuet European Writers (The Age of Reason and the Enlightenment) In Dreams Begin Responsibilities’, ‘Delmore Schwartz: Issues and Identities in Literature - Critical Study’, ‘1209-1229: Calling of the Albigensian Crusade 1350c.: Petrarch and Boccaccio Recover Ancient Texts and Promote Secular Views" "1373-1410: Jean Froissart Compiles His Chronicles" - Great Events from History: European Series Annotated Bibliographies for Masterplots (Twentieth Anniversary Revised Second Edition): The Diary of a Country Priest, Georges Bernanos The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, James Boswell The Man of Mode, George Etherege Therese, Francois Mauriac The World of the Thibaults, Roger Martin du Gard Critical Studies of Amy Clampitt, Remy de Gourmont, Roger Martin du Gard, Abbe Prevost, Georges Bernanos, and Alain Rene Le Sage for Cyclopedia of World Authors (Biographical and Critical Studies) Six poems and one short story in anthologies and literary journals. His recent published books include ‘Realism in Samuel Richardson and the Abbe Prevost’ (Edwin Mellen Press, 2005), ‘Fringe Dwellers (a novel)’ (Dorrance, 2006), ‘A Singular Duality: Literary Relations between France and England in the Eighteenth Century’ (AMS Press, 2007).

Irene McCormick

Mr. Frail's understanding of diversity from his numerous international experiences separates him from his peers. Since he works mostly within an academic framework, he possesses knowledge grounded in the humanities, which can then be applied to practical business entrepreneurship. Many of his administrative responsibilities include supervision of a large department with numerous budgets and several ongoing programs and relationships in about 15 countries. He has traveled through most of China and Japan, and knows Seoul, Korea and Hong Kong well, in addition to extensive travel in Europe. Many high-level executives who travel are often isolated from the local culture. They dine in fine restaurants, travel in town cars and limousines and stay in five-star western hotels and probably know no more than two or three phrases in a foreign language. For example, most of the college administrators with international experience whom he has met informed him that they traveled with large groups of American educators in pre-arranged tours or attended college fairs. In Mr. Frail’s many years of travel, he has either traveled alone or in the company of a translator, if needed. He has met numerous teachers, students, administrators, and government officials, and has taken taxis, public transportation, and a bicycle to meetings. He knows the cultures of the countries he has visited from the inside-out. I has been to remote villages and walked down back alleys in large cities. Often when he meets with important contacts, they are stunned by his knowledge of the history of their country, his understanding of the local culture, and his acquaintance with the local foods and customs. This, he believes, shows them that he and the school he represents are serious about developing a relationship. Since the summer of 2000, Centenary College has organized a two-week English language school in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China. In this endeavor, Centenary works with two well-established private schools, Fujian Hwa Nan Woman's College and Anglo-Chinese College. Despite intense summer heat and humidity and somewhat poor facilities and technology (compared to United States standards), the program has grown from about 40 students and teachers enrolled in 2000 to 240 in 2006. In the first year, Centenary sent two NJ Centenary teachers (both Centenary alumni) and one translator. In the second year, two Centenary professors and a NJ high school teacher (Centenary alumnus) were sent. From these humble beginnings, Centenary, in the summer of 2006 sent seven students (Education majors) or recent graduates along with a translator and one Centenary professor to accommodate the ever-expanding interest in the programs in China. Three of the teachers also spent two weeks at a new site at Ningbo University. The point of all this is that because of Centenary's zealous commitment to globalization under Mr. Frail’s direction, a combination of 30 American college students, graduate students, alumni (NJ teachers), professors, and staff (translators) have gone to China in the past six years (with 2004 canceled because of the SARS epidemic) to teach a grand total of 700 Chinese students and teachers. None of these individuals could afford to do this without Centenary's support. Centenary provides transportation, teacher preparation and incidental expenses. Because costs are reduced in China, more students can enroll, and the schools in Fuzhou provide academic facilities, housing, meals and weekend trips. The fairly large budget to support these programs in Fuzhou and Ningbo comes from Centenary's success in other international endeavors, especially recruiting hundreds of international students by dint of hard work and creative program development. There is perhaps no greater satisfaction than meeting a young person in a faraway country who expresses an interest in one’s school and then one day he or she arrives on campus. In short, because of successful and intensive management procedures, 30 Americans have experienced China, and 700 Chinese students and teachers have benefited from this cross-cultural experience. In the summer of 1974, Mr. Frail left his teaching position at the Hudson View School in Yonkers, New York after three years as an instructor of language arts. This school specialized in special needs, and the students he worked with were placed in foster care from an early age. Many suffered from emotional dysfunctions and were two years behind in their education. This was his first job after college, and he was eager to hone his teaching skills. He enjoyed working with these students and for awhile he thought special education might be his niche. However, once Mr. Frail entered graduate school, he began to sense that the formalized administration of these schools actually worked against the potential success of these students. Disillusioned, he applied for work in Europe through a United States placement agency. In September he was assigned to work as a dishwasher at a Japanese restaurant in a hotel in Zürich, Switzerland. There he met Americans like himself and also Italian, British, Spanish and Japanese employees. The kitchen was a riot of languages including Swiss, German, French, Italian, English and Japanese. During the winter, he was placed at a hotel in Mürren in the Swiss Alps where he supervised the hotel's laundry room. He worked with people from Spain, Australia, Holland, and Italy. In April 1975, Mr. Frail left Switzerland when a friend offered him a job as a caretaker in a senior citizens home for retired veterans in Croyden, south of London. There, he worked with employees from the Caribbean and Africa and got to know some wonderful old men, some of whom served in the Boer War in the 1890s. He returned home in August 1975 and prepared for the graduate record exam in French and applied to Columbia University's Department of French and Romance Philology, where he passed the oral examination. Mr. Frail always loved French literature and while living in Switzerland, his French improved so much that it sounded close to native fluency. That year abroad and those marvelous encounters with people from all over in addition to extensive travel throughout Europe during that year and in the many years after, represent both a life-changing event and a pivotal point in his career. Within a few years after joining the faculty at Centenary College, Mr. Frail became a visiting professor in Japan and his Asian odyssey began. As for words of wisdom or quotes to live by, there is only one phrase that he can think of is ‘Give it back’! When he was in elementary school and high school, his father and mother worked diligently and sacrificed their own well-being so that he and his two siblings could be educated at top-level Catholic schools. Today, all three siblings are career professionals in education, and they do everything they can to help those in their family achieve academic success. Mr. Frail’s publications include ‘Tibet The Twentieth Century’, ‘Great Events (Supplement) Manon Lescaut,’ ‘Abbe Prevost (Plot Summary and Critical Evaluation) Masterplots (20th Anniversary Edition)’, ‘Guy de Maupassant Masterplots II (Short Story Supplement)’, ‘The Kingfisher, Amy Clampitt Masterplots II (Women's Literature),’ ‘Marcel Proust Great Events From History (Arts & Culture)’, ‘Jean Froissart Great Lives From History (Ancient & Medieval)’, ‘Louis de Saint-Just Great Lives From History (Renaissance to 1900)’, ‘Jean Giraudoux Great Lives From History (The Twentieth Century)’, ‘Charles Burney and Frederick Delius Great Lives From History (British & Commonwealth)’, ‘Roger Martin du Gard and Sigrid Undset Nobel Prize Winners (Literature)’, ‘August W. Schlegel and Remy de Gourmont’, ‘Critical Survey of Literary Theory Francois Mauriac European Writers (The Twentieth Century)’, ‘Jacques- Benigne Bossuet European Writers (The Age of Reason and the Enlightenment) In Dreams Begin Responsibilities’, ‘Delmore Schwartz: Issues and Identities in Literature - Critical Study’, ‘1209-1229: Calling of the Albigensian Crusade 1350c.: Petrarch and Boccaccio Recover Ancient Texts and Promote Secular Views" "1373-1410: Jean Froissart Compiles His Chronicles" - Great Events from History: European Series Annotated Bibliographies for Masterplots (Twentieth Anniversary Revised Second Edition): The Diary of a Country Priest, Georges Bernanos The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, James Boswell The Man of Mode, George Etherege Therese, Francois Mauriac The World of the Thibaults, Roger Martin du Gard Critical Studies of Amy Clampitt, Remy de Gourmont, Roger Martin du Gard, Abbe Prevost, Georges Bernanos, and Alain Rene Le Sage for Cyclopedia of World Authors (Biographical and Critical Studies) Six poems and one short story in anthologies and literary journals. His recent published books include ‘Realism in Samuel Richardson and the Abbe Prevost’ (Edwin Mellen Press, 2005), ‘Fringe Dwellers (a novel)’ (Dorrance, 2006), ‘A Singular Duality: Literary Relations between France and England in the Eighteenth Century’ (AMS Press, 2007).

Recruiting, Developing and Supervising the Administration of International Studies Programs in China, Japan and South Korea, Overseeing Several Master of Business Administration Programs in China and Two English Language Summer Camps in China and Korea, Collaborating with Active Partner Schools in Canada, Europe and Asia, Long-Term Planning, Exploring New and Innovative International Opportunities, Planning Trips and Executing Related Details, Dealing with Immigration Forms and other Legal Issues