Dr. John F. Looney, Jr.                                                                   Work (617) 287-5283

19 Perkins Rd.                                                                                     Home (617) 729-1652

Winchester, MA 01890                                                    E-Mail Jack.Looney@umb.edu

 

Professor of Geography, University of Massachusetts/Boston

 

EDUCATION

Salem State College, History and Geography BS 1958

Boston State College, Administration Ed .M. 1960

Boston University, Administration, Science Education, Ed. D. 1972

 

ADDITIONAL GRADUATE STUDIES

University of California, Berkley; Boston College; Harvard University; School of Public Health;

MIT Urban Planning Department

 

TEACHING POSITIONS

2002-present: Chair, Department of Earth & Geographic Sciences, University of Mass/Boston

1981-present: Professor, Department of Earth & Geographic Sciences, University of Mass/Boston

1981-1968: Professor, Department of Regional Studies, Boston State College,

1968-1958: Teacher, Director of Summer School, Medford Public Schools (K-12)

1965-1966: Teaching Fellow, Boston University — Sabbatical leave from Medford High School

 

TEACHING CERTIFICATION

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Secondary School Teaching Certificates in: Biology, Earth Science, General Science, Geography, History, Psychometrics, Social Studies, English, Supervisor and Secondary School Principal.

 

ADJUNCT FACULTY

Inter-University Marine Science Ph.D. Program

Graduate College of Education, College of Arts & Sciences Department Liaison

 

 

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Curriculum consultant to Schools of Nursing at Malden Hospital, Malden, MA, Faulkner Hospital, Boston, MA and Boston City Hospital, Boston MA

Curriculum consultant to Holliston, Cambridge, Boston and Matignon High School

 

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Presidential Award — University Service - 2001

Outstanding Educator Award, 1994, Region 1 NUCEA

Field Education Programs — Study of Boston Harbor Island and ocean expeditions on the Schooner, Ernestina and Sylvina W. Beal Program of Continuing Education.

NYNEX, Runnins River Field Study Grant, Healey Grant — Neponset Pathfinders

Keystone Study Group — U.S. Navy Submission of Congressional Environmental Impact study

USN, 1998 (1990-1998)

PALMS Presenter — Water Sheds — Presenter — Upward Bound — GPS Mapping, and Boston Harbor Islands Study

USDOE — Program Reviewer GAANNS (Graduate Assistance National Needs Students),

 Mass Department of Agriculture — State Pesticide Board (Chair — Protem) 1978 — present

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Baugh, E.L., Soares, C., Looney, Jr. J.F., “Innovative Model for Nursing Education”, Faulkner

Hospital School of Nursing, 1972.

Looney, Jr. J.F., “Central Business District Survey”, Town of Winchester, MA, 1975.

Looney, Jr. J.F., “Survey of Elderly Needs”, Town of Stoneham, MA, 1987.

Looney, Jr. J.F., “Survey of Elderly Needs”, Town of Winchester, MA, 1985.

Looney, Jr. J.F., “Triage Health Care Plan for Elderly”, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, 1976.

Looney, Jr. J.F., Study Guide Exploring Oceans (John Wiley: New York), 1996.

Bean, K., Looney, J., Stalsmith, B. and Hagar, W. “Patterns and Acidic Deposition in a Weakley

Buffered Pond” NERM, ‘97, Northeast Regional Meeting, American Chemical Society, 1997,

pp 113.

Looney, Jr. J.F., Cruising News “Cruise for Credit”, (Vol.4, pp.4-5) Sept. 2000.

 

 

 

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

University Advising, Counseling, and Personnel Committee

Faculty Steering Committee, University of Massachusetts/Boston, Union Executive Board

Covet II Committee-Implementation Planning Core Curriculum, Faculty Council

CAS — Senate, Parliamentarian and Executive Board, Chairman 1999-2000

Dept. Personnel Committee, — Chairman Liaison to Graduate College of Education

Doctoral Committee, Reader and Advisor (2) UMA

Internal Research Review Committee, Healey Public Research Grants and Faculty Development

(1997-1999)

University Faculty Council, CSM representative, 2000 to present

Dean’s Review Committee — School of Nursing

 

COMMUNITY

School Committee, Northeast Regional Vocational School (1984-1992)

Central Business District Study Committee, Chairman and Board of Appeals, Winchester, MA, Chairman

Phi Delta Kappa, Past President and life member — Boston University Chapter

Iota Ro — National Honor Society, Geography

State/ICC Certification Review Teams — Chair and subcommittee chair, Fitchburg State College, Southeastern Mass. University of Mass/Dartmouth, Boston College, Rhode Island College.