Robert Fisher - Curriculum Vitae

CURRICULUM VITAE June 2017 PERSONAL Name Robert L. Fisher Place of Birth Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Citizenship Canadian Address University: Bethune College Writing Center York University 4700 Keele Street North York, Ontario M3J lP3 Telephone: (416) 736-0000, ext. 22035 Home: 8 Castle Park Blvd Woodbridge, Ontario L4H 1M5 Telephone: (905) 893-9511 Degrees and Academic/Professional Qualifications 1965 B.A., German Language and Literature, University of Pittsburgh, USA 1966 M.A., Linguistics, University of University of Pittsburgh, USA 1973 Ph.D., Indo-European Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Thesis: Gender Variation in Indo-European 1997 Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology Adler School of Professional Psychology Chicago, Illinois Language Proficiency English (native ability); Italian and French (excellent reading knowledge; fair spoken and written); German and Russian (excellent reading knowledge; fair spoken and written); Latin (good reading knowledge); Classical Greek (excellent reading knowledge); Mandarin Chinese (good spoken knowledge; fair reading and written); Excellent proficiency in a number of ancient languages: Old Irish, old English, Gothic, Old Norse, Old Church Slavonic, Old Iranian (Avestan), Old Persian, Sanskrit, Hittite. Current Position Coordinator, Bethune College Writing Centre (2007- 2016) Previous Positions 1974-75 Lecturer, Department of Language, Linguistics and Classics, University of Guelph 1976-77 Senior Tutor, Department of Linguistics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Researcher, Greek Index Project, Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, Toronto 1982-83 Instructor, Department of Foreign Languages, Sichuan Medical College, Chengdu, China Translator, Osgoode Technical Translations, Toronto Instructor, School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto 1991-93 Contract Faculty, Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, York University 1993-1995 Etymologist, Fitzhenry & Whiteside Publishers, Toronto 1993-1995 Associate Teacher of English, Language Center, Kwansei Gakuin, University, Nishinomiya, Japan 1995 - 1997 Etymologist, Nelson Publishers, Toronto 1998-2002 Psychotherapist, Dr. Dan Dalton Psychological and Counselling Services Toronto, Ontario Adjunct Assistant Professor, Linguistics Department, University of Toronto 1995-2007 2009-2016 Contract Faculty, Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics York University 2007-2016 Coordinator, Bethune College Writing Centre Honours and Awards 1966-70 National Defense Education Act, Title IV Fellowship PUBLICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS Publications Chapters in Books 2005 “Narrative, Human Nature and Post-Modernism”, in The Power of Words, M. Buccheri & E. Costa (eds.). Milan: Longo, pp. 147-166. 1997 “Lore of the Staff in Indo-European Tradition”, in: Studies in Philology and Language in Honor of Jaan Puhvel. Washington, D.C.:Institute for the Studies of Man, pp. 49-70. 1970 “Indo-European Elements in Baltic and Slavic Chronicles”, in Myth and Law among the Indo-Europeans, Jaan Puhvel (ed.), Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 147-158. Articles in Refereed Journals 2000 Adlerian Therapy in the Post-Modernist World: An Adlerian Critique of Narrative Therapy, The Canadian Journal of Adlerian Psychology 30:1, 1-34. 1998 Compound Nouns as Evidence for Earlier Stages of Altaic, Acta Orientalia 51:1-2, 85-130. 1998 Homo Homini Lupus: The Nature of Aggression in Freudian and Adlerian Psychology, Canadian Journal of Adlerian Psychology, 35-51. 1996 Compound Nouns in Japanese, Korean and Manchu, East Asian Forum. 1992 Nine Moons of August, Negative Capability 7:1-2, 153-159. 1977 Indo-European *po- in Slavic and Iranian, Kuhns Zeitschrift für vergleichenden Sprachforschung 91:2, 219-230. Manuscripts under consideration by publishers: * English Writing Suggestions for Chinese-Speaking Students * The Smoke of Forgotten Tribes: The Collected Poems of Robert L. Fisher (323 pages). * Along the Shores of Bohemia (novel). * “ОСТРОВ САХАЛИН: Anton Chekhov in Sakhalin and other Russian Tales” (114 pages). * “Astronaut Family” (children’s story, with illustrations). Presentations 2008 “Origins of Indian Culture and Religion, and the Out-of-India Theory”, lecture delivered in Prof. Ian Smith’s course, Ling 2460 South Asian Language and Society, February 5th 2008 “Rattling Toward Taksim”, Living Poets’ Society, Founders College, February 6th 2007 “Alfred Adler: An Unsung Founder of Psychology”, lecture given in the series Intellectuals and Society, Founders College Symposia, November 21st, 2007 2007 “In the Sparrow’s Beak”, Living Poets’ Society, Founders College, March 7th 2007 “Frail Books for Pennies”, Living Poets’ Society, Founders College, April 2005 “Narrative Therapy and the Post-Modern World”, talk given at book launch of The Power of Words, Founders College, York University, October 18th, 2005. 2004 “Origins of the Indo-Aryans, their Languages and Religion”, lecture given for South Asian Languages and Culture, October, 2004. 2003 “European Conceptions of Chinese Language and Culture in the Sixteenth Century: Leibnitz’s Binary Numbers and the languages of Bishop Godwin and Cyrano de Bergerac”, talk delivered at Dao Conference, East Asian Studies Department, University of Toronto, February 2003. 1999 “How Etymology Can Expand Students’ Vocabulary”, talk delivered at the Ontario Classical Association, Founders College, York University, February 1999. 1998 “Cultural Problems Encountered in Marriages between Japanese and Canadians”, talk delivered at Japanese-Canadian Cultural Association, Don Mills, Ontario, March 1998. 1997 “Etymologies of Canadian Words”, talk delivered at book launch of The ITP Nelson Canadian Dictionary of the English Language, February 1997. 1997 “New Canadian Words in The ITP Nelson Canadian Dictionary of the English Language, interview on CBC Radio, March 1997. 1975 “Instrumental Constructions in Slavic and Iranian”, paper delivered at Linguistic Society of America, New York, December 1975. Work in Progress Comparative Mythology and Linguistics, Genetics and the Out-of-India Theory This book-length project uses evidence from comparative Indo-European mythology, from comparative Indo-European metrics, and from the latest advances in genetics that trace ancient population movements, to disprove the Hindu nationalist theory that Indian culture, religion and the Aryan-speaking population originated in India. Instead, the evidence clearly points to an origin in Central Asia, from which invaders entered India, bringing with them a culture and language related to the other Indo-European groups, especially the Iranians, but also the Greeks, Hittites, Romans and other Indo-European groups. English Writing Manual for Chinese-speaking Students. This is an analysis of the origins of common grammatical errors in English made by native speakers of Chinese, based on the theory of language interference. This manuscript includes sentences in Chinese characters as well as transcription (pinyin). A copy of this manual is appended. This manual is the core of a considerably larger work to which much more material will be added from an analysis of students’ writings. Pictorial Evidence for the Survival of the Viśpala Myth in a Legend of SS Cosmas and Damian This article connects paintings of a miracle performed by SS Cosmas and Damian, in which a cancerous leg is replaced by one grafted from a Moor, to a myth in the Rig-Veda of ancient India, in which the Divine Twins (the Aśvins) graft an iron leg onto a horse whose leg was severed during a race. A copy of the text so far is appended. TEACHING York University: 1991-1992 ESL 1000.06/ Canadian Language and Culture HUMA 1220.06 [Two F/W sections, one winter-only (6 credits)] LING 2210.06 Social Aspects of Language LING 4040.03F Historical Linguistics LING 4060.03W Linguistic History of English 1992-1993 HUMA 2800.06 Introduction to the Study of Religion (two sections) 1993-1994 ESL 1000 9.0/ HUMA 1220 9.0 Canadian Language and Culture [Two F/W sections, one winter-only (6 credits)] 1997-1998 ESL 1000 9.0/ HUMA 1220 9.0 Canadian Language and Culture [Two F/W sections, one winter-only (6 credits)] 1998-1999 ESL 1000 9.0/ HUMA 1220 9.0 Canadian Language and Culture [Two F/W sections, one winter-only (6 credits)] 1999-2000 ESL 1000 9.0/ HUMA 1220 9.0 Canadian Language and Culture (One F/W section, one winter-only) LING 3410 3.0W Writing Systems 2000-2001 LING 3040 3.0F Historical Linguistics LING 3410 3.0F Writing Systems ESL 1000 9.0/ HUMA 1220 9.0 Canadian Language and Culture (winter-only) 2001-2002 LING 3040 3.0F Historical Linguistics ESL 1000 9.0/ HUMA 1220 9.0 Canadian Language and Culture AK/ENSL 6.0 Thinking about contemporary Canada 2002-2003 LING 3040 3.0W Historical Linguistics ESL 1000 9.0/ HUMA 1220 9.0 Canadian Language and Culture ESL OPEN LEARNING CENTRE (F/W Tutoring) 2003-2004 ESL OPEN LEARNING CENTRE (F/W Tutoring) ESL 1000 9.0/ HUMA 1220 9.0 Canadian Language and Culture [Two F/W sections, one winter-only (6 credits) One Winter only (3 credits)] 2004-2005 ESL OPEN LEARNING CENTRE (F/W Tutoring) ESL 1000 9.0/ HUMA 1220 9.0 Canadian Language and Culture (One F/W, one winter-only) LING 3040 3.0W Historical Linguistics 2005-2006 ESL OPEN LEARNING CENTRE (F/W Tutoring) ESL 1000 9.0/ HUMA 1220 9.0 Canadian Language and Culture [One Winter only (3 credits), one winter-only (6 credits)] LING 3410 3.0W Writing Systems 2006-2007 LING 1000 Introduction to Linguistics (One tutorial section) Tutor LING 2060 Linguistic Structure of English (One tutorial section) Tutor LING 3040 3.0W Historical Linguistics LING 3060 3.0W Linguistic History of English ESL 1000 9.0/ Canadian Language and Culture HUMA 1220 9.0 [One winter-only 6 credits] ESL OPEN LEARNING CENTER (F Tutoring) 2007-2009 SC/BC 3030 Technical and Professional Writing 2007-2008 ESL OPEN LEARNING CENTER (F Tutoring) 2007- 2016 BETHUNE COLLEGE WRITING CENTER (F/W Tutoring) 2009 LING 3410 3.0W Writing Systems 2010 LING 3410 3.0W Writing Systems 2011 LING 3060 3.0W Linguistic History of English BETHUNE COLLEGE WRITING CENTER (F/W Tutoring) ESL OPEN LEARNING CENTER (F/W Tutoring) BETHUNE COLLEGE WRITING CENTRE (F/W Tutoring) ESL OPEN LEARNING CENTER (F/W Tutoring) 2013-2014 LING 3410 3.0W Writing Systems 2013-2014 LING 3040 3.0F Historical Linguistics Graduate Thesis Supervision/Editing (MATAL, DLLL) 2003-2004 Supervised Major Research Paper (MRP) for MATAL program: The Choice of the Vocabulary in the Translations of the Bible into Japanese from the Viewpoint of Language Contacts in Far East Asia 2004-2005 Edited MRP: Biliteracy Attainment of Immigrant Minority Children: A Critical Review UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO 1999-2000 HUMA 10 & 11, Approaches to the Academic Writing Process (two-term course), the structure of academic essays; organizing and narrowing topics; compare/contrast, argument, and other types of essays; supporting thesis statements; outlining 1999 Summer: HUMA 11 1999 LIN 203 H1 English Words Through Space and Time. I created and designed this new course. Each section had between two and three hundred students. It was offered three times a year. The course covered: 1) The origin of English, its relation to other languages, and the nature of Old English and Middle English; 2) Dictionaries: their history, how they are made, latest trends; types and purpose; 3) Dialects of English: Canadian and American English; history and development of dialectology; social dialects; changes in contemporary English Teaching assistant for Sociolinguistics, a two-term credit course the University of Toronto; delivered one lecture (diglossia, bi- and multilingualism, code choice) 2000 LIN 203 English Words Through Space and Time 2001 LIN 203 English Words Through Space and Time 2001 Summer: LIN 203 English Words Through Space and Time University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies 1988-1993 Peoples, History and Civilization of Central Asia, including religious traditions, languages, literature, art, steppe empires, Tsarist policies, twentieth century politics, including dissolution of the Soviet Union and its aftermath. Introduction to Old English, a one term course that teaches the grammar and phonology of Anglo-Saxon through readings from Beowulf; discussion of etymology of English words and relationship to other Germanic and Indo-European languages; ancient Germanic metrics. Introduction to Old Norse, a one-term course designed to present the fundamental of grammar and pronunciation; extensive readings from sagas, mythological texts, and skaldic poetry. Reading Homer in the Original Greek, a two-term course that introduces grammar through reading the Iliad; extensive supplementary readings from the Odyssey and Aeschylus. Introduction to Old Irish, a one-term course in which an entire saga is read in the original Old Irish; grammar, pronunciation, and principles of sound change. Myths and Languages of the Indo-European Peoples, a two-term course that describes the Indo-European language family, its ancient and modern members, its proto-language and proto-culture (religion, legends, material culture), and the subsequent civilizations that arose in India, Iran, Greece, Rome, and in Germanic and Celtic Europe. 1987- 1993 For the Faculty of Engineering: Academic and Technical Writing 1982 - 1983 Instructor Department of Foreign Languages, Sichuan Medical College, Chengdu, China - Taught English to physicians and other medical professionals, concentrating on research and hospital situations, everyday survival English, upgrading conversation skills and idiomatic usage, and writing reports - Worked closely with Chinese as representative of CIDA and University of Toronto 1976 Senior Tutor Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Taught courses in linguistics to undergraduate and graduate students: - Historical linguistics - Articulatory Phonetics - Syntax - Supervised graduate thesis (“Resultative Verbs in Burmese”) 1974-1975 Lecturer University of Guelph Taught undergraduate courses in linguistics: - Historical Linguistics - Linguistic History of English - Syntax - Introduction to Linguistics - Phonetics and Phonology Teaching Interests Historical Linguistics, especially of the Indo-European language family; Writing Systems of the World; History of English; Lexicography; Mythology and Eastern Religions Community Service 1998-2001 Volunteer psychotherapist for Taylor Place Adult Day Center, a community center for senior citizens, most of whom were stroke survivors or presented with dementia. I also made home visits to the elderly who were unable to leave their homes. 1998-2001 Volunteer psychotherapist for the Japanese-Canadian Community services. obert L. Fisher 12