Florida Institute of Technology
High Tech with a Human Touch
RUANE, Matthew
Instructor
Humanities and Communication, College of Psychology and Liberal Arts
Educational Background
PhD (Higher Education and Policy Studies) University of Central Florida 2013
PhD (ABD) (British History) University of Delaware 1997
M.A. (History) University of Delaware 1991
B.A. (History and Political Science) McGill University 1988
Recognition & Awards
Freeman Foundation/East West Center, "Instituting East Asia into the college curriculum," Hawaii, Summer 2012
NEH Foundations Workshop, "Legacies of the Pacific War," Hawaii, Summer 2010
Freeman Foundation/East West Center, "Instituting South Asia into the college curriculum," Hawaii, Summer 2010
Current Courses
Introduction to Western Civilization 1
Introduction to Western Civilization 2
Introduction to Mythology
History of Science 2, Since the Renaissance
World War II in Film: Europe
World War II in Film: Pacific
World War I
Professional Experience
Instructor, Florida Institute of Technology, Fall 2000 - present
Instructor and Assistant Program Coordinator, Florida Institute of Technology Summer Abroad Program, Jesus College (Oxford University), Summer 2007 and 2008
Visting Teaching Associate, Florida Institute of Technology, 1999-2000
Senior Loan Officer, MBNA America, 1997-1999
Adjunct, University of Delaware, 1992-1997
Additional Duties
Member, UAC/APAC Committee
Member, Retention Committee
co-Chair, General Education Assessment Committee
Chair, Humanities Assessment Committee
Assessment Coordinator, Department of Humanities and Communication
Divisional Assessment Coordinator, College of Psychology and Liberal Arts
Chair, Humanities Textbook Committee
Advisor, FITSFF
Lab Administrator, Department of Humanities and Communication
Current Research
Philanthropic Foundations and Higher Education (Doctoral thesis research)
Florida Military History (Current book research)
Foundations and Higher Education: A Brief Overview of a Contentious Relationship, IPAC Conference, Orlando, FL 2013
Realism and Escapism: The Emergence of the Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction Genres in Film and TV, 1950-2012, Presented at the SAMLA Conference, Raleigh, NC, 2012
Realism and Escapism: The Emergence of the Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction Genres in Film and TV, 1950-2012, Presented at the IAFA National Conference, Orlando, FL 2012
Metal Love: Robots, Cyborgs, Androids and Love in the Worlds of Sci-Fi, Presented at the biennial Slayage Conference, St. Augustine, FL, 2010
Mythological Themes in Battlestar Galactica 2005-2007
1) "Shades of Athena", General Mythological themes in BSG
2) "Galaticanautica", Comparing BSG to themes in the Argonautica
Presented at PCA/ACA Annual Conferences, 2007 Atlanta and 2008 Boston
British Military Recruitment of Physicians and Surgeons, 1914-1919 (ongoing, original dissertation work)
Pirates and Florida History (ongoing)
Selected Publications
Co-Author (w/ Dr. Robert Taylor), Florida: A Military History, forthcoming 2014
Author, Dark Legacies Campaign Guide, Red Spire Press, 2005
Contributing Author, Transactions of the Royal Martian Geographical Society, Vol 2 , Heliograph Press, 1999
Contributing Author and Editor, Transactions of the Royal Martian Geographical Society, Vol 1, Heliograph Press, 1999
Contributing Researcher, American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists 75th Anniversary Project (1997)
The First World War in British History, Albion (Fall 1996)