Sep 5, 2022
Dr. David A. Salomon holds a Ph.D. in English literature from
the University of Connecticut and an MA from the City University of
New York. A specialist in the literature, religion, and culture of
the Middle Ages and Renaissance England, he most recently spent
thirteen years as a professor of English at the Sage Colleges in
Troy and Albany, NY. During his time there, he also served as chair
of the Department of English and Modern Languages, director of
general education, director of the study abroad, chair of the
Faculty Development Committee, faculty advisor for the student
newspaper, and was the founding director of the Kathleen Donnelly
Center for Undergraduate Research. He joined CNU as the inaugural
Director of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity in
September 2017.
His book on the medieval glossed Bible was published by the
University of Wales Press in 2013. In 2015, he co-edited and
co-authored a monograph, Redefining the Paradigm, which discussed
new models for faculty evaluation to improve student learning. His
new book, The Seven Deadly Sins: How Sin Influenced the West from
the Middle Ages to the Modern Era, was published by Praeger in
April 2019. He has published essays on everything from medieval
mysticism to anger in the Bible and has given presentations on
teaching and faculty evaluation models at conferences, such as the
Teaching Professor and the annual AACU Conference. A native of
Bronx, NY, he and his wife Kelly and daughter Phoebe now reside in
Newport News, VA.