Eric currently works with Binghamton University as their Director of Instructional Design Services; he has been teaching in higher education since 1993 and is currently teaching with Ithaca College's Writing Department and assessing prior learning with Empire State College. He has also worked with Tompkins Cortland Community College (Director of Academic Technology) and Cornell University (Instructional Designer/Project Manager). Eric is also a published poet and active New York State Freemason. He also is employed as the Music Director for the King Ferry Presbyterian Church (King Ferry, NY) as well as a freelance professional musician (events, accompanist, soundtrack composer). Eric was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, and grew up in Wall Township, NJ, near Asbury Park and the shore. He has lived in Ithaca, NY, since 1986.