Meet CDU faculty

Jeff Koloze, PhD

Jeff Koloze, Ph.D. in English (Kent State University) is president and founder of Koloze Consultants. Dr. Koloze's most recent administrative position was Campus College Chair for the College of Humanities, the College of Natural Sciences, and the College of Social Sciences from 2005-2011 at the Columbus, Ohio Campus of the University of Phoenix. In 2009 he was appointed as a senior research fellows for the Management Development Program at the University of Phoenix. He has taught communications, undergraduate and graduate English, and humanities courses since 1989 at several colleges and universities in Ohio. Dr. Koloze is the author of An Ethical Analysis of the Portrayal of Abortion in American Fiction: Dreiser, Hemingway, Faulkner, Dos Passos, Brautigan, and Irving. Studies in American Literature 78. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen P, 2005.

CDU Courses
206-0701 Survey of Catholic Spirituality
206-1701 Graduate Academic Skills

Education

BA in English, John Carroll University, University Heights, OH
MA in English, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
PhD in Engligh, Kent State University, Kent, OH

Activities in research, publishing, and/or professional associations
Dr. Koloze is the author of An Ethical Analysis of the Portrayal of Abortion in American Fiction: Dreiser, Hemingway, Faulkner, Dos Passos, Brautigan, and Irving. Studies in American Literature 78. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen P, 2005.

Dr. Koloze wrote the chapter: "Father, Forgive Me for I Have Split My 'To Male' Infinitive." for the The Sibling Society: Papers Presented at the Robert Bly Colloquium. Ed. Terry White. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2000. 81-9.

He also authored the following papers:

“Implementing Writing Rubrics and Accommodating Individual Professorial Standards" presented before the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development annual conference in Austin (2004)

“Literary Analysis of Abortion in the Short Story ‘Explosions’ by Mo Yan of the People’s Republic of China” presented 3 June 2010 at Harvard University, published as “Abortion in Select Works by Mo Yan of the People’s Republic of China” in International Journal of Arts and Sciences  3.10 (2010): 284-94.

“Minority Concerns in the University of Phoenix: Educational Challenges Posed by Minority Students and Recommendations to Further Improvement" presented before the National Association of African‑American Studies and the National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies, Baton Rouge (2006)

He has presented over fifty papers before academic and professional organizations.