1900 N.W. 97th Ave Suite 781-15605 Miami FL 33172

Phone 758-518-0745 or 217-408-4030 E-mail chuck.mccaffrey@gmail.com

Charles A. McCaffrey, Ph.D.

Objective	To obtain support for my medical education with the ultimate goal of becoming a board-certified Family Practice physician practicing in a small town or rural community.
Life summary	Although I have spent my adult life dividing my time between positions in academia and in software research and development, I am now pursuing a long-held dream of becoming a physician. I shall repay the remarkable gift of being allowed to study medicine late in life by practicing medicine how and where it is needed most.
Employment	Academia 2001-2005                     Parkland College             Champaign, Illinois Adjunct Professor Taught freshman composition emphasizing analysis and development of written arguments in the Department of English and Critical Studies. 1999-2003                     University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Adjunct Professor Taught contemporary American literature, freshman composition, and cinema studies emphasizing the study of film as literature in the Department of English. Nominated for outstanding teaching awards. 1979-1986                     University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant Taught American and European literature; cinema studies; freshman composition; and business and technical writing for engineers in the Department of English. Nominated for outstanding teaching awards. Research Assistant to Distinguished Research Prof. Robert L. Carringer for his book The Making of Citizen Kane. 1984-1986                     University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Assistant to the Associate Dean and Academic Adviser Advised undergraduates in the General Curriculum of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, helping them choose courses to prepare them for transferring to other curricula and colleges. Also volunteered as academic liaison for athletic recruiting. Software Research and Development 1999-2002                     Science Applications International                                        Corporation                       Champaign, Illinois Software Engineer Designed, implemented, and continually improved software development processes with the goal of achieving a Software Engineering Institute Capability Maturity Model for Software Level III rating. Taught software engineering classes. Defined, developed, and managed software requirements. 1997-1999                     National Center for                                        Supercomputing Applications                                        University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Research Programmer Led a team that provided software and technical support for NCSA projects developed jointly with the Federal Government. 1995-1997                     Spyglass, Inc.                   Champaign, Illinois Senior Technical Writer Planned, designed, wrote, and generated engineering and user documentation for Internet software including Mosaic, the first commercial Internet browser, which was developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at UIUC. 1992-1995                     Intel                                  Champaign, Illinois Senior Technical Writer Planned, designed, wrote, and generated engineering and user documentation for optimizing software including optimizing compilers. 1986-1992                     Motorola                           Champaign, Illinois Software Tester, System Administrator, and Senior Technical Writer Wrote programs to test UNIX operating system software. Performed system administration on several computer systems. Planned, designed, wrote, and generated engineering and user documentation for UNIX operating system software. 1974-1985                     Coordinated Science Lab                                        University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Site Manager, Programmer, and System Administrator Ran the site, wrote and maintained software, and performed system administration on several computer systems.
Education	2007-2009                     College of Medicine and Health Sciences                                             St. Lucia, West Indies M.D. 2010 (expected) Transferred from the American University of the Caribbean, St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles. 2005-2006                     American University of the Caribbean                                     St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles Transferred to the College of Medicine, St. Lucia, West Indies. 2001-2004                     Eastern Illinois University                                         Charleston, Illinois MS in Technology Management 2007 (expected) Attitudes Towards and Use of Formal Software Development Processes at the Little Software House on the Prairie, MS thesis in Technology Management, Eastern Illinois University, August 2007. 1982-1986 & 1998          University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. in Comparative Literature 1998 Moving Words, Moving Pictures: A Comparison of the Portrayal of Alienation in the Novels and Films Death in Venice, Swann in Love, Under the Volcano, and Last Exit to Brooklyn, Ph.D. dissertation in Comparative Literature, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, September 1998. 1979-1982                     University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign     MA in English 1982 1972-1976                     University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign     BA in English with Honors, minor in Math & Computer Science 1976 The Patterns of Love: The Novels of William Maxwell, senior honors thesis in English, University of Illinois at Urbana, May 1976. BS in Biology, minor in Chemistry 1976
Accreditations	Certified instructor for Carnegie-Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute classes in Prof. Watts Humphrey’s Personal Software Process for Engineers, Managing PSP-trained Engineers, PSP Executive Seminar, and Introduction to Personal Software Process.
Volunteer experience	Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity                                    Champaign, Illinois Grand Chapter Adviser (volunteer adult alumni adviser) for Eta Chapter at UIUC, 1981-2005. Chief Grand Chapter Adviser for Alpha Sigma Phi chapters in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Missouri, 1987-1994. Delta Beta Xi Award for continued outstanding alumni service to the fraternity, 1989. Facilitator at Alpha Sigma Phi National Educational and Leadership Conferences 1987-2000. Wesley United Methodist Church Urbana, Illinois Inclusiveness Committee chairperson, 1995-2005. Also served on the Administrative Board, Church Property Trustees, Church and Society Committee, and Staff and Parish Relations Committee, 1987-1999. Represented Wesley at the Illinois Great Rivers Annual Conference in Peoria, Illinois, 2002-2004. Taught the high school-level Sunday school class, 1998-2000, grade school-level class, 2001-2002. University YMCA                     University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Board of Governors for the University YMCA at UIUC, 2000-2002. Progressive Resource/Action Cooperative                         Urbana, Illinois Worked on projects promoting peace and justice, 2000-2004. Parkland College Theatre                                               Champaign, Illinois Cast member “Mr. Lindner” for production of A Raisin in the Sun, 2003. Cast member “Mormon Clergyman” for production of The Laramie Project, 2003. Habitat for Humanity                                                               Urbana, Illinois Volunteer homebuilder, 2003. Daily Illini Reporter                 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Wrote film, play, and concert reviews for the UIUC student newspaper, 1998-1999. LeaderShape                                                                     Champaign, Illinois Volunteer facilitator teaching leadership and team-building skills, 1990-1996. Greater Community AIDS Project                   Urbana-Champaign, Illinois AIDS buddy and hotline volunteer, 1990-1994. Illini Union Film Board            University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign                                                    Chairperson 1982-1983, member 1980-1981 and 1984-1985. Faculty/Student Senate          University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Elected to five terms, 1980-1985; served on Affirmative Action, Educational Policy, and Student Discipline Committees. Armory Free Theatre              University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Cast member “Tony” for production of West Side Story, 1976. Cast member “Felix” for production of The Odd Couple, 1975. Cast member “Curley” for production of Oklahoma, 1975. Cast member “Tom” for production of The Glass Menagerie, 1974.
Publications and Conference Papers	“A Good Technical Writer Is a Good User of Technology” in Rhetorical Designs for Professional and Technical Writing: A Teacher’s Guide, ed. William E. Tanner. Caxton’s Modern Arts Press, Dallas: 1994, ISBN 0-99635769-1-7. Gender Politics and Repressive Intelligent Technologies, American Comparative Literature Association Conference, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, March 1995. Studying Film Adaptations as Non-Canonical Versions of Canonical Texts, College English Association Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, March 1995. Writing: Work, Tools, and Persona on the Super-Hypeway, Midwest Modern Languages Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois, November 1995. Teaching Technical Writing, Modern Languages Association Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, December 1993. The Portrayal of Difference in Edward II and The Silence of the Lambs, American Comparative Literature Association Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, March, 1993. Misplaced Good Intentions in Roland Joffe’s The Mission, Columbian Quincentenary Conference in Modern Literature, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, October 1992. Alienation in Death in Venice, Novel and Film, Midwest Conference in German Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, June 1992. Iconography and Symbology of the Television Situation Comedy, International Conference for Communications Studies, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 1986. Hitchcock’s Vertigo: Adaptation from Pulp Fiction to Screen Art, Film and Literature Studies Conference, Salisbury State University, Salisbury, Maryland, June 1985. If Looking Liking Move: A Freudian Analysis of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, Conference for the Society of Cinema Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, March 1984.
Languages	French, German, and Spanish
Security clearance	Secret
Awards received Other Achievements	College of Medicine and Health Sciences scholarship, 2007.

Alpha Sigma Phi scholarship to attend medical school, 2005.

National Merit Scholarship, 1972.

Marine Bank of Springfield (Illinois) Scholarship, 1972.

Eagle Scout, 1968.

Dozens of half-marathons, over 20 marathons, and two ultra-marathons.

Twice honorary coach for the University of Illinois football team, 1986 & 1987.