Peter M. Rojcewicz
Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty

Summary of Education and Relevant Experience

B.A., Assumption College; M.A., Northeastern University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. Peter M. Rojcewicz previously served as dean of the School of Holistic Studies at John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, CA, where he managed seven departments and more than 100 faculty and staff. Additional responsibilities included supervision of an art gallery, a community arts program, and a counseling center. In addition, he has taught extensively, including assignments at Northeastern University, Assumption College, Clark University, University of Pennsylvania, Nashville Institute for the Arts, C.G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology, The Juilliard School, and John F. Kennedy University. He has published scholarly articles on topics of the liberal arts and humanities, folklore and folk life, arts education, and Jungian depth psychology. He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards for his teaching and his original poetry.

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Affiliations

• American Anthropological Association
• American Folklore Society
• Columbia University Seminar on Innovation in Education
• C. G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology

Selected Publications

Rojcewicz, Peter M. (in progress). Healing Education, Achieving Wholeness Through the Arts and Humanities.

Rojcewicz, Peter M. (2001). "Imagination and Poetic Knowing in Higher Education. Prospero, A Journal of New Thinking in Philosophy for Education, 6:1 & 2:13-30.

Rojcewicz, Peter M. (2001). "Noetic Learning Through Music and the Arts: A View from the Conservatory." Current Musicology, No. 65: 97-115.

Rojcewicz, Peter M. (1995). "Fairies, UFOs and Problems of Knowledge." Mythos Journal (Fall) 5:69-80.

Rojcewicz, Peter M. (1994). "'Be Bold, Be Bold, But Not Too Bold!,' Evil in Western Folktales." Lila Serman, ed., Evil the Cosmic Shadow. New York: Cauldron Productions Publications, 57-95.

Rojcewicz, Peter M. (1993). "From the Desert Wastes to the Temple of Love: The Hierogamic Transformation of Enkidu and the Harlot in the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh." Ronald J. Havern, ed., The Union of Sex and Spirit. New York: Cauldron Productions Publications, 17-40.

Rojcewicz, Peter M. (1991). "Between One Eye Blink and the Next: Fairies, UFOs, and Problems of Knowledge." Peter Narvaez, ed., The Good People: New Fairy Lore Essays. New York: Garland Publications, 479-514.

Professional Presentations and Conference Sessions

Dr. Rojcewicz has authored over 40 presentations, with most recent conference presentations given below.

Rojcewicz, Peter M. "The Chinese Art of Living." Presented at tha Balancing Perspectives: East Asian Influences in Contemporary Art Symposium, JFK University, Berkeley, CA, 2008.

Rojcewicz, Peter M. "Achieving Noetic Literacy Through the Arts: The Power of Improvisation." Presented at the International Conference on Holistic Approaches to Arts Education, JFK University, Berkeley, CA, Feb. 16-18, 2007.

Rojcewicz, Peter M. "The All Sided Person: Achieving Intellectual Holism." Presented at the School of Holistic Studies Colloquium Series, JFK University, Pleasant Hill, CA, Nov. 15, 2006.

Rojcewicz, Peter M. "The Psychoid Nature of the Unconscious." Invited lecture, C.G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology, New York, Nov. 4, 2003.

Rojcewicz, Peter M. "Developing Noetic Learning Through Art Making." Invited lecture, Colloquium on the Liberal Arts, The Julliard School, New York, Nov. 29, 2001.

Rojcewicz, Peter M. "Imagination and Poetic Knowing in Higher Education." Invited lecture, The Royal Society of Arts, London, England, May 2, 1999.

Rojcewicz, Peter M. "Between Secular and Religious Humanism: Pico, Ficino, Vico, and Early Renaissance Holism." Invited lecture, Innovations in Education, Columbia University Seminar, Columbia University, New York, March 23, 1999.

Awards and Recognition

Allen Ginsberg Poetry Prize, Honorable Mention, 1999

National Library of Poetry Award, Second Prize, 1997

Invited by His Holiness, The Fourteenth Dalai Llama, Tenzin Gyatso, to a private three-day conference to speak on fold metaphysics and archetypal implications of religious experience, Dharamasala, India, 1992

Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching, Folklore and Folklife, University of Pennsylvania, 1982

Grants

Kennedy Laureate Scholarship Fund. $50K secured from private philanthropy, 2007-09. JFK University, Pleasant Hill, CA.

National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant, $2M, ($400K federal funds), 2002. Department of Liberal Arts, The Julliard School, New York, NY.

Professional Interests

Rojcewicz's areas of expertise include: liberal arts and humanites, philosophy and comparative religions, arts education, contemporary poetry, Jungian depth psychology, holistic education theory and practice, indigenous wisdom systems, folklore and fairy tales.

On Being at Antioch

“I believe in the power of socially challenging intellectual work to educate people in the knowledge of a practice, profession, or way of life, while enhancing responsible citizenship.”

Contact Information

Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs
206-268-4108