Ph.D.   Modern British Literature/Psycholinguistic Theory, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, England (in collaboration with Jesus College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England)
M.A.   British Literature, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
B.S.     English/Education, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

“Homophobia Is at the Root of Many Book Banning Efforts,” in At Issue: Book Banning, Vol. 2. Gale Virtual Reference Library, 2011. Reprinted in Book Banning: At Issue. Forlaget Futurum Schoolbooks UK Ltd: Newcastle-under-Lyme, 2011.

“Two Professors, One Valuable Lesson:  How to Respectfully Disagree,” coauthored with Bryan Polk, senior lecturer, religious studies. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 56:10 (October 30, 2009), A-104.

“Hate Crime Laws Are Necessary Because Not All Citizens Are Yet Equal,” Amendment XIV: Equal Protection,Sylvia Engdahl, ed. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2009, 173-179.

“Out of Focus on the Family: A Response to Arguments Against Same-Sex Marriage,” Popular Culture Review, 16:1 (2005), 45-75.

“America’s New McCarthyism: Homosexual Stereotypes, Myths, and the Politics of Fear,” Popular Culture Review, 16:2 (2005), 83-115.

“Remembering Dr. Timothy Leary,” Journal of Popular Culture, 38:1 (2004), 106-128.

“Dr. Timothy Leary: Psychologist, Celebrity, Reflection,” Popular Culture Review 8:1 (February 1997), 17-34.

“Our Uncle, Who Art Called Sam, Hollow Be Thy Name…” Popular Culture Review 7:2 (August 1996), 49-63.

“The Shameless World of Phil, Sally and Oprah: Television Talk Shows and the Deconstructing of Society,” coauthored with Dr. Vicki Abt, Professor of Sociology and American Studies, Journal of Popular Culture 28:1 (Summer 1994), 196-216.

“ExoTechnology: Human Efforts to Evolve Beyond Human Being,” Thinking Robots, an Aware Internet, and Cyberpunk Librarians, R. Bruce Miller & Milton T. Wolf, eds. Library and Information Technology Association, V. series, 1992, 59-70.

Since 2004, Dr. Seesholtz has published more than 350 articles dealing with contemporary social issues in various on-line venues based in the U.S. and in Europe.

Popular Culture
Contemporary Social Issues
American Studies/Religious Studies
Composition and Rhetoric
Modern British Literature
Modern Irish Literature

Literary Theory
English 202A/B (“Effective Writing in the Social Sciences/Humanities”)
English 145 (“Modern Irish Literature”)
English 191 (“Science Fiction”)
English 200 (“Introduction to Critical Reading”)
English 265 (“Reading Nonfiction”)
English 268 (“Reading Drama”)
English 441 (“Chaucer”)
English 442 (“Medieval English Literature”)
English 456 (“British Fiction, 1900-1945”)
English 487W (“Senior Seminar”)

English 297 (“Special Topics: Conspiracy Theories in Literature”)
English 410 (“Postnuclear Literature”)
English 484 (“James Joyce”)

2010. “Most Read Article” on Atlantic Free Press (since the site’s debut in 2006)
2011. Abington College Outstanding Teaching Award