Courses Taught
 


Creative Writing 462



Creative Writing 461


Writing for Publication 391


Writing for Non-Fiction 375: Integrated Writing and Digital Photography



Special Topics in Film 364: Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys and Europeans



English Composition 122: Expository Writing



English Composition 102: Interpretation, Synthesis, and Research



English Composition 101: Analysis and Argument



English 100 Composition Workshop



Michael Zeugin is a New Jersey based writer/photographer and  University lect urer who participates in a variety of outdoor activities. An advanced snow sports instructor and guide, surfer and windsurfer, he also canoes, fishes, hunts, hikes, mountain bikes and is sometimes seen on horseback.

Zeugin has published scores of articles and hundreds of images  in the past five years. His writing, photography and collaborative production work have been cover featured numerous times. Michael's photographic exhibits have been shown at a variety of public venues. His most recent image collection, Wawayanda Winter, was hosted by the international organization the Nature Conservancy at their Newton, New Jersey offices in winter of 2005. Zeugin's other exhibit, This Bucolic Valley, has been hosted by Poricy Park Nature Center, James Barrett House Museum and the Dorothy E. Henry Library, in New Jersey. His writing and photography covering outdoor activities, environmental subjects, public land and recreation issues has appeared the in New England Windsurfing Journal, where he is a contributing editor, The New York Conservationist, Adirondacklife.com, Adirondack Explorer, Skylands Visitor, New Jersey Outdoors, Appalachian Mountain Club Outdoors and Straus Newspapers. His Op-Ed pieces have appeared in other publications. Michael has appeared in a number of venues as a snow sports expert, including WABC television's New Jersey Viewpoint. Zeugin has recently completed his first Science Fiction novel, Catharsis Avenged and is sourcing a publisher.

With BA degrees from Upsala College in Human Resource Management, English, German Translation and Psychology, Zeugin earned a Master of Arts degree in English Writing at Rutgers University, where he is now a Lecturer of English. He has developed a multi-disciplinary course for Rutgers that hones the creative impulse through the integration of writing and digital images. Zeugin also teaches Humanities and Social Sciences for the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Zeugin has been profiled in a number of professional publications. His active mentoring of students has brought their writing and photography to publication in online magazines.

Michael is certified member of ISIA (International Ski Instructors Association) and is multi-discipline certified by Professional Ski Instructors of America and American Association of Snowboard Instructors in Nordic Downhill (Telemark), Alpine, Nordic Track and Skate (Cross Country) and Snowboard instruction. He is also a USSA Club Coach and teaches at Whiteface Mountain ('32 and '80 Winter Olympics) and for NATO (North American Telemark Organization)

A simple core philosophy dictates Zeugin's relentless pursuit of diverse physical and intellectual challenges: "Life is two things, nourishment of the mind and nourishment of the body. Neglect either and you stagnate."


 
 
Publications

Chronology of Publications



Cover Shots and Features



"Power Jibe" - New Jersey Outdoors, Fall 2000




"Windsurfing Quest - Zeugin off Pointe-aux-Anglais, Province Quebec" - New England Windsurfing Journal, September 2006




"Windsurfing, Hot Dogs and Apple Pie" - New England Windsurfing Journal, August 2005




"Salt Water Frappe" - New England Windsurfing Journal,September 2004




"Into the Storm" - New England Windsurfing Journal,May 2004




"Once More Unto the Beach" - New England Windsurfing Journal,March 2004




"Icarus"- New England Windsurfing Journal,Sept 2002




"Hot Spot" - New England Windsurfing Journal,May 2002




"Dark Jibe" - New England Windsurfing Journal,December 1999

mailto:mzeugin@andromeda.rutgers.edu

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