James Brosnan chairs both the Honors Advisory Council and the University Honors Committee at Johnson & Wales University, and is the editor of The Leaflet, journal of the New England Association Teachers of English and is also advisor to the university’s literary journal, The Maze, and the Collegiate Honors Society.Brosnan’s major writing interests are poetry, memoir, and fiction, and he has published four books of poetry including Hints of Swallowtails. He is a member of the Tidepool Poets in Plymouth, MA, and has presented workshops at the New England Association of Teachers of English Conference, the Writers Conference at Ocean Park (Maine), and the Massachusetts Teachers Association’s annual conference at Williams College. He is also a member of the New Hampshire Writers Project and the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, and co-chairs the annual Writers Conference at Ocean Park (Maine).Brosnan is past president of the Rhode Island Council of Teachers of English, and a former commissioner for the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. He is also a member of the National Collegiate Honors Council and the Northeast Region of NCHC, and also serves on his community school’s advisory council and holds a Superintendent-Director’s certification for secondary schools in Massachusetts.