Michael Zeugin/Adjunct Professor

Courses Taught

Michael Zeugin is a New Jersey based writer, photographer and

University lecturer 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. He teaches Humanities and Social Sciences for the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Zeugin is also a Lecturer of English at Rutgers University where he teaches a variety of courses. He has developed a multi-disciplinary course for NJIT that hones the creative impulse through the integration of writing and digital images. 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."

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