Dr. Michael Paradiso

 

Education: 
B.A. - Lewis University, 1999 
M.A. - Governors State University, 2001
M.A. - Purdue University, 2001
Ph.D. - Purdue University, 2008 
M.Ed. - Loyola University Chicago, 2020

Dr. Paradiso is excited to be joining the faculty of the Social Studies and English Departments. Dr. Paradiso teaches Global Studies, Literature and Composition, and AP World Literature, and is a faculty advisor for Model United Nations. Formerly the Malvin and Lea Bank Postdoctoral Fellow in Jewish Studies and Philosophy at Penn State University (2008-2010), Dr. Paradiso brings more than twenty years of college and high school teaching experience with him to RZJHS. 

Dr. Paradiso lives in Northbrook with his family. He is completing the manuscript for his second edited book, Creolizing Frankenstein, for publication.