Dr. Chuck is often featured in local and national media stories. He is a regular contributor to Fox in Philly.
In 2001, Dr. Chuck became a founder of the Bill Cosby "Academic Posse" program, a program which encourages city youth to earn a college degree.
In 2003, Dr. Chuck was awarded an Outstanding Teaching Award, while working as a college instructor at one of Philadelphia's very competitive institutions of higher learning — Temple University.
Dr. Chuck also served on the Mayor's Blue Ribbon Commission on Children's Behavioral Health, where he was elected chair of the subcommittee on Child Abuse and Neglect. He has also served as moderator for the Exhoodus Tour's "Save the Children Summit," which features famed entertainer Dr. Bill Cosby.
Dr. Chuck has earned a Ph.D. in educational psychology from Temple University. His research for his dissertation focused on the impact of social skills and media on learning and academic performance. He possesses a dual master's degree in counseling and organizational dynamics from MCP-Hahnemann University. At MCP, he studied the psychological influence of gender and ethnic diversity on group behavior and work processes. He also studied leadership styles and organizational systems.
Dr. Chuck is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), American Counseling Association (ACA), and the Association for Assessment in Counseling in Education.
Dr. Chuck is currently employed at the Goodwin College of Professional Studies at Drexel University where he is an assistant clinical professor in the School of Education and director of the Center for the Prevention of School-Aged Violence.http://goodwin.drexel.edu/cposav/index.php.
Dr. Chuck keeps a busy speaking and lecturing schedule, which takes him all over the country...and beyond. He focuses on issues related to bullying, violence prevention, mentoring, child welfare, and inclusionary educational practices for minority and special needs children.
On March 18th, 2010, Dr. Chuck utilized his grasp of issues of race and inclusion along with his razor sharp acerbic wit to moderate a national forum commemorating President Obama's A More Perfect Union speech, which was delivered at the National Constitution Center on March 18th, 2008. The national forum was held at the National Constitution Center on the very stage where a then presidential candidate Obama delivered his historic speech on race in America. The national forum - A More Perfect Union: Confronting America's Racial Divide was carried on C-SPAN and can be viewed at www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292595-1. . Luminaries such as Martin Luther King III and Gwen Ifil of Washington Week on PBS, were invited panelists.
In 2011, Dr. Chuck will tackle school violence and bullying in a nationally distributed Real Arts Media 5-part educational video series created for Films Media Group, titled "Combating Conflict with Character." He served as both content advisor and on-air talent for the series. He is also the recipient of the National Adoption Center's Alison Award for 2011 for his support of children. He was also recenlty asked to serve as a luncheon plenary speaker for The White House Conference on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships - Creating Community for the Common Good, which was held in Philadelphia.
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Dr. Chuck has been able to accomplish such extraordinary things given that he has held on to his faith and one sacred tenet — "the way you start does not have to be the way you finish."
