Having taught a total of more than 5,000 students at Penn State, Ohio University, Salisbury University (Maryland), Hood College, Union Institute & University, two community colleges, and now the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Dr. Curtis has a deep commitment to student-centered education and serving the needs of students. He enjoys working with students in and out of the classroom and advising student groups. Salisbury Univeristy students honored Dr. Curtis with the Outstanding Academic Advisor Award. He also was nominated for the Distinguished Faculty Award. At Hood College in Maryland, students in Mortar Board nominated Dr. Curtis for the college-wide Excellence in Teaching Award. He received an Outstanding Program Award from Ohio University's College of Communication. The professor has been listed twice in Who's Who Among American Teachers following student nominations. Dr. Curtis is a professional writer, editor, publisher, producer, director, and media manager with extensive experience in broadcasts, newspapers, magazines, books, newsletters, online, public relations, and advertising.

He has extensive academic administration experience and business management experience, including Executive Assistant to the President, and Chief of Staff, Office of the President, at the Union Institute & University, where he also was the Director of the Center for Strategic Planning, Associate Dean for Academic Information Services, Webmaster, and professor in the Center for Distance Learning. He has been a member of several academic reaccredidation committees for the colleges and universities where he has served. He served as an editor for Popular Mechanics magazine and then founded Modern Electronics magazine, creating a staff of editors, authors, and artists. He was vice president and director of editorial for Tab Books, now a division of McGraw-Hill, where he supervised 175 creative persons in-house, 600 authors, a $10 million budget, and production of 150 new titles a year. Then Dr. Curtis, with his spouse Dr. Judy Curtis, founded ARCsoft Publishers, which produced national bestselling books with global sales.