Previously, he taught theology at Notre Dame.
Previously he taught at the University of California, Riverside, 1973-1974, Brown University, 1974-1980, Boston University, 1980-1986, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, where he also served as Department Head from 1989-1995.
After Nettles' death, Applewhite also altered his view of ascension: previously, he had taught that the group would physically ascend from the Earth and that death caused reincarnation, but her death forced him to allow that the ascension could be spiritual.
Previously she taught at Parsons the New School for Design and for two years was interim director of the interior design BFA program.
Previously, she taught at CUNY's Graduate School of Journalism and William Paterson University.
Previously, she taught New Media Marketing for the Internet Marketing Master of Science Program at Full Sail University in Florida, and taught undergraduate courses in marketing law and business law at Bentley University.
He taught previously at Kirkland College, Middlebury College, Rutgers University and Mary Washington College.
He taught previously at Cornell University, and has held appointments at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation, the State Department, the National Security Council staff, the Brookings Institution, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Library of Congress, the Woodrow Wilson Center, the Hoover Institution, and the German Marshall Fund's Transatlantic Academy.
CORRECTION: This article previously stated that Firenze taught divinity at Hogwarts when in fact he taught divination.
He said that at Rutgers, where he previously taught, there had been "none of the bad consequences that some have predicted from unionization".
He previously taught at NYU and UVA, and he worked on media policy in Washington, D.C., as a senior research fellow at Free Press (where he is now a board member) and the New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute, and as a policy fellow for Rep. Diane Watson.
