{"id":30319,"date":"2013-01-30T15:13:19","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T20:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2013\/01\/30\/necc-profile-kevin-comtois\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:05:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:05:35","slug":"necc-profile-kevin-comtois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/01\/30\/necc-profile-kevin-comtois\/","title":{"rendered":"NECC Profile: Kevin Comtois"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5185\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2013\/01\/Comtois.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5185\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5185\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2013\/01\/Comtois.jpg\" alt=\"Methuen Resident to Share Passion for American Music\" width=\"350\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Comtois <\/p><\/div>\n<p>Kevin Comtois<\/p>\n<p>Home: Methuen, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>Age: Still young enough to get away with it, but old enough to know better! (46)<\/p>\n<p>Profession: NECC History Instructor<\/p>\n<p>Hobbies: Playing acoustic instruments including guitar, banjo, and harmonica;<br \/>\ncamping; vegetable gardening; and kite flying<\/p>\n<p>Last book read: The Price of Politics by Bob Woodward<\/p>\n<p>Latest accomplishment: Transformed half my driveway into a vegetable garden<\/p>\n<p>Quote: \u201cLife is what happens to you when you\u2019re busy making other plans.\u201d<br \/>\nJohn Lennon<\/p>\n<p>Profile: Born in Lowell, I was raised in a two-family house by working class<br \/>\nparents. After attending public schools in Lowell and Tewksbury, I earned my bachelor\u2019s degree in political science and history at Westfield State College and a master\u2019s in American Civilization from UMass Boston.<\/p>\n<p>In 2005 I received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to study jazz with an expert on the evolution of jazz in America. I have incorporated music into my classes since I began teaching in 1997. 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