Dennis currently serves as the Associate Dean for Research and Administration, Graduate School of Oceanograhy, University of Rhode Island. He has been a faculty member there for the past 33 years, teaching courses in the area of marine and coastal law. A marine lawyer by training, he is a member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States and the Rhode Island Bar. He is also the legal advisor for the University National Oceanographic Laboratory System, providing advice to all of the US academic research vessel fleet. He has lectured on marine law topics in 27 states and 14 countries. He is the author of over 50 articles and the casebook Marine and Coastal Law. Dennis was one of the three original co-founders of IMI, and has lectured at nearly all of the educational programs on his favorite topic -marina law.- He has sailed over 3,000 miles offshore on a variety of vessels and has raced everything from frostbite dinghies to 12-Meters. Above all, he just loves being around marinas.