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curriculum vitaeEducationPhD in English - Texts & Technology - 2008 Master of Arts in English - Creative Writing - 2002 Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies - 1995
Orlando, Florida
PhD Dissertation: Green Chairs, Fictional Phalluses, Infiltration, and Love on the Rocks: Medical Imaging Artifacts Blown Up
MA Thesis: Foodworld, a novella, published VDM Verlag, 2009 (available on Amazon.com) Employment History
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Assistant
Professor of Communication, tenure-track, 08/07 - present Teaching: Teach upper-level communications courses about visual design, Web communications, and environmental writing, in addition to general composition and technical writing on campus. Develop innovative course material to encourage students to use and understand the implications of a wide variety of new media. Also taught composition and literature classes online for the Worldwide Campus. Assisted with the development of the university's renewed Communications degree program that focuses on science and technology issues. Service: Active in service to the university and community as outlined below. Scholarship: Active in publications and conference presentations, as outlined in the research and writing section. ERAU is an accredited university, well regarded for its aviation, aerospace, and engineering undergraduate and graduate programs. Click here to review teaching philosophy (PDF).
Brintech, Inc. - Consulting Firm Researched and reported on technology for external trade publications, developed relationships with editors, and created in-house marketing literature, which included white papers, consultant biographies, brochures, print ads, and targeted mailings. Wrote for and edited newsletters for clients and employees, and worked with consultants to revise technical manuals and client reports. Responsibilities included editing the company Web site.
Stetson University Taught onsite technology workshops on office software applications and Internet usage primarily to Florida Department of Transportation and Volusia County employees.
Daytona Beach Community College Developed and taught technology courses for continuing education students. The Legal Field Provided paralegal and computer services to law firms, such as document drafting, research, and computer training for attorneys and staff. Experience also includes drafting legal documents, client contact, research, and writing, particularly in personal injury and workers' compensation law. Areas of InterestResearch - My dissertation explores how the artifacts produced by medical imaging technologies create a data stream that replaces the corporal patient, shifting the physician’s focus from the exterior to the interior body and from the whole person to organ systems, anatomy, and physiology. I study this shifted focus using methodologies derived from surrealist, literary, and theater theories to address practical issues within the field of radiology. The project takes a rhetorical approach to examine the artifacts produced by the technologies - the MRI scan or medical record, for example - and the processes by which those artifacts come into existence. Other areas of interest include the use of digital visual presentations in business, how medical technologies shape cultural views of normalcy, and principles of visual design for print and electronic media. During my coursework in the Texts and Technology doctorate program, I have studied an array of subjects, including the following:
Writing - Above all, I am interested in communicating ideas through writing. In addition to academic endeavors, I am interested in fiction - both in the novel and screenplay formats. I wrote a full-length screenplay, Revelations in Plastic, a dark comedy about religion and morality in an age of plastic surgery, and a novella, Foodworld, published in 2009. Technical - I have designed and built various business Web sites, including my own professional site. I have a thorough understanding of most popular office applications, in addition to MS SharePoint Designer. I use a variety of graphic design programs for document design and digital photography, including Adobe Photoshop and InDesign. Freelance HistoryA complete list of my published articles, with many full text versions, can be found on my home page. I have contributed articles to the following publications:
Service
Community
2010
September - present: Served on the School Health Advisory Committee and actively worked with school officials to reform the sex education policies and programs in Volusia County public schools
April - present: Hospice volunteer working with patients
March: 21-hour Hospice training program
2009July: Recipient of the ERAU Vision Award from the Office of Diversity Initiatives and the Women's Center for community service work with the Volusia County School Board March 28: Presented at Workshop for Collegiate Pride Conference at ERAU. "The Right to Know: Sex Education in Our Schools" in collaboration with Reinhold Schliepper, ERAU, and George Griffin, ACLU March 27: Presented on three-person sex education panel at the general ACLU meeting at the Unitarian-Universalist Society, Ormond Beach 2008SHAC: Served on the Volusia County School Health Advisory Committee (SHAC), a committee that researched and advised policy makers on the curriculum of the sexual education program in Volusia County. The committee was effective in changing the previous abstinence-only policy to one that is fact-based. DBIF365: Served on the Daytona Beach International Festival (DBIF365) marketing committee University/College/DepartmentCommitteesFall 2010 - Spring 2011: Communication Program Search Committee Fall 2010 - present: Com 221 Course Committee Spring 2009 - present: COAS Admissions and Recruitment Committee Fall 2009: Faculty Evaluation Committee Advisement 2009 - present: Advise between 5 and 10 communication majors NotableFall semester Course monitor for HU335 Thesis committee for Master's student in Human Factors and Systems, Robert Brown. Subject: Study on change blindness
Thesis committee for Master's student in Human
Factors and Systems, Joe Crimi. Subject: Does an integrated
display for the Disney Dining Plan improve performance (i.e. efficiency and
accuracy) and increase user-satisfaction? Supervised independent study (Com 499) for Greg Igel, who
developed business and site plans for Mission: Abled Student Veterans,
an online service for students with traumatic brain injury Developed presentation for campus-wide broadcast on large screens for COAS recruitment 2010: Fall semester: Participated in "Teaching Basics Series" offered by the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence2009: Fall and spring semester: Participated in "Teaching Basics Series" offered by the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence; developed course web site for Com 221 2008: Associate editor, Design Principles & Practices: An International Journal, Vol. 3, reviewing three articles for publication 2007: Acknowledgement in Ideas Across Time: Classic and Contemporary Readings for Composition, by Igor Webb. McGraw-Hill 2004: Article entitled "To Catch A Liar" for Internal Auditor listed in the US Department of Justice, FBI, Subject Bibliography for Interviewing and Interrogation 2003: Article entitled "To Catch A Liar" for Internal Auditor listed on University of Arkansas Fraud Detection and Prevention (ACCT 5433) course syllabus 2003: Article entitled "To Catch A Liar" for Internal Auditor won the Silver Award at the Florida Magazine Conference 2003 for Best Feature and Best Headline, Trade/Technical publication
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