Experience
Senior Course Editor • 1999–Present
Office of Independent
Study, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Edit LSU correspondence courses.
- Support authors in development and revision of courses.
- Coordinate with Office Administrator to release new and revised courses.
- Respond to student inquiries regarding course content and textbook issues.
- Maintain house style guide.
- Facilitated development of LSU Independent Study's first graduate courses
- Teach distance versions of English 2002, Business Writing, and English 3002, Technical Writing.
Adjunct Instructor • Spring 2005
Department of Foreign
Languages & Literatures, LSU, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana
- Taught Russian 3501, Russian Cinema.
Vice President, Editorial • 1997–1999
Insurance Achievement, Inc.,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Directed Editorial Department of educational publisher, overseeing all aspects of planning, development, and production of instructional materials for the insurance and financial-services industries.
- Oversaw the development of twelve new courses.
- Managed annual revision of forty-five self-study courses.
- Established design and page layout of publications.
- Worked with Productions Department to set printing and shipping schedules.
- Advised Marketing Department regarding promotional content.
- Hired, trained, and supervised Editorial staff and contract writers.
- Made recommendations for and oversaw the development of new course materials and improvements, based on industry demand and evaluation of existing courses.
- As member of the senior-management team, contributed to problem solving, developed proposals, and devised strategies for improved operations within departments and company-wide.
- Developed departmental action plans to document procedures and guidelines followed by staff.
Senior Editor • 1994–1997
Insurance Achievement, Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Developed and edited multi-media educational materials.
- Scheduled assignments of contract writers.
- Assisted in design of Windows-based software to supplement printed materials.
- Acted as departmental contact with MIS Department.
- Assisted customers with study strategies, progress, and problems.
- Edited marketing copy.
Editor • 1991– 1994
Insurance Achievement, Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Wrote and edited multi-media self-study courses.
- Assisted customers with study strategies, progress, and problems
Titles Edited • Click for a list of titles
that I edited for the above employers.
Writing Samples • Click
for samples of my writing.
Other Skills & Accomplishments
Project collaborator, Online Model for Teaching, Distance Education Initiative Grants Program, LSU Board of Regents.
Presentation: Introduction to Days of Glory (Jacques Tourneur, 1944), feature in the 1940s Hollywood Propaganda Film Series, West Baton Rouge Museum, Port Allen, Louisiana.
Proposed and organized grant-supported workshop, lecture, and screening by John Weldon, Candian filmmaker, for LSU Union Programs Council.
Created, co-wrote, and co-hosted weekly series Film Focus on LSU television, to promote LSU film series.
Extra-Mile Award for Innovative Problem Solution, Insurance Achievement, Inc.
Award for Significant Contribution, Union Films Committee, Program Council, LSU.
Computer skills: WordPerfect, Word, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, FrontPage, HTML, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Acrobat, Internet.
Education
Master of Arts in Liberal Arts, Louisiana State University, 2003.
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, 1982.
Professional Development
What CxC Can Do for You and Your Students? (Part I, Introduction), LSU Centers for Excellence in Learning and Teaching workshop, The Communication across Curriculum (CxC) Series.
How Does Distance Education Compare to Classroom Instruction? LSU Centers for Excellence in Learning and Teaching workshop, The Campus Federal Credit Union Teaching Enhancement Series.
Digital Video, LSU Center for Electronic Learning workshop.
Developing Online Collaborative Programs, online conference from Academic Impressions, Kathy Schmidt and Michael Sullivan, instructors.
Teaching Online, an online training course taught by Susan Ko and Steve Rossen, authors of Teaching Online: A practical Guide, 2nd edition (New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), offered through the Distance Education Initiative Grants Program, LSU Board of Regents.
Managing Online Programs,Teaching in Higher Education Forum workshop.
LSU courses
in Educational Leadership, Research, and Counseling (ELRC):
Computer Technology in Education; Educational Telecommunications
and the Internet; Technology in Educational Leadership; Instructional
Design.
Certificate, Pre-Service Teacher, Intel Teach to the Future program.
Franklin Time Quest Seminar.
Management Problems of the Technical Person in a Leadership Role, Fred Pryor Seminars.
Business Writing for Results, Fred Pryor Seminars.
LSU Computing-Services Training Seminars: Excel I and II; Access I; HTML; Dreamweaver MX I, II, and III; Flash MX; FrontPage; Introduction to Digital Imaging; Photoshop I, II, and III; PowerPoint; Project; Introduction to Blackboard.
Affiliations
American Association of Collegiate Independent Study.
Celtic Club of New Orleans. President, 2006–2007; Vice President, 2003–2006; Treasurer, 2002–2003.