| Experience at the University of South Florida |
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Provost's Office of Assessment: 2005 to 2006 Evaluated and assessed academic programs (e.g., General Education outcomes, Learning Communities, mathematics preparatory, academic advising, writing & cognitive skills). Taught MMC 4420, Research Methods in Mass Communications and SPC 3513, Argumentation & Debate; served as Director of Forensics and University Debate Coach. Staff Photojournalist for USF's Humanities Institute, Broadway Theatre Project, and numerous other free-lance contexts. Retired from the faculty on November 6, 2006. |
| Evaluation and Testing . . . 1998 to 2005 |
  Served as
Director of Computer Based Testing centers at
USF: supervised, installed, maintained, and staffed the University's Educational Testing Services (ETS)
Center, the CLEP Testing Center, the computer- assisted CLAST Lab, and FTCE
Computer Lab (a total of 40 workstations using three servers). Advised students who have
yet to pass the College Level Academic Skills Test. Taught freshman
university experience course and MMC 4420, Research Methods in Mass
Communications. Created and maintained
web sites for Evaluation &
Testing, the USF Academic Survival
Guide, and AdviseaBull.
Won "Outstanding University
Experience Advocate Award," 1998-1999. Served on the Cognitive Level and
Quality of Writing Assessment team which created and wrote the manual for the use of
CLAQWA; New Faculty Orientation, created, developed, and maintained the website
(2000-2003). |
| Dean�s Office, Undergraduate Studies . . . 1995 to 1998 |
| Acting Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies (faculty administrator). Prepared two annual reports for the Board of Regents about service-learning courses. Conducted University-wide study of evening and weekend course offerings. Coordinated the activation of State mandated common prerequisites initiative for the University; developed and delivered workshops about common prerequisites for academic advisors. Developed and delivered workshops about excess hour and repeat course surcharges for the University. Represented the University at regional and State articulation meetings. Served as hearing officer for student appeals regarding academic policies, academic advising, admission denials, and final arbiter of academic dishonesty allegations. Created the USF Academic Survival Guide and headed a team which developed "AdviseaBull." Created new policies regarding incomplete grades, honor code, and course syllabi archiving. Taught freshman university experience course. |
| School of Continuing Education . . . 1988 to 1995 |
| Chief of Academic Advising. Developed media strategies for the School; managed academic and logistical support for older adults returning to the University. Conducted numerous media studies for the School. Created and managed the School�s 30+ workstation Novell network. Created Forum USF, a program where University pre-admission information is provided on-site to Tampa Bay area companies. Presiding Officer, Administrative & Professional Council, 1993-1994. |
| Department of Communication . . . 1982 to 1988 |
| Associate Professor. Taught communication theory, computer applications, statistics, and research methods; selected as "Outstanding Professor of 1988," by the Senior Class, College of Arts & Letters, 1988. "Outstanding Graduate Professor," Master�s Class in Communication, 1988. Initiated the development of the doctoral program in Communication. |
Purdue University: Department of
Communication . . . 1977 to 1982. Assistant Professor and Director,
Purdue Communication Research Center. Directed multi-section group
problem-solving skills course. Taught statistics, research design, and
coordinated departmental research; "Best Teacher Award, Department of
Communication," 1979; Faculty Advisor, P.R.S.S.A.; appointed "University
Fellow" by the president of Purdue, 1980. Invented a calculus and
associated computer algorithm (FORTRAN) for estimating the most
efficient reliability for ratio-scaled instruments as part of program
PIAS.
State
University of New York, Buffalo: Department of Communication . . .
1974-1977. Assistant Professor and Director, SUNY at Buffalo
Communication Research Center. Taught quantitative research skills,
organizational assessment, and organizational communication; coordinated
departmental research. Earned doctoral directive status in 1975 via
election to the Graduate School Faculty. Invented calculus for assessing
network analysis reliability.
