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Curriculum Vitae
Karla Farmer Stouse, M.A.
Personal
Office Address:
KO 178G
Indiana University Kokomo
Department of English
2300 South Washington Street
Kokomo, Indiana 46902
Phone:
(765) 455-9423
E-mail:
kfstouse@iuk.edu
Home Address:
9331 E. 266th Street
Arcadia IN 46030
Phone:
(317) 984-6855
E-mail:
karla@excedere.com
Education
1984
M.A. in Education, University of Evansville, Evansville, IN
1980
B.A. Health, Physical Education, and English, University of
Evansville
Magna cum Laude
1976-1977
Harlaxton College, Grantham, England (University of Evansville)
Licensing
State of Indiana Life License (1984) Grades 7-12—Health, Physical Education,
and English
University Teaching and Related Work
2001-present
Senior Lecturer in English (promoted Spring 2008),
Indiana University Kokomo
Responsibilities: Teaching four courses per semester; directing The
Innovation Symposium; developing and implementing curricula; assessing
effectiveness of teaching methods and curriculum design; coordinating
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design and implementation of overseas study courses for Humanities
department and assisting faculty in other departments with design of
overseas study courses; sponsoring various student activities (including
individual research and independent studies); mentoring students;
mentoring new faculty and assisting colleagues with curriculum design
and assessment; serving on university committees and participating in
special university projects (such as Foundations of Excellence)
1991-1998
Coordinator of the Learning Enhancement Center,
Indiana University Kokomo
Responsibilities: Directing daily operations of university tutoring center
(with more than 1500 tutoring sessions per year); hiring and managing
staff of 15+, including training and assessment of individual effectiveness;
managing department budget; assessing effectiveness of tutoring programs
overall; creating supplemental materials and workshops to assist tutoring
efforts; tutoring English students; consulting with university and intercampus departments regarding writing-across-the-curriculum initiatives
and initiatives for at-risk students
1986-2001
Adjunct Instructor, Indiana University Kokomo
Responsibilities: Teaching English, medical terminology, study skills, and
education courses; designing and implementing curricula; assessing
effectiveness of teaching methods and curriculum design
Courses Taught at Indiana University
L101: Western World Masterpieces
L102: Western World Masterpieces II (and Honors section)
L205: Introduction to Poetry
L203 Introduction to Drama (ACCEL)
L209: Topics in American Literature and Culture: Modern Drama (ACCEL)
L225: Introduction to Literary Masterpieces
L369: Topics in British and American Authors—Asian American Literature
(Navigating in a World at War with trip to Hawaii)
L379: Ethnic and Minority Literature
L381: Recent Literature (in Mexico) (also at Graduate level B657)
L406: Topics in British and American Literature: The Harlem Renaissance
W131: Freshman Composition, Part 1
W132: Freshman Composition, Part 2
W203: Creative Writing (and Honors section)
W231: Professional Writing Skills
W301: Fiction Writing
W395: Individual Study of Writing (Novel Writing)
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E103/E104: Topics in Humanities/Social Sciences (Freshman Learning
Community: What’s Love Got to Do with It?)
C209: Medical Terminology
M400: English Methods for Secondary Level (Education)
S121: Introductory Speech
F200: Foreign Study in British Culture
F200: Foreign Study in Irish Culture
F200: Foreign Study in Asian Culture
S400: Leadership Capstone
COAS/HSS I450/LBST D511: Innovation Symposium in England
LBST D550: Independent Study in Graduate Studies (Teaching Assistantship)
Additional Work with Students
2013
Coordinating “Arts in the Afternoon” Salon (writing, film, and music
presentations) presented by L406 Harlem Renaissance students; hosting
former student Josh Barnes as guest poet/presenter in W203 Creative
Writing; development of documentary service project with L369 Asian
American Literature students and World War II soldiers from the 100th
Battalion (Hawaii); participation in Innovation Symposium fundraising
activities, project presentations, and annual Mentor Dinner (organized by
previous Innovation Symposium participants)
2012
Mentoring Melissa Crafton and Katherine Gloudemans in Senior Seminar
Projects (study of satire plus development of monologues; creation of
professional editing course); mentoring Carla Summers in S400
Leadership Capstone (development of wellness program for employees of
St. Joseph’s Hospital); taking nine students and three faculty/staff
members to Virginia Tech for “Sheer Good Fortune” tribute to Toni
Morrison, including a meeting with poet Nikki Giovanni and interviews
with poets Rita Dove and Mari Evans; participation in Innovation
Symposium fundraising activities, project presentations, and annual
Mentor Dinner (organized by previous Innovation Symposium
participants)
2011
Mentoring Chad Kebrdle as a Teaching Assistant in W203, including
instruction on teaching methods, curriculum and assessment development,
and classroom management; participation in service day at Harlaxton
College as part of Innovation Symposium; mentoring James Cesare and Jo
Wyatt in independent study creative writing projects for Senior Seminar;
mentoring Innovation Symposium participant Nicole Jackson and Norma
Saenz in development of their projects (Project SANDY to promote ways
to combat childhood obesity and an outdoor language program for
Hispanic families); mentoring Vanessa Lorenz as an intern with the Poets
of Friendship Haven monthly poetry group; mentoring Gannon Harrison
and Dakota Lawson in spoken-word poetry presentations for
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Undergraduate Conference at IUK; participation in Innovation
Symposium fundraising activities, project presentations, and annual
Mentor Dinner (organized by previous Innovation Symposium
participants)
2010
Mentoring Katherine Washburn as a Teaching Assistant in L102;
mentoring Innovation Symposium participants Norma Saenz and Ann
Andrzejewski in development of their projects (an outdoor language
program for Hispanic families and an ophthalmology referral program for
uninsured patients); mentoring Nicole Jackson in development of suppliesand-clothing collection project for her practicum classroom at Maple
Crest; mentoring former student Matt Russell in launching his art/writing
business; participation in Innovation Symposium fundraising activities,
project presentations, and annual Mentor Dinner (organized by
previous Innovation Symposium participants)
2009
Enhancement of Innovation Symposium curriculum—visit with innovators
at BedZed (zero-emission community) and discussion of partnership on
recycling efforts with members of Looe City Council; facilitation of
student service at Friendship Haven retirement community (based on
speech activities in E104 Learning Community); recruitment of students
for initial Korean exchange program; organization of field trip to Chicago
for W132 students studying The Devil in the White City (historical
research of Columbian Exposition sites); participation in Innovation
Symposium fundraising activities, project presentations, and annual
Mentor Dinner (organized by previous Innovation Symposium
participants)
2008 Construction of The Peace Garden at Darrough Chapel Park with students
from the F200 Asian Culture class, COAS I450 Innovation Symposium,
and E103/104 Learning Community; ongoing support as students revise
Innovation Symposium projects and begin to seek funding/support;
mentoring of Toni Betzer in W395 novel writing
2007-2008 Coordinating fundraising activities for the Innovation Symposium,
including flower bulb sales and creating greeting cards and other items to
sell at Student Art Night, organized by Innovation Symposium students;
mentoring of Cayce Arnett as she wrote an Indiana Campus Compact
grant to pay for flowers and flags at The Peace Garden; liaison with
Ambassadors for Children Abriendas Puertas chapter
2006
Developing Peace Garden initiative (as part of F200 Foreign Study in
Asian Culture) to design and build garden on IU Kokomo campus to honor
Pearl Harbor participants, Japanese internment camp victims, and
members of the 100th Battalion; independent study (Special Topics in
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Literature) with Amber Belcher; participant in Senior Seminar for
humanities majors
2005 Undergraduate Summer Research Institute proposals submitted on behalf
of Ryan Cage (Prisoners of War in Two Different Places: Personal
Narratives—not selected) and John Proffitt (A Journey to a Place Called
Self: A Young Adventurer’s Guide to Surviving Life Lessons on the
Appalachian Trail—selected and presented Fall 2005); internship for Joe
Abney (coordinating group travel for Ireland trip); participant in Senior
Seminar for humanities majors; online publication of W203 students’
works
2004 Two independent study courses (W395 novel writing) with Thomas Biggs
and Adam Follin; one independent study course (W132—by special
arrangement) with Carisa Durham; submitted Undergraduate Summer
Research Institute proposal on behalf of Connie Noel (The Enigma of the
Jews, Part II--not selected); participant in Senior Seminar for humanities
majors; online publication of W203 students’ works
2003 Three presentations based on W132 projects given at Purdue-Calumet
Humanities Conference (Navi Van Wormer, Defense or Manipulation:
Decoding the Truth in America ; Connie Noel, Fiction and Social
Change, Twain and Lee: Radical or Racist? ; Navi Van Wormer, Leslie
Greer, Jennifer Wilson, Jennifer Sullivan, Susan Wilson, SelfJustification: Maintaining Balance for Psychological Health);
Undergraduate Research Summer Institute, Connie Noel (The Enigma and
Miracle of the Jews); two independent study courses (W395 novel writing)
with Thomas Biggs and Laura Garrett; Celebrating Our Students
participants Gina Park, Connie Noel, and Echo Shappell; participant in
Senior Seminar for humanities majors; online publication of W203
students’ works
2002 Two independent study courses (L379 and W203—by special
arrangement) with Nancy Stansbury; one independent study course (W395
novel writing) with Laura Garrett; participant in Senior Seminar for
humanities majors; online publication of W203 students’ works
Awards and Honors
Guest of honor (with L369 students and other IUK travelers), 100th Battalion 71st
Anniversary banquet, June 2013
Chancellor’s Diversity Award, 2012
Student Government Association “Making a Difference” Outstanding Educator
Award Fall 2011
Face of Opportunity contest winner, sponsored by British Airways, 2009
Amicus Award (student-selected), 2010, 2008, 2005, 1992
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Faculty Colloquium Selection (FACET), 2007
Trustees’ Teaching Award, 2006
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Exemplary Leadership Award, 2006
Who’s Who among America’s Teachers, 2005 and 2004 (student-nominated)
Indiana University Faculty Merit Award, 2002-2003
Outstanding Administrator, 1994
Publications/Presentations/Grants
2013
Awardee, IU Overseas Study Program Development Grant to develop
proposed World War II literature/history course; Photographer and Editor,
Harlaxton: Remembering photo book for the Harlaxton Society; Awardee,
Applied Learning and Staff Council grants for The Innovation Symposium
2012
Co-Presenter (with Minda Douglas and Christine Taff), IU Kokomo
Statewide Faculty Conference: Walking in the Footsteps of Giants: Active
Learning beyond the Classroom; Writer, Applied Learning and Staff
Council grants for The Innovation Symposium and for “Sheer
Good Fortune” trip to Virginia Tech (both funded)
2011
Presenter, DVD project of 73 Poems for 73 Years: Celebrating the Life of
Lucille Clifton with Nikki Giovanni, Rita Dove, Sonia Sanchez, Mari
Evans, Amiri Baraka, and others at James Madison University; Writer,
Applied Learning (ADP) and Staff Council grants for The Innovation
Symposium (both funded); Facilitator, Presention by Dr. Edward Bujak
for Harlaxton 40th anniversary celebration (University of Evansville)
2010
Invited Presenter, 73 Poems for 73 Years: Celebrating the Life of Lucille
Clifton with Nikki Giovanni, Rita Dove, Sonia Sanchez, Mari Evans,
Amiri Baraka, and others at James Madison University; Writer, ADP and
Staff Council grants for The Innovation Symposium (both funded)
2009
Presenter, FACET Associate Faculty Conference: Saving the World in Six
Weeks (or a Bit More); Participant in New Frontiers grant application with
Christina Downey, Eva White, and Gregory Steel; Writer, original play
The Hadleyville Bundt Cake War of 1962 produced on campus as
fundraiser for The Innovation Symposium; Writer, ADP and Staff Council
grants for The Innovation Symposium (both funded)
2008
Presenter, Hawaii International Conference on the Arts and Humanities
(January), Shaping the World, One Class at a Time—How to Develop a
Humanities Service Learning Project to Promote Long-term Impact, coauthored with Minda Douglas, J.R. Pico, Christine Taff, Linda Wallace,
Marcia Gillette, and Ann Cameron; Writer, various press releases
regarding the Innovation Symposium and The Peace Garden; Participant,
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IU Homepages video on The Peace Garden (available at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JysTQkYAHqk)
2007
Writer, Community Foundation of Howard County grant for The Peace
Garden ($2500.); Writer, Kokomo Arts Commission grant for The Peace
Garden ($2000.,awarded 2008); Presenter, Kiwanis of Howard County,
regarding The Peace Garden (September); Presenter, FACET Associate
Faculty Conference (October), Transforming the Instructional
Environment with Audio and Video Technologies (with Keith Anliker and
Sharon Stoten); Presenter, Outside the Line and Outside the Box, Howard
County Library South Branch (Spring); Presenter, Edward C. Moore
Symposium: Learning and Serving: Bringing the World Back Home;
Poster session presenter, IU Kokomo CTLA Conference on Innovative
Teaching, Service Learning and Overseas Study; Presenter, IU Kokomo
Italy travel group, How to Travel and What to Expect (Spring)
2006 Participant, SBC Grant for E-Portfolios (speech outcomes assessment with
Raul Mosley, Dr. Nadene Keene, and Dr. Robert Wildblood); Participant,
IU Kokomo 60th Anniversary DVD project to supplement Coming of Age:
50 Years of Higher Education in Kokomo; Participant and writer, various
media releases for Hawaii trip/class; Participant, Kokomo Tribune article
on cheating and plagiarism
2005 Featured speaker, Indiana University Kokomo 60th Anniversary Last
Lecture Series: Creativity, Concern, and Compassion: Finding Our
Best Selves; Author, third edition of Introduction to Computers, formerly
Information Systems and Computer Applications Study Guide—The
College Network; Presenter, Edward C. Moore Symposium: Removing
Classroom Walls and Taking Your Act on the Road: A Brief Guide to
Creating Overseas Learning Opportunities (“Expanding the Walls of the
Classroom…”), Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis;
Presenter, Outside the Lines and Outside the Box: Thinking and Writing
Creatively, IU Kokomo Speakers’ Bureau, presented at Noblesville High
School; Presenter, Creativity and Writing Workshop (“The Writer’s
Toolbox”), Tipton County Library
2004 Participant, Where Do We Go from Here? Indiana University Kokomo
International Studies Program promotional DVD; Participant and writer,
various media releases for London trip/class; Presenter, Outside the Lines
and Outside the Box: Thinking and Writing Creatively, IU Kokomo
Speakers’ Bureau, presented at Noblesville High School
2003 Interviewer, “Conversation with Nikki Giovanni,” IU Homepages;
Presenter (with Cindy Ison and Dr. Robert Wildblood), Evolution of an ECourse, Learning Communities and Collaboration Conference, Indiana
University-Purdue University at Indianapolis; Author, “The Story of Toni
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Stone: When Baseball Truly Began to Be the Great American Pastime,”
Baseball/Literature/Culture, Essays 1995-2001, McFarland Publishers;
Presenter, IU Kokomo Brown Bag Lecture Series, International
Opportunities for Students
2002 Author, second edition of Information Systems and Computer Applications
Study Guide (The College Network); Author, Tuesday People (novel)
Presenter, IUK Brown Bag Lecture Series, Building Diversity in the
Classroom: Incorporating Multicultural Activities
2001 Presenter, The Story of Toni Stone, Baseball in Literature and Culture
Conference, Indiana State University
University Service
Ongoing Informal advisor and tutor for students; Mentor to adjunct and resident
faculty; Participant, IU Kokomo Speakers’ Bureau
2013
Developer of 3 trips (domestic and international) and remote education
course (working with Kristen Snoddy and Cherie Dodd) during
sabbatical-like leave (Fall); Member, FACET Leadership Committee on
High-Impact Practices; Member, English Search and Screen; Member,
Phoenix Prize Selection Committee; Co-developer/Presenter, TEAS
nursing test preparation workshop; Mentor to faculty organizing
international trips; Member, International Studies Minor Committee
2012
Member, FACET Leadership Committee on High-Impact Practices;
Member, English Search and Screen; Member, Vice-Chancellor of Student
Affairs Search and Screen; Member, English Department Five-year Plan
Committee; Participant, Christina Downey’s diversity focus group
(intercampus research); Member, Phoenix Prize Selection Committee;
Presenter, New Student Orientation (Humanities group); Co-developer/
Presenter, TEAS nursing test preparation workshop; Mentor to faculty
organizing international trips; Member, International Studies Minor
Committee
2011
Member Faculty Affairs Committee; Member, English Search and Screen;
Member, Phoenix Prize Selection Committee; Mentor to faculty
organizing international trips and travel consultant for international
programs (including trips to Korea and Guatemala); Mentor, Third-year
Review for J.R. Pico; Member, International Studies Minor Committee
Participant, New Student Convocation
2010
Co-chair, Foundations of Excellence Philosophy Dimension Committee;
Member Faculty Affairs Committee; Member, American Democracy
Project ; Member, Phoenix Prize Selection Committee; Mentor to faculty
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organizing international trips and travel consultant for international
programs (including trips to Korea and Guatemala); International Studies
Minor Committee member; Member, Campus Beautification Committee;
Participant, New Student Convocation
2009
Co-chair, Foundations of Excellence Philosophy Dimension Committee;
Member, American Democracy Project; Mentor to faculty organizing
international trips and travel consultant for international programs;
Participant, Chancellor’s Salon to meet donors for international travel
study programs; Member, International Studies Minor Committee
2008
Member, Faculty Affairs Committee; Member, International Studies
Minor Committee; Member, American Democracy Project; Member,
Trustees’ Teaching Award Committee; Participant, E-portfolio writing
assessment with Nadene Keene, Sharon Calhoon, Mavis Barnett, and
Kristen Snoddy for W131 Learning Community assessment; Co-sponsor,
Ambassadors for Children Abriendas Puertas Chapter (with Christine
Taff, J.R. Pico, Linda Wallace, and Lynda Narwold); Writing Reviewer,
From the Well House IU Kokomo literary journal; Mentor to faculty (J.R.
Pico, Eva White, Learning Community W131 instructors, faculty
interested in developing overseas study courses); Member, Third-year
Review for Eva White
2007
Member, Faculty Affairs Committee; Member, English Search and Screen
Committee; Member, International Studies Minor Committee; Member,
American Democracy Project; Member, Trustees’ Teaching Award
Committee; Participant, E-Portfolio writing rubric development committee
member with Sharon Calhoon, Nadene Keene, Mavis Barnett, and Kristen
Snoddy for Learning Community W131 assessment; Co-sponsor,
Ambassadors for Children Abriendas Puertas Chapter, (with Christine
Taff, J.R.Pico, Linda Wallace, and Lynda Narwold); Writing Reviewer,
From the Well House IU Kokomo literary journal; Mentor to faculty (J.R.
Pico, Eva White, Learning Community W131 instructors, faculty
interested in developing overseas study courses); Nominator for Scott
Jones and Kristen Snoddy to FACET; Writer/Director, W-I-U-K script and
presentation at campus holiday party at request of Dean Giesecke;
Assistant, advising for Catherine Barnes
2006 Coordinator, Peace Garden initiative; Exhibitor, IU Kokomo Art Gallery
animation art show Off the Panel; Member, International Studies Minor
Committee; Member, American Democracy Project
2005-2006 Participant, Alumni Association Advisory Forum; Participant,
Katrina Relief campus activities
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2004-2006 Member Spanish Lecturer Search and Screen Committee (2
searches)
2004 Consultant for Louisiana State-Eunice on at-risk student issues, Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools accreditation site visitation
2003-2004 Member, Applied Learning Search and Screen committee
2003 Member, Administrator Review—Humanities Chair committee
2002-present Co-sponsor, Humanities Club; Developer, travel/study courses
(curricula and protocols)
2002-2004 Member, Honorary Degree Committee
2002 Member, English Department Program Review
Community Service
Ongoing Editor for local and regional writers; participant in IUK Speakers’
Bureau
2013
Coordinator, visit by Patricia Nomura to share internment camp
experiences; Coordinator, documentary service project with L369 Asian
American Literature students and World War II soldiers from the 100th
Battalion (Hawaii); Board Member/Vice-President, Harlaxton Society
Board of Directors (University of Evansville); Facilitator, poetry group at
Friendship Haven Retirement Community (monthly); Volunteer Staff,
Take Back the Night; Facilitator and Participant, maintenance at The
Peace Garden, Darrough Chapel Park; Participant, Innovation Symposium
service work day (Harlaxton College)
2012
Board Member/Vice-President, Harlaxton Society Board of Directors
(University of Evansville); Facilitator, poetry group at Friendship Haven
Retirement Community (monthly); Poetry Ninjas (developed in L205
Poetry Class) tornado clean-up, Henryville; Volunteer Staff, Take Back
the Night; Facilitator and Participant, maintenance at The Peace Garden,
Darrough Chapel Park; Participant, Innovation Symposium service work
day (Harlaxton College)
2011
Board Member/Vice-President, Harlaxton Society Board of Directors
(University of Evansville); Facilitator, poetry group at Friendship Haven
Retirement Community (monthly); Volunteer Staff, Take Back the Night;
Facilitator and Participant, maintenance at The Peace Garden, Darrough
Chapel Park; Participant, Innovation Symposium service work day
(Harlaxton College); Participant, Angel Food monthly distribution at
Westfield Friends Church (Westfield, IN)
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2010
Board Member, Harlaxton Society Board of Directors (University of
Evansville); Facilitator, poetry group at Friendship Haven Retirement
Community (monthly); Editor for artist Victoria Yau on her
autobiography; Participant, Take Back the Night; Coordinator and
Participant, maintenance at The Peace Garden, Darrough Chapel Park
(including mentoring student Jacob Blackamore as he participated in
service learning); Participant, Angel Food monthly distribution at
Westfield Friends Church (Westfield, IN); Participant, Nearly Naked Mile
to benefit Kokomo Urban Outreach
2009
Facilitator, poetry group at Friendship Haven Retirement Community
(monthly); Editor for artist Victoria Yau on her autobiography;
Participant, Take Back the Night; Coordinator and Participant,
maintenance at The Peace Garden, Darrough Chapel Park; Participant,
Angel Food monthly distribution at Westfield Friends Church
2008
Facilitator, poetry group at Friendship Haven Retirement Community,
Kokomo (October); Coordinator and Participant, construction of The
Peace Garden (Summer); Participant, Take Back the Night
Presenter, FutureWorks workshop for area high school students;
Participant, Take Back the Night
2007
2006
Editor (paper and book) for abstract artist Victoria Yau, Vision and Visual
Expression; Writer of fire safety training manual for El Camino Real
Restaurant; Coordinator, Cemetery Walk script project (W203 students)
for Howard County Historical Society; Participant, Take Back the Night;
Participant, Katrina/Rita relief project for Eunice, Louisiana (supporting
Becky Jones’s charity ride)
2005
Participant, Literacy Coalition Trivia Contest team
2004
Editor (book) for businessman Jim Swartz, Seeing David in the Stone
2002-present Coordinator, local community assistance through Learning
Community annual service requirements (assisting Kokomo Senior
Center, Habitat for Humanity, Bona Vista, Sycamore School, Big
Brothers/Big Sisters, Head Start, Howard County Humane Society,
Riverview Hospital, Wildcat Guardians, Ambassadors for Children,
Nesting Doves, various schools and nursing homes, etc.)
2002
Editor (novel) for writer Bill Corbin, Gray Ghosts, Inc.
Professional Development
Ongoing Discussions with Nikki Giovanni about writing, publication, and the
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teaching of writing
2013
Participant, Adobe Connect training led by Cherie Dodd; Participant,
Japanese Cultural Center presentation on Japanese American internment in
Hawaii; Participant, 100th Battalion 71st Anniversary banquet and tour of
Club 100 Museum; Participant, writing and traveling during sabbaticallike leave (Fall)
2012
Participant, IU Kokomo Statewide Faculty Conference; Attendee at
“Sheer Good Fortune” tribute to writer Toni Morrison
2011
Facilitator at Dr. Edward Bujak’s presentation on the history of Harlaxton
Manor (University of Evansville); Mentor for Innovation Symposium
members at International Day (IUK); Participant in The Innovation
Symposium, meeting with innovators in philanthropy, environment, and
technology and visiting the British Library to learn about use of digitized
Manuscripts; Peer Reviewer of Dr. Scott Jones
2010
Participant, “73 Poems for 73 Years: Celebrating the Life of Lucille
Clifton” with Nikki Giovanni, Rita Dove, Sonia Sanchez, Mari Evans,
Amiri Baraka, and others at James Madison University; Attendee,
Donna McLean’s Brown Bag Presentation on international trips;
Participant in Adobe AfterEffects Creative Suite 4 workshop
2009
Participant, FACET Associate Faculty Conference; Participant, Face
of Opportunity program sponsored by British Airways
2008
Participant, Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities;
Attendee, Troubled/Troubling Students presentation by John Dunkle
2007
Participant, FACET Conference; Participant, FACET Associate
Faculty Conference; Participant, K-12 Day of Learning (IUPUI)
2006 Participant, SBC Grant, e-portfolio creation and assessment; Participant,
Lumina Conference, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis;
Attendee, Nikki Giovanni presentation, Dayton
2005 Participant, Asia in the Curriculum Conference, Honolulu; Attendee,
IUK Brown Bag Lectures (Scott Jones and Kevin Clark); Attendee,
Last Lecture Series (Dianne Roden, Linda Wallace); Participant,
Zora Neale Hurston Conference, Florida
2004 Attendee, IUK Brown Bag Lecture (Fatimah Muhammad); Attendee,
American Democracy Project-sponsored lecture by Judge Julian Ridlen;
Participant, American Democracy Project seminar at IUK; Participant,
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art history study for revision of major presentation in E103 course (Claudel
and Rodin: When Passion and Genius Collide); Attendee, Amy Tan
presentation, Butler; Participant and Consultant, Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools onsite visitation at Louisiana State UniversityEunice (invited by Chancellor William Nunez)
2003 Participant, AAHE Leadership Conference, Vermont; Participant,
Learning Communities and Collaboration Conference, IUPUI; Participant,
preparation for London class (2 trips to London); Attendee, IUK Brown
Bag Presentations (Kathy Truax, Amy Graban, etc.)
2002 Student, IUPUI Continuing Studies Course, Conversational Spanish I;
Student, IUPUI Continuing Studies Course, Beginning Chinese;
Participant, FACET Conference for Associate Faculty, IUPUI; Student,
web page construction for W203 (given by Cherie Dodd)
2001 Paarticipant, Baseball in Literature and Culture Conference, Indiana State
University; Student, Oncourse “smart classroom” instruction (given by
Cherie Dodd)
Professional Organizations
Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching, Indiana University