KELLY ELLENBURG
217 Greve Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996
865-974-9577
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
kellenb@utk.edu
2206 Ridgecrest Dr.
Knoxville, TN 37918
865-805-9626
EDUCATION
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Spring 2010
GPA: 3.8/4.0
Masters of Science, College Student Personnel
Masters Research Project:
“Individualism and Collectivism in the College Classroom:
Exploring the Implications of Culture on Classroom Experience”
Bachelor of Fine Art
Studio Art, Painting
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Spring 2003
GPA: 3.3/4.0
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Office of the Provost
Campus Coordinator for Service Learning
July 2012-Present
This position is newly restructured, with the charge of building a foundation for service-learning at
UTK, which could be later adopted by a civic or community engagement center. Service-learning is a
teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and
reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities.
Responsibilities of the Campus Coordinator for Service Learning include the following:
Serve as a central portal for internal and external constituencies who want to engage in servicelearning
Create standardized service-learning processes to facilitate partnerships between faculty,
students, and community members/organizations
Consult with faculty on service-learning course design and best practices
Develop resources to support and promote service-learning partnerships and enable best
practices
Collaborate with university personnel and community partners to increase the scope and
impact of service-learning through advocacy, promotion, and grant-writing
Organize and spearhead service-learning projects with targeted campus and community
partners
Publicize service-learning offerings and opportunities for partnerships
Organize networking events to connect internal and external stakeholders
Enlist the work of Campus Compact VISTA staff, student workers, and interns to help build a set
of resources and services for service-learning
Tennessee Teaching and Learning Center
Coordinator II
May-July 2012
Founded Student Forum on Learning and guided its activities, including the development of a
white paper on students’ ownership over their learning and development, to 1) facilitate
faculty, staff, and administrators in better understanding students and meeting their needs, and
2) integrate ongoing conversations with students into decision-making processes as they relate
to student learning and development
Co-authored benchmarking paper examining high-research, land grant institutions in 1)
commitment to institutionalized community engagement and 2) implementation structures for
achieving it
Co-designed and delivered workshops for faculty, advisors and students on topics related to
teaching and learning, including service-learning pedagogy
Co-authored Marketing Analysis section of the Community Engagement Task Force Business
Plan to compare UTK’s engagement efforts to the Top 25 Public Institutions
Coordinated and served on UT Learning Consortium to facilitate increased collaboration and
more efficient innovation across learner-focused centers and units
Coordinated workshops and trainings, and developed related resources including “How To”
pedagogy pages, in line with strategic planning initiatives
Designed and developed Tenn TLC promotion and communication materials, including The
Creative Professor newsletter; publicized opportunities, happenings, and accomplishments to
broaden reach of teaching and learning message
Designed and built two customized Access databases to track training participation and
consultations and created reports to facilitate assessment of impact
Co-authored professional publications; presented at professional conferences
Maintained Tenn TLC website, managed electronic event registration, and posted resources
Completed faculty inquiry group “Acting Principles Applied to Teaching” (led by Associate
Professor Jed Diamond, Spring 2011)
Participated annually in Creative Teaching Grant applicant review and selection processes
Administrative Coordinator II
Accomplishments not listed above include the following:
June 2010-May 2012
Set up standardized processes for event planning
Created system for intra-office electronic file management
Supervised and mentored student workers
Handled IRIS reporting, including accounts payable, travel, personnel changes, and time entry
Student Success Center
Graduate Assistant, Academic Coach
June 2008-May 2010
Developed comprehensive Success Action Plans for diverse caseload of primarily low-income
and under-represented students, including 1) outlining goals and strategies for each student,
and 2) advising them on a range of academic and life skills
Maintained frequent contact with students; helped them track advancement toward identified
goals; informed them of opportunities for professional and personal development
Developed relationships with academic support and student affairs personnel to connect
students to campus resources
Conducted UT Lead orientation sessions for students and parents and Readmission Success
workshops for returning students
Participated in Readmission Appeals Committee meetings
Compiled data concerning college experiences of the 2008 Lead Summer Institute students (as
part of an LSI assessment process)
Served as a Peer Mentor for First Year Studies 101
Tennessee Nutrition & Consumer Education Program (TNCEP)
Program Assistant
August 2006 – May 2008
TNCEP is a grant-funded program within UT Extension which delivers nutrition education to families
eligible for government-provided food supplement assistance. Program Assistants work with teachers
at qualifying schools to integrate nutrition into curricula, and conduct nutrition education programs
at identified community organization locations.
As one of two program assistants, helped expand the programs’ teacher partner base from
under 40 to over 120, more than tripling the total number of students exposed to nutrition
education through TNCEP
Planned and coordinated over 250 school-based nutrition education activities, and delivered
over 40 programs at community organizations (e.g. Boys and Girls Clubs, senior centers, and
urban housing community centers)
Collaborated with community partner organizations such as Knox County Schools (KCS) Food
Service, Parks and Recreation, Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC), Knox
County Health Department, and the Department of Human Services (DHS) to increase access
points to wellness education, and establish multi-faceted approaches to community
improvement
INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Tennessee Teaching and Learning Center
March – May 2010
Co-designed two faculty workshops on service learning course design and implementation
Co-facilitated the workshops in June 2010, with the Tenn TLC Assistant Director
The Parents Association
November – December 2009
Researched issues relevant to parents
Wrote publications for Tennessee Family magazine; collaborated with campus partners to
develop content for parent newsletters
Safety, Environment, and Education (SEE) Center
June – September 2008
Researched the use of social norms media
Selected appropriate campus survey data (reflecting student assertions of healthy behavior) for
use in educational marketing materials
Designed materials (e.g. posters, bulletin boards, sandwich board ads, and newsletters) for
sexual assault, abuse, and cold prevention campaigns
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Brinkley, Karen E.; Ellenburg, Kelly; and Schumann, David W. 2012. “Institutionalizing Community
Engagement: A Benchmark of Commitment and Implementation Structures.” Presentation.
American Political Science Association (APSA) Teaching and Learning National Conference,
Washington, D.C., 2012.
Ellenburg, Kelly and Schumann, David W. 2011. “Ask the Students: Enhancing TLCs Through
Student Partnerships.” Round Table Session. Professional and Organizational Development (POD)
in Higher Education National Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Olsen, Taimi and Ellenburg, Kelly. 2011. “Effective, Discipline-Based Approaches to Visual
Learning,” Interactive Workshop. Professional and Organizational Development (POD) in Higher
Education National Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Ellenburg, Kelly and Schumann, David W. 2011. “Co-Creation of Value Applied to the StudentAdvisor Relationship,” Poster. National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Regional
Conference, Knoxville, TN.
Ellenburg, Kelly. 2011. “Student Learning Experiences: Comparing Individualists and Collectivists”
Poster. Scholarship on Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Commons National Conference, Georgia
Southern University.
Ellenburg, Kelly. 2010. “Engaging Diverse Perspectives for Better SolUTions.” Interactive
Workshop. Robert M. Jones Annual Student Leadership Conference, 2010. University of Tennessee
Knoxville.
Ellenburg, Kelly. 2009. “The Rising Price of Higher Education: Are We Weeding Out the Neediest?”
Poster. College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences Graduate Student Colloquium, The
University of Tennessee Knoxville.
Ellenburg, Kelly. 2009. “The Rising Price of Higher Education: Are We Weeding Out the Neediest?”
Poster. UT College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences Board of Visitors Meeting, Spring.
REPORTS
Ellenburg, Kelly (Coordinating Author); Guy, Sarah; Covert, Chad; Nethaway, Mary; Jolly, Will;
Blackburn, Casey; Morin, Michelle; Hamblin, Dave; Swanigan, Candance; Dicker, Lisa; Dixon, Eric;
Luma, Johnson; Barnes, Dadrien. 2011. “Student Ownership and the College Experience: A White
Paper by the Student Forum on Learning.” University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Schumann, David W.; Rider, Robert; Ellenburg, Kelly (with consultation from Elizabeth Burman).
2011. “Business Plan for the Center for Community Engagement.” University of Tennessee,
Knoxville.
WORKSHOPS AND EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS FACILITATED
“Learner Profiles: Helping Students Understand and Maximize Their Learning.” Student Success
Center Tutor Training Workshop, Spring 2012. Facilitator.
“Effectiveness in Reading STEM Textbooks.” Student Success Center Tutor Training Workshop,
Spring 2012. Co-facilitator with Stan Guffey.
“Learner Profiles: Helping Students Understand and Maximize Their Learning.” Educational
Advancement Program (EAP) Tutor Training Orientation, Fall 2011. Facilitator.
“Co-Creation of Value in the Student-Advisor Relationship.” TennACADA Advisor Workshop, Fall
2011. Co-facilitator with David W. Schumann.
Life of the Mind Discussion Groups. Fall 2011. Discussion Group Leader.
“Learning Preferences.” Facilitator, Faculty Development Session within 2011 New Faculty
Teaching Institute, Summer 2011. Facilitator.
“Teaching with Visual Media.” Faculty Development Session within Summer Institute for Course
Design, Summer 2011. Co-facilitator with Taimi Olsen.
“Incorporating Meaningful Service-Learning As An Element of a Course.” Faculty Development
Workshop, Spring 2011. Co-Facilitator with Taimi Olsen.
“Teaching with Visual Media.” Faculty Development Workshop, Fall 2010. Co-facilitator with Taimi
Olsen.
“Understanding and Maximizing Your Unique Learner Profile.” Educational Advancement Program
(EAP) Student Success Workshop, Fall 2010. Facilitator.
“Guided Discussion in the Classroom.” Faculty Development Session within 2010 New Faculty
Teaching Institute, Summer 2010. Facilitator.
“Service Learning: The Entire Course.” Faculty Development Workshop, Summer 2010. Cofacilitator with Taimi Olsen.
“Service Learning: An Element of a Course.” Faculty Development Workshop, Summer 2010. Cofacilitator with Taimi Olsen and David W. Schumann.
Re-Admission Success Workshops, Fall 2009. Facilitator.
UT LEAD Orientation Informational Workshops, Summer 2009. Facilitator.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS
Ellenburg, Kelly; Brinkley, Karen; Schumann, David W. “Institutionalizing Community
Engagement: A Benchmark of Commitment and Implementation Structures at Research-Intensive
Land Grant Universities.” To be submitted to the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and
Engagement.
Ellenburg, Kelly. “Individualism and Collectivism in the College Classroom: Exploring the
Implications of Culture on Classroom Experience.”
SERVICE TO UNIVERSITY
Staff Advisor, Student Forum on Learning. 2011-present
Committee Member and Coordinator, University of Tennessee Learning Consortium. 2010-present
Committee Member and Coordinator, Community Engagement Task Force. 2011
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Political Science Association (APSA), 2012
National Academic Advising Association (NACADA), 2011-2012
Scholarship on Teaching and Learning (SoTL), 2011
Professional and Organizational Development (POD) in Higher Education, 2010-2011
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), 2008-2010
College Student Personnel Association (CSPA), 2008-2010
SOFTWARE PROGRAM PROFICIENCIES
Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, Publisher, Share Point, Outlook
Adobe: Dreamweaver, Photoshop
Blackboard
SAP: IRIS Reporting System
WordPress (as a blog tool or web publishing platform)