Richard Holeton

Current

Director of Academic Computing Services at Stanford University

Past

Associate Director, Academic Computing at Stanford University
Lecturer, English at Stanford University
Author at Eastgate Systems

Consultant at A.S.K. Learning
Author at McGraw-Hill
Resident Fellow at Stanford University
Author at Prentice Hall
English Instructor at Canada College
Lecturer, Creative Writing at San Francisco State University

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Education

San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University
Stanford University

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Industry

Higher Education

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Richard Holeton’s Summary

Academic technology leader with expertise in teaching and learning; fiction and new media author.

Richard Holeton’s Specialties:

- 24 years in higher education
- 12 years as college writing teacher using collaborative, constructivist pedagogies
- Expertise with student learning communities and learning spaces; co-leader, EDUCAUSE Learning Space Design Constituent Group
- Publications include fiction, hypertext fiction, electronic literature, textbooks, and scholarship.

Richard Holeton’s Experience

Director of Academic Computing Services

Stanford University

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)
Associate Director, Academic Computing

Stanford University

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

February 1999 — June 2009 (10 years 5 months)

Head of Student Computing, which provides Stanford students with robust technology support and education; public computing resources; technology enhanced learning spaces; multimedia and consulting services; residential networking; and custom web applications to support campus living-learning environments.
Lecturer, English

Stanford University

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

September 1987 — June 2003 (15 years 10 months)

Taught first-year writing courses and sophomore seminars; served as Teaching Administrator and coordinated Computers and Writing Project for the writing program; taught graduate level pedagogy courses and Teachers Workshop.
Author

Eastgate Systems

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

2000 — 2001 (1 year )

Hypertext novel: _Figurski at Findhorn on Acid_ (CD-ROM).
Consultant

A.S.K. Learning

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; E-Learning industry)

1999 — 2000 (1 year )

Consulted about online tutoring.
Author

McGraw-Hill

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MHP; Publishing industry)

1997 — 1999 (2 years )

College textbook: _Composing Cyberspace: Identity, Community, and Knowledge in the Electronic Age_ (McGraw-Hill, 1998).
Resident Fellow

Stanford University

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

August 1990 — June 1997 (6 years 11 months)

Led residential staff for freshman dorm of 90 students; provided intellectual leadership, mentoring, and counseling to staff and residents.
Author

Prentice Hall

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PSO; Publishing industry)

1991 — 1996 (5 years )

College textbooks: _Encountering Cultures: Reading and Writing in a Changing World_ (1/e 1992, 2/e 1995) and Instructor Manuals.
English Instructor

Canada College

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

May 1985 — September 1990 (5 years 5 months)

Taught composition and reading, composition and literature, writing lab, basic writing.
Lecturer, Creative Writing

San Francisco State University

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

June 1986 — August 1987 (1 year 3 months)

Taught fundamentals of creative writing, short story writing, directed writing, projects in creative writing.

Richard Holeton’s Education

San Francisco State University

MFA , Creative Writing , 1994 — 1998
San Francisco State University

MA, Honors , English , 1984 — 1986
Stanford University

BA, Distinction , English , 1971 — 1975

Additional Information

Richard Holeton’s Websites:

Richard Holeton’s Groups:

Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), ACM Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services (SIGUCCS), ACM Special Interest Group on Hypertext Hypermedia and the Web (SIGWEB), EDUCAUSE, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), EDUCAUSE Learning Space Design Constituent Group, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Electronic Literature Organization (ELO), New Media Consortium (NMC), ResNet Symposium