Julia Benson-Slaughter

Current

• Owner/Artist at Art of the Firebird
• Associate Professor at Georgia Perimeter College

Past

• Member of Technical Staff at Bell Northern Research
• Software Engineer at Hitachi Telecom
• Adjunct Instructor at Case Western Reserve University

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Education

• Case Western Reserve University
• The University of Georgia

Connections

58 connections

Industry

Higher Education

Websites

• My Website
• My RSS feed
• My Company

Julia Benson-Slaughter’s Summary

Over twenty years of teaching freshman and sophomore-level computer science courses including but not limited to survey of computer science and programming fundamentals in various languages. Experienced in both face-to-face and online course delivery. Active participant in curriculum development both locally and as part of national task forces. Present at regional and national academic conferences and for community education programs.

Design, build, and administer web sites for a variety of contexts. Install, administer, and customize open-source web software, including WordPress and phpBB.

Independent Artist working primarily in hot glass, with a focus on lampworked beads and other small objects in borosilicate glass. Market online at 1000Markets (http://artofthefirebird.1000markets.com) as well as at local bead and art shows.

Julia Benson-Slaughter’s Specialties:

Programming language experience: C++, Java, C, Visual Basic, Pascal, FORTRAN, assembly language, and others. Web design experience: XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP. Operating systems: Windows, Linux.

Julia Benson-Slaughter’s Experience

• Owner/Artist

  Art of the Firebird

  (Arts and Crafts industry)

  2006 — Present (3 years )

  Creator of lampworked glass beads and other items; hand bookbinder; web and forum administrator for lampworkers' forum The Glass Haven. Market work through area arts and crafts shows as well as online via <a href="http://artofthefirebird.1000markets.com">1000 Markets</a> (http://artofthefirebird.1000markets.com) and own website.

• Associate Professor

  Georgia Perimeter College

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

  1990 — Present (19 years )

• Member of Technical Staff

  Bell Northern Research

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NT; Telecommunications industry)

  1988 — 1990 (2 years )

• Software Engineer

  Hitachi Telecom

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; HIT; Telecommunications industry)

  1984 — 1988 (4 years )

• Adjunct Instructor

  Case Western Reserve University

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

  1981 — 1983 (2 years )

  Teacher of introductory computer science courses for majors and non-majors.

Julia Benson-Slaughter’s Education

• Case Western Reserve University

  M.S. , Computing and Information Sciences , 1980 — 1987

• The University of Georgia

  B. S. , Psychology , 1974 — 1978

  Activities and Societies:

  Honors Program Student Association Council

Additional Information

Julia Benson-Slaughter’s Websites:

• My Website
• My RSS feed
• My Company

Julia Benson-Slaughter’s Groups:

Consortium of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Southern Flames

•    University of Georgia Alumni Group
•    Handcrafted Jewelry
•    Good Mews Animal Foundation
•    Self-Representing Artist
•    Lampwork Beads

Julia Benson-Slaughter’s Honors:

Phi Beta Kappa honorary society, Phi Kappa Phi honorary society, B. S. degree received Magna Cum Laude and with General Honors and Honors in Psychology.

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