Julie Harpring

Current

• Associate Instructor at Indiana University

Past

• Sustainability Task Force Summer Fellow at Indiana University Bloomington
• Merit Scholar: Editorial Assistant at IU School of Information and Library Science
• Web/Print Editor and Designer at Office of the Graduate School, University of Missouri-Columbia

• Grant Writer, AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer at Centro Latino
• Reserves Attendant at Main Library, University of Missouri-Columbia
• Editorial and Online Intern at The Missourian
• Editorial Intern at The Missouri Review
• Radio Announcer (Volunteer) at 91.3 FM KBIA

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Education

• Indiana University Bloomington
• University of Missouri-Columbia

Recommended

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Connections

33 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Portfolio
• My Blog

Julie Harpring’s Experience

• Associate Instructor

  Indiana University

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

  September 2008 — Present (3 months)

  Lab instructor for Introduction to Informatics

• Sustainability Task Force Summer Fellow

  Indiana University Bloomington

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  May 2008 — August 2008 (4 months)

  - Researching alternative transportation needs and habits
  - Creating maps of bike and bus routes in Bloomington using the Google Maps API

• Merit Scholar: Editorial Assistant

  IU School of Information and Library Science

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

  August 2007 — May 2008 (10 months)

  Researched and wrote stories for School of Library and Information Science website and alumni magazine.

• Web/Print Editor and Designer

  Office of the Graduate School, University of Missouri-Columbia

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  May 2005 — August 2007 (2 years 4 months)

  Visual design, information architecture, editing, user testing of website (http://gradschool.missouri.edu); design and editing of print marketing and communication publications.

• Grant Writer, AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer

  Centro Latino

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Individual & Family Services industry)

  February 2005 — May 2005 (4 months)

  Wrote city grant application that funded the children's after-school program for the following year, reorganized grant application archives

• Reserves Attendant

  Main Library, University of Missouri-Columbia

  (Educational Institution; Libraries industry)

  August 2004 — February 2005 (7 months)

  Assisted patrons with reserved item location and check-out

• Editorial and Online Intern

  The Missourian

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)

  January 2003 — May 2004 (1 year 5 months)

  Wrote health, science and environment stories; prepared print stories for online format

• Editorial Intern

  The Missouri Review

  (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

  January 2004 — May 2004 (5 months)

  Evaluated 20-25 nonfiction and fiction submissions per week, wrote biweekly e-newsletter for magazine subscribers, kept weekly blog entries on the main Web site

• Radio Announcer (Volunteer)

  91.3 FM KBIA

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  August 2003 — May 2004 (10 months)

  Announcer for public radio shows such as Marketplace, Saturday Afternoon at the Met, and A Prairie Home Companion

Julie Harpring’s Education

• Indiana University Bloomington

  Master's, Human-Computer Interaction Design, 2007 — 2009 (expected)

  Activities and Societies:

  ASIS&T Student Chapter, Information Architecture Institute Student Member

• University of Missouri-Columbia

  Bachelor's, Journalism, English, 2000 — 2004

  Activities and Societies:

  English at MU: vice president and literary journal editor; The Missouri Review: intern; The Missourian: editorial and online intern

Additional Information

Julie Harpring’s Websites:

• My Portfolio
• My Blog

Julie Harpring’s Interests:

information science, typography, usability, accessibility, graphic design, environmental sustainability, editing, service journalism, libraries

Julie Harpring’s Groups:

Information Architecture Institute, American Society for Information Science and Technology

•    Information Architecture Institute (IAI)

Julie Harpring’s Honors:

Merit Scholar, IU School of Library and Information Science, 2007-2008, Phi Beta Kappa

Julie Harpring’s Contact Settings

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