
Senior Lecturer at University of Washington, Blogger and Internet Consultant
Greater Seattle Area

Senior Lecturer at University of Washington, Blogger and Internet Consultant
Greater Seattle Area
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Educator with passion for new media; maintain credibility in the classroom by working on select new media projects. Contractor/consulting experience with most Puget Sound majors; teaching since the late 90s, including prior teaching for Dale Carnegie. Technical skills (XHTML, CSS, XML) plus soft skills (project management, leadership, communication). Award winning writer; write about politics for About.com.
Subjects: blogosphere, citizen journalism, website usability. Skills: online writing, editing, training; usability; user experience design; web site design and development; traditional and digital media public affairs/public relations
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Internet industry)
July 2004 — Present (4 years 6 months)
As About.com Guide to US Politics, I provide commentary and context on political news and also provide in-depth background articles on issues and politicians.
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Online Media industry)
September 2003 — Present (5 years 4 months)
Develop and teach core classes in content creation, online writing and presentation, evolution of new media technologies, theories and practices of interactive media. Always interested in guest lecturers and guest lecturing! Current research interest is blogs, social media and politics; personal blog at http://www.wiredpen.com/ and politics bog at http://uspolitics.about.com/
(Non-Profit; Automotive industry)
2000 — Present (8 years)
Instructor/Rider Coach for Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) courses.
MS, Agricultural Economics, 1977 — 1979
ABJ, Journalism, Agricultural Economics, 1975 — 1977
Editor, The Agriculturist; intern, Washington DC, Sen. Herman Talmadge; Rotary Scholarship, International Summer School, Oslo
AA, Journalism, 1973 — 1975
digital media, diffusion of innovation, blogosphere, politics, social software, podcasting, educational technology, usability, user-centered design, motorcycles, mysteries, sciFi
ACM, Association for Women in Communications, Online News Association, Media Bloggers Association, Gnomedex