Kathy Gill

Current

Writer at About.com
Senior Lecturer at University of Washington, Digital Media
Instructor at MSF

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Past

Volunteer at Pickens Plan
Consultant at Best Consulting
Consultant at AT&T Wireless

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Education

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
The University of Georgia
Abraham Baldwin

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Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Online Media

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Kathy Gill’s Summary

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.

Kathy Gill’s Specialties:

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

Kathy Gill’s Experience

Writer

About.com

(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.
Senior Lecturer

University of Washington, Digital Media

(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/
Instructor

MSF

(Non-Profit; Automotive industry)

2000 — Present (8 years)

Instructor/Rider Coach for Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) courses.

Kathy Gill’s Education

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

MS, Agricultural Economics, 1977 — 1979

Activities and Societies:

Alpha Gamma Rho; paper from thesis selected at Ag Econ Society annual meeting
The University of Georgia

ABJ, Journalism, Agricultural Economics, 1975 — 1977

Editor, The Agriculturist; intern, Washington DC, Sen. Herman Talmadge; Rotary Scholarship, International Summer School, Oslo

Activities and Societies:

Sigma Delta Chi, Phi Beta Kappa, Mortarboard
Abraham Baldwin

AA, Journalism, 1973 — 1975

Activities and Societies:

Member, student Senate; played Wendy in college/community performance of Peter Pan; drill team. Editor, award-winning bi-weekly student newspaper, The Stallion

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Kathy Gill’s Interests:

digital media, diffusion of innovation, blogosphere, politics, social software, podcasting, educational technology, usability, user-centered design, motorcycles, mysteries, sciFi