Kathy Gill

Current

Senior Lecturer at University of Washington, Digital Media
Instructor at Motorcycle Safety Foundation

Past

Writer at About.com
Volunteer at Pickens Plan
Consultant at Best Consulting

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Education

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

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Recommended

3 people have recommended Kathy

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

Kathy Gill’s Summary

I've been online since the early 1990s, having discovered CompuServe before Marc Andreessen launched Mosaic at the University of Illinois in 1993. I ran one of the first political candidate websites in Washington State in 1995, when Jim Waldo made an unsuccessful bid for governor. I then rode the dot-com boom as a communication consultant who could speak web, until the crash. In 2001, I began my third career, as a full-time academic, first teaching techies about communications and now teaching communicators about technology. Since 2000, I have also taught newbies how to ride motorcycles!

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 major firms; college-level 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; two stints as a writer for About.com.

Kathy Gill’s Specialties:

Subjects: social media, digital journalism (citizen and professional), 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

Senior Lecturer

University of Washington, Digital Media

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

September 2003 — Present (6 years 3 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/
Instructor

Motorcycle Safety Foundation

(Non-Profit; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

2000 — Present (9 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

Additional Information

Kathy Gill’s Websites:

Kathy Gill’s Interests:

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