Richard Holeton

Current

• Associate Director, Academic Computing at Stanford University

Past

• Lecturer, English at Stanford University
• Author at Eastgate Systems
• Consultant at A.S.K. Learning

• Author at McGraw-Hill
• Resident Fellow at Stanford University
• Author at Prentice Hall
• English Instructor at Canada College
• Lecturer, Creative Writing at San Francisco State University

see less...

5 more...

Education

• San Francisco State University
• San Francisco State University
• Stanford University

see less...

Connections

138 connections

Industry

Higher Education

Websites

• My Website
• My Company
• My Presentations

Richard Holeton’s Summary

Academic computing leader with expertise in teaching and learning; fiction and new media author.

Richard Holeton’s Specialties:

- 20+ years in higher education
- 15 years as college writing teacher using collaborative, constructivist pedagogies
- Expertise with student learning communities and technology enhanced learning spaces
- Publications include fiction, hypertext and Web fiction, textbooks, and scholarship.

Richard Holeton’s Experience

• Associate Director, Academic Computing

  Stanford University

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

  February 1999 — Present (9 years 9 months)

  Head of Student Computing, which provides Stanford students with robust technology support and education; public computing resources; technology enhanced learning spaces; multimedia and consulting services; residential networking; and custom web applications to support campus living-learning environments.

• Lecturer, English

  Stanford University

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

  September 1987 — June 2003 (15 years 10 months)

  Taught first-year writing courses and sophomore seminars; served as Teaching Administrator and coordinated Computers and Writing Project for the writing program; taught graduate level pedagogy courses and Teachers Workshop.

• Author

  Eastgate Systems

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

  2000 — 2001 (1 year)

  Hypertext novel: _Figurski at Findhorn on Acid_ (CD-ROM).

• Consultant

  A.S.K. Learning

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; E-Learning industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year)

  Consulted about online tutoring.

• Author

  McGraw-Hill

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MHP; Publishing industry)

  1997 — 1999 (2 years)

  College textbook: _Composing Cyberspace: Identity, Community, and Knowledge in the Electronic Age_ (McGraw-Hill, 1998).

• Resident Fellow

  Stanford University

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

  August 1990 — June 1997 (6 years 11 months)

  Led residential staff for freshman dorm of 90 students; provided intellectual leadership, mentoring, and counseling to staff and residents.

• Author

  Prentice Hall

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PSO; Publishing industry)

  1991 — 1996 (5 years)

  College textbooks: _Encountering Cultures: Reading and Writing in a Changing World_ (1/e 1992, 2/e 1995) and Instructor Manuals.

• English Instructor

  Canada College

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

  May 1985 — September 1990 (5 years 5 months)

  Taught composition and reading, composition and literature, writing lab, basic writing.

• Lecturer, Creative Writing

  San Francisco State University

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

  June 1986 — August 1987 (1 year 3 months)

  Taught fundamentals of creative writing, short story writing, directed writing, projects in creative writing.

Richard Holeton’s Education

• San Francisco State University

  MFA, Creative Writing, 1994 — 1998

• San Francisco State University

  MA, Honors, English, 1984 — 1986

• Stanford University

  BA, Distinction, English, 1971 — 1975

Additional Information

Richard Holeton’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company
• My Presentations

Richard Holeton’s Groups:

Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), ACM Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services (SIGUCCS), ACM Special Interest Group on Hypertext Hypermedia and the Web (SIGWEB), EDUCAUSE, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), EDUCAUSE Learning Space Design Constituent Group, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Electronic Literature Organization (ELO), New Media Consortium (NMC), ResNet Symposium

•    Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
•    Stanford University Alumni
•    The New Media Consortium
•    EDUCAUSE
•    ResNet

Richard Holeton’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• getting back in touch