Core competencies
- Instructional design (5+ years of experience)
- Instructional design in healthcare (5+ years of experience)
- Curriculum & course design, implementation, management, and assessment (10+ years of experience)
- Instructional design in varied learning modalities (synchronous, asynchronous, hybrid) [20+ years of experience]
- Client project management (5+ of experience)
- Writing across disciplines and across platforms (20+ years of experience)
- Research design, implementation, data analysis, and dissemination (15+ years of experience)
- Copyediting and proofreading (20+ years of experience)
- Digital photography and videography (5+ years of experience)
- Content expertise in communication/media/film studies (15+ years of experience)
Application competencies
- LMS (especially Canvas; 5+ years of experience)
- Articulate Rise & Articulate Storyline (2 years of experience)
- Adobe Creative Cloud (i.e. Premiere Pro, Acrobat Pro, Rush, Photoshop) (6+ years of experience)
- Other video editing applications, i.e. Final Cut Pro, WeVideo (3 years of experience)
- Kaltura (video/screen capture application) [3 years of experience]
- Microsoft Office Suite (10+ years of experience)
- Zoom (2+ years of experience)
Education
Certificate in E-Learning Design and Development, University of Washington, Professional and Continuing Education (June 2017)
Doctor of Philosophy – Communication, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Colorado-Boulder (May 2008)
Master of Arts in Journalism (mass communication research emphasis) – School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Colorado-Boulder (December 2003)
Bachelor of Arts in journalism (with honors) – Walter J. Lemke Department of Journalism, University of Arkansas (December 1998)
Certificate in E-Learning Design and Development, University of Washington, Professional and Continuing Education (June 2017)
For a detailed description of my publications, conference presentations, and awards, click here.
Professional Experience
Primary Instructional Designer, videographer and curriculum consultant 2020-present
University of Washington Palliative Care Training Center (https://pctc.uw.edu/)
Grant: Implementing and Disseminating Quality Metrics and Educational Programs for Primary and Specialty Pediatric Palliative Care (#12496SUB)
Position—Repurposing previous modules in Articulate Rise (also using Storyline); creating new pediatric palliative care modules in consultation with content experts (includes module builds and principal videography and editing for video case studies)
Visiting Teacher Assistant Professor 2019-present
University of Denver, Media, Film & Journalism Studies
Faculty—Video Production for Social Media, Field Production and Editing
Co-owner, Groundwork Communication 2016-2021
Consultant —Helping Meet the Palliative Care Workforce Needs in Washington with a Community/Academic Partnership. Cambia Health Foundation, $697,106
Deliverables: Print, web, and video marketing materials
Contact: Ardith Doorenbos, ardith@uic.edu
Consultant —Personalized experiences to inform improved communication for minorities with Life Limiting Illness (LLI). NIH K99 NRO16686-02
Deliverables: Academic services including transcription and conceptual editing
Consultant —Center for Excellence in Pain Education, University of Washington (PI: Tauben/Doorenbos NODA N01DA-15-4424 $914,350
Deliverables: Video case studies for module-based education (https://coepes.nih.gov/module/eric-acute-pain-management-patients-opioid-use-disorder/event-1-meet-eric) [see Eric module for video])
Contact: Ardith Doorenbos, ardith@uic.edu
Consultant —University of Colorado, Denver, Interprofessional Graduate Certificate and Master of Science in Palliative Care
Deliverable: Brand audit
Video Producer, Center for Media, Religion, and Culture, University of Colorado, Boulder. Contacts: Stewart M. Hoover, hoover@colorado.edu, and Nabil Echchaibi, nabil.echchaibi@colorado.edu
Video Producer, Media Studies, College of Media, Communication, and Information, University of Colorado, Boulder. Contact: Nabil Echchaibi, nabil.echchaibi@colorado.edu
Professor
University of Denver, 2019-present, Visiting Teaching Assistant Professor
Courses taught or in progress: Introduction to Film Criticism, Hollywood Film Censorship, Newswriting & Reporting
Texas Tech University, University of Colorado, University of Denver, 2017-present
Courses taught or in progress: Visual Communication (TTU, asynchronous online), Media and Religion (TTU [asynchronous online] and University of Colorado, Boulder), Media Theory (graduate level, University of Denver, University College, asynchronous online and in-person)
Seattle University 2016-2017
Department of Communication
Courses taught: Communication Law*, Media Foundations of Communication*, Social Foundations of Communication*, Film Genre: Western, Media Ethics*, Visual Storytelling (General Education), Censorship and the Hollywood Production Code*+, Media Ethics*
*indicates courses that incorporated Canvas and other education technologies
+indicates course that included hybrid learning environment
Freedom Education Project, Puget Sound (www.fepps.org) 2016
Courses designed and taught: Media and Society
Millsaps College 2009-2016
English Department, Communication Studies director
Curriculum design: Communication Studies major, Film Studies minor
Courses designed and taught: Digital Photography*, Media History*, Intercultural Communication*, Media and Religion, Media and Tourism in Mexico (study abroad)*+, Media Ethics*, Freshman Seminar (General Education Writing Seminar)*, Senior Capstone Seminar (Senior Research)*, Introduction to Communication Studies*, Public Rhetoric/Public Speaking*, Journalism*, American Popular Culture*, Media and Gender, Media and Race*+#
*indicates courses that incorporated Moodle and other educational technologies
+indicates course that included hybrid learning environment
#indicates course that included distance learning component
Post-doctoral research fellow, July 2008-May 2009, Center for Media, Religion, and Culture
Lead Researcher, 2006-2008, Center for Media, Religion and Culture
The Center for Media, Religion, and Culture at University of Colorado, Boulder, needed graduate students to help design research projects, gather and analyze data, and disseminate academic product. I first worked as an entry-level graduate student and worked up to Lead Researcher then post-doctoral research fellow responsible for helping manage the team and research projects. I was author or co-author on 11 presentations at national or international conferences, two book chapters in edited volumes, two peer-reviewed journal articles, and one book—Does God Make the Man?: Religion, Media and the Crisis of Masculinity (2015, NYU Press).
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Desktop Publishing Assistant, 2005, Colorado Mountain Club, book pagination
Printer/Copyeditor, January 2001-August 2001, Hoflin Publishing; copyediting, pre-press
Web designer, May 2000-January 2001, SideB, web design partner
Reporter/Photographer/Page Designer/Editor, January 1999-May 2000, Fairfield Bay News
Digital Photo Restoration, March 1998-December 1998, Bedford Camera and Video
This cluster of experiences is older work experience that demonstrates a 20-year track record in media production. These early experiences inform my current production work and my teaching in media/communication studies.
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