Vita and Creative Works

Instructional Designer                                                          

UNCW  | Office of Distance Education and eLearning siasj@uncw.edu | 910-962-2573 | http://uncw.edu/oel    Hoggard Hall 133a, UNC Wilmington, 601 S. College Rd., Wilmington, NC 28403             

EDUCATION

• M. A. MARSHALL UNIVERSITY, Huntington, WV. M.A. in Humanities.  May 2003. Summa Cum Laude. Concentration in literature and writing.
• M.S.L.S. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, Lexington, KY. Master of Science in Library Science. August 1996. Summa Cum Laude. Concentration on public services, academic libraries, general reference sources, online/CD-ROM searching.
• B.A. MARSHALL UNIVERSITY, Huntington, WV. May 1992. Language Arts (5-12) and Journalism Education (9-12) / News-Editorial. Magna Cum Laude. Outstanding Student Teacher of the Year 1992. President, Omicron Delta Kappa. Vice-President, Sigma Tau Delta.

LICENSURES AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Independent Applying the QM Rubric (APPQMR), Quality Matters. (June 4, 2020 – Present).

EXPERIENCE

• Instructional Designer, Distance Education &e-Learning, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403. November 2020 – Present.

Assists in the development of online course design and delivery.  As part of the Distance Education and eLearning team, recommends best practices for both traditional and adult learners.  Consults with and provides instructional design services to faculty.  Implements quality-driven online course principles such as Quality Matters

• Professor, W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications – Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755. January 2011 – December 2020.  Coordinator, First Year Seminar – September 2013 –  December 2020.

Coordinated Marshall University’s First Year Seminar.  Taught several sections of the University’s First Year Seminar, FYS 100 (*Here you will find links to hundreds of my students’ submissions to the national StoryCorps site.)  Taught information seeking and gathering courses in journalism (JMC 102), beginning news writing (JMC 201), digital imagining (JMC 360) and documentary journalism (JMC 475/575).

• Professor, Director of Research, Information Literacy and Instructional Services – Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755. July 2009 – January 2011.

Promoted to full professor July 2010.  Supervise five full-time professional librarians, one instruction assistant and two graduate assistants in Research and Information Literacy Services.  Coordinated transition from Reference Desk to consolidated Service Desk.  Coordinate library instruction schedule and services.  Coordinate embedded librarian program.  Continue to serve as Faculty Senate Recording Secretary.  Continue to co-administrator the blog “Information Literacy in West Virginia” with Carroll Wilkinson, my WVU counterpart. Served on the Core Curriculum Committee.  Serve on the General Education Committee.  Selected as one of ten participants in the Summer 2009 Core I Committee.  Serve as the campus contact and coordinator of Information Literacy.  Developed a Core I course on Information Literacy with a critical thinking designation.  Serve as an embedded librarian.  Provide library instruction to subject-specific courses.  Update and maintain Journalism Research Guide and selected Libguides.

• Associate Professor, Digital & Information Literacy Librarian – Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755.  June 2008 to July 2009.

As part of the new Digital Learning Team under the supervision of Dr. Monica Brooks, worked with librarians Floyd Csir and Sabrina Thomas on a number of information and digital literacy initiatives, including developing online instructional modules, embedded librarianship programs and embedded-lite (not a semester-long commitment like our embedded program but more extensive than traditional one-shot library orientation sessions). Served as embedded librarian in all sections of JMC 102: Information Seeking and Gathering. Served as resident embedded librarian with the Marshall University Writing Project. With Csir and Thomas, worked on three major initiatives in the summer and fall of 2008: embedded librarianship, online information literacy modules and library roadshows.  Continued to participate in Drinko Library Reference Desk service on weekends.  Continued to maintain Journalism Research Guide.  Serve as library liaison to the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications.  Served on numerous library and university-wide committees, including the Library Faculty Review Committee and Faculty Senate. Serve as Secretary of Faculty Senate August 2008-current.  With Carroll Wilkinson, Director of Instruction and Information Literacy at WVU, developed the blog Information Literacy in West Virginia and continued to serve as blog administrator.  Continued to pursue new and diverse applications of vodcasting and podcasting.

• Associate Professor, Information Literacy Librarian – Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755.  August 2006 to June 2008.

Developed, implemented and led information literacy efforts for Marshall University.  Participated in library instruction program and taught a majority of the library’s instruction sessions, including information literacy sessions for MCTC.  Developed the embedded librarian initiative and served as an embedded librarian in various courses, including LAS 280 with Dr. Donna Donathan and JMC 102 with Sandy Savage-York.  Served as a library liaison to the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications and to the Department of English. Offered reference assistance to students and other patrons in person at the Drinko Library Reference desk and throughout library.  Answered reference queries by phone, email and instant messenger.  Developed and regularly updated Journalism Research Guide.  Served on numerous library and university committees, including serving as Secretary of the Library Faculty Organization, Secretary of the University Functions Committee and prior to that Secretary and Chair of Academic Planning.

• Associate Professor, Instruction/Reference Librarian – Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755. January 1998 to August 2006.

Hired in January 1998 at Assistant Professor level as User Education/Reference Librarian.  Over the years, title changed to Instruction/Reference Librarian.  Spring 2003 – promoted to Associate Professor level. Led and coordinated the user education program, provided traditional and electronic reference services, served as liaison to the College of Education and Human Services and Department of English, provided curriculum development, created/edited print and online subject guides and multimedia library modules, served as webmaster for the user education webpage, administered the user education schedule, and assisted peers in teaching methods and content. Provided direct service to library patrons in locating library resources, conducting research, searching the Internet, web databases and CD-ROM databases as well as traditional paper sources. Assisted in reference collection development, database searching, and participated in the evening/weekend rotation.

• Adjunct Faculty/School Library Media Program – College of Education and Human Services, Marshall University. Team-taught ITL 401/501: History of Libraries and Informational Retrieval Systems. Fall 2001 to 2002.
• Adjunct Faculty/Internet Specialization Program, Marshall University Community and Technical College. Taught CT 109, Research on the Internet. Spring 1999 to spring 2000.
• Assistant Reference and Instructional Materials Center Librarian – Drain-Jordan Library, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV 25112. August 1996 to January 1998.

Managed the Instructional Materials Center, which serves education students and faculty. Participated in collection development. Offered instruction in locating library resources, conducting research, searching the Internet, web databases and CD-ROM databases. Prepared handouts and instructional aids. Served as a liaison to the Departments of Education and English. Provided reference services to undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, and community members. Supervised para-professionals and student workers.

• Library Intern – Lexington Public Library, Lexington, KY 40507. August 1995 to August 1996.

Worked in Reference for five months and on the reference desk on a daily basis. Conducted reference interviews in person and via telephone reference. Worked for three months in Technical Services. Ordered children’s materials, processed serials, catalogued and processed materials. Worked in a branch of Lexington Public Library for three months and gained additional experience in reference, worked in circulation and in the children’s department. Presented children’s programs and conducted story hours.

• Professional Field Experience – Research and Information Services, Margaret I. King Library, Lexington, KY 40506. January 1996 to May 1996.

Worked in reference and completed training for graduate assistants including orientation to the LC/Dewey collections, NOTIS, desk and ready reference materials, OPAC, and maps. Developed a competency with InfoTrac, Silverplatter sources, OCLC FirstSearch, ERIC, and Netscape.

Offered bibliographic instruction, staffed the reference desk and telephone reference, conducted reference interviews, assisted end-users in locating desired information, and consulted professional staff in problem-solving techniques.

• Teacher – Paul G. Blazer High School, Ashland, KY 41102. August 1993 to May 1995.

Teacher of English/Language Arts: Taught literature and composition to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. Designed and taught specialized units involving the writing process, African American literature, and journalism. Served as advisor to the National Honor Society. Represented the English Department and played an integral role in designing the high school’s Transformation Plan. Served as the liaison between Ashland Independent Schools and the Marshall University Writing Project. Judged regional academic writing competitions. Presented writing across the curriculum workshops to the faculty.

• Teacher – Lawrence County High School, Louisa, KY 41230. August 1992 to May 1993.

Teacher of English/Language Arts: Taught literature and composition to freshmen, sophomores and juniors. Designed and taught specialized units involving the writing process, poetry, creative writing, and short stories. Served as advisor to The Bulldog, the school’s student newspaper. Developed a parts of speech unit involving a puppet theater and facilitated plays. Served as the school’s Writing Across the Curriculum coordinator. Functioned as the liaison between Lawrence County High School and the Marshall University Writing Project.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

COURSES DEVELOPED AND/OR TAUGHT

• FYS 100:  First Year Seminar in Critical Thinking.  Fall 2010 to December 2020.
• JMC 102: Information Seeking and Gathering in Journalism.  Spring 2009.  Spring 2011 – December 2020.
• JMC 475/575:  Documentary Journalism.  Spring 2014.
• JMC 201:  News Writing I.  Spring 2012.
• JMC 360:  Digital Imaging for JMC.  Fall 2011.
• “Learning How to Research: the Fundamentals of Information Literacy” – developed summer 2009 and in process of submitting it as a new course proposal for inclusion in CORE I as a CT-designated course.
• JMC 102: Information Seeking and Gathering in Journalism.  Spring 2009.
• UNI 101: University 101.  Fall 2004 to Fall 2007.
• PLT 281.  Floyd Csir and I were recruited to develop this introductory information literacy online course for MCTC.  Fall 2008.
• HON 396: Tell Me a Tale: The Culture of Storytelling in Oral History, Narrative Journalism and Literature.  Developed and team-taught honors course with Dr. Karl Winton.  Spring 2005.  Excerpts from some of our students’ narrative journalism pieces based on their projects were featured in The Charleston Daily Mail.  *Indexed in LexisNexis Academic.
• ITL 401/501: History of Libraries and Informational Retrieval Systems. Developed and team-taught with Judith Arnold. Fall 2001 to 2002.
• CT 109:  Research on the Internet. Spring 1999 to spring 2000.

PRESENTATIONS

• Sias, J. N., A., Fields, S., The 38th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience, “Presentation proposal accepted – Improving Student Persistence: Metacognitive Learning Strategies in First Year Seminars,” The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Las Vegas, Nevada. (November 2, 2018).
• Sias, J. N., ‘A Retrospective and Symposium on 1968’, “Louis “Studs” Terkel through the lens of 1968,” W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications and the Dr. Carter G. Woodson Lyceum, Huntington, West Virginia. (October 10, 2018).
• Sias, J. N., Goodman, A. B., Fields, S., iPed 2018 Conference on Teaching and Learning: Advancing a Growth Mindset, “Using Metacognitive Learning Strategies in First Year Seminar Course,” Center for Teaching and Learning, Huntington, West Virginia. (August 14, 2018).
• SIAS, J., Reynolds, M. B., Kaplan, P., New Faculty Orientation, “NFO Technology Session – Create an assignment for use in assessment in Blackboard.,” Center for Teaching and Learning, Marshall University. (August 14, 2017).
• SIAS, J., Sullivan, D., Gardner, B., Underhill, J., Arthur, D., Proudfoot-Harman, P., Tarter, B., Fondren, K., Reynolds, M. B., iPed, “High-Impact Practices: Linked Classes and the FYS Experience,” Center for Teaching and Learning, Marshall University. (August 16, 2016).
• “Embedded Librarians: Developing Information Literate Students from the Inside” with Kelli Johnson, Marshall University Staff Librarian, at the West Virginia Community College Association’s. (WVCCA) annual conference.  October 2009.
  
• “Where Are We Going? Where Have We Been? Information Literacy in West Virginia” with Carroll Wilkinson, Director of Information Literacy and Instruction at WVU, at the West Virginia Library Association Annual Conference. September 2009. Presentation based in part on survey Wilkinson and I created and conducted.
• “Digital Storytelling Bootcamp.”  Two-day workshop presented during Marshall University Teaching Conference.  August 2009.
• “Information Literacy in West Virginia: The Conversation Continues” with Carroll Wilkinson, Director of Information Literacy and Instruction at WVU, at the West Virginia Library Association Annual Conference on Dec. 5, 2008.
• “YouLearn: Podcasts and Vodcasts in Education” with Dr. Laura Little at the 2008 West Virginia Higher Education Technology Conference in Morgantown, West Virginia, September 2008.
• “Library Resources and Services – a Presentation for New Faculty” with Dr. Brooks in August 2008.
• “From Passion to Practice:  Creating a Common Reading Program to Unite Campus and Community and the Lessons We Learned” with Christine Lewis at the Appalachian Studies Association Annual Conference, March 30, 2008.
• “Common Reading Programs” with Michelle Duncan and Judi McIntyre at the West Virginia College Student Retention Conference, March 18, 2008.
• “Law & Order: The Embedded Librarian, the College Professor and Information Literacy.” Marshall University Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, February 8, 2008.
• “Marshall University Libraries Information Literacy Plan Draft” presented to Information Literacy Committee, Library Faculty and Dean of Libraries. November and December 2007.
• “Assignment Design and Information Literacy” with Sabrina Thomas on Feb. 23, 2007 for the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning.
• Created the blog “Information Literacy at Marshall University,” later renamed  “Information Literacy in West Virginia” when WVU counterpart Carroll Wilkinson agreed to collaborate and share ideas related to information literacy at Marshall University and West Virginia University and in higher education.  With Carroll Wilkinson, presented a session at the WVLA Annual Conference highlighting collaboration and experimentation through the blog.
• “Digitizing Appalachia: Creating Family and Community Memoirs through Digital Technology” at the March 2007 Appalachian Studies Conference in Tennessee.
• “Videotaping Your Family History” on three different dates for Kanawha County Public Libraries in March 2007.
• Filmed by the West Virginia Library Commission while presenting “Videotaping Your Family History.” The Commission turned presentation into a DVD and distributed copies to every public library in the state of West Virginia. Commission used presentation and video to promote and complement Ken Burns’ documentary The War which aired on PBS in fall 2007.
• Coordinate the yearly New Faculty Orientation to MU Libraries 2001 to present.
• “Plagiarism and the Internet” – Presentation with Judith Arnold for new faculty. October 17, 2004.
• “The Next Step:  Building a Center for Online Library Assistance” – Presentation with Judith Arnold at the West Virginia Library Association Annual Conference. December 2003.
• “Detecting Plagiarism” – Presentation with Judith Arnold for all faculty. February 28, 2003.
• “Detecting Plagiarism”- Presentation with Judith Arnold, Bradley Ridpath and Janet Badia for new faculty on the topic of plagiarism.  November 8, 2002.
• “What Are We Going to Teach Them This Fall?” Presentation with Judith Arnold for librarians and library staff, who participate in offering library instruction for University and Honors 101.
• “Library Instruction for University and Honors 101 for fall 2002.” Presentation with Judith Arnold for new University and Honors 101 instructors. May 2002.
• “Bringing the Library to the Students: Using Technology to Deliver Instruction & Resources for Research.” Presented with Judith Arnold and Jingping Zhang at the Tenth Off Campus Library Services Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio in April 2002.
• “Bringing the Library to the Patron.” Co-presented with Judith Arnold at Kanawha County Public Library’s Professional Development Day, November 2001.
• “Privacy Issues in the Library.” Moderated session with Judith Arnold for Cabell County Public Library’s Staff Development Day, November 2001.
• “Censorship in the Classroom: Presenting, Talking and Writing About Controversial Art.” Presentation for the Marshall University Writing Project, June 2001.
• “Bringing the Library to the Patron.” Co-presented with Judith Arnold at WVLA’s Spring Fling Conference in Flatwoods, West Virginia, April 2001.
• “Activating Students by Cross-Cutting Departments: A Librarian and a Writing Instructor Collaborate.” Co-presented with English instructor Marcia Booth at the Two-Year College English Association Southeast Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in March 2001.
• “Technology Cross-Cutting Departments: A Librarian and a Writing Instructor Collaborate.” Co-presented with English instructor Marcia Booth at the WVNET 2000 Conference (November 2000) in Morgantown, West Virginia. Paper published in WVNET Conference Proceedings.
• “Searching Traditional and Electronic Library Resources.” Presentation for the Marshall University Writing Project. Summer 2000.
• “Teaching Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye.” Co-presented with Dr. Shirley Lumpkin for future teachers of English, Marshall University. Spring 2000.
• “Basic Library Research.” Multi-media presentation taped and made available for broadcast via Web-CT. Spring 2000.
• “VTLS Search Tricks.” Presentation for Marshall University Libraries staff development. June 1999.
• “Searching Traditional and Electronic Library Resources.” Presentation for the Marshall University Writing Project. June 1999.
• “Developing the John Marshall Webliography.” Presentation at the John Marshall Planning Conference, April 1999.
• “Basic Library Research.” Presentations for Cammack Middle School. Spring 1999.
• “Teaching the Information Explosion: Moving from Lecture to Lab,” co-presented with Dr. Celene Seymour, Associate Director of Marshall University Libraries. Presentation/Workshop. December 1998.
• “Active Listening, Oral and Written Communication Skills.” West Virginia Libraries’ Academic Libraries Division. August 1998.
• “Active Listening and Communication.” Marshall University Writing Project. June 1998.
• “Library Communication Skills.” Marshall University Libraries’ Spring Break Workshops. March, 1998.
• “Plagiarism and the Internet.” Panel Discussion. West Virginia Library Association’s Spring Fling. March 1998.

PUBLICATIONS AND PROJECTS

• “Marshall University Visual Arts Center Story Project.” Marshall University’s new Visual Arts Center is located in the newly-renovated building which used to house the Anderson-Newcombe department store and Stone & Thomas.  Stories about working for and/or shopping in those department stores abound.  Long-lasting friendships and relationships were made in that building, and if the “walls could talk” we would hear numerous, rich stories about the impact made by those businesses and the building that housed them.  We do not have to wish for inanimate objects to talk because we have something better – the actual voices and stories of the people who worked and shopped there.  Borrowing from the national StoryCorps project approach, we have invited those individuals to tell their stories as we record them in audio and video.  Unedited audio and video will be shared with Marshall University Libraries to be archived in their Special Collections library.  Signed consent/release forms for each interviewee will accompany the recordings along with written transcriptions, eventually.  The interviews for this project were coordinated by Professor Jennifer Sias and were conducted by her SOJMC students from JMC 102 and FYS 100 students.  Edited interview excerpts will be available in the future on a webpage.

Broadcast Media

• Sias, Jennifer N. “The Meaning of Success – Jennifer Sias Interviews Dr. Shirley Lumpkin.” Marshall University. 01 Apr. 2011.

https://www.marshall.edu/fys100sias/fall-2012-interviews-and-digital-stories/jennifer-sias/

• Sias, Jennifer N. “The Meaning of Success – Jennifer Sias Interviews Theo Wallace Tippett.” Marshall University. 01 Apr. 2011. https://www.marshall.edu/fys100sias/fall-2012-interviews-and-digital-stories/jennifer-sias/

• Vodcasts – video podcasts on various subjects created and published via YouTube.
• Podcasts – audio podcasts on various subjects created and published via Gcast.
• Marshall University Libraries – YouTube Video Series – Videos related to research at Marshall University Libraries.
• HillaryClintonAnneBarthBlog – One of the blogs I authored on http://www.hillaryclinton.com while then Senator Clinton was campaigning for President.  A number of my videos/vodcasts along with blog posts I wrote were published on this presidential candidate’s website.

Publications

• “Common Reading Program Gets Freshmen on the Same Page.”  Marshall University Parent Resource Magazine.  Fall 2007.
• “Princess Butterfly Wins Cow Crown; Great-Granddaughter of Manchin’s Teacher Shows Best-Dressed Bovine at State Fair.” The Charleston Daily Mail. August 21, 2007. Photo also published. *Indexed in LexisNexis Academic
• “MU Freshmen, President Kopp to March on Sunday, Event Will Mark the Beginning of Innovative ‘One Book’ Program.” The Charleston Daily Mail. August 17, 2007.
• “Kids Raising Kids: Caring for and Showing Goats a Great Experience for Youngsters.” The Herald Dispatch. July 27, 2007.  Five photos also published.
• “Community Education:  MCTC Offers New Woodworking Class.” The Herald Dispatch, date. Two photos also published.
• “Laymen Get Taste of Boot Camp, Recruiters Hope Visit Will Help Those Who Guide Young People in Choice of Career Paths.” The Charleston Daily Mail,  December 22, 2006. Photo also published.
• “Training Exercises Made Big Impression on Group.” The Charleston Daily Mail,  December 22, 2006.
• “MU Faculty, Staff Spend Day with 130^th Airlift Wing.” The Herald-Dispatch, October 29, 2006.  Photo also published.
• Two articles related to the West Virginia Library Association published (one about author Jeannette Walls and one about librarian Nancy Pearl, inspiration for Librarian Action Figure). The Herald-Dispatch, October 2006.
• “Three Times a Nanny.” The Herald-Dispatch, July 2006.  Photo also published.
• “Does Anyone Need Help Out There? Lessons from Designing Online Help.” Internet Reference Services Quarterly. 9.3/4(2004): 115-134. Authored article with Judith Arnold, Floyd Csir and Jingping Zhang.
• Master’s Thesis: “Telling God’s Sanction:  Storytelling in the Narrative Journalism, Memoirs and Creative Nonfiction of Rick Bragg.” Thesis defended April 23, 2003. Published: https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/141/ 
• Coordinated the SAILS assessment (assessment of college students’ information literacy skills) for Marshall University Libraries.  2003-2004.
• Arnold, Judith, Jennifer Sias, and Jingping Zhang, “Bringing the Library to the Students: Using Technology to Deliver Instruction & Resources for Research.”  Journal of Library Administration 37(2002): 27-37.
• First John Marshall Webliographer. http://www.marshall.edu/johnmarshall/
• Authorship of the User Education webpage for Marshall University Libraries. http://www.marshall.edu/libedu/
• Authored and update numerous instruction plans, brochures, handouts, pathfinders and online subject and research guides. January 1998 to present.

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Jennifer has continued to enhance her Web 2.0 knowledge and skills by learning about and experimenting with video and audio applications, including podcasting and vodcasting.  Her work-related video and audio productions have been enhanced by lessons she learned in 2008 through her work as a vodcast volunteer for the Hillary Clinton campaign.  Using her own time, equipment and her journalistic background, Sias attended several of Senator Clinton’s campaign events in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky where she interviewed voters, video taped the event and produced video podcasts, many of which were featured on Senator Clinton’s website.  Clinton’s Internet Director was so impressed with Sias’s work that she arranged for Jennifer to attend several of the senator’s events as Press.  The campaign arranged for Jennifer to have exclusive access for her video projects, and recently even granted Jennifer a one-on-one interview with Senator Clinton backstage.  At this event, in Hazard, Kentucky, where Senator Clinton campaigned on behalf of Barack Obama and Joe Biden as well as for Bruce Lunsford, Clinton even talked with Jennifer about “the Thundering Herd!”  Some of the vodcasts Sias produced, including exclusive interviews with West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller and Governor Joe Manchin, presently can be viewed on Clinton’s website (*update – archived copies available upon request in the event that Clinton, who has been nominated as Secretary of State, discontinues this website):

• http://blog.hillaryclinton.com/blog/main/2008/11/03/231004
• http://blog.hillaryclinton.com/blog/main/2008/10/11/000942
• Sias’s vodcast channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/stockard02
• Jennifer’s vodcasting also attracted the attention of West Virginia Public Radio, whose news director called her and asked her to do some freelance reporting on election night.  Part of her interviews (Huntington Women Reflect on Obama Election) were featured on West Virginia Public Radio’s “West Virginia Morning” on November 6, 2008 as well as on their website:
  • http://www.wvpubcast.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=5972
  • Full interviews here: http://www.gcast.com/u/stockard02/main
• Pacifica Radio asked Jennifer to conduct interviews on-site during the September 20, 2008  “Race, Politics & Stereotypes in West Virginia Conference” at Marshall University.  Part of her interviews were featured in Pacifica Radio’s report “Election Unspun.”  Complete interviews are available here: http://www.gcast.com/u/stockard02/main
• CNN vetted four of Jennifer’s iReports for coverage on the CNN platform in October 2009.  One iReport was featured in CNN’s promotion of Soledad Obrien’s “Latino in America” series: http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-344136 .  This iReport also aired on CNN Español TV.

Another iReport caught CNN’s attention http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-340294 and after vetting it, CNN featured it for several days on the main CNN website.  As of Nov. 5, 2009 this iReport has been viewed more than 38,000 times.

CNN producers also used it as the basis for a feature story on therapy animals: http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/10/24/dogs.irpt/index.html

(Coming soon – Archived snapshots of webpage: 1  2  3  )

CNN producers also featured this iReport in their weekly program This Week in iReports: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/24/irpt.weekinireport/index.html

RESEARCH

• Research in journalistic writing, narrative journalism, storytelling, memoir, journalism history, new journalism and all works by Rick Bragg, resulting in master’s thesis: “Telling God’s Sanction:  Storytelling in the Narrative Journalism, Memoirs and Creative Nonfiction of Rick Bragg.” Thesis defended April 23, 2003. Published: http://www.marshall.edu/etd/masters/sias-jennifer-2003-ma.pdf
• John Marshall Webliography. Webliographer, Webmaster and Researcher. March 1998 to August 2000.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Possesses excellent oral and written communication skills. Speaks comfortably in front of groups. Possesses dynamic and creative classroom instructional skills.  Functions comfortably in multiethnic/multicultural environments. Leads workshops proficiently.

PROFESSIONAL PARTICIPATION

Memberships and Committees

• General Education Committee. Voting member October 2009 to December 2020.
• Core Foundations Committee. Invited as visitor summer 2008. Voting member August 2008 to fall 2009.
• Faculty Senate Recording Secretary fall 2008 to Spring 2010.
• Faculty Senate Executive Committee fall 2008 to Spring 2010.
• Faculty Senate.  Fall 2008 to Spring 2010.
• First Year Experience Board.  Spring 2008 to December 2020
• University/Honors 101 Advisory Board.  Spring 2002 to December 2020
• University Functions Committee.  2003 to December 2020.  Secretary 2005 to May 2008.
• West Virginia Library Association, 1998 to JANUARY 2011.

• West Virginia Library Association Executive Board, 2000-2001
• College and University Division of the West Virginia Library Association, Chair 2000-2001
• Intellectual Freedom Committee of the West Virginia Library Association, 1999 to 2001
• Worked with the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the West Virginia Library Association to organize the 2000 WVLA pre-conference on Internet Filtering, at which Judith Krug served as the keynote speaker
• Marshall University Academic Planning Committee, 1998 to present, Secretary 1999-2000, Chair 2000-2001
• Marshall University Libraries Nominating Committee member, 2000 to present

• Library Faculty Organization member
• LFRC member
• RIS – chair meetings
• Core I Summer 2009 Faculty member
• FYS member

Department Service

• Committee Member, Diversity Committee. (January 2014 – December 2020).
• Committee Member, Curriculum Committee. (October 2012 – December 2020).
• Committee Member, Scholarship Committee. (October 2012 – December 2020).
• Committee Chair, Strategic Communications Faculty Position Search Committee. (September 2016 – May 2017).
• Committee Chair, Diversity Committee. (January 2015 – May 2016).

College Service

• Committee Member, CAM Diversity Committee. (August 2014 – December 2020).
• Attendee, Meeting, First Year Seminar Instructors. (August 2010 – December 2020).
• Committee Member, Birke Festival Committee. (January 2017 – December 2017).
• Committee Member, CAM Film/Video Committee. (May 14, 2015 – August 2016).
• Committee Member, Birke Festival Committee. (January 2013 – February 2014).
• Attendee, Meeting, School of Journalism and Mass Communications Senior Banquet. (May 6, 2011).

University Service

• Committee Member, Creative Thinking Rubric Workgroup aka Aesthetic/Artistic Thinking. (November 3, 2011 – December 2012).
• Committee Member, First Year Seminar committee. (August 2009 – December 2020).
• Attendee, Meeting, General Education Council. (August 2009 – December 2020).
• Judge, Hatfields and McCoys Speech Tournament. (February 10, 2018).

• Judge, Chief Justice Invitational speech and debate tournament. (October 28, 2017).
• Committee Member, Council of Chairs Teaching Excellence Award Committee. (September 24, 2015 – August 2017).
• Committee Chair, Summer 2014 FYS Workgroup. (June 2014 – August 2014).
• Committee Member, Yeager Society Interview Committee. (March 1, 2014 – March 2, 2014).
• Committee Chair, Summer 2013 FYS Workgroup. (June 2013 – August 2013).
• Committee Member, Summer 2013 Assessment Team. (May 28, 2013 – June 13, 2013).
• Committee Secretary, Student Conduct and Welfare Committee. (May 2012 – May 2013).
• Committee Member, Pickens Queen Outstanding Teaching Award Committee. (November 2011 – May 2013).
• Committee Member, Student Conduct and Welfare Committee. (August 2011 – May 2013).
• Assisted Associate VP for Assessment by proctoring the Collegiate Learning Assessment on Assessment Day, Assessment Proctor. (April 2013).
• Judge, John Marshall Speech Tournament. (October 28, 2011).
• Attendee, Graduation, Marshall University – Commencement. (May 7, 2011).

Other service

• National Forensics Debate Association – Judge (October 2009 – December 2020). Marshall University)
• West Virginia Book Festival volunteer – introduce authors (annually) and created iReports to publicize events (fall 2009)
• United Way annual donor
• Marshall University Foundation – MU Libraries Year of the Book annual donor
• Marshall University Foundation – W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications annual donor
• American Red Cross monetary donations
• Little Victories donations
• Goodwill donations

Conference and Workshop Attendance

• Workshop, “Teaching and Learning Cooperative for online FYS,” Marshall University Center for Teaching and Learning, Huntington, WV, US. (May 13, 2020 – June 3, 2020).
• Intensive, online training (May 19 – July 2, 2020) which led to updated certification: Independent Applying the QM Rubric (APPQMR), Quality Matters. (June 4, 2020 – Present).

• National First Year Experience Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada. (February 2019).
• Film screening, “Hillbilly,” the School of Journalism and Mass Communications and the SOJMC Diversity Committee, with sponsorship from Marshall University Libraries and Marshall University’s Film Studies program, Department of English and First Year Seminar., Huntington, WV, United States. (November 13, 2018).
• Symposium, ““A Retrospective and Symposium on 1968.”,” W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications and the Dr. Carter G. Woodson Lyceum, Huntington, WV, United States. (October 10, 2018).
• Conference Attendance, “iPed 2018 Conference on Teaching and Learning: Advancing a Growth Mindset,” Center for Teaching and Learning, Huntington, WV, United States. (August 14, 2018).
• Conference Attendance, “iPed 2017-18 Teaching and Learning for a Civil Society, Session: Digital Humanities in the Classroom session,” Center for Teaching and Learning, Huntington, West Virginia, United States. (August 15, 2017).
• Conference Attendance, “iPed Fall Teaching Conference,” Marshall University Center for Teaching and Learning, Huntington, West Virginia, United States. (August 16, 2016).
• Workshop, “Statewide Assessment Workshop,” Marshall University, Charleston, West Virginia, USA. (September 11, 2015 – September 12, 2015).
• Conference Attendance, “34th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience,” National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition, Dallas, Texas, USA. (February 7, 2015 – February 10, 2015).
• Conference Attendance, “iPED: Inquiring Pedagogies 6th Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning,” Marshall University Center for Teaching and Learning, Huntington, WV, USA. (August 19, 2014).
• Conference Attendance – 2014 Institute on High-Impact Practices and Student Success. Association of American Colleges & Universities. Vanderbilt University. Nashville, TN. (June 17, 2014 – June 21, 2014).  The Institute on High-Impact Practices and Student Success is designed to help campuses and systems make institution-wide changes that benefit all It is ideal for institutions at various stages of work and addresses ambitious goals for improving both completion rates and the quality of student learning. Participant teams work on removing barriers to student success and devising integrative learning-centered plans—making intentional use of the Essential Learning Outcomes and high-impact practices. Highlighting the success of students who have historically been underserved, the program supports work to make excellence inclusive and to recognize and nurture the assets students bring to college. It provides insight into building student success initiatives from the ground up, often in the face of challenging institutional and external obstacles. The Institute draws on research on how all students can benefit from high-impact practices, especially less-advantaged students, who often do not have equitable access to these practices. The Institute curriculum aims to help campuses define approaches that are highly engaging to students and effective at improving the equitable achievement of outcomes.
• Conference Attendance, “Web 2.0 Tools for the 21st Century,” MU CTL/2013 iPed Conference on Teaching and Learning, Huntington, WV, USA. (August 2013). Web 2.0 tools, especially in education, represent a revolutionary new way of learning, Presenting, creating, collaborating, editing and sharing user generated content online. Teachers and students can master many of these tools in minutes as they create a whole online learning environment. Technology has never been easier or more accessible to all. Like Web 1.0 did at one time with the introduction of email and websites, Web 2.0 technologies are changing the way messages spread across the Web. A number of online tools and platforms such as weblogs, learning management systems, RSS, videocasting, social bookmarking, social networking, podcasts and picture sharing sites are now defining how people share their perspectives, opinions, thoughts and experiences. One major advantage of Web 2.0 tools is that the majority of them are free. Web 2.0 for 21st century students represents an important shift in the way digital information is created, shared, stored, distributed, and manipulated. We will consider how students use of technology not only in their everyday life, but as they apply it to their education. This interactive demonstration will highlight some of those Web 2.0 tools that are being used at all levels in education. This presentation will provide examples of how to engage the students, encourage collaboration, promote personal responsibility, aid assessment, and reach students that have never been reached before in conventional classrooms. Facilitator: Harold Blanco, Ed
• Conference Attendance, “Assessment Institute,” IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN, USA. (October 28, 2013 – October 29, 2013). The Assessment Institute in Indianapolis is the nation’s oldest and largest event focused exclusively on outcomes assessment in higher education and is designed to provide opportunities for individuals and campus teams new to outcomes assessment to acquire fundamental knowledge about the field individuals who have worked as leaders in outcomes assessment to share and extend their knowledge and skills and those interested in outcomes assessment at any level to establish networks that serve as sources of support and expertise beyond the dates of the Institute
• “ALP WORKSHOP with Peter Adams,” WVHEPC, Parkersburg, WV, USA. (May 13, 2013 – May 14, 2013). Improving Writing and Composition
• Workshop, “Pedagogy of Teaching and Learning Online: Pedagogy Matters,” CTL, Huntington, WV, USA. (January 2013 – April 2013). Pedagogy Matters (PM) is for faculty who have completed QM and are teaching, or will be teaching, online courses (e-courses or hybrids) in the coming academic year. The workshop focuses on building and strengthening the pedagogical infrastructure of your online course. PM begins with a half-day, face-to-face workshop, has four online modules spaced two weeks apart. During the face-to-face session, participants will develop or revise their course outcomes. Using these as the foundation for the remainder of the workshop, participants will then align unit outcomes, assessments, instructional materials and teaching and learning activities with their new course outcomes. At the conclusion of PM, participants will have a working syllabus that is faithful to the requirements of the institution and the essential requirements of Standards 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Quality Matters rubric. Enrollment is limited to 20 participants and is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Enrollees may choose between two options for the initial face-to-face meeting. PM will be offered:
• Workshop, “Pedagogy of Teaching and Learning Online: Teaching Online Matters (PTLO:  TOM).,” CTL and MUOnline (Marshall University IT), Huntington, WV, USA. (October 20, 2012).  Pedagogy of Teaching and Learning Online:  Teaching Online Matters (PTLO:  TOM).  Part II, facilitated by Karen McComas and Kristen Huff, offers participants the opportunity to deepen their understanding of best practices for online teaching in a collaborative, multidisciplinary community. Part II begins with a one day, on-campus session which is followed by six online modules. In these modules, participants will learn how to integrate available technologies with their pedagogical practices in ways that meet the eight QM standards.
• Conference Attendance, “National Storytelling Festival,” International Storytelling Center, Jonesboro, Tennessee, USA. (October 5, 2012 – October 7, 2012). “Held during the first full weekend in October each year, this world-renowned event celebrates storytelling at its most magical.” from http://www.storytellingcenter.net/events/national-storytelling-festival/
• Workshop, “Pedagogy of Teaching and Learning Online: Teaching Online Matters (PTLO:  TOM),” CTL and MUOnline (Marshall University IT), Huntington, WV, USA. (August 17, 2012).  Pedagogy of Teaching and Learning Online:  Teaching Online Matters (PTLO:  TOM).  Part II, facilitated by Karen McComas and Kristen Huff, offers participants the opportunity to deepen their understanding of best practices for online teaching in a collaborative, multidisciplinary community. Part II begins with a one day, on-campus session which is followed by six online modules. In these modules, participants will learn how to integrate available technologies with their pedagogical practices in ways that meet the eight QM standards.
• Workshop, “Pedagogy of Teaching and Learning Online: Teaching Online Matters (PTLO:  TOM),” CTL and MUOnline (Marshall University IT), Huntington, WV, USA. (August 17, 2012).  Pedagogy of Teaching and Learning Online:  Teaching Online Matters (PTLO:  TOM).  Part II, facilitated by Karen McComas and Kristen Huff, offers participants the opportunity to deepen their understanding of best practices for online teaching in a collaborative, multidisciplinary community. Part II begins with a one day, on-campus session which is followed by six online modules. In these modules, participants will learn how to integrate available technologies with their pedagogical practices in ways that meet the eight QM standards.
• Workshop, “Quality Matters Workshop – Applying the Rubric Training,” MUOnline – Marshall University IT, Huntington, WV, USA. (July 20, 2012). Applying the Quality Matters Rubric to your online or hybrid courses. The QM endorsement is now a requirement for any course that Marshall University submits to the Southern Regional Electronic Campus and has been adopted by the Higher Education Policy Commission as the minimum standard for online education. With this in mind, we are considering it as our benchmark for campus reviews to replace the current rubric used by the FDCOMI committee at Marshall. Dr. Roxann Humbert, the Statewide Director of Higher Education e-Learning for the HEPC, will be conducting the training in which you will receive an official QM endorsement from the HEPC upon completion. Quality Matters Workshop – Applying the Rubric Training Conducted by Dr. Roxann Humbert, HEPC 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Tutorial, “Digital Measures Training Session,” Academic Affairs – Pat Gebhart, Huntington, WV, USA. (December 15, 2011). In this training session, Pat Gebhart taught SOJMC faculty how to access and use Digital Measures for Annual Report data and more.
• Tutorial, “InDesign CS4 Getting Started,” Lynda.com – subscription via Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, USA. (September 2011 – November 2011). InDesign CS4 Getting Started is a concise demonstration by Deke McClelland of the techniques used to assemble text and images into multi-page documents that can be published in print, on the web, or in many other electronic formats.
• Tutorial, “Photoshop CS4 Getting Started,” Lynda.com – subscription via Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, USA. (September 2011 – November 2011). In Photoshop CS4 Getting Started, Deke McClelland introduces the new features in CS4 while emphasizing core concepts like adjusting brightness and contrast, burning and dodging, straightening, cropping, and resizing. He shares his techniques for retouching portraits, reducing noise, and sharpening detail. Other key Photoshop features, such as working with text layers, adding metadata, and web optimization, are also introduced.
• Tutorial, “Final Cut Pro 6 Essential Editing,” Lynda.com – subscription via Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, USA. (August 2011 – November 2011). Starting with his system for getting organized and ending with final output, Apple Certified Trainer Larry Jordan provides an overview of Final Cut Pro 6 and its interface, and demonstrates how to plan, create, edit, and export professional digital video projects.
• Tutorial, “Podcast + Videocast Essential Training,” Lynda.com – subscription via Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, USA. (September 2011 – October 2011). Podcast and Videocast Essential Training with Garrick Chow provides an overview of hardware and software requirements, planning a broadcast, recording, editing, and posting your files for download. He also explores videocasting software and hardware and basic broadcasting techniques, as well as valuable recording, editing, and publishing tips.
• Tutorial, “Digital Photography Principles,” Lynda.com – subscription via Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, USA. (August 2011 – October 2011). Digital Photography Principles with Taz Tally, Ph.D. is a movie-based tutorial designed to help graphics professionals and photo enthusiasts learn the basics of digital photography from the ground up. The training begins with digital image fundamentals such as pixels, resolution, capture bit depth and image channels, then quickly advances to cover calibration, compression, file formats, sharpening, setting white points, controlling zoom, capture speed and depth of field, and basic lighting options. Image editing and correction techniques are also covered.
• Tutorial, “Foundations of Photography: Exposure,” Lynda.com – subscription via Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, USA. (August 2011 – October 2011). Arriving at the best exposure for a photo is part science and part art. In Foundations of Photography: Exposure, Ben Long helps photographers expand their artistic options by giving them a deep understanding of shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and all other critical exposure practices. This course covers the basic exposure controls provided by all digital SLR cameras, as well as most advanced point-and-shoot models.
• Workshop, “MapWorks Training Workshop,” Office of Assessment and Program Review – Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA. (September 30, 2011). This MapWorks session focused on specific uses of MapWorks for FYS students and instructors. As noted in an email from Dr. Mary Beth Reynolds, “as FYS instructors, you are in unique positions to support your students’ successful transitions to college. For that reason, each of you is directly connected to your FYS students in MAP-Works.  During the next couple of weeks, I will be offering informational sessions about MAP-Works for FYS instructors.”
• National Writing Project Annual Conference in Philadelphia, PA, November 2009.
• West Virginia Library Association Annual Conference, September 2009.
• Marshall University First Annual Teaching Conference, August 2009.
• West Virginia Library Association Annual Conference, December 2008.
• West Virginia Higher Education Technology Conference in Morgantown, West Virginia, September 2008.
• West Virginia Library Association Annual Conference, fall 2007.
• ALA/ACRL Intentional Teacher Immersion Program November 29 – December 3, 2006 in Chevy Chase, MD.  Applied for this competitive program in spring 2006 and was selected to participate in this ALA/ACRL first ever immersion program for veteran library instruction professionals who sought to examine their instruction assumptions and practices and engage in new teaching approaches.
• Respondus (WebCT) Training. July 2002.
• Great Teachers’ Institute.  Selected as one of Marshall University’s six faculty participants for this conference in June 2002.
• ROPES Training. Participated in this training/workshop with other members of the Information Services Team. June 2002.
• LOEX, May 2002 in Michigan.
• Tenth Off Campus Library Services Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio in April 2002
• West Virginia Library Association Annual Conference, October 2001 in Davis, West Virginia (Canaan).
• Spring Fling, West Virginia Library Association Spring Conference, April 2001.
• West Virginia Library Association Annual Conference, November 2000 in Charleston, West Virginia.
• WVNET Annual Conference, November 2000 in Morgantown, West Virginia.
• West Virginia Library Association Annual Conference, October 1999 in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
• Active Learning workshop sponsored by the Center for Teaching Excellence, March 2, 2000.
• New Media Landscape. Seminar sponsored by the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism, March 9, 2000.
• Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia (CSEGA) Conference, March 2000.
• West Virginia Library Association Annual Conference, December 1998 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

• Marshall University’s Writing Across the Curriculum weekend workshop at Cedar Lakes, Ripley.  October 13-14, 2006.
• Marshall University Fall 2006 Writing Project Digital Stories class and workshops, which took place on a series of Saturdays.  Under the direction of Professor Karen McComas, learned and applied various approaches to developing digital stories and enhanced my knowledge of the software program Windows Movie Maker.  Video selection available at YouTube site: http://www.youtube.com/stockard02

Awards and Honors

• Nominated for the 2018-19 Council of Chairs Award for Excellence in Teaching, Center for Teaching and Learning, Teaching, University. (September 26, 2018).
• Finalist – 2017-18 Council of Chairs Award for Excellence in Teaching, Center for Teaching and Learning, Teaching, University. (November 21, 2017).
• Nomination – Excellence in Teaching First-Year Seminars Award, National Resource Center and McGraw-Hill Higher Education, Teaching, National. (December 12, 2014).
• Nomination – Excellence in Teaching First-Year Seminars Award, National Resource Center and McGraw-Hill Higher Education, Teaching, National. (December 12, 2013).