Susan Smith
Nash, Ph.D.
Biographical
Overview
EDUCATION
AND TRAINING
Ph.D.
(1996) University
of Oklahoma English
(emphasis in literature, cultural studies)
M.A.
(1989) University
of Oklahoma English (emphasis
in writing)
B.S.
(1981) University
of Oklahoma Geology
Graduate work in
Economics (University of Oklahoma) – emphasis on Developmental Economics
Graduate work in
Geology (University of Oklahoma) – emphasis on paleoecology
and mass extinction events
Certificate
Programs and Courses: Online Instruction
/ Instructional Design Basics / CREOLE / Multimedia / Hybrid & Online
Course Design (FCCJ-outreach, Troy University, University of Oklahoma
Continuing Education); Personnel Management Series (Cornell University);
Management and Supervising (University of Oklahoma); Russian culture and
literature (Herzen University, St. Petersburg,
Russia)
Languages: Spanish (fluent, spoken and written); French
(intermediate written); Russian (very basic conversational);
Portuguese (written and basic spoken).
RESEARCH AND
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008 – Present American Association of Petroleum Geologists
(Director of Education and Professional Development,
PI for Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Dept of Energy programs):
Responsible for administration of education conferences, short courses, field
courses, distance education; design and deployment of new education products
(e-symposia, geotechnology workshops, innovative use
of mobile technologies for learning settings); responsibilities include
promotion, strategic partnerships; K-12 education initiatives and science
education; industry partnerships; responsible for technology transfer
education. Accomplishments: Designed and launched an e-symposium series
for energy professionals (petroleum, energy, geoscientists & engineers).
2007-2008: Vice President, Victoria Resources
(Norman, OK)
Responsible
for petroleum and mining investor relations, as well as building on the
consulting services offered since 1998 to numerous clients in education,
energy, publishing, manufacturing, and other industries providing services in distance
education programs, marketing, instructional materials, learning technologies,
and research. Worked with international clientele and spent time in-country to
help develop educational programs for economic development, cultural exchange,
and resource management (Paraguay, Mozambique, Azerbaijan, Kenya, Slovenia).
2004-2007: Associate Dean, Graduate Liberal Arts, Excelsior
College (Albany, NY).
Responsible for administration of two distance
graduate programs: Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, and Master of Arts in
Public Administration; oversight of e-learning courses; development of mobile
learning initiatives; in charge of promotion and strategic partnerships;
competed for and won grant on diaspora populations
(at-risk immigrant populations in the U.S.).
1997-2004: Program
Director (Online Curriculum, College of Liberal Studies and Dept of Human Relations)
University of Oklahoma
Program Manager (Online
Courses, EDGE Institute / Sarkeys Energy Center,
College of Geosciences)
Program Director
(Engineering and Geosciences Continuing Education): Responsible for a wide array of curricula and
course development initiatives in e-learning and mobile learning; administered and developed new conferences,
short courses, distance education programs for engineering and geosciences;
competed for and administered grants and contracts to conduct program
evaluation, distance education, exchange programs (Azerbaijan, Paraguay, Turkmenistan,
Kazakhstan).
1996-1997: St. Gregory’s College (Director of LEAPS
Program): developed program for at-risk students for tutoring, mentoring with
computer-based applications; also developed remediation programs in science and
mathematics.
1991-1996: Victoria Resources (geology,
international marketing for companies and clients) University of
Oklahoma (Instructor; marketing / editing for Oklahoma Geological Survey publications)
1987-1991: Kerr-McGee Corporation (International
Operations Analyst): supply and demand predictions, market forecasts,
production scheduling, marketing: titanium dioxide pigment, synthetic rutile; zirconium dioxide.
1982-1987: Valley Exploration (Geologist): Exploration and development geologist:
Oklahoma, Texas; Anadarko Basin, Central Oklahoma Uplift, Arkoma Basin, Texas
Panhandle.
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
E-Learner Survival Guide. Norman, OK: Texture Press, 2009. Interview forthcoming with CareerCollege.com
Excellence in Teaching and Learning: Classroom and Online. (co-authored with George Henderson). Springfield, MO: Charles C. Thomas Publishers, 2007. Interviews about the book here:
Learning Review: Interview with Susan Smith Nash http://www.learningreview.com/e-learning/articulos-y-entrevistas/los-nuevos-manuales-de-texto-incluiran-guiones-para-usar-en-juegos-de-rol-en-el-mundo-virtual-1081-2.html
Donluk: Interview with Susan Smith Nash http://tolgaozdemir.net/?p=79#more-79 April 1, 2008
Good Deeds Society: Family Plot.
(Slovenian title: Klub
dobrih dejanj) (Novel) Sodobnost: Ljubljana, Slovenia. May 2008.
Plans to use in schools in conjunction with programs
to build self-esteem, self-confidence, and tolerance. Under development: website, and “serious game” / virtual world
elements.
Leadership and the e-Learning Organization (collection of edublog entries). Texture Press: Albany, NY October 2006. (interview about book and concepts in “Leadership Challenges
in eLearning” Lorenzetti,
Jennifer Patterson. Distance Education Report, 5/1/2006, Vol. 10 Issue 9,
p5-7). Guest on the VOA’s “Talk to
America” special
on Elearning: http://www.voanews.com/english/NewsAnalysis/October-2006-Past-Programs.cfm;
On-camera interview for Discovery
Channel “History of Video Games.”
Otozna Boginja (Disconsolate
Goddess). Sodobnost: Ljubljana, Slovenia. March 2006.
Reviewed including interview with author, in Bukla
(April 2006), Astro Novice (April 2006), Novice Koper (March 2006).
Ophelia’s Gold. (novel) Texture Press:
Norman, OK. 2006. Available as
audio book through LearningPortal.com
http://www.learningportal.com/Detail.aspx?id=WOuEzOJLJCZd59SDD%2fLY5g%3d%3d
Lonelyhearts Pawn Shop. Light & Dust Books, Kenosha, Wisconsin. December 2005. Parts published in the Baku
Sun (Baku, Azerbaijan), and Gargoyle (Washington, D.C.)
I Never Did Tell You, Did I?: Unsent Letters. Avec Books.
Penngrove, CA. October
2003.
Lazi Malih
Zensk (novel).
Ljubljana, Slovenia: Vodnikova
Zalozba, November 2002.
To the Uzbekistani Soldier Who Would Not
Save My Life. Avec Books,
Pivotal Prose Series. Penngrove,
CA. November 2001. Reviewed in World
Literature Today.
Portret Nemirne
Americanke. (Slovenian version of I Never Did Tell You, Did I?: Unsent Letters) Ljubljana, Slovenia: Vodnikova Zalozba, September 2001.
Ayvu Membire, Susy
Delgado. Fall 2001, Asuncion, Paraguay. (English
translation of Susy Delgado - Spanish and Guarani) Reviewed in World Literature Today.
Fly-Over States of Mind. Kenosha, WI: Light and Dustbooks, 2000. http://www.fly-over.net
Reviewed in Rain Taxi, Winter 2001, ABR:
American Book Review, Spring 2002.
First Light: An Anthology of
Paraguayan Women Writers, editor and
translator. Centro Cultural Paraguayo Americano
/ Texture Press, 1999. Finalist
for the Oklahoma Book Award (1999).
Tatapype, Junto al Fuego,
Asuncion, Paraguay: Arandura, 1999. (English
translation of Susy Delgado - Spanish and Guarani) Reviewed in World Literature Today.
Doomsday Belly. San Francisco: Trip Street Press, 1998. Reviewed in Alsop Review, Rain
Taxi.
Catfishes and Jackals,
Potes and Poets Press, Elmwood, CT, September 1997.
Channel-Surfing the Apocalypse, Avec Books, Penngrove,
California, May 1996. Reviews in Review of Contemporary Fiction,
Taproot Reviews, Poetics Briefs, Feminist Bookstore News, Small Press Review,
St. Mark's Poetry Project, Talisman, Washington Review. Featured
guest and interviewee on Read About It, aired June 9,
1996. Commentary and essay-review in Talisman
(June 1996).
A Paleontologist's Notebook, Left Hand Books, Barrytown, New York, October 1995. Reviews in
the American Book Review, Washington Review, 33 Review, Small Press Review,
Taproot Reviews, Weber Studies, Dusty Dog Reviews, Western Literature
Association Journal. Finalist in the 1996 Oklahoma
Book Award. Interview appeared March 31, 1996 on Read About It, produced by B.J. Hamilton and the Oklahoma
Department of Libraries.
Book
Chapters:
“Recruiting Military Students” Chapter 20. Co-author with Meredyth Leahy and Susan Dewan. The College Admissions
Officer’s Guide. Barbara
Lauren, Ph.D., J.D., Editor. Washington,
DC: American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers,
2008.
“Learning Lost Along the Way? Warning Signs for an e-Learning Organization” Chapter 7. Advanced Principles of
Effective e-Learning. Edited by Nicole A. Buzzetto-More. Informing Science
Press, 2007, p 185-195.
Categories: distance education, e-learning, leadership
Articles:
“Libraries in Second Life:
New Approaches to Education, Information Sharing, Learning Object
Implementation, User Interactions and Collaborations,” Proceedings. Education and Information
Systems, Technologies and Applications: EISTA 2009.
Review
of Ana Merino’s Cell Mate” World Literature
Today. Winter 2009
“On
Jerome McGann’s The
Point is to Change it: Poetry and
Criticism in the Continuing Present” Talisman, Spring 2009
“On Six Slovenian Poets, ed. Brane Mozetic” Talisman, Spring
2009.
Mobile Learning, Cognitive
Architecture and the Study of Literature, Summer 2007, Issues in Informing
Sciences, Volume 4, http://proceedings.informingscience.org/InSITE2007/IISITv4p811-818Nash399.pdf
. Journal of Issues in Informing Science
and Information Technology (IISIT), pages 811-818. It is also listed in the
Proceedings of the 2007 Informing Science and IT Education (InSITE)
conference
"Fighting
Intrusive Thoughts Using Podcasts: A
Strategy for Effective E-Learning" InSITE
Informing Sciences Proceedings. June 2006. http://proceedings.informingscience.org/InSITE2006/ProcNash137.pdf
"Pedagogically
optimizing the use of weblogs and podcasts for maximum effectiveness in online
and hybrid learning." with Sabrina
Johnson-Taylor. U.S.
-China Forum on Distance Education. April 2006.
“Learning Objects, Learning Object Repositories, and
Learning Theory: Preliminary Best Practices for Online Courses”
Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects, Volume 1, pages
217-228. (cited
in 39 publications)
Categories: distance education, program management,
instructional design, humanities, literary criticism
Numerous articles
in journals and magazines, along with interviews
Edublogs
and Online Journals:
edublog:
Inside E-Learning (http://www.elearners.com)
– articles on elearning tips and strategies.
edublog:
E-Learning Queen (http://www.elearningqueen.com)
– theoretical articles, along with numerous online interviews with innovators
and leaders in e-learning. E-Learning
Queen has been widely recognized by educators and distance learning providers
as a source of high-quality and up-to-date information on online learning,
mobile learning, and new trends and technologies.
Categories: instructional
design, instructional technology, distance education, leadership, program
management, mobile learning
“Web Conferencing Tips for Training and Education.” Co-Presented with Ken Molay. Adobe Systems Webinar Series. September 25, 2008.
“Developing Interdisciplinary Masters’ Thesis.” Hamline University. June 21, 2008.
“Educational Uses of Mashups” (Keynote Speaker.) New Media Consortium Spring Symposium. April 3, 2008.
Guest Lecturer. Florida State University “EDH7635: Higher Education Administration” March 31, 2008.
“Mobile Learning and Great Books,” Informing Science + Information Technology Conference (InSITE), Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 23-27, 2007. “Quality in an E-Learning Course Featuring Mobile Learning,” 18th Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, FL, April 5, 2007.
"Fighting Intrusive Thoughts Using Podcasts: A Strategy for Effective E-Learning" Informing Science + Information Technology Conference (InSITE) University of Salford (Greater Manchester), England, June 25-28, 2006.
"Students
In Harm's Way: Effective Learning Strategies for Deployed Military" presented at Sloan-C, The Eleventh Sloan-C
International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks, "The Power of
Online Learning: Mobilizing to Expand Community" November 16-18, 2005.
(Sloan-C audience evaluation rating: 4.9 out of 5.0)
"Leadership and the Strategic Plan"
co-presented with George Timmons, at presented at
Sloan-C, The Eleventh Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning
Networks, "The Power of Online Learning: Mobilizing to Expand
Community" November 16-18, 2005. (Sloan-C audience evaluation rating 4.6
out of 5.0)
"Saving
Face through Story: Paraguayan Myth and Folklore." presented at AGLSP -
Association for Graduate Liberal Studies Programs Conference, October 2005,
Minneapolis, MN.
“Danger, Will Robinson!” versus I, Robot:
Collisions of Art and Artificial Intelligence” and “Graphical Discourses of
Time: The Founders of Geology and Early Romantic Epistemologies” AGLSP
– Association for Graduate Liberal Studies Programs Conference, October 26-28,
2004. Charlotte, NC.
“The Future of Business and Online
Learning” at The Future of Online Learning -- Online Learning Conference. Boston University.
September 27, 2004. Boston, MA.
SYNERGISTIC
ACTIVITIES
Numerous grants and
awards, including Ford Foundation (principle investigator), Trubar
Fund (Slovenia – publications grant), Paraguayan Ministry of Navigation and
Ports, University of Oklahoma Outstanding Teaching award; University of
Oklahoma Outstanding Dissertation
American Association of Petroleum Geologists: Education Committee Advisory Board Member
(2004 – present)
Board of Directors, VOCA Foundation, a division of
ACDI-VOCA. Economic development, with focus on agriculture and energy.
Washington, DC. 2006 – present.
Memberships:
American
Association of Petroleum Geologists (Active Member); Energy Minerals Divison.
Modern
Language Association. Active Member.
American
Society for Training and Development. Active Member.