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)
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; Principal Investigator for Petroleum Technology Transfer Council):
Multi-generational workforce development. Responsible for administration of education conferences, short courses, field courses, distance education; design and deployment of new education products (e-symposia, webinars, 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. Focus on career development / professional development in renewable and non-renewable energy. Accomplishments: Designed and launched an e-symposium series for energy professionals (petroleum, energy, geoscientists & engineers); obtained grants and contracts for training / open courseware; helped launch global GTW series; renewable energy e-certificate program.
2007-2008: Vice President, Victoria Resources (Norman, OK)
Responsible for investor relations, demographic / economic research, renewable energy, as well as expanding 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 groups and individuals.
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:
Moodle 1.9 Teaching Techniques (co-authored with William Rice), Packt Publishing (Birmingham, UK), 2010.
E-Learner Survival Guide. Norman, OK: Texture Press, 2009. Interview at Career College Central, November 2009.
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. Book tour in Slovenia (February 2009): http://www.gooddeedssociety.com/
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:
“Blended Mobile Learning in Developing nations and Environments with Variable Access: Analysis of Four Cases” Mobile Information Communication Technologies Adoption in Developing Countries: Effects and Implications. London: IGI Global, 2010. (forthcoming)
“Learning Objects” (Chapter 10) Trends and Issues in Instructional Design. NY: Pearson Publishing, 2010. (forthcoming)
“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:
"Love Philtre." The Psychic
Sponge's Guide to Zeitgeistland. Press 1, Vol 4, No 1. May
- August, 2010. http://www.leafscape.org/press1/v4n1/psychicsponge.html
“The Artifice of Ananios” GHR, vol 13. March 2010
(forthcoming).
“Introduction” The Red Room: Writings from Press 1. Ed. Arlene Ang, Valerie Fox, Jordan Schilling. Philadelphia: Straw Gate Books, 2010, p 1-4.
“Air-Clipping with Zoroaster: The Sun-Magnolia Refinery” The Psychic Sponge’s Guide to Zeitgeistland. . Press1, Vol 3, No. 3. January – April, 2010. http://www.leafscape.org/press1/v3n3/nash-review1.html
Review: Brian Clements’ And How To End It. Press1, Vol 3, No. 3. January – April, 2010. http://www.leafscape.org/press1/v3n3/nash-review1.html
Review: John Taggart’s There Are Birds. Press1, Vol 3, No. 3. January – April, 2010.
http://www.leafscape.org/press1/v3n3/nash-review2.html
“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
Short Fiction, Poetry
"Perfect Storms," The Red
Room: Writings from Press 1. Ed. Arlene Ang, Valerie
Fox, Jordan Schilling. Philadelphia: Straw Gate Press,
2010. p. 68-69.
“Discourses & Dustin, Oklahoma,” Gargoyle. # 55.
Winter 2009. p. 246-249.
“Panhandle Gun & Coin.” Gargoyle. # 55. Winter 2009. p. 250-252.
“Crystal Skulls” Big Bridge. #14. 2009. http://www.bigbridge.org/BB14/FIC-SSN.HTM
“Arroyo” Big Bridge. #14. 2009. http://www.bigbridge.org/BB14/FIC-SSN2.HTM
“Big Big Sky”Big Bridge #14. 2009. http://www.bigbridge.org/BB14/FIC-SSN3.HTM
“Perfect Storms” Press1. May – August 2008. http://www.leafscape.org/press1/v2n1/nash.html
Edublogs and Online Journals:
Project Working Mom:
“Why More Moms are Going Back to School” Project Working Mom.
http://www.elearners.com/projectworkingmom/resources/be-a-great-mom/why-more-moms-are-going-back-to-college/
December 2009.
(mentioned in Page6, New York Daily News, March 2010).
“The New Jobs in Healthcare” Project Working Mom. http://www.elearners.com/projectworkingmom/resources/go-back-to-school/the-new-jobs-in-healthcare/ December 2009.
edublog: Inside E-Learning (http://community.elearners.com/blogs/default.aspx?GroupID=8 ) – more than 100 articles on academic writing and research, online education, strategies, career outlook, educational success 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
“Knowledge Transfer in the Multi-Generational Workplace,” AAPG MidContinent Section Conference, Tulsa, OK, October 12, 2009.
“Avoiding Information Silos in the Distributed Workplace,” AAPG MidContinent Section Conference, Tulsa, OK, October 12, 2009.
Plenary Speaker. New Directions in E-Learning in Response to Global Environmental and Energy Issues. ,” 13th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics. July 10-13, 2010.
“Libraries in Second Life: New Approaches to Education, Information Sharing, Learning Object Implementation, User Interactions and Collaborations,” 13th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics. July 10-13, 2010.
“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: GRANTS & RESEARCH
Principal Investigator -- RPSEA
Technology
Transfer. April 2010.
Principal Investigator -- Research Grant:
OpenCourseware: $30,000 from AAPG Foundation
Principal Investigator:
Technology Transfer Workshops and Training (Face-to-Face and Online). Department of Energy. Amount of award: $4.0 million. October 2009.
Principal Investigator:
CCS Workshops and Training. Department of Energy: November 2009. 3 years. Amount of Award: $995,000. (Note: Part of ARRA).
Principal Investigator:
The Impact of Diaspora on Communities and Schools: Teacher Training. April 2007. $105,000. Ford Foundation.
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 Division.
Modern Language Association. Active Member.
American Society for Training and Development. Active Member.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Numerous Awards and
Recognitions for E-Learning Queen: Top Edu-Blog Award, Education
Innovator Award, more.
University of Oklahoma Student Association Award for Outstanding
Faculty. 2003
University of
Oklahoma College of Liberal Studies Teaching Award. 2002
University of Oklahoma
College of Continuing Education Merit Award. 2000
Paraguayan PEN Association Award for Research / Translation, 2000.
University of Oklahoma College of Continuing Education Collaboration
Award, 2000.
Paraguayan Ministry of
Navigation and Ports Commendation for Outstanding Contributions. 1998.
Outstanding Dissertation Award, Ph.D. // Humanities. University
of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences. 1996.
Brown Foundation Outstanding Teaching Award: Ph.D.
Candidate. University of Oklahoma Dept of English, 1995.
Goldia Cooksey Award for Creative Endeavors. University of
Oklahoma Dept. of English. 1994.
American Studies Award. University of Oklahoma Dept of English
1993
Outstanding Ph.D.
Candidate. University of Oklahoma Dept. of English. 1992
Goldia Cooksey Award
for Creative Scholarship in a Master's Program (MA Thesis).
University of Oklahoma Dept. of English. 1989.
