Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
susan@beyondutopia.com
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):
                        Online and face-to-face education and professional development programs. 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 including energy-track MBA design, and earth science education program for K-12 in urban public schools; industry partnership and technology transfer through integrated technology consortium; technology transfer education. Focus on talent management / 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 $30,000 AAPG Foundation, 2009); helped launch global Geosciences Technology Workshops (GTW) series; renewable energy e-certificate program. Principal Investigator:  5-year $4.0 million technology transfer education (Department of Energy, 2009); 3-year $995,000 carbon capture and sequestration education (Department of Energy, 2009), helped design plan for an Energy-focus MBA; helped launch K-12 science education initiatives.

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.

Consulting services since 1998:

1.  Developed training materials and best practices / instructional strategy for e-learning / distance learning instructors / programs
2.  Developed assessment strategy documents and assessment tools
3.  Developed courses and content for mobile learning courses (English / writing / geosciences / engineering / HVAC / medical coding / general education)
4.  Led accreditation self-study, review preparation team; participated in accreditation review team
5.  Developed best practices and materials for webinars, and other synchronous distance training
6.  Developed and manage critical path / timeline for elearning / distance learning programs / certificate programs / degree programs (paralegal / HVAC / graphic design / culinary institute / humanities)
7.  Developed promotion / marketing  / awareness using social networking, web-based communications, and alternative e-marketing
8.  Produced instructional materials and curriculum for professional association, provided instructional design and course-writer support for career college degrees and certificate programs (carbon sequestration / paralegal / sustainable business / e-communications / HVAC / graphics design / computer science / medical coding ICD-10 / nursing / allied health)
9.  Developed white papers for green and sustainable business / renewable energy and non-renewable energy -- includes in-depth market analysis, and educational demand for sustainable business / environmental / alternative energy
10.  Managed teams and also provided services to develop curriculum / content for content across the curriculum, English Composition, General Education, Humanities, Spanish, Human Relations / International Relations (leadership, contemporary problems, creative problem-solving, conflict resolution, difficult times), Leadership, Creative Writing, Business, Theology, and many other courses.
 
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-Learning Success: From Courses to Careers. Texture Press, March 2012.

The Adventures of Tinguely Querer. Ljubljana, Slovenia: Vodnikova Zalozba, September 2011.

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.

LaziMalih 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.

PortretNemirneAmericanke. (Slovenian version of I Never Did Tell You, Did I?: Unsent Letters)  Ljubljana, Slovenia: Vodnikova Zalozba, September 2001.

AyvuMembire, 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:
"Mobile Learning in Education" 2011 e-Learning Annual. Ed. Michael Allen. 

“Blended Mobile Learning in Developing Nations and Environments with Variable Access:  Analysis of Four Cases” Chapter 7. Mobile Information Communication Technologies Adoption in Developing Countries:  Effects and Implications. London: IGI Global, 2010: pp 91-102.

“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:

“Maximizing Your Training and Professional Development Return on Investment” The Correlator. AAPG Division of Professional Affairs. June 2011: pp. 9-10.

“The Heart Journal” Press1 Practicum. Videos and Text. Press1: Vol 5, No. 2. http://www.leafscape.org/press1/v5n2/heartjournal.html

"Using Simulations and Virtual Worlds for Success in the Marcellus" Search and Discovery Article #70096. Posted June 26, 2011.  Adapted from presentation at AAPG Geoscience Technology Workshop, “Success in the Marcellus and Utica Shales: Case Studies and New Developments,”  Baltimore, Maryland, May 23-25, 2011. http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/2011/70096nash/ndx_nash.pdf.  Includes mp3 audio file.

"Review of Joey Brown's Oklahomaography" World Literature Today. July-August issue, 201, p. 72-73.

"Maximizing Your Training and Professional Development Return on Investment" The Correlator. Division of Professional Affairs, AAPG. Second Quarter 2011. http://dpa.aapg.org/correlator/maximizeQ211.cfm

"E-Learning and the Geoscientist" The Correlator, AAPG Division of Professional Affairs. 1st Quarter, 2011: http://dpa.aapg.org/correlator/e_learnQ111.cfm

"Effective  E-Learning for Geoscientists in the Global, Multi-Generational Workplace," Proceedings of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Annual Meeting 2010.  Houston, TX:  GCAGS. CD-ROM.  Search and Discovery Article #70089 (2010): (includes presentation slides as well as article)  http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/documents/2010/70089nash/ndx_nash.pdf

“Review of John Vick’s Chaperons of a Lost Poet” Untitled Country Review. Issue 4, Winter  2011. http://untitledcountry.blogspot.com/2011/02/issue-4-review-john-vick.html

“Review of David Wolach’s Occultations” The Psychic Sponge’s Guide to Zeitgeistland. Volume 4, Number 3.  January – April 2011.  http://www.leafscape.org/press1/v4n3/nash-review.html

“The Illusion of Time” The Psychic Sponge’s Guide to Zeitgeistland. Volume 4, Number 3.  January – April 2011. http://www.leafscape.org/press1/v4n3/psychicsponge1.html

“The Wildcatters” The Psychic Sponge’s Guide to Zeitgeistland. Volume 4, Number 3.  January – April 2011. http://www.leafscape.org/press1/v4n3/psychicsponge2.html

Effective E-Learning for Geoscientists in the Global, Multi-Generational Workplace, GCAGS 60th Annual Convention, San Antonio, Texas, October 10-12, 2010. http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/documents/2010/70089nash/ndx_nash.pdf

http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/documents/2010/70089nash/ndx_nash.pdf

"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.

“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

Review of The River that Flows Uphill” World Literature Today. Spring 2010.

Review – World Literature Today.  Winter 2009.

“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.

“Subjectivity in Second Life:  Enactments in the Space Between the Real and the Virtual” Talisman.  Fall 2008
 “Los nuevos manuales de texto incluirán guiones para usar en juegos de rol en el mundo virtual: New training guides will include scripts to use with role-playing games and simulations in virtual worlds”  Learning Review Latinoamerica.  Year 5, No 23. April-May-June 2008. pp. 24-26. 

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 65 publications)
Categories:  distance education, program management, instructional design, humanities, literary criticism
Numerous articles in journals and magazines, along with interviews

Short Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction, Poetry

"I, Vampire" (fiction).  Gargoyle.  pp. 464-470, Fall 2011.

"Solar Flares, Interconnectivity, and a 2012 End of the World" Press 1. Vol 5, No. 2  http://www.leafscape.org/press1/v5n2/psychicsponge.html 

"Shredded Silk and Living in Cars: Follow Your Dream" Press 1.  Vol 5, No 1. http://www.leafscape.org/press1/v5n1/psychicsponge.html

"Review of Veronica Golos' Vocabulary of Silence" Press 1. Vol 5, No. 1. http://www.leafscape.org/press1/v5n1/nash-review.html.

“The Illusion of Time” The Psychic Sponge’s Guide to Zeitgeistland. Press 1. Volume 4, Number 3.  January – April 2011. http://www.leafscape.org/press1/v4n3/psychicsponge1.html

“The Wildcatters” The Psychic Sponge’s Guide to Zeitgeistland. Press 1. Volume 4, Number 3.  January – April 2011. http://www.leafscape.org/press1/v4n3/psychicsponge2.html

"5102010: A Story of Signs and a Tornado" The Psychic Sponge’s Guide to Zeitgeistland. Press 1. http://www.leafscape.org/press1/v4n2/psychicsponge1.html

"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

PAPERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES / Keynotes

"Using Simulations and Virtual Worlds for Success in the Marcellus" Search and Discovery Article #70096. Posted June 26, 2011.  Adapted from presentation at AAPG Geoscience Technology Workshop, “Success in the Marcellus and Utica Shales: Case Studies and New Developments,”  Baltimore, Maryland, May 23-25, 2011.

Keynote Address:  Summer Faculty Institute, May 31, 2011. University of Delaware. http://ats.udel.edu/news/newsletter/20110330/sfi2011.php

"Wimba and Blackboard Mashup Tools: Incorporating technology that promotes interactivity and student retention." Troy University E-Campus E-Colloquium, April 13, 2011.

"Return on Investment and Edublogging" Panel Discussion. Users Group, Washington, DC, March 2011.

"Effective  E-Learning for Geoscientists in the Global, Multi-Generational Workplace," AAPG Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Conference, San Antonio, TX, October 11, 2010.

“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

Recipient of Publications Grant / Award for E-Learning Queen (http://www.elearningqueen.com) from the Open Source Arts and Letters Initiative (OSALI).

Principal Investigator -- RPSEA
Technology Transfer.  April 2010.

OpenCourseware:  $30,000 from AAPG Foundation: Role Principle Investigator.

Technology Transfer Workshops and Training (Face-to-Face and Online).  Department of Energy.  Amount of award:  $4.0 million.  October 2009. Role: Principle Investigator: 2009 - 2011.

Carbon Capture and Sequestration Workshops and Training.  Department of Energy:  November 2009.  3 years.  Amount of Award:  $995,00 Petroleum Technology Transfer Council.  (Note: Part of ARRA) . Role: Principle Investigator: 2009 - 2011.

The Impact of Diaspora on Communities and Schools:  Teacher Training.  April 2007.  $105,000.  Ford Foundation. Granted to Excelsior College .Role: Principle Investigator: 2006-2007.

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 (http://www.elearningqueen.com):  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.