Academic Administration Experience
2008-Pres ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, UNO, College of IS&T
2003-2008 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, UNO, College of IS&T
1998-03 INSTRUCTOR, UNO, College of IS&T
1997-98 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, Bellevue University, Computer Information Systems
1997 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, College of Saint Mary, Computer Information Management & Telecommunications Systems Management
1991-97 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, College of Saint Mary, Computer Information Management & Telecommunications Systems Management
Computer Information Management and Telecommunications Systems Management Programs, College of Saint Mary, Omaha, NE
Responsibilities: Faculty Supervision, Adjunct Hiring, Budget Oversight, Course Scheduling, Curriculum Development, Advising Students, and Community Outreach.
MEMBER OF TECHNICAL STAFF, AT&T Technologies, 1988-91, Corporate Financial Database Systems
TEAM LEADER/SR. PROGRAMMER/ANALYST, Commercial Federal, 1987-88, Mortgage Loan System
PROGRAMMER/ANALYST, United of Omaha, 1986-87, Universal Life Insurance System, Payroll System
PROJECT LEADER, Texas Instruments, Inc., 1983-86, Manufacturing Quality System
University of Nebraska at Omaha
2005- pres UNMC Health Informatics Program Faculty Committee-appointed by Dept Chair
2004-2006 University-wide Gender Equity Representative
2003-2005 Alumni Board of Directors Faculty Senate Representative
2003-2004 University Technology Resources and Services
2003-2006 University Committee for the Advancement of Teaching (UCAT)
2002 Annual Women's Walk for Athletics
2000 UCAT Teaching Circle
College of Information Science and Technology
2006-pres Academic Committee
2006 IS&T College Dean Search Committee-appointed by V. Chancellor
2004-2005 Faculty Senator for College of IS&T
2000-2001 Academic Committee
1999-2000 Service Committee
1999-2000 Faculty/Student Mentorship Program
1999-2000 ITe Degree Research Committee
1998-1999 Mentorship Program
Department of Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis
2005-pres Undergraduate Program Committee
Department of Computer Science
2004 Department Search Committee Member for new CS faculty
2003, 2004 Computer Science Merit Salary Committee - elected by colleagues
1999, 2002-2004 Computer Science Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
2000 Computer Science Assessment Committee
2007 HICSS mini-track co-chair (Lead) with Vance Wilson and Nina McGarry - submission accepted
2007 ISCRAM mini-track co-chair (Secondary) - accepted for 2008 conf
2007 AMCIS mini-track co-chair (Secondary) with Vance Wilson and Nina McGarry
2007 HICSS mini-track co-chair (Lead) with Nina McGarry and Vance Wilson
2007 SIG HCI - Workshop co-coordinator for ICIS
1. University of Nebraska Delegate for "Pioneering New Frontiers" radio interview for UNL pre-game show, October 1, 2005.
2. Letters of recommendation for Peter Hospodka, Nick Palermo, Matt Puumala, and Faisal Ahmed, Fall 2005.
3. Nominated Chad Young, Pete Hospodka and Nick Palermo for PKI Student Entrepreneurial Award, Oct, 2005. results unknown.
4. Represented IS&T at meeting with John Preston, Intellectual Property Expert from MIT, Sept, 2005.
5. Faculty Sponsor for Microsoft Imagine Cup competition. Students were Justin Cummins, Anthony Valenti, and Jonathan Bender. They were 1st at the local and regional competitions (40 teams) and a finalist at the national competition in Seattle.
6. Represented UNO at the Nebraska Women in Higher Education Leadership conference, April, 2005.
7. UNO Faculty Representative at President Milliken's installation, January, 2005.
8. STATPack™ research project participated in IS&T Graduate Fair, 2005.
9. Invited guest to UNO Alumni Association Congressman Lee Terry's Round Table, January, 2005.
10. Nominated Kim Tyser for UNO Graduate Thesis Scholarship, Spring 2005 (she received a partial award).
11. Nominated Ashley Sedlacek for the Vice Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Leaderhship, Spring 2005.
12. Gave the presentation of "An Insider's View of Managing R&D Projects" for Project Management Institute (PMI), August, 2003.
13. Nominated Michelle Gyhra, Who's Who Among Students in American Univ. & Colleges, 2002.
14. Nominated Cari McClannahan, UNO & Agder University College exchange, August, 2002.
15. IAADS, assisted Director of IAADS for Keen & Carlsson Seminar, IAADS Round Table, February, 2002.
16. Presented information about IS&T to high school girls for IS&T Advising, Fall 2001.
17. Hosted PKI tour for the Faculty Women's Club, Fall 2000.
Last updated: 2008.4