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Associate Professor, Department of Language Arts, Kapiolani Community College University of Hawaii, 1997-2001

Assistant Professor, Department of Language Arts, Kapiolani Community College, University of Hawaii, 1994-1997

Instructor, Department of Language Arts, Kapiolani Community College, University of Hawaii, 1989-1994

Adjunct, Department of Language Arts, Kapiolani Community College, University of Hawaii, 1978-1988 Senior high school teacher, 1968-1975

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
Judith Kirkpatrick currently teaches undergraduate courses in English literature and composition at the University of Hawaii. She is the faculty coordinator of the College's cross-curricular emphasis on Information Technology which supports faculty using technology in curriculum development, and has taught online courses as part of her work load since 1998. She has developed and taught courses in computer networked classrooms and on the Internet in American Literature, the short story and novel, first-year composition, advanced expository writing, writing for the web, and writing for interactive multi-media. Ms. Kirkpatrick coordinated the NSF funded Hawaii Educational Research Network (HERN) research project for 325 teachers on campus in 1995, hosted the Computers and Writing national conference on campus in 1997, has recently been elected to the Executive Committee of the national Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC's) and works in a Campus Compact sponsored grant project, Making a project, Making a Civic Investment.

CURRENT FIELDS OF INTEREST
Ms. Kirkpatrick's current research and development covers distributed learning assessment tools, developing civic awareness and action as an outcome of the college learning experience, and improving outcomes based program assessment tools through digital portfolio development.

AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2002 American Association of Colleges and Universities, "Campus Leadership for Sustainable Innovation" summer institute, campus team member.

2002 Campus Compact, Brown University "Making a Civic Investment" summer leadership symposium, held in Hawaii, assisted in hosting campus sessions.

2002-2005 Executive Committee. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCCs)

2004 Coordinator and 1997 Coordinator of the Computers and Writing Conference.

2000-2003.Making a Civic Investment Campus Compact/Brown University grant.

2003 Educational Improvement Fund grant to further develop Online Assessment Tools and Strategies.

1999-2001 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Assembly on Computers in English (ACE), Chair, 1999-2001.

2001 Recipient of Distance Education Grant for Alternative Delivery Funding

2000-2001 Educational Improvement Grant, Developing Online Academic Support for the Online Learner

2001 Nominated and in top 50 awardees for technology innovator in the community colleges contest by the The American Association for Community Colleges

1999-2000 Educational Improvement Grant, Development and Distribution of Online Assessment Techniques for delivery through the World Wide Web

1998-2000 Chair of National Council of Teachers of English Assembly on Computers in English

1997 Held Computers and Writing, an international five day conference, at Kapi'olani Community College.

1997-present Editorial Board for online hypertext journal KAIROS.

1997-2000 Editorial Board member, three year appointment, for the National Council of Teachers of English, College Composition and Communication rhetoric series, STUDIES IN WRITING AND RHETORIC.

PUBLICATIONS
J. O. Kirkpatrick, chapter, NEW WORLDS, NEW WORDS: EXPLORING PATHWAYS FOR WRITING ABOUT AND IN ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENTS (March 2001).

J. O. Kirkpatrick, review of Hawisher, LeBlanc, Selfe and Moran's HISTORY OF COMPUTERS AND WRITING, Two Year College Association Journal,

J. O. Kirkpatrick, "TCC Online Conference" Kairos (June 1996).

J. O. Kirkpatrick, "Preparing the Underprepared Student for English 100: Does English 22 do the Job?" Hawai'i Educational Research Association
Journal of Conference Proceedings (January 1992).