Nicole English's CV Page

Nicole English's Curriculum Vitae

Nicole English

Instructor, Computer Science Dept., Bachelor in Information Technology Program

(816) 235-1428

nenglish@cstp.umkc.edu

http://bit.umkc.edu/Nicole/ (1999 Web page)

http://cctr.umkc.edu/user/nenglish/index.html (1996 Web page)

http://www.cstp.umkc.edu/users/nenglish/home.html (1993 Web page)

EDUCATION:

Accepted to UMKC PhD program in Psychology, Spring, 1999

BA Degree in Psychology, Philosophy, Communication Studies, May, 1998 University of Missouri, Kansas City, GPA: Approx. 3.8 - 3.9 (at graduation, May, 1998)

Associate in Applied Science Degree in Business Management, May, 1990

Associate in Applied Science Degree in Data Processing, May, 1990

Associate in Arts Degree in Philosophy/Psychology, May, 1985 Penn Valley Community College, Kansas City, MO

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Instructor, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Computer Science BIT Program, 2000

Researcher, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Computer Science BIT Program Web Manager, 1999

Programmer Analyst I, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Computing Services, 1996

Lab Coordinator/Supervisor, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Computing Services, 1994

Computer Programmer I, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Computing Services, 1993

Computer Operator, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Computing Services, 1992

Student Lab Assistant, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Computing Services, 1991

Student Lab Assistant/Computer Tutor, 1986-1990 Penn Valley Community College, Kansas City, MO

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Languages:

C/C++; Pascal; BASIC; Assembler; COBOL; SAS/SPSS; HTML; DCL; JCL;

Platforms:

VMS/Alpha/VAX; DOS/Windows/NT; Unix/Sun/DEC; IBM 360;

Other:

Official rep for SAS/SPSS statistical support for UMKC;

Created dynamic (CGI) web pages in C for various applications for UMKC;

PUBLICATIONS:

Barak, A. & English, N., "Prospects and Limitations of Psychological Testing on the Internet". Journal for Technology in Human Service (Formerly the Journal for Computers in Human Service) Issue #18, Spring, 2000

Blundell, J.K., M. L. Hines, R. Hetherington, N. English, "A Manufacturing Environment for a Multimedia Courseware Curriculum", Conference Paper: WebNet'99 Proceedings, Honolulu, Hawaii, October, 1999.

English, N. "Fancy Interfaces: Why Do We Need Them?", Conference Proceedings/Poster Abstract: WebNet'99 Proceedings, Honolulu, Hawaii, October, 1999.

Long, R. (ed.), Belly Laughs. June, 1999. NY: Talion Publishing. Wrote two selections: "Muraya's Cobra Surprise" & "Gypsy Travels with the Dark Force" by English, N.

English, N. "Web Exams and Surveys: Using the Web to Gather and Disseminate Information" on Intranet and Academic Web projects; ACM SIGUCCS Proceedings; Refereed journal for Oct. 1, 1996 Conference

English, N. "Me & My Pet Toad" (personal essay) Honors Journal, 1998

"Mom Meets Bull" (personal essay) Honors Journal, 1996

"The Snake Lady" (personal essay) Honors Journal, 1992

UMKC's UNews, various articles/photos; photo-journalist for UNews (String book available upon request) 1990-8

Penn Valley's The Scout, various articles/photos; Arts/Entertainment editor, photo-journalist, editorialist for The Scout Newspaper (String book available upon request) 1985-90

POSTERS/PAPERS PRESENTED:

Presented at seminar for TMC -- Behavoral Health Network, UMKC, "Where is Social Work Headed in the 21st Century?" commentary on technology and the future of mental health services, AASE George Hospital Hill Social Work Lecture Series

Presented paper at American Psychological Association, Boston, MA., Aug., 1999, Symposium: Internet-based clinical interventions. "Pilot Study to Measure the Adult Attachment Styles and the Effectiveness of Online VS Face-to-Face (F2F) Support Groups for Cancer Patients"

Presented Web-based applications for student groups, Bloch School of Business, UMKC

Assisted in statistical research for soon-to-be published paper "Renewal: The Genesis of a New Form of Worship in the American Jewish Community" by Dr. Jason Berger, Communication Studies;

Paper accepted for presentation at "Interfaces: Communication and Connectedness in an Age of Fragmentation" conference at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, March 26-27, 1998, entitled, "Fancy Interfaces: What Are They, and Why Do We Need Them?"

Poster accepted for presentation, "Designing a Web-Based Questionnaire" at Society of Behavior Medicine conference in New Orleans, LA, March, 1998

Presented paper, "Using Web-based Questionnaires," in the "Experiments on the Web" session of the Society for Computers in Psychology, (SCiP), Nov. 20th, 1997, in Philadelphia, PA.

Presented paper, "Web Exams and Surveys: Using the Web to Gather and Disseminate Information" -- Intranet and Academic Web projects; Association for Computing Machinery/Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services User Services Conference (SIGUCCS), Oct. 1st, 1996, Chicago, Ill.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Teaching classes for Computer Science Dept. in Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT) Program, including Web-based Multimedia classes University of Missouri, Kansas City Winter, 2000-present

Assisted as volunteer in Experimental Methods and Quantitative Methods classes, helping with statistics, SPSS, and computer problems University of Missouri, Kansas City 1995-1999

Taught computer skills/applications, PC, VMS operating system, SPSS, SAS, email/editing, user orientation, HTML, Web technology, etc University of Missouri, Kansas City 1991-1999

Taught PC computer skills/programming, Continuing Education Program, Excelsior Springs High School, Excelsior Springs, MO 1988-1990

Taught PC/IBM 360 computer skills/applications, Academic Computing Lab, Penn Valley Community College, Kansas City, Missouri 1985-1990

Taught a variety of dance seminars in Chicago; Las Vegas; Huntsville, Alabama; Lancing, Michigan; NYC; Chicago; Kansas City, MO

Co-owned/taught/operated family dance school

RESEARCH PROJECTS/EXPERIENCE:

Honors Project:

assisting in design of ROO MOO (educational MOO), 1998;

Research Training:

Job-related training in SAS and SPSS as campus representative for both statistical packages, involving programming, graphics, installation, support, trouble-shooting;

Research Support:

Job-related campus support for Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) related to SAS/SPSS;

Research Project:

Communication Studies, Dr. Jason Berger, Fall, 1997; Statistical research on survey data for several papers to be presented at various conferences and for publication in journals; Involved distributing surveys, tallying results, and using SPSS statistical software for statistical data analysis;

Research Project:

Psychology, Dr. Ghiselli, Fall, 1996 a web-based perceptual test based upon two-dimensional images (Mueller-Lyer, Parallelogram, Horizontal-Vertical illusions) showing no significant difference in responses between sexes, but significant differences between declared majors,

Honors Senior Thesis:

Psychology, Dr. Harris Winitz, 1995-1996 Developed online version of language curriculum developed from psycholinguistics point of view; Web-based tests and scoring; Designed a Web-Based psycholinguistic errorless tutorial; Helped design a psycholinguistic educational game;

Directed Research:

Fuzzy Logic & Neural Nets, Computer Science Directed Readings with Dr. Ken Blundell, Summer, 1995

Directed Research:

Scientific Visualization project: Dr. James Phillips, UMKC Physics Dept. Winter 1993; Ray tracing based on research data of atoms moving under different sub-zero temperatures; Involved using X, Y, Z coordinates to create 3D ray-traced representations rendered to create slides later photographed and reproduced for transparencies in presentation; slides were also to be used with future data sets to create 3D ray-traced animations; Created for presentation at Brookhaven National Labs (NYC area)

Research Internship:

Argonne National Labs, Science and Engineering Research Semester (SERS) program internship, Reactor Analysis Division; Created random number generator with Gaussian distribution in C for testing Expert System to monitor sensory information for breeder reactor, under Dr. Kenneth Gross; (Chicago area) 1991

Research Project:

Psychology, Maureen Patton, Instructor; PVCC; Research paper on a pilot study comparing perception of stress by subjects practicing meditation vs not practicing meditation;

CURRENT RESEARCH:

Research Project: Psychology, Dr. Charles Sheridan; Researching support groups for cancer patients on the Internet; Comparing online support groups vs face-to-face support groups as to effectiveness and population differences;

Research Project: Computer Science Dept./BIT Program; General research and development for Web-based learning environments and their implementation;

HONORS/AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS:

NSF Graduate Fellowship, 1999 (Reluctantly declined due to family illness)

People to People Internship Scholarship to study in Seville, Spain, 1999 (Reluctantly declined due to family illness)

College Honors Scholar, 1998

Graduation with Honors, 1998

Graduation with Distinction, 1998

Departmental Honors, Psychology Department, 1997

PHI KAPPA PHI, Winter, 1992

Honors Program membership, Winter, 1992

Golden Key, Fall, 1991

Dean's List, Winter, 1991

PSI CHI Psychology Honor Society, Nov. 1989

Regional Award in Journalism, Best Newspaper, under Dr. Thomas Sicking, PVCC, 1988

Regional Award in Journalism, Best Editorial, "Freedom of Speech in Schools" under Dr. Thomas Sicking, PVCC, 1987

Penn Valley Community College Honor Roll 1985-1989

Penn Valley Outstanding Student Award, Psychology 1986

Penn Valley Outstanding Student Award, Journalism 1985

PHI THETA KAPPA Honor Society, Fall, 1985

LEADERSHIP/COMMUNITY SERVICE/VOLUNTEER WORK:

Volunteer in educational project for PC programming and analysis of prototype CPT project for diagnosis of ADHD children, under Dr. Brian Belden, PhD, Developmental Medicine and Psychology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, 1996

Kansas City Community Opera, performed, taught, choreographed 1987-1993

Community Cable TV, American Cablevision, created/directed/starred in own TV show teaching dance; acted/wrote for comedy TV show; acted in comedy series;

Assisted with entertainment for various nursing homes, halfway-houses, community festivals, telethons, variety shows, schools, etc. in Kansas City area and in Las Vegas, Nevada

Volunteer in community program in Leavenworth Penitentiary to integrate inmates back into society, (through Hispanic Society)

Volunteer worker, Kansas City Hispanic Society

Volunteer worker, Kansas City Public Health Clinic

SEMINARS:

Seminar graduate class in "Embodied Intelligence" taught by Rodney Brooks, AI Lab, MIT, July 14-18, 1997;

Seminars in Feldenkrais Movement Therapy, 1987-8

Seminar in Dance/Movement Therapy, 1982

CONVENTIONS/CONFERENCES:

University After Next, Feb.29-Mar.2, 2000, Overland Park, KS.

SCiP/Psychonomics Conference, Nov.18, 1999, Los Angeles, CA.

University After Next, Nov.15-17, 1999, Lawrence, KS.

Syllabus Conference, Mar.18-20, 1999, Orlando, FL.

SCiP/Psychonomics Conference, Nov., 1998, Dallas, TX.

SCiP/Psychonomics Conference, Nov., 1997, Philadelphia, PA. (presented)

SIGUCCS, Oct., 1996, Chicago, IL. (presented)

SIGUCCS, Oct., 1995, Lancing, Mich. SIGGRAPH, Aug., 1993, LA, Calif.

LICENSES:

Missouri Real Estate License, 1987

FOREIGN LANGUAGE:

Bilingual in Spanish; Lived in Mexico City

REFERENCES:

Available upon request