SUNY Cortland

Assistant Professor, Ph.D. in Instructional Technology
Childhood/Early Childhood Department, School of Education
PO Box 2000, Cortland, NY 13045
Office: B224 Van Hoesen; Phone:(607) 753 2468
Email: shis@cortland.edu; URL: http://www.cortland.edu/shis/



Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant, Michigan State University, Practicum in Educational Psychology (CEP 894D), with Dr. Ralph Putnam as faculty supervisor, 1/15/05-5/15/05
As a teaching assistant, involving in planning, design and teaching of the online graduate course with a purpose to nurture in-service teachers reflection and inquiry skills and to deepen the connection between their learning and teaching practice.

Teaching Assistant, Palomar College and the California state-wide e-Conferencing Project, 8/15/04-5/20/05
Co-teaching online undergraduate course - CSIS 120-Microcomputer Applications.

Tech Guide, Office of Teaching and Technology, MSU, 8/15/00 – 8/15/01
Taught instructional technology to student teachers. Assisted organizing and teaching two Web design workshops for the annual technology conference. 

Graduate Assistant, Tele-Web Project (Technology Enhanced Learning Environment through Web), MSU, 8/15/00-8/15/01
Trained teachers and students in the use of technological tools that integrate speech synthesis, Java applets, and advanced component software architectures in a Web environment in K-12 settings. 

Graduate Assistant, Kids Learning in Computer Klubhouses (KLICK), MSU, 5/15/01-8/31/03
Distance-taught report writing in an after school program, KLICK, to middle school students and coordinated this writing project for 35 middle schools around Michigan. 

Associate Professor, English Department, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1/1/96 – 7/15/00
Taught linguistics courses and English as a second language (ESL).

Instructor, Shanghai Edward Shipyard Company, Shanghai, China, 5/15-8/30/98, 10/15-12/30/98
Taught Communicating Effectively in English to supervisors, department managers and other administrative staff in a Sino-German joint venture company.

Instructor, Qianjin College, Shanghai, China, 5/15/92-8/15/95; 5/15/98-1/15/00
Taught a variety of English language skills training courses including speaking, listening, reading, and writing to adults with different English language levels from entry level to advance level.

Assistant Professor, Department of English of Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, 8/31/92 – 12/05/95
Taught English as a second language 

Assistant Professor, English Department, Liaocheng Teachers’ College, China 8/15/87 – 8/15/89
Taught English listening, reading and writing to junior and senior college students who were pre-service teachers.