Instructors
Patrick (@patrickjpowers) provides leadership for the development and implementation of integrated marketing and communications strategies designed to attract students and enhance the university’s reputation through the Web and new media. Previously, he served as the interactive media manager for six years and established and maintained Webster’s presence on social media networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.
Jason joined SimpsonScarborough—a recognized leader in helping colleges and universities conduct market research and develop strategies that support key marketing, enrollment, branding, fundraising and broader institutional objectives—as Vice President and Partner in February 2014. His role is focused on helping clients with brand strategy, positioning and bringing it to life. Prior to joining SimpsonScarborough, Jason was the Executive Director of Marketing Communications for the University of California System and served in a similar position at North Carolina State University. In both roles he launched ground-up efforts to build a case for marketing; assembled and guided successful internal teams; established brand and positioning strategies; conducted market research; and launched integrated communications, digital, social media, advertising and other campaigns. Jason’s efforts have been recognized nationally and he was honored as the American Marketing Association’s (AMA) Higher Education Marketer of the Year in 2013, while his teams earned numerous accolades and honors from CASE, UCDA and other professional organizations and publications over the years. He currently serves as the co-chair of the AMA’s Symposium for the Marketing of Higher Education.
AJ is very involved in virtual worlds for education – he founded EDUCAUSE’s Virtual Worlds Constituent Group, and he is the founder and chief moderator of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable (http:// www.vwer.org). He also recently co-founded the EDUCAUSE Games and Learning Constituent Group. AJ is a doctoral student in the Educational Communication and Technology program at New York University and can be found tweeting @sorry_afk.
Tanya manages several emerging technology projects, including the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee social media emerging technology grant project. She has extensive experience teaching technologyenhanced, blended, and fully online courses and leads several online and blended programming initiatives. Tanya’s publications include chapters and articles on various emerging technologies. Most recently, her work on social media has been highlighted by The Chronicle of Higher Education, Ed Tech Magazine, eCampus News, and EDUCAUSE Quarterly. She serves as a member on the EDUCAUSE Evolving Technologies steering committee, Sage Publication Digital Media advisory board, EDUCAUSE Quarterly review committee, and the Sloan-C Blended conference steering committee. She also leads the EDUCAUSE social media constituent group.
Andy is a consultant, speaker and author on topics related to education with more than 26 years of experience in the field. Prior to joining GG+A, he served as Associate Vice President for Advancement at Carnegie Mellon University. He has also worked at Brown University (his undergraduate alma mater), at the University of Michigan, and at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Andy is the founder of the website alumnifutures.com, which he launched in 2007 as the first website specifically for alumni relations professionals. He served as a CASE Trustee and he was a member of the CASE Commission on Alumni Relations for six years, serving as chairman for three years. He has also taught, consulted, and published around the globe. Andy earned a master’s degree in education from Claremont Graduate University, and is active on Twitter as @alumnifutures.
From 2001 to 2006, Bill served as associate provost for distance, continuing, and executive education for the University of Florida, in addition to his duties as dean. Under Bill’s direction, the University of Florida’s College of Pharmacy has established three distance education-based campuses in Florida and has created two successful non-traditional programs with over 1000 students enrolled across the US and overseas. For the past 16 years, Bill has concentrated his research and academic interest on educational technology and its use as an instructional method for distance education.
Bryan has over 20 years of higher education experience working with adult learners in various accelerated and hybrid learning models. In his current position, he serves as the chief academic and administrative officer of his school, delivering both undergraduate and graduate degrees, and is a member of the faculty. Additionally, Bryan sits on the Governing Board of the University Center of Lake County, an Illinois Board of Higher Education sponsored consortium. Prior to joining Dominican in 1997, he served for 7 years as the founding director of marketing & admissions at Lewis University. He earned a doctoral degree in adult and continuing education from National-Louis University, a Master of Business Administration degree from Keller Graduate School of Management, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Morningside College.
Annette has over 13 years of experience in alumni relations at Illinois State University. In 1996 she began as the assistant director for student and young alumni programming and served as the advisor for the Student Alumni Council. Annette’s personal recognition includes a Silver Medal Award for Best Student Programming from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education in 2005 and recognition as Advisor of the Year by ISU in 2006. Since 2006, Annette’s focus has moved to managing virtual relationships for the alumni association through the alumni magazine, monthly e-newsletter, and a variety of websites. Her work has been featured in a Wired Communities podcast. She was a panelist for a previous MySpace and Facebook webinar, and has presented at various conferences.
Amy is associate dean for faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of English and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. As an associate dean, Amy is responsible for faculty recruitment, hiring, reappointment, promotion and tenure, and merit reviews. From 2005-08 she served as associate dean for academic programs where she oversaw curriculum, faculty development, general education, and program assessment. In addition to having authored two books, Making Teaching and Learning Visible: Course Portfolios and the Peer Review of Teaching and Inquiry into the College Classroom: A Journey Toward Scholarly Teaching, Amy and Paul co-coordinate the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Peer Review of Teaching Project, a program to help faculty capture and document the intellectual work of their teaching. In 2005, this project was one of three faculty development programs nationwide to receive a TIAA-CREF Hesburgh Award Certificate for Excellence in recognition of an exceptional faculty development program designed to enhance undergraduate student achievement.
Paul is director of summer sessions and flexible programs and associate professor of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. As director, Paul coordinates the curricular issues, schedules, and budgets for the university’s summer sessions. He also facilitates campus efforts to create flexible learning opportunities to better meet the needs of current and future students.
