Associate Director, SHANTI, Uva (11/08-Present)

John Alexander

210 18th St., Charlottesville, VA 22902 296-9124(h) 243-6619(w)434-249-3045(cell)

Email: Web: http://faculty.virginia.edu/jalexander

Practical Experience

Associate Director, SHANTI, UVa (11/08-present)

Manager of Instructional Technology. ITC, UVa, (08/95-10/08)

Online Faculty Member, University of Phoenix (02-06)

Assistant Dean for Administration. School of Architecture, UVA (08/92-08/95)

Research Development Officer for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Faculty of A&S, UVA (08/90-08/92)

Research Administrator. Physics Dept., UVa (08/85-08/90)

Research Assistant. Tayloe Murphy Inst., UVa (09/80-08/85)

Lecturer. PVCC (01/84-01/85)

Instructor. Auburn University (09/76-08/80)

Recent Teaching Experience

--For UVa

CPLT3590/GETR 3563. Spiritual Journeys in Young Adult Fiction. Spring 2016 and prior years.

MDST3559. Documenting UVa’s Future. Fall 2012.

MindfulnessTRC. Fall, 2011.

INST2550. Music & Film; Time(s) Square(d). A short course for Hereford Residential College. Fall 2010

MDST3703&7703. Introduction to the Digital Liberal Arts. Spring 2010, Fall 2010.

INST2559. Music and Film. A short course for Hereford Residential College. Fall 2010

INST281. Underground Hip-Hop @ Hereford. A short course for Hereford Residential College. Spring 2009.

SLFK204. Story and Healing. Team taught with Rachel Mann. A cross-cultural comparison of Slavic, Native American and African American folk culture. (99—07).

SLFK494. Independent Study, for advanced students interested in doing independent research in areas related to story and healing. (02—08).

--For UVa School of Continuing and Professional Studies

Hot Topics for Technical Managers.

Communication and Team Development

Project Management in a Technology Environment

--For University of Phoenix Online

COMM215. Essentials of College Writing. (02—06)

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Service and Honors

Hereford Residential College. Fellow (08-present)

UCARE (University and Community Action for Racial Equality).

Steering Committee (07-present)

Chair Elect, General Faculty Council (2014-16)

Vice President, UVa Chapter, AAUP (2014-15)

Facilitator, UVa CHARGE (NSF program to advance the Diversity in STEM Departments. (2013-present)

Participant (one of 12) Faculty Seminar on the Teaching of Writing at UVa (Sponsored

by the Provost’s Office. June 2014.

Facilitator’s Bureau. Fluency in Diversity and Multiculturalism. Designed and presented

with two colleagues. Hosted by Human Resources Department’s Center for

Leadership Excellence. 2013—present.

Empathy Award from Fetzer Institute. For “A New, Completely Unfamiliar World.”

Huffington Post. http://bit.ly/ThunderousSilence (retrieved 3/7/13).

Apprentice. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Folklife Program. 2012. From the

Virginia Folklife Showcase presentation: http://bit.ly/VaFolklifePresentation

Hybrid Challenge Grant Selection Committee. Member (4/13)

Academic Village 2.0. A university-wide community. Steward. (07—09)

Community Guides. Outreach Steward. (2/09 – present)

Centers and Labs Union Community. Outreach Steward. (07-10)

University-wide Ad Hoc Faculty Committee on Diversity. Co-founder (02—10)

Faculty Sustained Dialogue. (05--present) [First such faculty group in the nation.]

Facilitator.

Sub-Committee on Teaching and Student Experience for UCIT. Chair. (05-06)

Exploring White Identity. Co-facilitator. (05) (Formed to give a forum to interested

white faculty who could not be accommodated in the Sustained Dialogue group.)

Excellence in Diversity Fellows Program. Consultant. (05-06).

Office of African American Affairs Mentorship Program. Mentor.

Search Committees. Served on numerous Search Committees. Most recently with a

search for an Instructional Designer for the School of Engineering as well as prior

searches in the Teaching Resource Center, the Provost’s Office, and the Dean of

Students Office and the School of Continuing and Professional Studies.

General Faculty Council. (‘92-‘95)

General Faculty Council Nominating Committee. (‘91-’92)

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church, Unitarian-Universalist. (Board, Youth Advisor)

Woolen Mills Neighborhood Association. Board. (03-05)

International Conferences organized and supported:

Herding Tigers, Oxford University. (02)

New Media Centers Consortium. UVa. (00)

ACH/ALLC Conference. UVa. (99)

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Selected Presentations

“Multicultural Fluency.” For Center for Teaching Excellence 2012—present.

“Discussion of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me. Diversity Dialogues. 11/6/15.

“Meaningful Choices.” Keynote for Teaching with Technology Fair, 8/26/14.

“Multicultural Dialogue” ASL Faculty. UVa. 4/13.

“Documenting UVa’s Future; An Oral History of the Ouster and Reinstatement.” AACE/SITE Conference, 3/25/13.

“Using Social Media to Enhance Community Building” TRC January Teaching

Workshop. 1/13.

Virginia Foundation Showcase. Completion of Apprenticeship. 09/12. From that presentation: http://bit.ly/VaFolklifePresentation

“Creating Classroom Community with Reflective Blogs.” Lilly Conference, Washington,

DC, 6/12.

“Introduction to Working in Community.” with the Community Guides. A workshop for

UVa faculty and staff. 3/10.

“Battle of the Collaborators.” with Sam Johnson and Trisha Gordon. ACCS Conference,

Charlottesville, VA. 3/10.

“Levers, Fulcrums and other Not So Simple Tools.” ACCS Conference. Charlottesville,

VA. 3/08.

“VET (Virtual Exhibition Tool) Case Study; Multi-Year, Open Source Software

Development Project at the University of Virginia.” U21 Conference. Glasgow,

UK. 3/08.

“A Lever Long Enough and a Fulcrum.” ACCS Conference. Charlottesville, VA. 3/07.

“Toward an Understanding of Scalability, Innovation and Academic Culture.” U21

Conference. Guadalajara, Mexico. 11/06.

“News from Virginia; We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby, But…” Shock of the New,

Oxford University. (04/04)

“Native American Folk Tales.” (Va. Festival of the Book). (03/05 and prior years)

“Native American Folk Tales.” (Walker School) (10/06 and prior years)

“Meditation—A Pause that Reflexes.” Teaching Resource Center’s January Teaching

Workshop. With Rachel Saury and Chris Jackson (01/04)

“Hands Across the Waters; the Limitations and Elucidations of Metaphor.” Shock of the

New. Oxford University (04/02)

“Raising Awareness.” Herding Tigers. Oxford University (04/02)

“Prototype Tools.” For UVa’s CIO and ITCs Directors (03/02)

“Limited Time Offer.” NLII Best Practices. New Orleans (01/00)

“Using Technology to Improve Teaching.” Library User Ed Workshop (01/00)

“A Rune of One’s Own.” NLII Best Practices. New Orleans (01/99)

“Reflections on 15 Years Passing and Groucho Marx.” Thomas Jefferson Memorial

Church, UU (10/99)

“The Standards, Barer; UVAs Participation in the IMS Test bed.” VAMAP Conference

(04/98)

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Selected Presentations Continued

“The Course not Taken--Instructional Technology at UVA.” IBM Alliance Board (04/98)

“Oh! What a Tangled Web” Washington AACC Conference (05/98)

“Costs and Benefits of IT at UVA”. NLII Best Practices (01/98)

Selected Publications

“A Review of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me; Coates, Privilege, Racism: CPR for the American Dream” Brevity. http://bit.ly/ReviewCoates 1/5/16.

“Contemplative Approaches to Reading and Writing” Journal of Contemplative Inquiry. Vol 2, No. 1 (2015) with Dorothe Bach.

“A New, Completely Unfamiliar World.” Huffington Post http://bit.ly/ThunderousSilence (retrieved 3/7/13).

“Lovely Vine; Growing The Shenandoah Harmony”. In Closer Walk, forthcoming

book edited by Stephanie Vander Wel from University Press of Mississippi. 1/16.

“Creating Classroom Community.” International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society. Vol 9 (2013). With Dorothe Bach.

“Wistfully Waiting No More: An Open Source, Exhibition Building Case Study” Journal of Library and Information Technology. 5/13.

“Being an Ally, Rejecting Invisible Privilege” in L. M. Wah. Let’s Get Real. Stir Fry

Seminars and Consulting. 2011.

"Toward an Understanding of Scalability, Innovation and Academic Culture". International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society. Vol. 4, No. 3, 2008.

“Story and Healing in Action: New Methods for Fostering Heart to Heart Dialogue about Race. With Rachel Saury. Multicultural Education, Winter 2003, Vol. 11,No. 2.

“New Media Center Moves to Robertson Media Center: A Shared Vision for Improved Service.” John Alexander and Rick Provine. virginia.edu. vol.III, no. 2, fall ’99.

“Delivering Technology Through Collaboration at the University of Virginia.” With Rachel Saury, et al. College and University Media Review. Spring ’99.

“Flights of Time, Arrows, Fancy and Other Vaulting Ambitions.” With Judith Reagan. virginia.edu, V.II, No. 2, Fall’98.

Revealing Possibilities; The University of Virginia Teaching + Technology Initiative. ITC. (12/98) [Won first place in SIGUUCS National competition.]

“Stephen Bishop; Freedom’s Darker Face” Back Home (02/92)

“Grafting Japanese Management Techniques onto Human Resources.” IAPW Journal, Fall 1983.

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Excellence in Education

M.A. in English, U.T., Knoxville (6/75 3.76 GPA)

B.S. in History, U.T., Knoxville (6/73 “High Honors”)

Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, Honors History (one of three). Earned all expenses.

Professional Organizations

Member, ACMHE (Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education)

Member, AAUP (American Association of University Professors)

Personal

married . two children (ages 29 and 27) . musician . storyteller . gardener. reader. Unitarian-Universalist . shape note singer

Other

Particularly interested in creating new opportunities and taking responsibility for the results. Flexible skills, wide-ranging interests.