Galen Reddin MA, Ph.D.
359 20th ST SE Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
(319) 929-1323
Highlights of Qualifications
- Proficient writer in Arts, Sciences, and applied fields
- Timely managed service, teaching, and research duties
- Personality and work value preferences formally profiled & on record
as a strong match with professional interaction settings of technical writing
- Developed domain knowledge acquisition skills through 16 years of
tutoring clients from across the academic and professional fields
Relevant Experience
Administrative services to departments and institutions as TA and faculty member
- Substituted for communications department Chair at 3 meetings with Deans to report progress toward 2-year to 4-year accreditation goal
- Conducted periodic faculty performance reviews
- Collaborated with faculty in updating student assessment criteria
- Served on graduate student committees: to group-interview short list Assistant
Professor Job applicants; recommend undergraduate course textbooks; meet
Iowa Board of Education Representatives regarding departmental adherence to state
guidelines
Writing assistance to a global clientele spanning the disciplines
- Mentored a diverse student body on projects ranging from term papers and presentations to graduate program research programs and grants
- Engaged contract work such as a complete rewrite of hydro-engineering article
for professional journal submission
- Helped newer graduate student teachers incorporate multimedia technology, design
syllabi, lectures, assignments, and performance measures
Managerial and organizational experience in the private sector
- Collaborated in strategizing plans aimed at a 5-year membership increase in the Central Plains Chapter of the Mankind Project
- Trained management and staff for new restaurant openings: coordinated with local health, building, and safety officials, remodeling crews, and franchise owners in meeting targeted opening dates of over 20 nation-wide locations
- Managed 5 traveling bands over 16 years. Handled advertising, booking, purchasing,
- stage show direction, and negotiations with venue owners
Employment History
2007-2014 Instructor & Writing Center Tutor Kirkwood Community College
Iowa City & Cedar Rapids, IA
2000-2012 Instructor & Writing Center Tutor U of IA, Iowa City, IA
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2006-2007 Instructor Diné College, Navajo Nation
1985-1988 Field Trainer VICORP Restaurants
Denver, CO
1979-1998 Agent, Manager, Band Leader Self-employed, Midwest, US
Education
Department of Policy and Leadership Studies; College of Education; U of IA, Iowa City, IA
Social Foundations of Education, Ph.D. 05/12
Samuel T. Becker School of Communication Studies, U of IA, Iowa City, IA
Communications Education, MA 05/03
Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA
Philosophy, BA 07/96
Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA
Associate of Arts, 05/94
Certificates and Awards
- Interaction Group Facilitator Training Certification, the Mankind Project
- The National Institutes of Health: Human Subjects Protections Education Programs Certification
- State of IA, Child and Dependent Adult Abuse Mandatory Reporter Certificate
- U of IA Professional Development Program
- Tutoring Certificate, U of IA Writing Center
- Special Recommendation-based teaching appointments, U of IA
- Interdisciplinary Research Certificate, Project on the Rhetoric of Inquiry, U of IA
- Faculty Certificate of Appreciation, Diné College, Navajo Nation
- Coe-Kirkwood Academic Scholarship
- Outstanding Student Award & Dean’s List: Kirkwood Community College
Organizations
- American Association of Working Class Academics
- The Mankind Project
- American Educational Research Association
- Campaign to Organize Graduate Students
Leadership/Volunteering
- Camp Courageous of Iowa, Monticello, IA
- Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Iowa
- Navajo Nation Festival Day Family food distribution
- Animal Rescue: Navajo Nation
- Bosnian Refugee Family Support Services, Iowa City, IA