CURRICULUM VITAE

Ronald R. Capps

33311 Diamond Trail, Skidmore, MO64487

Telephone: (660) 928-3454E-Mail: or

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. FALL, 1984

LOUISIANASTATEUNIVERSITYANDA. & M.COLLEGE

Major: Generalist in Speech Communication

Minor: Literary Criticism

Summa Cum Laude

Ph.D. Dissertation: "The Critical Connection: A Computer Assisted Rhetorical Criticism of the Message of Harry F. Chapin”

Dr. John H. Patton, Director

Dissertation Defended and Final Examination Passed on July 20, 1984

M.A. FALL, 1981

PITTSBURGSTATEUNIVERSITY

Major: Speech Communication

Summa Cum Laude

M.A. Research Problem: "Challenges Met. Promises Broken: The British Women's Social and Political Union Hunger Strike for the Vote - 1909-1912."

Dr. Mary Margaret Roberts, Advisor

Recipient of Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award.

National Dean's Honor Roll

B.A., SPRING, 1981

CALIFORNIASTATEUNIVERSITY, FRESNO

Major: Speech Communication

Pi Kappa Delta -Degree of Highest Special Distinction (Debate & Individual Events)

Outstanding Debater (1966 thru 1969)

Most Valuable Forensics Team Member (1966 thru 1968)

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

MISSOURI WESTERN STATE COLLEGE

Adjunct Professor, Fall 2002 – Present

Responsible for teaching multiple sections of COM 104

SUBTITUTE TEACHER, K-12

Two years service as a substitute for South Nodaway, Nodaway-Holt, Jefferson 123 & Savannah School Districts.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, PLATTEVILLE

Assistant Professor, Fall, 1984 - Spring, 1989

Primary Responsibility for teaching the Department's Upper Division Courses Special Projects Coordinator for the Dean of the College of Business, Industry and Communication (1986-1989) Dr. Kahtan Al Yasiri, Dean -BIC College, UWP Director of Forensics (1984-1989)

Supervisor: Dr. George Smith (1986-1989) and Dr. Virgil Pufahl (1984-1986)

LOUISIANASTATEUNIVERSITYANDA. & M.COLLEGE

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Fall, 1982 thru Spring, 1984

Responsible for teaching "Honors" Public Speaking sections

Teaching Supervisor: Dr. Owen Peterson

PITTSBURGSTATEUNIVERSITY

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Fall, 1981

Taught group discussion and decision-making segments of Intro to Speech Communication

Teaching Supervisor: Dr. Pete Hamilton

NON-ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

AOM Development, LLC

Owner – August 2005 to Present

This is a parent company for Internet site and e-commerce development. Company presently owns numerous domains and holds both retail and wholesale permits. Wedding-Speeches-Toasts-Online.com

RC ENTERPRISES

Owner – September 2000 to Present

This is a division of AOM Development, LLC. Company presently owns nineteen domains and holds both retail and wholesale permits. Independent Licensed Insurance Agent/Broker

RC CONSULTING

Owner – July, 1989 to Present

Specialized consulting in the areas real estate, insurance, management, Internet, sales, marketing & development

NORTHWEST FORD-LINCOLN-MERCURY

Sales Manager – June 2001 to March 2002

Working with a new dealership to realign its inventory and to work with the development and retention of a sales staff.

LITHIA AUTOMOTIVE GROUP

Systems Administrator and Inventory Manager – July 1998 thru July 2000 - Resigned for move.

Responsible for the daily management of all computer, Internet and telecommunications for the Fresno Branch of a NYSE Corporation. Additional duties included: training and continuing education of employees; supervision of certification programs; ordering all vehicles and managing a new vehicle inventory in excess of $10 million.

LITHIA FORD-MAZDA OF FRESNO/CENTURY FORD MAZDA OF FRESNO

Assistant Sales Manager – June, 1997 thru June, 1998 – Promoted

Crew leader and manager of six salespeople.

RON CAPPS REAL ESTATE

Broker/Owner -Fall, 1993 to 1998

Responsible for property marketing, buyer representation, and supervision of independent contractor agents. Built one of the most productive non-franchised real estate operations in the Fresno/Clovis area.

Assorted automotive sales and management positions between May, 1969 and August, 1982

POSTDOCTORAL WORK, AWARDS AND HONORS:

International Business Executives – e-Commerce (2000)

International Network Administrators Advisory Council (1999 – 2000)

Lithia Motors “Circle of Excellence” Award Winner (1998)

Ford – Internet Certified Coordinator

Mazda Sales Leadership Series (1997)

Ford - Sales Operations Management Certification (1998)

Ford - Managing Your People (1998)

Ford -Leadership for Dealer Managers (1998)

Ford - Win-Win Negotiating (1998)

Creating Your Business Plan – Success Resource Institute (1996)

All Points Relocation Service National "Pacesetter" Award (1995)

Accredited Relocation Counselors (A.R.C.) certification (1995)

Certified Trust Specialist for CalEquity PACTrust (1995)

Real Trends recognition as one of the nation's elite real estate agents (1994 - 1995)

Foreclosure and Pre-Foreclosure "work out" certification for the California Department of Real

Estate (DRE) renewal (1994)

"Outstanding Mortgage Broker" -Brooks America (1993)

Voted "Outstanding Mortgage Broker" for the Clovis/Fresno area by the readers of the Clovis

Independent newspaper (1993)

President's Council member for London Properties Ltd. -Top 5 agents from among the 200+ agents

served on the council (1992-1993)

President's Award recipient as top first year agent at London Properties, Ltd. (1992)

Honored for providing the highest level of customer service and satisfaction (1991-1992)

Designated as an Accredited Relocation Specialist (AR.S.) (1991)

Graduated from Realtor's Institute (1991)

Earned California Real Estate Brokers License (1990)

Graduated from University Programs Real Estate Broker Program (1990)

Eli Lilly Post-Doctoral Teaching Award. Awarded one of forty-five national fellowships designed to

focus upon the improvement of undergraduate teaching (1985-1986)

Invited participant in the University of Wisconsin System's Summer Institute (1985)

Selected to participate in the University of Wisconsin's FacultyCollege (1985)

Academic Papers & Presentations:

"Meeting of the Minds: An Approach to the Teaching of the Evolution of Rhetorical Theory" Great

Ideas Series, SCA national convention (1986)

"Emotion: As an Example of Nonverbal Communication and Cerebral Lateralization." Rountree

Faculty Forum, University of Wisconsin (1985)

"Leadership: As a Variable of Small Group Communication in the College Classroom. University of

Wisconsin Summer Institute (1985)

"The Legacy of Harry Chapin: The Heroic Testimony to the Potentialities of Man." SCA National

Convention (1983)

"And the Mirror Says: The Portrayal of Women in Television." Eighth Annual Conference in Human

Communication, CSU-Fresno (1981)

"The Rhetoric of a Contemporary Storyteller: Harry Chapin and his Music." Sixteenth Annual

Hayward Conference in Rhetorical Criticism (1981)

ACADEMIC COURSES AND WORKSHOPS TAUGHT AT COLLEGE LEVEL:

  • Public Speaking
  • Advanced Public Speaking
  • Communication Theory
  • Communication Research Methods
  • Evolution of Rhetorical Theory
  • Rhetorical Criticism
  • Persuasion and Attitude Change
  • Argumentation and Debate
  • Organizational Communication
  • Small Group Decision Making
  • Small Group Communication
  • Nonverbal Communication
  • Gender Communication
  • Oral Interpretation
  • Broadcast Advertising and Sales
  • Sales Communication
  • Women in Sales
  • Interviewing
  • Critical Thinking
  • Gerontological Communication
  • Communication with the Terminally III
  • Death and Dying
  • Health Communication
  • Inter-Mediated Communication
  • Administering the High School Forensics Program Applied Communication in Forensics
  • Applied Communication Internships

EVIDENCE OF TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS:

Recommended unanimously for promotion to the rank of Associate Professor by both the College of

Business, Industry and Communications Rank, Salary and Tenure Committee (CRST) and the

Department of Communications Review Body (DRB) (1989)

Consistently ranked by peers in the top 3 out of 12 to 15 department faculty members in the area of

"Teaching Effectiveness" 4.429 on a 5.0 scale (faculty range 2.875 - 4.75)

Student Evaluations of 4.334 ranked in top 4 (faculty range 3.856 - 4.722)

Student volunteers from Small Group Decision Making course received third in the National Taped

Discussion Contest (1987)

Identified by BIC Dean as one of three outstanding educators within the College from a body of 56

fulltime faculty members (1986-1987)

UNIVERSITY SERVICE:

  • Secretary, University of Wisconsin -Platteville (UWP) Faculty Constitution Review Committee (1987-1989)
  • Chairman, UWP Academic and Institutional Research Committee (1986-1989)
  • UWP Committee to Assess the Economic Impact of the University of Wisconsin - Platteville on Southwest Wisconsin (1986-1988)
  • UWP Women's Study Advisory Council (1985-1989)
  • UW- System campus resource person for the Undergraduate Teaching Improvement Council (1985-1989)
  • BICCollege North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Accreditation Steering Committee (1986-1988)
  • BICCollege Advisory Committee (1986-1989)
  • Authored several BIC College Reports and Evaluations
  • UWP Grants Person Search and Screen Committee
  • Department of Communications Review Body (DRB) (1986-1988)
  • Developed Speech Program Emphasis in Sales Communication (1987)
  • Restructured the Department of Communication' s Speech Curriculum (1986-1987)
  • Member Speech Communication Association's Small Colleges Special Interest Group
  • Faculty Advisor to UWP Forensics Union (Overload Basis) (1984-1989)
  • Annually hosted and administered the largest high school forensics tournament in "Tri-State" area of Wisconsin, IowaIllinois
  • Annually hosted and coordinated high school forensics student workshop
  • Co-Chair, BIC -UWP Alumni Fundraising (1986-1988)
  • Copy Editor of student newspaper, PittsburgStateUniversity (Summer, 1981)

COMMUNITY SERVICE AND NON-ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

  • BlockCaptainClovisSchool Bond Measure (1995)
  • Board of Directors, Fresno Multiple Listing Service (MLS}(1994 to 1996)
  • Fresno Association of Realtors (FAR) Computer and Technologies Committee (1993 to 1996)
  • Co-host and planner, Central California Computer and Technology Faire (1994 to 1996)
  • FAR "Home Tours" Committee (1993 to 1996)
  • All Points Relocation Service, Inc. Broker's Executive Alliance (1994-1995)
  • Delegate to National Realtors Convention (1992-1994)
  • BuchananHigh School Band Booster (1994 to 1998)
  • Fund Raiser for FAR College Scholarship Program (1991-1992)
  • Fund Raiser for Heart Association & Public Television (1991-1993)
  • Kiwanis (1991-1993)
  • Canned Food Drive (1991-1994)
  • Platteville Public Library Board of Directors (1986-1989)
  • Vice Chairman of the Platteville Council on Aging (1986-1987)
  • Platteville Council on the Needs of Women (1985-1987)
  • Platteville Community Players (Community Theater Group) - Director and Talent
  • Director, Pittsburg Community Free University (1981)
  • Fresno Community Theater -Talent

REFERENCES:

Will be provided as needed.

Copies of college transcripts are available upon request

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