Resume

• 2013

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Business Administration (Computer and Information Security)

  President

  School of Business and Technology Management Student Advisory Council; Golden Key International Honor Society

  Northcentral University

• 1997

  ITrain.org

  Elkridge

  Maryland

  Nonprofit professional society of IT trainers and training managers.

  Founder

  Membership Director

  ITrain.org

  Essex

  Maryland

  Facilitate courses in the English division.

  Instructor

  Community College of Baltimore County

  Online

  World cultures

  humanitites

  Adjunct Professor

  Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

  Research specialty: Effects of complex

  rigorous policies on the cryptographic security of user-generated passwords.

  Northcentral University

  University of Maryland University College

  Wiesbaden Area

  Germany

  Academic research & writing

  argumentation

  Adjunct Professor

  Columbia

  Maryland

  Facilitate courses in the divisions of Business & Computing

  English & World Languages

  and Arts & Humanities.

  Master Instructor

  Howard Community College

• 1994

  Rotary Club of Columbia-Patuxent

  Columbia

  Maryland

  Served the Howard County community by leading a service organization of business professionals.

  Past President

  Rotary Club of Columbia-Patuxent

• 1989

  Damar Group

  Ltd.

  Howard Community College

  University of Maryland University College

  Maryland

  Lead associate faculty members in the College of Humanities and Sciences and College of Information Systems and Technology

  Full Time Core Faculty: Lead Faculty

  Area Chair

  University of Phoenix

  Columbia

  Maryland

  Lead an organization of computer trainers and instructional technologists.

  President

  Damar Group

  Ltd.

  Columbia

  Maryland; Online

  Facilitate courses in the College of Humanities and Natural Sciences and the College of Information Systems and Technology

  Faculty

  University of Phoenix

  Owings Mills

  Maryland

  Business writing

  English composition & literature

  Adjunct Professor

  Stevenson University

  Korean

  German

  Air Force Instructor of the Year

  United States Air Force

  Adjunct Faculty of the Year

  Howard Community College

  Honor Society

  Golden Key International Honor Society

  Faculty of the Year

  Univerisity of Phoenix

  Faculty of the Year

  University of Phoenix

• 1987

  Master of Liberal Arts

  Liberal Arts

  The Johns Hopkins University

  Critical Thinking in Global Challenges

  University of Edinburgh

  Duke University

  A Beginner's Guide to Irrational Behavior

• 1985

  AAS

  Interpreting and Translating

• 1983

  BA

  Behavioral Science

  Educational Psychology

• 1979

  Diploma

  Korean

  Defense Language Institute

• Rotary Club of Columbia-Patuxent

  Past President

  President

  Board of Directors

  Howard County Sexual Assault Center

  Board of Directors

  CareerScope

  Faculty Development

  Public Speaking

  Educational Technology

  Classroom Instruction

  Leadership Development

  Online Instruction

  Instructional Design

  Community Outreach

  English

  Program Development

  Faculty Management

  Higher Education

  Organizational Development

  Non-profits

  Adult Education

  Teaching

  Curriculum Design

  Staff Development

  Research

  Curriculum Development

  The Technical Writer's Checklist

  Step-by-step

  you'll learn how to create paragraph unity

  cohesion

  and logical bridges; ensure proper word choice; and the perennial favorite: passive versus active voice. Learn to add punch to your writing and make your students want to learn more. Do you know how to best write for your audience's reading level? You will after following the steps in this guide.\n\nThe Technical Writer's Checklist walks you through the steps you must take to become a great technical writer

  a skill required of all trainers.\n\nAnd there are no boring

  time-consuming grammar exercises!

  The Technical Writer's Checklist

  Critical reading requires the reader to read intentionally and skeptically

  looking to understand not only what the author says but also asking questions such as

  \n\n-Why did the author write this article?\n-What are the author’s qualifications to write this material? Is the author an expert in this topic?\n-What is missing from the text? Has the author presented all relevant information?\n

  Critical Reading

  A text for undergraduate and graduate college students that describes the salient components of preparing a college research paper.

  Writing a Great Research Paper

  Optimization of Academic Assignment Presentation: Using Behavioral Economics to Effect Positive Student Outcomes

  How assignments are presented to college students may affect their performance. One of the elements under a students’ control is the schedule that they follow when preparing and presenting their work for evaluation. Procrastination affects students’ academic performance. Faculty may use findings from behavioral economics

  such as loss aversion theory

  to encourage positive student behaviors. Students

  when seeking to complete their academic work and meet their academic responsibilities

  must make choices that require evaluating tradeoffs (e.g.

  complete the assignment or join friends at a social gathering

  submit an assignment response on time even though the submission does not reflect best work or complete the assignment but accept a grade sanction for late submission). Improving students’ ability to make choices that best serve their academic interests

  particularly in regard to procrastination and organization of time and effort

  may lead to students’ more fully meeting academic requirements.\n\nKeywords: academic

  behavioral economics

  loss aversion

  procrastination

  Optimization of Academic Assignment Presentation: Using Behavioral Economics to Effect Positive Student Outcomes

  You are what you think and how you think. The manner in which you think will affect the decisions and judgments that you make.

  Critical Thinking: An Academic Skill

  By the time a student enters college

  he or she must have attained a degree of literacy that demonstrates preparation for the rigors of post secondary academic study. One of the markers of this preparation is the list of books that have been read. I have noticed that few undergraduate students are fully prepared for the reading

  writing

  and critical thinking requirements of their first few years of college work. To help rectify this problem

  I offer my list of the books that all Americans should read before entering college. If you are already in college and have not read all of these books

  waste no time in getting up to speed.

  The Books That All College Students Should Have Read

  Reading is required in both academic study and general citizenship. The more accurately one reads

  comprehending the presented data and relationships among the arguments and retaining the details

  the greater the benefit that may be accrued from the reading effort.

  Reading Academic Material

  My listening to students lead me to recognize that although students and faculty often share common objectives and expectations

  at times

  we diverge in our judgments and preferences

  sometimes significantly. For example

  while students expect faculty to fully explain the details of course material—arithmetic procedures

  processes of chemical analysis

  explanation of an author’s unstated meaning—faculty expect students to demonstrate independent scholarship and initiative—studying and memorizing procedures

  reading how processes are controlled

  and researching the biographical data and literary criticism of authors during the course of explication.

  Bridging Divergent Expectations

  Step-by-step

  you'll learn how to focus on learners' needs and exceed their expectations every time

  add punch to your presentations

  and create truly great training materials. Through an in-depth exploration of all new and different technical articles that delve into most important skills that lead to success as a professional trainer

  The Training Book demonstrates quickly and succinctly the steps you must take to become a great trainer.

  The Training Book: Handbook for Trainers

  Volume 1

  College students often fear the research project. However

  in truth

  the research project is an opportunity to delve deeply into a domain of knowledge

  learn new facts

  and acquire an appreciation for perspectives that often come through no other venue

  other than the research project.

  Academic Research Projects: Start at the Right Place

  David

  Murphy

  Ph.D.

  Stevenson University

  University of Phoenix

  Northcentral University

  Community College of Baltimore County

  Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University