Stephanie R. Willis

Stephanie R. Willis

785.220.3717

Permanent Home:
1509 Vermont
Lawrence, KS
66044 / Summer Home:
550 8th Ave
P.O. Box 361
Ouray, CO 81427

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

• Ph.D. Geography in progress / Expected 2016
Department of Geography, University of Kansas
• M.A. Geography / December 2010
Department of Geography, University of Kansas (GPA 3.93)
Thesis: Ouray, Colorado: Sense of Place in the Modern Wild West
• B.A. Geography (with highest distinction, GPA 3.92)
Department of Geography, University of Kansas
(Included a concentration in Psychology) / May 2007

TEACHING & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Kansas
Geog. 104: Introductory to Physical Geography
• Prepared all lectures
• Wrote original exams and developed classroom activities
• Graded all papers and assigned final grades
• Taught one section as an online course
• Graduate Research Assistant, So-Min Cheong
• Graduate Research Consultant, Geography 379: Adaptation Workshop
• Funded through the KU Center for Undergraduate Research
• Guest Lecturer, Haskell Indigenous Nations University,
World Regional Geography
• University of Kansas Athletics Tutor
• Worked with the men’s and women’s basketball teams
• Tutored up to nine basketball players at a time in group sessions
• Communicated directly with the students’ instructors
• Testing Center Graduate Proctor, Academic Achievement and Access Center, University of Kansas
• Administered exams for students with disability accommodations
• Accommodations include: a scribe, software for the hearing and visually impaired, extended exam time, reduced distraction testing environment, accessible text, etc.
• Worked directly with disability specialists and students’ instructors to administer exams
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Kansas
Geog. 105: Introductory Lab in Physical Geography
• Prepared lectures to introduce laboratory exercises
• Wrote original exams and developed classroom activities
• Graded all papers and assigned final grades
• Supportive Educational Services Tutor (Subjects: Geography, Geology, Psychology, American Studies, Religious Studies)
• Tutored students one-on-one through a government grant funded program
• Students in program have academic needs: are first generation college students, have disabilities, and/or are low-income
• Worked with students’ instructors to design individual tutoring methods to compliment classroom learning
• Geog. 104: Introduction to Physical Geography Course Grader / Fall 2010 – Fall 2013
Fall 2014 – Summer 2015
Spring 2015
Spring 2014
Spring 2014 - present
Spring 2014 - present
Fall 2007- Spring 2010, Fall & Spring 2013
2006 - present
Fall 2006 - Spring 2007

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:

Cheong, So-Min and Stephanie Willis. Fall 2015. “Integrating Research and Education: Undergraduate Fieldwork in Geography.” Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly. 36:1, 40-46.

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICE:

• Natural Science and Mathematics Graduate Representative to the Committee on Graduate Affairs / Jan 2012 – May 2013
• Policy, Procedures, and Awards Subcommittee within the Committee on Graduate Affairs / Jan 2012 – May 2013
• Graduate Student Advisory Board Member / Fall 2011 - present
• Kansas Geography Bee – timekeeper, volunteer / 2012
• Geography Diversity Committee – co-drafter of departmental diversity policy / 2012
• Geography Graduate Student Organization President / 2011- 2012
• Geography Graduate Student Liaison to Departmental Alumni Board / 2011- 2012
• GIS Day Organization and Planning Committee - Chair of Student Research Competition / 2011
• Graduate Student Social Chair / 2008 - 2010
• GeoClub President / 2008 - 2010
• Association of American Geographers / 2007 - present
• Graduate Student Organization / 2007 - present
• Globe-O-Mania Organization and Coordination / 2006 - 2012
• GeoClub Vice President / 2006 - 2008

FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS & HONORS:

• Graduate Research Consultant Award Recipient, Geography 379: Adaptation Workshop
• Snyder Book Collecting Contest – University of Kansas Libraries, Finalist / Spring 2015
April 2013
• Tutor Certification Level III: College Reading and Language Association, Blacksburg, VA / 2013
• Tutor Certification Level II: College Reading and Language Association, Blacksburg, VA / 2011
• Kollmorgen Research Scholarship / 2008 & 2009
• Tutor Certification Level I: College Reading and Language Association, Blacksburg, VA / 2008
• Phi Beta Kappa Society
/ 2007
• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Honor Roll / 2002 - 2007
• Global Awareness Program Certification
/ 2007
• Foreign Study Scholarship (Costa Rica) / 2006
• Nelson Humanities Scholarship / 2006 - 2007
• National Council for Education and Association of American Geographers Award for Excellence of Scholarship / 2006

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:

• Placing Sense of Place: The Current Landscape of Humanistic Geography and Sense of Place Methodologies.
Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, Illinois.
• Sense of Place and Place Geographies Parts 1 and 2, Session Chair
Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, Illinois.
• Alternative Methods for Sense of Place Research
Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers,
Tampa, Florida.
• Scents of Place: A Scented Map of the U. S. According to Kansans
Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers,
Los Angeles, California. / April 2015
April 2015
April 2014
April 2013
• Smell-scapes: A Scented Mental Map of the U. S.
Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Seattle, Washington. / March 2011
• Ouray, Colorado: Sense of Place in the Modern Wild West
Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, Nevada. / March 2009