CURRICULUM VITAE
OF
KAY COLE HARRISON
2655 Winthrope Way
Lawrenceville, Georgia 30044
(678) 462-2720
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2011-Present MOWR Coordinator-Alpharetta Campus
2009-Present Associate Professor of English- Georgia Perimeter College
2005-2009 Assistant Professor of English - Georgia Perimeter College
2000-2005 Instructor of English - Georgia Perimeter College
1992-2000 Part-time Instructor of English and Reading – Georgia Perimeter College
1974-1981 English Teacher –Clarkston High School, DeKalb County, Ga.
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
A. EDUCATION
June, 1978 Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
Masters of Education Major: English Education. Graduated Magna Cum Laude
May, 1974 Mercer University, Macon, Georgia
Bachelor of Arts Major: English and Sociology. Minor: Psychology. Graduated Summa Cum Laude
B. HONORS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS
May, 2007 Completed IT Scholar Program
2005-2006 Selected as ”A Woman of Impact” for the Lawrenceville Campus
May, 2005 Selected to “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers”
May, 1981 Voted Clarkston High School’s “Teacher of the Year”
PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
A. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND RELATED ORGANIZATIONS
2012-2013 College Board Affinity National Network/GA Team
2006-2007 The Teaching of Medieval English Conference
2005-2016 National College English Association
2004-2016 Community College Humanities Association
2003-2005 League of Innovations
2003-2005 Association of Chapter Advisors for Phi Theta Kappa
2008-2011
2002- 2016 Two Year College Association
2001- 2016 Georgia- Carolina English Association
2000- 2016 Southern Atlantic Modern Language Association
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
2015 “Six Degrees of Imagination and Defamiliarization in John Guare” – College English Association in Indianapolis, Indiana
“The New MOWR: Are You Ready?” GA Perimeter College Faculty Development Day- Clarkston, GA
2014 “Revamping ‘The Lottery’ from Another Perspective”-TYCA/GA in Clarkston, GA
2013 “Infinite Variety in the Dual Enrollment English Classroom”- GA- Carolinas College English Association in Clarkston,GA
“Dual Enrollment: The Pathway to College Completion”- National College Fair in Atlanta, GA
2012 “Dual Enrollment: Bridging the Gap”-TYCA/GA in Clarkston, GA
“ Basic and Freshman Composition Students Find ‘The Sweet In-Between’ ” - College English Association in Richmond, VA
2011 “Mrs. Toole's Excellent Adventure: Publication, History, and an Interpretation of A Confederacy of Dunces” – SAMLA in Atlanta, Georgia
“The Rest Is Not Silence, and the Silence Is Not Rest: Tennessee Williams’ Non-Speaking Characters”- College English Association in Tampa, Florida
“The Ultimate Goal” – GA -Carolinas College English Association in Clarkston, Georgia
2010 “Taking a Second Look: an Introspective Approach to Composition” - 12th Annual Georgia Southern Student Success in Writing Conference in Statesboro, Georgia
“The Student Oriented Approach to Composition” – College English Association in San Antonio, Texas
“A Lesson Before Dying—One Man’s Search for Truth”- SAMLA in Atlanta, Georgia
2009 “Making Connections: The Written Word and the Student’s World” – GA-Carolina College English Association in Savannah, Georgia
2008 “The Reluctant Writer Revealed: Writing for Self-Discovery” – Community College Humanities Association in Chattanooga, Tennessee
2007 “The Collaborative Spanish and English Classroom” – Community College Humanities Association in San Antonio, Texas
“Reality and Imagination in John Kennedy Toole”- Southern Atlantic Modern Language Association in Atlanta, Georgia
“Analyzing A Confederacy of Dunces” - National College English Association in New Orleans, Louisiana
“Meet Ignatius Reilly: A Failure of Imagination” – Georgia-Carolina College English Association in Lawrenceville, Georgia
2006 “The Student Generated Classroom” -Georgia Carolina College English Association in Lawrenceville, Georgia
2005 “Creating Community in the English Classroom”- League of Innovations Conference in New York City, New York
“’Arsenic and Old Lace’”—A Dramatic Reading Presentation – League of Innovations Conference in New York City, New York
“A Guide to Creating Community in the Regents’ Classroom”- Georgia- Carolina English Association Conference in Lawrenceville, Georgia
2004 “The Bookless Classroom”—League of Innovations Conference in San Francisco, California
2003 “What the CTL Can Do For Faculty”—CTL Conference in Brasstown Valley, Georgia
2002 “The Concept of Time and Space in Alice Walker’s ‘Everyday Use,’” Georgia - Carolina English Association Conference in Kennesaw, Georgia
B. PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES ATTENDED
2016 Georgia Carolinas College English Association-Lawrenceville, GA
2015 Georgia Carolinas College English Association- Clarkston, GA
College English Association- Indianapolis, IND
Two Year College Association- Clarkston, GA
2014 Two Year College Association/GA
Georgia Student Finance Commission Conference- Kennesaw, GA
2013 Georgia Carolina College English Association- Clarkston, GA
National College Fair- Atlanta, GA
Two Year College English Associaton- Clarkston, GA
2012 Georgia Carolina College English Association- Clarkston, GA
Two Year College Association/GA- Clarkston, GA
College English Association- Richmond, VA
2011 Georgia Carolina College English Association- Clarkston, Georgia College English Association- Tampa, Florida
Two Year College Association- Decatur, Georgia
NACADA Georgia Drive In Conference- Clarkston, Georgia
Advising Workshop- Clarkston, Georgia
South Atlantic Modern Language Association- Atlanta, Georgia
2010 Georgia-Carolina College English Association -Clarkston, Georgia
Student Success in Writing Conference- Statesboro, Georgia
Community College Humanities Association- San Antonio, Texas
2009 Georgia-Carolina College English Association -Savannah, Georgia
Georgia Perimeter College Technology Conference -Clarkston, Georgia
2008 Georgia-Carolina College English Association - Lawrenceville, Georgia
Community College Humanities Association - Chattanooga, Tennessee
2007 Southern Atlantic Language Association - Atlanta, Georgia
Community College Humanities Association - San Antonio, Texas
National College English Association- New Orleans, Louisiana
Georgia-Carolina College English Association- Lawrenceville, Georgia
The Teaching of Medieval Literature Conference- Lawrenceville, Georgia
2006 Georgia-Carolina College English Association- Lawrenceville, Georgia
The Teaching of Medieval Literature -Lawrenceville, Georgia
College English Association - San Antonio, Texas
2005 League of Innovations- New York City, New York
Georgia- Carolina English Association- Lawrenceville, Georgia Interdisciplinary Conference for Teachers of Undergraduates-Barnesville, Georgia
2004 League of Innovations-San Francisco, California
2003 Interdisciplinary Conference for Teachers of Undergraduates-Barnesville, Georgia
2002 TLAT Conference-Athens, Georgia
Georgia-Coastal Carolina English Association-Kennesaw, Georgia
2001 Georgia- Carolina English Association-Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
2000 Southern Atlantic Modern Language Association-Atlanta, Georgia
C. OTHER
2012 Session Moderator at CEA Conference- Richmond, VA
2011 English Department Faculty Senator
Session Moderator at CEA Conference- Tampa, Florida
Session Moderator at TYCA Conference- Decatur, Georgia
2010 Registration Committee for Two Year College Association
Poetry Judge for the High School Literary Contest
2008-2014 Member of the Planning Committee for the Georgia-Carolina College English Association
Hospitality Co-Chairman for the Georgia-Carolina College English Association
Treasurer of the Georgia-Carolina College English Association
2008 Participant in the National Playwrights Video Conference with author Christopher Durang-Lawrenceville, Georgia
Search Committee for English Faculty
2007-2008 Secretary of Georgia-Carolina College English Association
2007 Registration volunteer for SAMLA
2006-2007 IT Scholar
Steering Committee for The Teaching of Medieval Literature Conference
2005-2006 Magic of Leadership I and II Graduate
Technical Classroom Training
Faculty Self Service Workshop
Beginning Word Workshop
Beginning PowerPoint
2005 Co-Creator of a promotional DVD for a regional sporting event for broadcast
2005-2008 Chairman for the Hospitality Committee for Georgia-Carolina Conference
2004-2008 Committee member for Registration for Georgia-Carolina English Association
2004-2008 Member of Planning Committee for Georgia-Carolina Conference
2003-2005 VISTA Training
Technology Workshop
FirStep Introduction
Outlook Introduction
2003 CTL College Workshop- Brasstown Valley, Georgia
2002 Member of Screening Committee for proposals for the Georgia- Carolina Conference; Myrtle, Beach, S.C.
2001 CTL College Workshop-Brasstown Valley, Georgia
2000- 2005 Campus Workshops – Distance Learning
Smart Board Training
Power Point Workshop
Creative Writing
Banner Training
Peer Assessment and Composition
SERVICE TO THE INSTITUTION
CAMPUS SERVICE
COMMITTEES
2011 Senator for the English Department to the Campus Senate
2009-2011 Campus Social Committee
2007-2011 Phi Theta Kappa Co-Advisor
2004-2008 Student Recognition and Awards Committee
Honors Committee
2003-2005 Phi Theta Kappa Co-Advisor
2003 Advertising Subcommittee Chairman
2002 Software Committee
2000- 2007 Alternate Senator for the Humanities Department to the Campus Senate
2000- 2004 Community Outreach
Service Learning
PRESENTATIONS AT WORKSHOPS
2000- 2009 Regents’ Workshops in both Reading and Writing
2007 Leader for norming session for Learning Support Exit Essay
2001 Workshop Coordinator for Adjunct Instructors- Lawrenceville
OTHER
2002 Rater for assessment papers for a study of English 1101 course
materials
2001-2008 Speaker for the Joint Enrollment Program (now Dual Enrollment) in high schools throughout Gwinnett County, Georgia
2000- 2009 Rater for exit essays in English 0099
Registration and Advisement Volunteer
2000-2003 One of two off campus instructors for the Joint Enrollment Program (now MOWR) -Lawrenceville Campus at Brookwood and Duluth High Schools
SERVICE TO THE COLLEGE
COMMITTEES:
2016 Celebration of Excellence for English Selection Committee
2015 Search Committee for Communications Instructor
2013-4 Committee to Create a Freshman Text for English 1101
2011 English Department Senator to the Faculty Senate
2010 Search Committee for English Faculty
2009 Learning Support Assessment Committee
English 1101/1102 Transition Committee
2008 Search Committee for English Faculty
2007-2008 Grade Appeal Committee for Lawrenceville Campus
College Recruitment Committee for Georgia Perimeter College
2005 Search Committee for Humanities Faculty
2003 Search Committee for ISS Faculty
2002- 2009 RGTR 0198/RGTE 0199 Committee
2002-2015 Learning Support Committee
English 1101/1102 Committee
2002 Search Committee for Business Faculty
2000- 2009 English 0098/0099 Textbook Committee
English 1101/1102 Textbook Committee
2000- 2007 Alternate Senator for the Humanities Department to the College Senate
OTHER
2105 Recipient of Customer Service Award for Perimeter-Alpharetta Campus
2011 Participant in SAGE Survey of Students for Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina
Participant in Advising Workshops in Clarkston, Georgia
2008-2011 Co-Advisor to Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
2003- 2005
2008 College-wide Search Committee for English Instructors
2006-2007 Advisor for Second Wind
2003 Presenter at CTL Workshop
2002-2008 Mentor to adjunct faculty
2001 -2008 Speaker for the Joint Enrollment Program (now Dual Enrollment) at various high schools in Gwinnett County, Georgia
2001 Participant in the Angel Tree Program for the college
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
2015-Present Alpharetta Concerns Committee
Education/Marketing Sub-Committee for Fulton County
Representative of MOWR to the Fulton County Chamber of Commerce
2014-Present Walton County Transition Team
2011-Present Speaker for the Dual Enrollment Program throughout the Atlanta area
2003-2005 Representative for Phi Theta Kappa at Egleston Children’s Hospital and at the Gwinnett Relay for Life
2000-2001 Liaison between faculty and parents in Brookwood Cluster, Gwinnett County
1994 -1996 Vice- President- Gwinnett County PTA
1992- 1994 Vice- President- Gwin Oaks Elementary School