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Steven Harley Park

Pirates of the Carribean

Manager, Learning Resource Center

University of Connecticut Class at UConn Storrs

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My Company: http://lrc.uconn.edu/

My Website: http://stevenpark.org

Teaching Mean Scores

Education

University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT, United States

Ph.D., United States History and Modern European History

Ph.D. in History, U.S./European fields, December 2005

Dissertation Title: The Burning of HMS Gaspee and the Limits of Eighteenth-Century British

Imperial Power

Advisor: Dr. Richard D. Brown, Harvard, 1966

University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT, United States Sep 1992 - Aug 1993

M.A., History

M.A. in History, August 1993

Munson Institute of American Maritime

Studies

Mystic, CT, United States Jun 1993 - Aug 1993

Graduate Seminars, American Maritime History

Munson Institute of American Maritime Studies, Mystic, Connecticut

Graduate Seminars, Summer 1993

Hurricane Island Outward Bound School

Rockland, ME, United States May 1989 - Aug 1989

Instructor Training Program

Wheaton College Graduate School

Wheaton, IL, United States Sep 1985 - May 1987

M.A., Educational Ministries

Wheaton College

Wheaton, IL, United States Sep 1983 - May 1985

B.A., Social Science

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Denison University

Granville, OH, United States Sep 1981 - May 1983

Psychology and Religion

Teaching

University of Connecticut, Avery Point and Storrs campuses, Connecticut, 1/00 - present

Instructor

Taught writing - intensive classes that require many revisions and editing on a 15-page research

project

Utilize a campus-wide learning management system to enhance instruction and communication with

students.

History:

United States History to 1877

United States History since 1877

Modern Western Traditions (1500 to present)

America and the Sea

The Maritime History of the Atlantic World

Colonial America: Native Americans, Slaves, and Settlers, 1492-1760

First Year Experience:

Pirates of the Caribbean (honors and non-honors sections)

History of Religion in America

University Learning Skills

Interdisciplinary classes that incorporate history, economics, archeology, and literature

Introduction to Maritime Culture (in person and fully online)

Ports of Passage

The Master's School, West Simsbury, Connecticut, 8/89-6/92

History Teacher-Secondary Grades

Taught 25 classes per week in history (U.S., Russian, Ancient and Modern World),

geography, and contemporary issues

Advised yearbook staff of 18 students in layout and photography for production of 80-page

yearbook

Advised outdoor club of 12 students in planning trips and fundraising activities

Awards

Six-month educational leave granted by the Provost, University of Connecticut 1/05-7/05

University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, 8/95-8/97

Graduate Assistant - Editorial Assistant

Prepared, edited, and proofed manuscripts for publication in the Oral History Review

Coordinated the referee and reviewing process of articles for the editor

Compiled a computer data-base of survey results received from 183 members of the Oral

History Association

University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, 1/95-5/95

Graduate Assistant - Teaching Assistant

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Prepared review sessions for class examinations

Assisted students during weekly office hours

Evaluated student progress by grading examinations and papers

Publications

Book Review: The Culture of Piracy, 1580-1630, Jowitt, Claire. (Ashgate Publishing Limited: Surrey,

England, 2010) reviewed in The Nautilus: A Maritime Journal of Literature, History, and Culture,

Spring 2011.

Ports entry in Encyclopedia of New England (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2005).

Book Review of Lisa Norling, Captain Ahab had a Wife: New England Women and the Whalefishery,

1720-1870 in Connecticut History, Vol. 40 No. 2 (Fall, 2001).

'Three Sheets to the Wind:' Marine Temperance in Antebellum Nineteenth-Century America,

International Journal of Maritime History, Vol. XIII, No. 1 (June, 2001), 137-149.

Good Havens!' Confronting the Nineteenth-Century American Merchant Mariner with Domestic

Ideals, Maritime Mission Studies, 2 (Spring, 2000) 9-17.

Bethels entry in An Encyclopedia of American Literature of the Sea and the Great Lakes, ed. Jill B.

Gidmark (Greenwood Press, 2000).

Verbeck, Guido Fridolin entry in The American National Biography (New York: Oxford University

Press, 1999).

The Christian Herald and Seaman's Magazine: Portraying the Mariner as the 'Worthy' Spiritually

Poor, Maritime Mission Studies, 2 (Autumn, 1995), 11-18.

'The Ship Without Liberty': Mutiny and the Clipper Contest, The American Neptune, 55 (Spring,

1995), 123-134.

Professional Presentations

"Pirates of the Caribbean," was presented at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, University of

Connecticut, Waterbury, CT, September 2011.

"Maritime Piracy," was presented at The Williams School, New London, CT, September 2011.

"Collaborative Technologies and the 21st Century University: Knowledge Creation and Exchange for

the Next Generation," was presented at Collaborative Technologies for Teaching and Scholarship at a

NorthEast Regional Computing Program SIG, Norwood, MA, May 2011.

"The Gaspee Affair," was presented to Tales of Cape Cod, Olde Colonial Courthouse, Barnstable,

MA, August, 2010.

"The End of Privateering: The Peace of Paris and the American Civil War," was presented to The

North American Society for Oceanic History, Council of American Maritime Museums, National

Maritime Historical Society, The Steamship Historical Society of America, and The Society for

Nautical Research Conference, University of Connecticut, Groton and Mystic Seaport Inc., Mystic

Connecticut, May 2010.

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"Dual Boot Macs in Classrooms and Labs: The Best of Both Worlds," was presented to the NorthEast

Regional Computing Program SIG, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, March 2010.

"The Gaspee Affair," was presented to some of the staff of Mystic Seaport, Inc. at their Maritime

Lunchure, Mystic, CT, February 2010.

"The Gaspee Affair," was presented to Leisure Learning in East Greenwich, RI, October 2009.

"Customs Enforcement, Piracy, Smuggling, and the Patriot Cause: Rhode Island's Gaspee Affair of

1772-1773," was presented at the Maritime Conference of the Humanities, Buzzards Bay, MA,

October 2009.

"Supporting 1.0 Students in a 2.0 World," was presented at E-Learning 2.0: The Next Generation of

Online Education Conference, Storrs, CT, September 2009.

"The Gaspee Affair," was presented to the Friends of Cranston Public Library, Cranston, RI, May

2009.

Assessing Computer Technology Competency Among Incoming Students was presented at the

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) Educational

Technology Conference, Baltimore, MD, July 2008.

Interpreting the Gasp e Affair was presented at the Pawtuxet Village Association General Meeting,

Warwick/Cranston, RI, June 2008.

Opening up Comprehensive Media to a Wider Student Population was presented at the Association

of College and Research Libraries/New England Chapter conference on Media and Popular Culture:

Effects on Academic Libraries, April 2008.

Managing Over-Enrollments and Overrides NERCOMP Poster Session, Worcester, MA, March

2006.

The Burning of HMS Gaspee was presented at UConn s Avery Point Campus as part of their

lecture series The American Experience in Groton, CT, October 2005.

The Legacy of Rhode Island s Gaspee Affair, 1772-1773 was presented at the New England

Historical Association Fall Conference as part of a session titled Ideology and Property in the Era of

the American Revolution in Kingston, RI, October 2005.

Managing Over-Enrollment and Overrides presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the American

Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) in New York City, March

2005.

Doing Historical Research in a Digital Age presented to the Department of History, University of

Connecticut, Storrs, CT, March 2005.

Fire in the hole! The burning of HMS Gaspee and a longer view of colonial maritime resistance

presented at The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (BSECS) 34th Annual Conference at

St Hugh's College, Oxford, UK, January 2005.

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Using BRIO Quickview to run StudentAdmin Data Mart (SADM) reports presented at Chaplin

Training Center, University of Connecticut Depot Campus, Storrs, CT, October 2003.

'Tending the Vineyard:' Maritime Religion on Martha's Vineyard 1824-1978 presented at the Cape

Cod Maritime History Symposium, Hyannis, MA, May 1999.

Using STUBIO to create and run reports from the Student Records System in FOCEXEC presented

to the Council of Associate Deans of Resident Instruction, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, July

1998.

Academic Advising and Emerging Technologies - helped to organize and participated in a

presentation for the Northeast Regional NACADA Conference in Portsmouth, NH, March 1998.

'Good Havens!': Domesticating the Nineteenth-Century American Merchant Mariner - presented at

the New England Historical Association Fall Conference as part of a session I organized with fellow

scholars titled Maritime Philanthropy in Storrs, CT, October 1997.

'Three Sheets to the Wind': Marine Insurance and Temperance in the Nineteenth Century -

presented at the International Association for the Study of Maritime Mission Conference in Mystic,

CT, April 1997.

Creating the Electronic Lecture - presented to the Department of History, The University of

Connecticut, Storrs, December 1996.

Rough Waters: Life at Sea in the 19th Century - presented at the South Street Seaport Museum

Conference in New York City, October 1995.

The Christian Herald and Seaman's Magazine: Portraying the Mariner as the 'Worthy' Spiritually

Poor - presented at the International Association for the Study of Maritime Mission 1995 Conference

in Liverpool, UK, April 1995.

Online Publications

"The Seafarer as the "Worthy Poor"

253 full-text downloads since date of posting (2006-07-10)

"Tending the Vineyard: Maritime Religion on Martha's Vineyard from 1824-1978"

397 full-text downloads since date of posting (2006-07-10)

"Rough Waters: Life at Sea in the 19th Century"

1136 full-text downloads since date of posting (2006-07-10)

Professional Activities - past and present

Co-Editor of Maritime Mission Studies, an international, refereed, academic journal

executive committee, International Association for the Study of Maritime Mission

member, Organization of American Historians

member, Phi Alpha Theta

member, International Maritime Economic History Association

member, University of Connecticut Professional Employees Association (UCPEA)

member, National Academic Advising Association (NACADA)

member, British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (BSECS)

member, New England Historical Association

liaison, Data Warehouse Services (StudentAdmin Data Mart) University of Connecticut

member, E-Portfolio implementation and training team University of Connecticut

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member, Software Licensing Group University of Connecticut

Chair, Data Information Services Workgroup University of Connecticut

member, Student Organization Advisor Resources and Support University of Connecticut

member, Academic Advisory Council University of Connecticut

member, Learning Commons Council University of Connecticut

Professional Experience

University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT, United States Oct 2005 - Present

Program Manager, Learning Resource Center

Hire, train, and supervise 11 Student Educational Technology Assistants (SETAs) each

year to provide help desk support to 28,000 students.

Manage a state-of-the-art computer laboratory and collaborative learning center within a

Tier I public research library

Teach or co-teach 14 different workshops to undergraduate and graduate students each

semester

Storrs, CT, United States Aug 1997 - Oct 2005

Academic Counselor/Coordinator

Academic Counselor/Coordinator given positions of increasing responsibility with 2 upgrades/

reclassifications (1999 & 2004)

Advised approximately 5,600 undergraduate students regarding curriculum planning,

major selections, career opportunities, and graduate school

Designed, implemented, and managed ten dynamic, relational databases of more than

21,000 students generating information for scholarship selection, school and department

reports, mass e-mail distributions, and traditional mailings.

Coordinated the reporting needs of the School of Business utilizing data warehouses and

web-based applications

Worked with 37 student leaders on the Student Leadership Council to plan and

implement programs that benefited their organizations and the school

Lakeside

Pittsfield, MA, United States May 1987 - Mar 1989

Assistant Camp Director

Planned and implemented staff training, family camps, youth camps, retreats, and

conferences year-round

Made changes in staff recruitment among college students to increase applications by

50% in one year

Supervised a summer staff of 18 college students

Developed and reorganized camp program areas to increase their capacity by 25% in

one year

Other Honors

Elected President of History Graduate Students' Association

Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society

Elected President of National Honor Society Chapter

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Eagle Scout

Wheaton College Dean's List

Technology

Ten years of experience as a designer and administrator in WebCT and Vista (now Blackboard 8)

Used WebTutor supplemental material to enhance WebCT

Trained 60 students each year in WebCT basics (from Campus Edition through Vista)

Continue to manage a Help Desk/Call Center that provides 1st tier support to 28,000 students

for Blackboard 8

Nine years of experience with PeopleSoft s StudentAdmin module in versions 7.6, 8.0, and 9.0.

Trained 330 new students each year in StudentAdmin basics

Conversant in student, instructor, and advisor roles

Nine years of experience developing and managing relational databases in MicroSoft Access

Designed ten different databases and trained other staff to utilize them effectively for reporting

and analysis

Populated these databases through a FOCEXEC Program called STUBIO and then (after May

2002) through the StudentAdmin Data Mart.

Served on the University of Connecticut s E-Portfolio implementation and training team

Six years of experience designing and supporting the Undergraduate Programs Office website in the

School of Business (MS FrontPage and MacroMedia s Dreamweaver 8)

Eight years of experience with the StudentAdmin Data Mart using BRIO Insight 6.0 and Hyperion 9.

Developed 88 reports for the School of Business (making them available over the Intranet)

Trained School of Business faculty and staff to utilize BRIO QuickView to run reports

Consulting

Maritime History of the Atlantic World - charette, Mystic Seaport exhibit on Sinister Seas

11 January 2011

SiGMaster for "Data Warehousing and Extraction: Meeting the Reporting Needs of Your Campus," at

Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 6 June 2011.

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