Administrative Assistant Engineering

GWENDOLYN LEE-THOMAS, PHD

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Chesapeake, VA 23322

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EDUCATION: Doctor of Philosophy: Educational Administration (K-12 and Higher Education), Indiana

State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, May 1999.

Master of Education: Curriculum, Instruction & Media Technology (CIMT), Indiana

State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, May, 1996.

Bachelor of Arts: Office Management, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond,

Louisiana, December, 1984.

EMPLOYMENT: July 2005 Present: Old Dominion University, Educational Leadership and Counseling

Department in the Darden College of Education.

Position: Assistant Professor of Higher Education Graduate Programs

Duties: Teach Master and Ph.D. courses in the Higher Education graduate programs.

Other responsibilities include graduate student advising, dissertation chair and service,

program development and evaluation, and research in Change Management, Cultural

Competence, Organizational Culture & Development, and Leadership Transition models.

January 2008 Present: Career Switchers, Old Dominion University.

Position: Lecturer

Duties: Teach Cultural Diversity in the Classroom to professionals who switch to the

K-12 teaching profession through a one-year intense program in preparation for teaching

licensure.

July 2004 June 2005: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT), Terre Haute,

Indiana

Position: Executive Assistant to the President

Duties: Assisted the President in day-to-day operations of the Institute; provided

investigative documentation and information for decision-making; managed projects

relative to the President and president s office; monitored scheduled appointments for

efficient use of time; supervised administrative assistant; worked closely with

administrators, faculty, staff, and students regarding the president s office; and fostered

as well as facilitated effective and advantageous relations with local, state, and national

constituency groups, legislators, business professionals and community leaders.

September 1998 June 2004: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT), Terre

Haute, Indiana.

Position: Director of Assessment

Duties: Assisted administrators, department chairs, program coordinators, staff students

and faculty with the development and implementation of assessment plans and

instruments for continuous improvement in providing quality education. This included

but not limited to survey design and administration, focus groups and interviews,

statistical analyses (parametric and non-parametric), report summaries, and consultation.

Also provided data-gathering and analyses in support of departmental and institutional

accreditation processes.

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Worked with faculty in the assessment of learning as a result of including technology

in the classroom.

Served as RHIT liaison with the National Science Foundation funded Foundation

Coalition (FC) regarding the restructuring of the engineering curriculum in the

coordination of a six-campus assessment team.

Analyzed and reported data and facilitated faculty teams in the evaluation of results

using Banner 2000, SPSS, MS Word and Excel.

Collaborated with faculty in planning and implementing workshops & seminars

relevant to classroom assessment, program assessment and student learning.

Supervised doctoral and work study students on various assessment projects,

organized and supervised all testing session (freshmen, sophomore and seniors).

Analyzed and reported data, as well as prepared and submitted annual reports

regarding all RHIT assessment activities to the Rose-Hulman community.

Summer 2001 Fall 2004: Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana.

Position: Adjunct Professor and Graduate Faculty in the Counseling department.

Duties: Taught Program Evaluation to graduate students who were completing a Master

Degree in Counseling or Student Affairs Administration. Instruction was provided for

both in-class and on-line students.

Summer 2000: Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana

Position: Adjunct Faculty in the Education Leadership, Administration and Foundation

department.

Duties: Taught School and Community Relations to graduate students who were

preparing for principal s licensure, master degrees in education, and teacher certification.

Also provided professional development in understanding teaching and learning concepts

as well as application and analysis of assessment techniques via IHETS (Indiana Higher

Education Television Services) and in-class students.

Summer 1998: Lilly Endowment First-Year Experience Project at Indiana State

University, Terre Haute, IN.

Position: Research and Assessment Assistant (Doctoral Student)

Duties: Engaged in literature, qualitative and quantitative research and assessment to

assist the Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs in preparation of the annual report

submitted to the grant-funding agency.

August 1997 December 1997: Lilly Endowment to Indiana State University (of Terre

Haute, IN) entitled Transforming the First-Year Experience: A Model for Fortifying

Student Resolve to Succeed Graduate Mentoring Program.

Position: Program design and coordination.

Duties: Worked collaboratively with Student Academic Service Center administrators in

the coordination and monitoring of mentoring activities for five graduate students and 30

academically challenged first-year students.

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August 1996 to May 1998: Department of Educational Leadership, Administration and

Foundation, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana.

Position: Graduate Fellow to Department chair and Dean of the School of Education.

Duties: Researched topics relevant to curriculum development of various courses and

Ph.D. programs in Higher Education and Urbanization. Assisted the department chair in

the presentation of topics regarding K-12 student achievement through multicultural

education and within the African-American context. Accompanied the chair as recorder

of focus groups throughout the state of Indiana as follow-up to the Indiana Principal

Leadership Association (IPLA)/ISU Summer Urban Institute.

Graduate Assistant to the Dean of the School of Education: Redesigned and

facilitated the production of the School of Education and Professional Development

Schools brochures. Assisted in the coordination of eth first annual Professional

Development Schools Conference with Indiana educators, legislators, university faculty

and administrators, K-123 faculty and administrators, and business and community

leaders.

August 1997 to December 1997: Internship, Senior Associate Vice President of

Academic Affairs at Indiana State University. Terre Haute, Indiana.

Position: Doctoral Intern

Duties: Researched topics regarding committee assignments on evaluating student

support programs, graduate mentoring programs, and faculty roles and rewards. Engaged

in job shadowing opportunities and served on both the Student Outcomes Assessment

Committee and the Lilly Endowment First-Year Experience Project serving as co-

coordinator with the Student Academic Service Center.

January 1993 to August 1996: African American Review, Indiana State University,

Terre Haute, Indiana

Position: Editorial Associate

Duties: Provided copy-editing and computer layout of articles for publication with

QuarkXPress and Ventura software. Maintained a $102K budget including accounts

receivable; designed and established one-time and full-year exchange advertisement

contracts with other literary publications; distributed and provided invoicing for issues

sent to bookstores and distributors; provided invoicing of sample and back issues; and

maintained copyrights and determined reprint permission.

April 1991 to December 1991: ABMB Engineers, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA.

Position: Administrative Secretary/WordPerfect Trainer

Duties: Assisted O Brien-Krietzberg & Associates, Inc. along with other subcontracted

companies with the development and maintenance of daily office procedures for the

Baton Rouge & Dallas offices. Developed and presented beginning, intermediate, and

advanced level WordPerfect training courses to office staff in New York, NY.

October 1990 to March 1992: InoNet Computer Training, Baton Rouge, LA.

Position: Night Instructor (Part-Time)

Duties: Instructor of WordPerfect and Lotus to students with minimal computer literacy.

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April 1987 to April 1991: Exxon Company, USA through Olsten Temporaries ad Exxon

Research and Development Laboratories through Kelly Temporary Services, Baton

Rouge, LA.

Position: Wordprocessing Specialist, PC Support & Administrative Technician

Stenographer.

Duties: Performed various secretarial, computer/wordprocessing skills, and desktop

publishing for chemical engineering section heads, catalyst coordinators and chemists.

Scheduled conference rooms and calls, travel reservations, modification of various

computerized data entries and time sheets. Provided PC support to all Exxon employees

within the Refinery complex and programmed a database for a 2,000 valve-inventory.

February 1985 to April 1987: Superior Life Insurance Company, Center of Operations,

Baton Rouge, LA.

Position: Administrative Assistant

Duties: Performance of secretarial and managerial day-to-day operations of payroll,

typing and filing. Also conducted salary surveys, report auditing, and evaluations among

agents and district managers.

SPECIAL Served on the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, July 1997 June 1998

APPOINTMENT: appointed by Governor Frank O Bannon. The Indiana Commission for Higher

Education s general purpose included (1) to plan and to coordinate Indiana s state-

supported system of post-high school education, taking into account the plans and

interests of independent colleges and universities; (2) to define the educational missions

of public colleges and universities; (3) to review both operating budget and capital budget

appropriation requests from public institutions; (4) to approve or disapprove for public

institutions the offering of any additional associate, baccalaureate or graduate degree, or

certificate program of two semesters or more in duration; (6) to review all programs of

public institutions and make recommendations to the governing board of the institution,

the Governor, and the General Assembly concerning the funding and the disposition of

these programs; and, (7) to review the budget requests of the State Student Assistance

Commission.

Also planned and organized the 1997 Annual State-wide Student Leadership Conference

with Congresswoman Julia Carson as guest speaker entitled Leadership Savvy for the

21st Century.

PROFESSIONAL: External Evaluator for ECPI Technology College in Norfolk, VA. Assessment and

SERVICES: evaluation instrument design and implementation, analysis and report dissemination for

Engineering Technology Education. Funded by the National Science Foundation.

May 2006 May 2008.

External Evaluator: Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA. Comprehensive Formal

Evaluation of the Dozoretz National Institute for Mathematics and Applied Sciences

(DNIMAS) Program. Funded by National Science Foundation. May 2007

External Evaluator: Norfolk State University: Enhancing Education through Alignment

of Academic Affordances to Simulate Engineering Learning (E2A3SEL or EASEL). This

evaluation measured the organizational structure and climate conduciveness for

implementing an integrated engineering curriculum. Funded by National Science

Foundation. June 2006.

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External Consulting for Edmonds Community College, Lynnwood, WA. Measuring

Cultural Diversity course effectiveness in preparation for accreditation. April, 2006.

Professional Workshop. Presented to Bryant & Stratton s Annual Faculty Professional

Development Training for Virginia Beach and Richmond, VA. March 2006.

External Evaluator for University of Lincoln-Nebraska minority engineering

international research experience in Venezuela. Provided ethnographic assessment of

student reflective journals submitted as part of a engineering research experience with the

Universidad Nacional Del T chira (The Experimental National University of T chira State,

UNET) in San Cristobal, Venezuela. Fall 2005.

Full and half day workshop entitled Teaching and Learning Styles: Cultural Diversity &

Cognitive Differences presented to Edmonds Community College, Everett Community

College, and Olympic Community College and Washington State Board for Community

and Technical Colleges, Lynnwood, WA, January 2004 and 2005.

Assessment consultant to J.L. Consultants, Inc. in Diversity Training and Conflict

Management. January 2001 to January 2004.

Assessment consultant to California Polytechnic State University Materials Engineering

Department, August 2000 August 2001.

Assessment consultant to the consortium of United Cerebral Palsy Wabash Valley, Terre

Haute Urban Enterprise Zone, Step Ahead Vigo County Step Ahead Council, and

Community Coordinated Child Care (4C) Wabash Valley of Terre Haute for a childcare

needs assessment, July 1999 May 2000.

UNIVERSITY Enrollment Management Strategic Planning International Subcommittee. Fall 2008.

SERVICE:

Foundations of Excellence at Old Dominion University: Co-chair of the Improvement

Committee. Fall 2006 and Spring 2007.

Diversity Institute at Old Dominion University. Spring 2006 to Present

President s Institute Leadership Team member, Rose-Hulman Institute of

Technology charged with oversight and group decision-making on the strategic direction of

the Institute, annual budget, and student financial aid.

Diversity Council at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology charged to promote greater

communication among all persons on campus, thereby acknowledging the various ways of

viewing and responding to differences around the world. Also facilitated diversity training

workshops for Rose-Hulman students, faculty and staff.

Commission on Assessment of Student Outcomes (CASO) at Rose-Hulman Institute of

Technology charged to develop an institute-wide assessment plan for North Central

Association (NCA) accreditation. CASO also developed the Institute s electronic

portfolio (AKA RosE-portfolio). Also, served as the chair of the In-Service sub-

committee.

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Diversity Task Force at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology charged to develop a

diversity plan that would increase the number of qualified minority applicants to Rose-

Hulman and matriculation of an increased number of minority students to graduation.

Key Strategic Direction Team #1 charged to develop an action plan for recruiting and

retaining highly qualified students at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology as part of the

institute-wide strategic planning exercise.

Advisory board member of the Lilly Endowment at Indiana State University entitled

Transforming the First-Year Experience: A Model for Fortifying Student Resolve to

Succeed.

Student Outcomes Assessment Advisory Committee designed to evaluate and provide

grants to Indiana State University departments regarding the involvement of student

outcomes in preparation for North Central Association (NCA) accreditation.

Structuring Internships for Experiential Education scheduled to present at the

PROFESSIONAL

PRESENTATIONS: Hawaiian International Conference on Education. Honolulu, Hawaii January 4-7, 2009.

Identifying Best Practices among Women of Color Leaders in Higher Education in the

Development of a Culturally Competent Change Management Model. Scheduled to

present at the Hawaiian International Conference on Education. Honolulu, Hawaii

January 4-7, 2009.

Structuring Internships for Experiential Learning presented at the Council for the

Advancement of Higher Education Programs (CAHEP) in conjunction with Association

for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) annual conference Informing the Public

Agenda: The Role & Relevance of Research, Louisville, KY, November 7 10, 2007

Worldwide Conference on Education and Culture in Rome, Italy, December 1-2, 2006.

Session entitled: Leading Beyond Borders: Preparing the Next Generation of Higher

Education Leaders.

Program accepted at the Virginia Counseling Association Annual Conference in

Williamsburg, VA. Session entitled: Cultivating Cultural Competence in Consultation.

November 15, 2006.

90-minute concurrent session on New Wine and Old Wine Skins: Implications for

Higher Education at the Society for College and University Planning s Mid-Atlantic

Regional Conference on Have It Your Way: Diverse Responses to Societal Change.

Richmond, VA. April 2006.

50-minute concurrent session on Advocating and Collaborating through

Culturally Competent Consultation at the Virginia School Counselor Association.

Richmond, VA. March 2006.

90-minute workshop on Marrying Stats and Statements presented at American

Association for Higher Education Annual Assessment Forum, Denver, CO. June13, 2004.

3-hour workshop on Beyond the Numbers: Maximizing the Robustness of Qualitative

Assessments presented at the Best Assessment Processes VI: A Working Symposium,

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana, March 2004.

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Full-day workshop entitled Assessing the Interconnections of Diversity, Student

Learning and Teaching for Edmonds Community College and Everett Community

College in Lynnwood, WA, January 2004.

Half-day workshop entitled The Interconnections of Diversity, Student Learning,

Teaching and Assessment at Olympic College in Bremerton, WA, January 2004.

Full-day workshop entitled Good Library Assessment: A Six-Step Process presented at

the Indiana Association of Library Administrators, October 2003 at Indiana University

Kokomo, Indiana.

80-minute workshop entitled Assessing the Interconnections of Diversity, Student

Learning and Teaching at the American Association for Higher Education Annual

Assessment Forum, Seattle, WA, June 2003.

3-hour workshop entitled Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment: Making Sense of

Stats and Statements at the Best Assessment Process V Symposium. Rose-Hulman

Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN, April 2003.

50-minute concurrent session Surveying the Library Experience: Locally Developed

Surveys for Libraries presented at the Indiana Library Federation Annual Conference:

Building Library Partnerships, Indianapolis, IN, April 2003.

3-hour workshop entitled Reciprocal Learning: Assessing the Interconnections of

Diversity, Student Learning and Teaching co-presented at the Association of American

Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Network for Academic Renewal Conference:

Faculty Work and Student Learning: Meeting New Challenges of a World in Transition.

Butler University, Indianapolis, IN. November, 2002.

50-minute concurrent session entitled Reciprocal Learning: Assessing the

Interconnections of Diversity, Student Learning and Teaching co-presented at the

Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Annual Conference:

Diversity and Learning: Education for a World Lived in Common. St. Louis, MO,

October 2002.

3-hour workshop entitled Valuing Diversity in Student Learning through Classroom

Assessment co-presented at the American Association for Higher Education Annual

Conference. Chicago, IL, March 2002.

Presented Diagnostic vs. Prognostic Assessment: Getting to the Good Stuff at the Best

Assessment Process IV: A Working Symposium, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology,

Terre Haute, IN, April 2001.

Presented Mapping Multiple Sources for Comprehensive Program Assessment at the

American Society for Engineering Education Illinois/Indiana Sectional Conference.

March 2001.

Co-presented Assessing Cooperative Education Through the Lens of ABET Outcomes

at the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. St. Louis, MO

June 2000.

Presented Effective Classroom Assessment: The Value of Diversity in Student

Learning at the 2nd Annual Consortium for Assessment & Planning Support (CAPS).

Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana. April 2000.

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Presented Embedding Classroom Assessment in Curriculum Reform at the Best

Assessment Processes III: A Working Symposium. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

Terre Haute, Indiana April 2000.

Co-presented Assessment Tells the Story of Re-engineering Curriculum through

Integration at the Best Assessment Processes III: A Working Symposium, Rose-Hulman

Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana, April 2000.

Co-presented Re-engineering the Curriculum: Embedding Effective Assessment

Frontiers in Education Annual Conference, San Juan Puerto Rico. November 1999.

Presented Classroom Assessment: Nine Principles of Good Practice for Assessing

Student Learning at Foundation Coalition Summer Symposium, sponsored by the

National Science Foundation, Madison, Wisconsin August 1999.

Co-presented Longitudinal Analysis with Engineering at the American Society for

Engineering Education Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC, June 1999.

Coordinated and co-presented a full-day of activities for middle school children at the

Reconciliation: Racial Equality and Social Justice Conference, Terre Haute, IN

November 1997.

Served as discussion panelist of The Ebonics Controversy: Crossing the Bridge at the

Tenth Annual Indianapolis Public Schools Conference on Infusion of Culture and History

into the School Curriculum, August 1997.

Intergenerational Realities in the Workplace, and Advising the Millennial Generation

OTHER

PRESENTATIONS: Presented to the Association of University Administrators and University Advisors at Old

Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. Spring 2008.

The Black West in the 1800s: Cowboys, Lawmen, Outlaws and Women Presented at

Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA. February 24, 2006.

Guest lecturer for various psychology classes regarding the African-American

Experience in America, October 1996 July 2005

Vigo County School Corporation Covered Bridge Special Education Services Dealing

with Difficult People A half-day workshop with pre-school and special education

teachers and staff, November 2003.

Vigo County School Corporation Covered Bridge Special Education Services When

Differences Matter: Part II Full-day workshop with pre-school and special education

teachers and staff, April 2003.

Vigo County School Corporation Covered Bridge Special Education Services When

Differences Matter: Part I half-day workshop with pre-school and special education

teachers and staff, February 2003.

Presented Vision of Victory Vincennes University Multicultural Affairs Speakers

Series, April 2000.

Developed and presented African-American Cowboys, Outlaws and Lawmen of the

West in the 1800s at the Great Plains and the African-American Experience Conference,

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, February 1997.

Developed and presented African-American Cowboys, Outlaws and Lawmen of the

West in the 1800s to various universities, K-12 schools in the Indiana and Illinois areas,

1994-1996.

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Presented Equal Access Tutoring Program at the Towson State University Annual

Multidisciplinary Conference, Towson, MD April 1996.

EDUCATIONAL August 1995 and August 1996 awarded the Imogene Okes Memorial Scholarship.

HONORS: 1998 Who s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities.

1998 Indiana Collegiate Press Award Best editorial: Playing the Hand I Was

Dealt. IQ Magazine.

Graduate Student Organization at Indiana State University, founding president.

PUBLICATIONS: Lee-Thomas, G. & Kemp, J.L. (Book Chapter) Leading Beyond Borders: Preparing the

next generation of higher education leaders. Education Landscapes in the 21st Century:

Cross-cultural Challenges and Multi-disciplinary Perspectives. Cambridge Scholars

Publishing: United Kingdom.

Lee-Thomas, G. (2008). Faculty Self-Examination of Racial Identity and Student

Learning. Journal of Excellence in College Teaching. Vol. 19 (2&3) pp. 7-29.

Hudson, T.A. Doering, E.R., & Lee-Thomas, G. (2006). Teachingmixed-signal

integrated circuit design to undergraduates. IEEE Xplore, v29, n1. February 2006. pp. 39-

48.

Lee-Thomas, G. and Robson, J. (2004). The Questions of Academic Library

Assessment. Indiana Libraries a professional journal published jointly by the Indiana

Library Federation and the Indiana State Library. Volume 23: Issue 1.

Lee-Thomas, G. and Anderson, A., Book Chapter (2003) Cooperative Education

Objectives Nestled in ABET EC2000 Criterion 3: a-k Handbook for Research in

Cooperative Education and Internships. Lawrence Erlbaum Associations, Inc.

Haag, S., Evans, D., and Lee-Thomas, G. (1999) Re-Engineering the Curriculum:

Embedding Assessment. Frontiers in Education Annual Conference. Conference

proceedings. San Juan Puerto Rico. November 1999

Haag, S. Rhodes, T., and Lee-Thomas, G. (1999) Longitudinal Analysis within

Engineering American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference.

Conference proceedings, Charlotte, NC. June 1999.

Lee-Thomas, G. (Spring 1999) Guarding Against Pseudo-Multiculturalism by

Challenging our Paradigms Constantly. UNITE Monograph on diversity in pedagogy at

Indiana State University.

Lee-Thomas, G. (Fall 1997) Playing the Hand I was Dealt. IQ Magazine. Indiana State

University.

Lee-Thomas, G. (Fall 1995) Practicing What We Preach: Strategies for Urban Teaching

in Urban Classrooms. Contemporary Education. Indiana State University.

COMMUNITY Guest speaker at the Norfolk Community Services Board Day Treatment Staff Retreat.

SERVICE: September 15, 2006.

Indiana Minority Health Coalition (IMHC) Board of Directors.

Chair, August 2004 August 2006: Conflict of Interest, Finance and Public Policy

Committees. IMHC is a grassroots organization legislated by the Indiana General

Assembly in 1994 established to promote education, research and policy advocacy on

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preventive healthcare issues that eliminate health disparities between minorities and non-

minorities in Indiana.

July 200 July 2005, Chair of the Vigo County Minority Health Coalition, Terre Haute,

Indiana.

March 2002 July 2004, Community Relations board member of the U.S. Penitentiary of

Federal Bureau of Prisons, Terre Haute, Indiana.

October 2002 July 2004: United Way Grants Sub-Committee of Vigo County.

April 2001 July 2005, True Grace Fellowship Church Christian Education Leadership.

REFERENCES:

Dr. David R. Hager, Professor

Political Science and Higher Education Administration

and Special Assistant to the Provost

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA 23529

Telephone: 757-***-****

Fax: 757-***-****

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Dr. John J. Midgley, (Former President of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology)

Vice President of Human Capital

TriNet

San Leandro, CA

510-***-**** (Cell)

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J. Worth Pickering, Ed. D.

Director of University Assessment

Institutional Research & Assessment

218 Koch Hall

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA 23529-0031

Telephone: 757-***-****

Fax: 757-***-****

Email: abpdn0@r.postjobfree.com

Dr. Rasha Morsi, Assistant Professor

Electronics Engineering

Director of Center for Gaming and Simulation

School of Science and Technology

Norfolk State University

700 Park Place

Norfolk, VA 23504

Telephone: 757-***-****

Fax: 757-***-****

Email: abpdn0@r.postjobfree.com

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