• Served as adjunct faculty for Rasmussen College Online.
• Taught English and Communications courses.

Communications Area Chair and Lead Faculty at the 3 St. Louis campuses, FlexNet, and Online

• Made noteworthy impact at UOP St. Louis to become a top-performing campus with record growth.
• Recruited/managed/developed 40+ communications faculty.
• Taught as many as 160 students.
• Lectured, created syllabi, assigned and graded work.
• Taught all major writing, English, communications, humanities, and literature classes on all 3 campuses in St. Louis, online, and in the FlexNet program.
• Conducted writing workshops for students and led content area meetings for communications faculty.
• Led faculty development and content area meetings, professional development, training sessions, and faculty certification.

Dr. John Sperling pioneered the University of Phoenix when PCs were first introduced. A Cambridge-educated professor and entrepreneur, Dr. Sperling anticipated the confluence of technological, economic, and demographic forces that would herald the return of working adults into higher education.

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Philosophy

Adjunct Faculty on the Clayton and South County campuses

• Made important contributions in the development of the OPTIONS program.
• Contributed to the development and revision of new course modules.
• Developed curriculum and taught key Gateway classes, including English 103 (Author and Audience: The Working Life), English 104 (Writing in the Public Sphere), English 261 (American Literature: 1863 to Present), and English 120 (Introduction to Literature).
• Taught course on Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

• Contributed to day-one inception of Axia College in 2004 through its incredible growth to the #2 market position in 2008, behind Miami Dade College.
• Taught courses focusing on the development of student skills in writing, critical thinking, and information technology.
• Taught Associate of Arts Degree program in Communications focusing on the growth and convergence of major venues of telecommunications, the role of media in a democratic society, and standards of social responsibility within the culture of journalism.
• Taught course content including win-win communication processes, problem-solving information strategies, an extensive review of information sources, and news presentation for print, web, and broadcast delivery.
• Worked with students to review and assess pivotal influences on the development of mass media and speculate upon their future evolution.
• Taught Associate of Arts in Business students with specialization focuses on the topics of business, global business, accounting, economics, finance, and marketing.
• Helped students explore fundamental business principles and learn to apply problem solving strategies to real life scenarios.
• Facilitated class discussions on the effects of culture and ethics in current global and domestic business environments.
• Led program activities including SWOT analysis, examination of the supply and demand curve, a review of the relationship between marketing and sales, and implementation of basic financial planning techniques.

Western International University (WIU) provides a broad educational foundation, including a focus on business and technology, designed to prepare students for leadership positions in a dynamic, global marketplace.

• Provided online courses to a student population that includes working adults and international students in a unique format  blending practical experience with a strong theoretical framework.
• Provided courses that met the educational needs identified by industry, government, and other institutions of higher education in communities served by the University.
• Provided an international educational environment through the implementation of global-oriented curriculum.
• Participated in professional education, training, and community involvement.

WIU is an innovative high-quality degree program with campuses in Phoenix, Chandler, Peoria, Scottsdale, Fort Huachuca, and international campuses in China and India and the virtual campus, WIU Interactive Online.

Adjunct Faculty at the Hillsboro and Arnold, Missouri campuses

• Gave lectures on “Family Ties in Maclean’s ‘A River Runs Through It'”  in October, 2004 and “Hemingway and Maclean’s ‘Fathers and Sons'” in October, 2003.

• Taught English 101 and 102, including composition, research writing, and literature.

Adjunct Faculty at the Meramec campus and South County Education Center

• Taught English 030, 101, and 102, as many as 4 courses simultaneously.
• Led computer-assisted writing classes and conducted peer-response writing workshops.

Adjunct Faculty at the Red Bud , Granite City, and Highland Satellite Centers

• Taught Introduction to Literature (ENG 113), Research Writing, College Composition 1 (ENG 101), and College Composition 2 and Research Writing (ENG 102).
• Taught course on Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath.
• Participated in annual faculty development meetings and content area sessions.

Faculty on the main campus in Godfrey and the Jerseyville, Carlinville, and Gillespie Extension Centers

• Provided an enriching hands-on learning environment for non-traditional working adults.
• Taught all major English courses, with professional relevance aimed at improving marketable communication skills, including Basic Writing Skills (English 111), First Year English 1 (English 131), and First Year English 2 (English 132).
• For more than a year, worked full-time teaching five classes per semester simultaneously.

Adjunct Faculty at the Nashville, Illinois Satellite Campus

• Taught the Fundamentals of Speech Communication (Speech 103) for two semesters in rural Illinois.
• Made communication theory and the art of persuasion practical and fun in a workshop environment.
• Gave positive presentation critiques and self-esteem building practice opportunities, leading to life-changing student experiences.

• Taught two sections of English 101 and 102 for three semesters.

Unlike most trade show sessions or webinars that are vendor-focused, Mobile University™ sessions are customer focused. They are led primarily by enterprise “early adopters” of mobile technology and are designed to help mobile technology vendors learn what needs to be done to get their solutions deployed.

The aim of Mobile University™ online conferences is to:

• Foster a non-commercial, educational atmosphere that spotlights customer needs and potential applications, rather than specific vendors’ technology
• Help enterprises learn from each other
• Help solutions providers learn about the needs of enterprise customers
• Reduce the costs of purchase and sales of mobile technology

Within this trusting and non-commercial atmosphere, customers can reduce the cost of their projects by leveraging the experience of others, and vendors can meet qualified mobile technology customers.

Marketect is a market development company that focuses on end-to-end solutions for several vertical markets including Education, Healthcare, Technology, Utilities, Energy, and Automation. Building from what we accomplished with MobileVillage in the mobile and wireless industry in advancing mobile computing, Marketect represents the Market Architects who are developing new markets globally and creating a “co-opitition” environment to develop quality solutions at a much lower cost, faster.

“American BeheMouth” is a timely literary work that depicts American moral equivalencies and excesses. For fishermen, baseball fans, book lovers, sports enthusiasts, and economists alike, the novella is highly entertaining and insightful.

Full of true fisheries science and sports history, “American BeheMouth” tells the greatest bass fishing story of all time while giving an insight into what America has become. A literature student and his fisheries biologist girlfriend raise the world-record bigmouth bass in a Kentucky lake.

The book is much more than a fishing story; it is a metaphor for many other things: life, family, sacrifice, commitment, and dreams. In addition, it raises ethical questions about modern American sports, American businesses and consumerism, and our quest for the elusive. “American BeheMouth” is a metaphor for many things that are wrong in American culture, including the relentless pursuit for more, mirroring and predicting the many bubbles in the American economy.

In the big picture, the author may be asking all the existential questions while writing about fishing. In all, everyone can glean something from the story with humor and inquisitiveness.

Master, English

Major Areas of Study: teaching composition, communications, American literature

Master’s Thesis: Fishing in America: Hemingway, Maclean and Duncan

Managed, moderated, and organized continuing education content, events, and PR for Southern Illinois University’s Division of Continuing Education, including the Bi-State HealthCare EXPO, 1992-3.

Taught communications, writing, and technology in computer-assisted classrooms 1993-4.

Of Interest: Jon Covington is in the College of Business Hall of Fame for his innovative contributions to Apple Computer in the Education Market in International Marketing and the creation of Mobile University.

Activities and Societies: Southern Illinois University Foundation Chancellor’s Council member

Bachelor, Communication

Calendar Editor / Reporter / Feature Writer for The Graphic 1988-91
Year in Florence, Italy 1989-90
Attended affiliate University in Paris, France, Summer 1991

Memorable: President Ronald Reagan’s visit, writing front page stories for The Graphic, seeing the Berlin Wall fall, Prague’s Second Spring, Year In Europe, trips to Athens, London, Heidelberg, Florence, and Paris campuses

Ranked 50th in Nation by U.S. News and World Report Best Universities.

Activities and Societies: Water Safety Instructor / Lifeguard, Pepperdine Athletics,
Homeless Ministry, Assistant Scoutmaster BSA Troop 224

Diploma, English

Gold Medal U.S News & World Report Award

English Purple and Gold Award

April 1988 Toured Yugoslavia

Foreign Exchange Student, Montmorency, France

Purple and Gold Award Perfect GPA 1987-8

English GPA 3.93