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Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick
With
twenty-eight years of successful work in higher education, Dr.
Joan E. Leichter Dominick is an award winning college educator
with a professional history in the disciplines of Adult Education
and Communication. Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick holds a Doctorate
in Adult Education from the University of Georgia (1990) and
Masters Degree (1975) and Bachelors Degree (1973) in Communication
Arts and Sciences from Queens College, City University of
New York. As a doctoral student, she was a University of Georgia
Kellogg Fellow. Currently she is the Director of Portfolios for the Student Success Programs & the Senior-Year
Experience at Kennesaw State University. This program, which
she designed during her tenure in the Governor's Teaching
Fellowship Program 1996-1997, prepares seniors for their post-university
experiences as productive national and global citizens.
Since
joining Kennesaw State University in 1990, she has chaired
the Communication Department, won the 1996 Distinguished Teaching
and the 1996 Regent's Distinguished Professor of Teaching
and Learning at the university. Her academic project for the
1996 Regent's Distinguished Professor of Teaching and Learning
award was the design and implementation of a Presentation
Technology Center to enhance the technology presentation skills
of students across the campus. She collaborates with the
Presentation Technology Center facilitators in creating the
innovative PTD Pocket E-Portfolio Process Initiative (desktop publishing) for the college students
in the KSU 4401: Senior Seminar, KSU 1101: First-Year Seminar and in the Honors Program
based on her RACCE (Reflect + Assess + Collect + Connect +
Express) College Student Portfolio Process, copyright 2002.
She collaborated with the Instructional Technology Department to develop the ITS Web Folio Training Seminar (institutional website). She was instrumental in inspiring the director of the Career Services, who also one of the textbook co-authors, in the creation of the Online Career Portfolio (internet password website). She served on the faculty advisory committee for the OLCP and now in the departmental archivist of this portfolio platform. Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick is the co-author and the conceptualizer of The Complete
Graduate: A Workbook for College Seniors (Kendall Hunt, Second
Edition 2003).
Dr.
Joan E. Leichter Dominick was the recipient of The Department
of University Studies Distinguished Scholarship Award 2003
and was a semi-finalist for the Kennesaw State University
Distinguished Scholarship Award 2003. She has lead academic
presentations locally, nationally, and internationally in
the areas of student success, the college student e-portfolio
process and its integral connection to the discipline of Communication,
higher education, and global citizenship. Her academic teaching,
scholarship, and service have the all-inclusive academic mission
of creating the E-Portfolio: Passport to Global Citizenship,
which triangulates student reflection and connection to society
for a just and equitable world, the ultimate goal of higher
education.
Dr.
Joan E. Leichter Dominick's Academic Awards:
Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick's Teaching History:
Dr.
Joan E. Leichter Dominick's Websites:
E-Portfolio:
Passport to Global Citizenship - College Student Portfolio
Initiatives
- E-Portfolio: Passport to Global Citizenship
Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick, Dr. M. Leigh Funk, Mr. Ben Cope, Ms. Bethanie Izar, Dr. Dan Paracka:
http://www.eport2passport.com
- The E-Portfolio: From First-Year Experience to 21st Century Global Citizenship
Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick and Dr. M. Leigh Funk:
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/21c/
The KSU Senior-Year Experience Program Story 1990-Present: An Overview of KSU 4401: Senior Seminar by Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick
KSU Talon Magazine Article:
"Motivating the Masses: An Interview with Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick" by Stacey Stanton Fall 2005 -Student in my KSU 4401: Seminar & article part of her Senior Thesis in Communication
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