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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 now collaborates with the Presentation Technology Center facilitators in creating the innovative E-Portfolio Initiative for the college students in the KSU 4401: Senior Seminar, KSU 1101: First-Year Seminar and 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 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 creator 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.
1996 Kennesaw State University Distinguished Teaching Award: Consult my KSU Distinguished Teaching Awared Oral Learning History Interview #20 published in 2005- located on this link: 1996-1997 Governor's Teaching Fellow 2003 Department of University Studies Scholarship Award & Semi-Finalist for the Kennesaw State University Distinguished Scholarship Award
Professional Website: Kennesaw State University Faculty Website: Senior-Year Experience Website - Content Provider: E-Portfolio: Passport to Global Citizenship - College Student Portfolio Initiatives: The E-Portfolio: From First-Year Experience to 21st Century Global
Citizenship RACCE (Reflect + Assess + Collect + Connect+ Express) College Portfolio
Process, College Student E-Portfolio Initiatives with Presentation Technology Department: Entrepreneurial Website: For More Information Visit Dr. Joanie's Website
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