Helen Kennedy Wise, Ph.D. (318)

Transcription

1 Helen Kennedy Wise, Ph.D. (318) Curriculum Vitae Academic Training Ph.D, Applied Sociology, Baylor University. December M.A., Sociology, Baylor University. August B.A., Sociology, Louisiana State University Shreveport. May Professional Experience Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, MSHSA, Louisiana State University in Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, Department of History and Social Sciences (2001-current) Undergraduate courses taught include 1) Introduction to Sociology, 2) Urban Sociology, 3) Population, 4) Race, Class and Gender 5) Social Organizations and 6) Social Research Methods and Statistics. Graduate courses taught include 1) Social Institutions, 2) Thesis, and 3) Nonprofit Research Methods Director of Applied Research, The Institute for Human Services and Public Policy, Louisiana State University in Shreveport. Shreveport, Louisiana, College of Arts and Sciences (2004-current) Duties include the coordination of all applied research projects (surveys, focus groups, program evaluation, data collection, data analysis, and report preparation) and supervision of graduate students in the Human Services Administration Master s Programs. Adjunct Faculty Member, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Life Course and Aging Center (2004-current). Research Analyst. Center for Community Research and Development. Baylor University. ( ) Adjunct Instructor, McLennan Community College, Waco, Texas, Department of Liberal Arts ( ) Graduate Assistant, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, Teaching Assistant in the Department of Sociology ( ). Referred Articles Sayles, Sandra, Debra Shelton, and Helen Powell. Predictors of Success in Nursing: A Replication Study. The ABNF Journal. November/December 2003, 14(6). Kennedy, Helen, Kathy Cason, Deanna Grantham, Shannon Sistrunk, and Stephanie Stephens. Case One: Collaboration between a Community Health Center and University Medical Center. As appears in Norman Dolch s 1999 article, Leadership in Collaboration: Applying the Connective Leadership Model. Journal of Nonprofit Management. 3(1). Books Dolch, Norman A. Helen K. Powell and Linda Deutschmann Social Problems: A Case Study Approach, 2 nd ed. Rowman Littlefield. Dolch, Norman A., Helen K. Wise, Edward Polson and Ree Wells. Forthcoming. Social Problems: A Case Study Approach, 3 rd ed. Kendall Hunt Publishers.

2 Applied Research Ongoing Volunteers of America (VOA) Parents Information Resource Center. Principal Investigator. Program Evaluation of PIRC Volunteers of America (VOA) Program Evaluation. Principal Investigator. Evaluation of 21 st Century Learning Centers. Volunteers of America (VOA) Program Evaluation. Principal Investigator. Evaluation of Highland Haven. Louisiana State Troopers Association. Principal Investigator. Statewide survey of law enforcement pay scales as mandated by state legislature.. Willis Knighton Health Systems. Principal Investigator. Development and execution of Patient Satisfaction Surveys for 4 hospitals. Community Foundation of Shreveport-Bossier. Co-investigator. Annual telephone survey and Community Counts report. The Spine Institute. Consultant. Consultation on survey revision, data entry and analysis, and data collection procedures. August 2005-current. Completed Caddo-Bossier Parish Volunteerism Telephone Survey. Co-investigator. Parish-wide telephone survey to replicate previous volunteerism survey of Barksdale Airforce Base. SPORN Pet Products. Co-investigator. Focus Group moderator and final report. August Volunteerism Survey at Barksdale Airforce Base. Co-investigator. Internet survey of Barksdale Airforce Base military personnel and civilians. December 2005-January Louisiana Assembly on School Based Health Centers. State Evaluation Team. Evaluation of W.K. Kellogg grant to LASBHC five-year grant. September The Spine Institute. Consultant. Consultation on survey revision, data entry and analysis, and data collection procedures. August USA Freedom Corp Grant for the Medical Response Corp Evaluation. Principal Evaluator. Disaster relief evaluation of emergency procedures in the Caddo-Bossier Area Downtown Development Authority Trolley Survey. Principal Investigator. Intercept surveys to determine feasibility of a downtown trolley in Shreveport, LA. December Shreveport Community Development Department Allendale Model Blocks Survey. Principal Investigator. Face-to-face surveys to determine feasibility of target area for construction of new housing. December Centerpoint Shreveport SRO, Inc. Tri-State TANF Housing Assistance Program Evaluation. Principal Evaluator. Quarterly program evaluations that ensure program compliance, service delivery and reporting procedures. September

3 Shreveport-Bossier Community Renewal Highland Kid s Club Evaluation. Project Coordinator. Faceto-face parent interviews of Kid s Club Participants to determine effectiveness of program goals and objectives. March Shreveport Community Development Department Mooretown Model Blocks Survey. Principal Investigator. Face-to-face surveys to determine feasibility of target area for construction of new housing. September Louisiana State Trooper s Association. Principal Investigator. Survey to determine comparable pay scales from the state of Louisiana. March, KBCT 94.5 FM Radio Station. Principal Investigator. Telephone Survey to determine market share. October, Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center Focus Groups. Organizer and Moderator for focus groups to discuss women s and family health issues. June, Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center Telephone Survey. Primary responsibility for CATI and PAPI telephone survey for Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center. January, McLennan County Library Needs Assessment. Conducted and compiled report for focus groups. December, City of Woodway Mail Survey. Evaluation of residents views regarding quality of life and delivery of social services in Woodway, Texas, December, Needs Assessment for the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Primary responsibility for mail survey to 1500 Baptist Texas pastors. Shared responsibility for conducting focus groups with preministerial and seminary students. October KBCT 94.5 FM Radio Station. Principal Investigator. Telephone Survey to determine market share. October Internet Survey for the Graduate Student Association at Baylor University. Assessing awareness of the organization and preference for organization sponsored functions. August Robert Harold for Sheriff Campaign. Principal Investigator. Telephone Survey to determine likelihood of primary results. March Waco Tribune-Herald. Principal Investigator. Telephone Survey to determine market share. November Needs Assessment and Base-line Data Collection. Demographic analysis for neighborhoods serviced by Shreveport Community Renewal, Shreveport, Louisiana, Governor s Council on Drug-Free Schools. Executive Summary for the Louisiana Chapter. Meeting held Spring 1998, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, Louisiana. Presentation at Professional Meetings Helen K. Wise, Norman A. Dolch and SueAnn Strom. "Characterizing Undergraduate Nonprofit Programs in the USA and Identifying Key Sustainability Factors". Presentation at Benchmark 3.5, San Diego, CA, March 2011 Helen K. Wise American Humanics Certification at LSUS: An Online Approach. Presentation at the annual American Humanics Management Institute, Phoenix, AZ, January

4 Helen K. Wise. A Comparison of Program Participants Certificate Holders with Nonparticipants Working in the Nonprofit Sector Paper presented at the annual meeting of ARNOVA, Philadelphia, PA, November Helen K. Wise. Results from Community Counts. Presentation at the LSUS Small Nonprofit Conference, Shreveport, LA, May Helen K. Wise and Norman A. Dolch. Outcomes for employment for American Humanics Students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Campus Executive Director s Meeting of American Humanics, Kansas City, Missouri, June, Helen K. Wise and Norman A. Dolch. Military Base Influences on Philanthropy in a Community. Paper presented at the annual meeting of ARNOVA, Chicago, Illinois, November, Helen K. Powell. Homeless Assistance Evaluation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-South Sociological Association, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October Helen K. Powell. Riverboat Gambling: Using Objective Local Indicators to Measure Quality of Life. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Sociological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, March Helen K. Powell. Using Local Indicators to Measure Quality of Life in the Community: A Gambling Community Case Study. Paper presented at the annual Baylor Scholar s Day, Waco, Texas, January Helen K. Powell and Robyn L. Bateman, Ph.D. "African American Women Working in the Deep South." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Applied Sociology, Dallas, Texas, October, Helen K. Powell. "Implications of Region of Residence for African American Women: A Look at Labor Force Participation in the Black Belt." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Sociological Association, Galveston, Texas, March Helen K. Powell. Minority Women and Labor Force Participation: The Effects of Region of Residence. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Sociological Association, San Antonio, Texas, March Helen K. Powell and Robyn L. Bateman, Ph.D. The Labor Force Participation of Hispanic Women. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, Illinois, August, Helen K. Powell. Assessing the Impact of Political Expertise on Voting Behavior. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Sociological Association, Corpus Christi, Texas, March Grants BORSEF Grant co-recipient, 2006, Service Learning Enhancements. Faculty Research Grant to conduct the Caddo-Bossier Parish Volunteerism Telephone Survey co-recipient BORSEF Grant co-recipient, 2002, Computer/teaching lab for Sociology. Courses Taught LSU Shreveport SOCL 105 Introduction to Sociology SOCL 107 Race, Class, and Gender SOCL 250 Urban Sociology SOCL 255 Marriage and the Family 4

5 SOCL 330 Data Analysis and Research Methods SOCL 302 Social Organizations SOCL 301 Social Stratification SOCL 317 Population SOCL 420 Social Institutions SOCL 490/690 Special Topic in Sociology: Community Based Research SOCL 490/690 Special Topic in Grantwriting SOCL 490/690 Special Topic in Sociology of Education SOCL 490/690 Special Topic in Popular Culture and Social Sciences HSA 706 Research Methods HSA 799 Thesis HCAD 716 Data Analysis and Decision Making in Health Care Administration McLennan Community College SOCL 1015 Introduction to Sociology (5 sections) Baylor University SOCL 1306 Social Problem University Service Academic reviewer for The Journal of Nonprofit Teaching, 2010 University Committee, Faculty Assessment. Louisiana State University in Shreveport Departmental Technology Committee. Louisiana State University in Shreveport. August 2006 current. Brown Bag Forum on Online Learning. Led a workshop. Louisiana State University in Shreveport. January 27 th, Adjunct Mentor Committee. Louisiana State University in Shreveport. August 2005 August Departmental Recruitment Committee Chairperson. Louisiana State University in Shreveport. August 2005-current. Ad-hoc Departmental QEP Questionnaire committee. Louisiana State University in Shreveport. June-July Student Success Series Invited Speaker. Counseling Center Louisiana State University in Shreveport. April Master s in Health Care Administration Advisory Board. Louisiana State University in Shreveport Faculty Senate Library Committee. Louisiana State University in Shreveport year term. SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) Liberal Arts College Representative. December 2002 Meeting. San Antonio, Texas. SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) Liberal Arts College Representative. December 2001 Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana. Academic reviewer for The Journal of Ideology, Public Service Community Development Department of Shreveport. External Grant Reviewer. August 2006, 2007,

6 Live Oak Retirement Home University 101. Invited Speaker. Religion in America. September Neighborhood Investment Program Grant Review. Community Development Department City of Shreveport. Spring Service Connection Resource Connection Project. Invited Speaker. Program Design and Evaluation. February Neighborhood Investment Program Grant Reviewer. Community Development Department City of Shreveport. Spring Office of Emergency Preparedness Advisory Committee Disaster Drill Honors Norman A. Dolch Superprofessorship in American Humanics, August 2007-current. SGA Teacher of the Year nominee and Top 20 Teacher, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009,