Kristél Pfeil Kemmerer, BM, MM, EdD 211 Spook Lane Fleetwood, Pennsylvania 19522 (610) 944-5139 h (484) 256-2681 c kkemmere@ptd.net PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Doctoral degree in Curriculum and Instruction, with a specialization in Educational Technology, with 22 years experience in education. Over 13 years of professional experience in progressively responsible positions in higher education. Acting Dean of Students, Acting Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Assistant Professor of Music (music business) at the college level. Expertise in developing, implementing and assessing new curricular, co-curricular, and academic and student support programs. PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS Current Acting Dean of Students, July 2006 present Senior student affairs officer responsible for the overall administration of student activities, multiethnic student affairs, community standards (judicial affairs), Council on Social Equality, and WXAC (college radio station). Additional responsibilities include facilitation of communication between the health center, counseling center, volunteer center, Office of Housing and Residential Learning, athletics, and Office of Public Safety; ensuring compliance with federal regulations; advisor to SGA and class officers; oversight of planning and coordination of new student orientation and mid-summer orientation; member of the President s Cabinet; and serving as chief advocate for students. Update and revision of College Compass Student Handbook Development and implementation of consistent college incident reporting mechanism Standardization of incident reporting procedures Revision of college policies: smoking policy, bicycle policy, posting policy Development and implementation of an off-campus response procedure for Public Safety Complete revision of Student Affairs website Initiated alignment of Student Affairs objectives with college strategic plan Acting Dean of Undergraduate Studies, December 2004 present Administrator reporting directly to the Provost. Responsible for college academic advising, oversight, implementation and faculty training of IQWeb, oversight of first-year program, development of second year program. Development of Advising Handbook Facilitated complete revision of Fashion curriculum Successfully chaired search for Fashion faculty With Chair of Library Services, complete revision of the Academic Affairs website Development and implementation of Transfer Transitions program for transfer students With assessment team, assisted academic departments with aligning objectives with strategic plan Instructor of freshman seminar experience aimed at assisting freshman students with their transition to college
Assistant Professor of Music, 2004 present Assistant Professor of Music teaching music business courses and overseeing student music business internships. Kemmerer, 2 Establishment of study abroad programs in Australia and the United Kingdom for music business study Establishment of internship opportunities in New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Nashville and Philadelphia Developed and taught a new, collaborative, teleconference course titled Music Law and Ethics, co-taught with an entertainment attorney from Belmont University (Nashville) Wrote department handbook of policy and procedure ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE Full Time Instructor in Music, 1999 2004 Taught music courses and directed concert band, wind ensemble, jazz band, pep band, and pit band. Developed and implemented music business co-concentration and music business program curriculum Developed music business talent grant program for prospective students, available by audition Pennsylvania Governor's School For Teaching, Millersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania Summer 2000 Kutztown University, Kutztown, Pennsylvania Education lecturer, summer 1999 Millersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania Adjunct low brass instructor, 1998-1999 Lecturer in Education, 1993 1999 Lecturer in Music, 1992 1999 Muhlenberg Middle School, Muhlenberg Township, Pennsylvania Full time substitute, Instrumental music grades 6 and 7; fall 1991 Bridgewater-Raritan High School West, Raritan, New Jersey Instrumental music, grades 9-12; July 1986-1989 North Plainfield Senior High School, North Plainfield, New Jersey Instrumental music, grades 9-12; August 1984-1985 EDUCATION Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Ed.D. Curriculum and Instruction, specialization in Educational Technology, January 2004 Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York Master of Music Education, May 1995 Bachelor of Music Education, May 1984
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado Graduate coursework in audio forensics, summer 2005 Kemmerer, 3 Kutztown University, Kutztown, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania teaching certification, December 1989 SELECT COLLEGE SERVICE, spring 2005 - present Assessment Committee Freshman Forum Committee (first-year experience) Teacher Education Committee Graduate Committee Campus Life Committee Enrollment Development Committee IDC (Information Development) Committee [Cultural] Experience Committee Chair, search committee for Department of Fashion Member of the College Speaker s Bureau Advisor: Music Entertainment Industry Student Association (MEISA) SELECT ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS, spring 2005 present Curriculum Development Team, Honolulu Community College, Honolulu, Hawaii Educational Standards Committee, AES (Audio Engineering Society), New York, New York Curriculum Standards Development Committee, MEIEA (Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association), Nashville, Tennessee Faculty Research Grants Committee, MEIEA (Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association), Nashville, Tennessee Master s Thesis Committee, Belmont University, Nashville, Tennessee COLLEGE AWARDS AND GRANTS Numerous teaching nominations, including the United Methodist Exemplary Teaching Award and the Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award (1999 present) Numerous Faculty Development Grants, awarded by the Albright Undergraduate Research Committee (1999- present); development grants used to research and develop international study programs for music business students, curriculum development, and professional development CURRENT RESEARCH 2006 2007. Co-investigator: Music Industry Knowledge and Skills Survey. w/ Dr. Wesley Bulla (CI), Belmont University, Nashville, TN. Ongoing Independent Research with NARAS P&E Wing, Nashville Chapter. 2004-2006. Co-investigator: Accreditation standards for Music Business and Music Recording Technology. w/ Dr. Wesley Bulla (CI), Belmont University, Nashville, TN. Independent Research. RECENT CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION and PRESENTATIONS, fall 2000 - present January 2007: Attended AAC&U Conference in New Orleans, LA November 2006: Attended MEIEA/NARAS Summit, Nashville, TN October 2006: Attended AES (Audio Engineering Society) 119 th Convention, San Francisco, CA May 2006: Co-presented a workshop session, Video Conferencing and Web Cams, at the Education Technology Workshop,
Kemmerer, 4 March 2006: Co-chaired assessment workshop session on music industry standards at the MEIEA International Conference, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California February 2006: Attended the NACADA Assessment Institute, Clearwater Beach, Florida September 2005: Attended the Future of Music Policy Summit, Washington, DC September 2005: Attended the Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Workshop with Dr. Toby Fulwiler (University of Vermont), at Reading Area Community College October 2005: Attended the 29 th Annual Conference on Academic Advising (NACADA), Las Vegas, NV April 2005: Coordinator of the 6 th Annual Conference for Undergraduate Research and Expression, Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania March 2005: Attended the MEIEA International Conference, University of Miami, Miami, Florida February 2005: Attended the Twenty-Fourth Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience, Phoenix, Arizona January 2005: Presented a paper, Accreditation Driving the Music + X Model, at the Hawaii International Conference for Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, Hawaii January 2005: Attended Energizing Your Class Through Service-Learning Transfusion, Kutztown University October 2004: Attended AES (Audio Engineering Society) 117 th Convention, San Francisco, California June 2004: Represented the College assessment committee at Assessment and Accreditation: Bringing the Two Worlds Together, Charleston, West Virginia May 2004: Attended the Educational Technology Workshop, April 2004: Attended MEIEA International Conference, New York City, New York November 2003: Co-hosted, with Lebanon Valley College, the first MEIEA/MEISA Regional Conference, held at November 2003: Represented the Albright assessment committee at The Assessment Institute, IUPUI, Indianapolis, Indiana April 2003: Panelist at the MEIEA conference at Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana, NASM Accreditation and the Music Industry January 2003: Paper accepted for presentation at the Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, Relationship Between the Number of Hours Spent in General Music Class and Reading Skills in Grades K-3 January 2003: Lecturer for the Reading Symphony Orchestra "Know Your Symphony" lecture series, "Overture to Semiramide", "The Birds", and Symphony No. 2". April 2002: Attended MEIEA conference at Middle Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee April 2001: Panelist at the MEIEA conference at Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana, How Does Your Music Curriculum Measure Up February 2001: Panelist at the CBDNA (College Band Directors National Conference) Conference at the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, Solving the Problems of the Small College Band November 2000: Presented a paper, How Technology Has Changed Literacy Learning, at the College Reading Association National Conference in St. Petersburg, Florida
Kemmerer, 5 PUBLISHED DOCUMENTS, spring 2004 - present New Professor's Perspective And The Opportunity In Music Business Teacher Education, A Pseudo-Dialogue, coauthored with David Schreiber. MEIEA E-Zine, October 2006 Collaborative Teaching: It works for us! MEIEA E-Zine, February 2006 Teaching in the Music Industry: Are we preparing our students for success? MEIEA E-Zine, December 2005 Music Industry Curriculum: A time for change? MEIEA E-Zine, May 2005 Service-Learning and the Music Industry Curriculum. MEIEA E-Zine, February 2005 Accreditation Driving the Music + X Model. MEIEA E-Zine, January 2005, co-authored with W. Bulla. Reasons to Belong to a Professional Organization. MEIEA E-Zine, October 2004 Dissertation: Relationship Between the Number of Hours Spent in General Music Class and Reading Skills in Kindergarten Through Grade 3, January 2004 UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS, spring 2005 present Advising Handbook Music Department Student Handbook MEISA Guide to Regional Conferences, with Professor J. Snyder, Lebanon Valley College REVIEWER and EDITORIAL BOARD E-Learning Companion, Second Edition (Houghton Mifflin) by Ryan Watkins and Michael Corry, 2006 MEIEA Journal (Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association), 2004, 2005, 2006 Music Business Handbook and Career Guide, Seventh Edition (McGraw Hill) by David Baskerville, 2003 ELECTED COMMUNITY OFFICES/COMMITTEES, spring 2005 present Executive Board of Directors, Music Entertainment Industry Educators Association, Chair of Educational Sub-Committee of the Music Entertainment Industry Educators Association Reading Symphony Orchestra, Education Committee, Reading, Pennsylvania Business Manager, Cadet Band of Reading, Reading, Pennsylvania COMMUNITY SERVICE, spring 2005 present Reading Symphony Orchestra Education Committee Reading Symphony Orchestra League, judge for youth auditions Reading Symphony Orchestra League lecturer, "Know Your Symphony" Lancaster Symphony Orchestra League, judge for youth scholarship auditions Governor's School for the Arts, regional judge for applicants grades 10 and 11 Guest lecturer, Berks County Public Schools, What Can I Do With a Career in Music? PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AAC&U Association of Curriculum and Development (ASCD) NACADA (National Academic Advising Association) Music Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA) Audio Engineering Society (AES) Phi Delta Kappa Sigma Alpha Iota, life-long membership CERTIFICATION Pennsylvania State Teaching Certificate, Instructional I New Jersey State Teaching Certificate, Permanent
New York State Teaching Certificate, Provisional Kemmerer, 6 REFERENCES Dr. Lex O. McMillan President lmcmillan@alb.edu 610-921-7600 Dr. Andrea Chapdelaine Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs achapdelaine@alb.edu 610-921-7643 Mr. Greg Eichhorn Vice-President for Enrollment Management and Dean of Admissions geichhorn@alb.edu 610-921-7260 Dr. Wesley Bulla Dean, Mike Curb College of Music and Entertainment Belmont University 1900 Belmont Boulevard Nashville, Tennessee 37212-3757 bullaw@mail.belmont.edu 615-596-4741 Mr. Adlai Binger Music Department Chair. and Assistant Professor abinger@alb.edu 610-921-7872 Dr. John Metcalf Associate Professor, Department of Music Kutztown University of Pennsylvania P.O. Box 730 Kutztown, PA 19530 Metcalf@kutztown.edu 610-683-4549