, Ed.D. Department of Adult & Counselor Education East Carolina University Greenville, North Carolina 27858 office: 252-328-6825 email: lohrk@ecu.edu Higher Education Ed.D. Adult & Community College Education (2008) North Carolina State University, Raleigh Focus: Narrative gerontology, Lifelong Learning, Generativity Dissertation: A qualitative case study of lifelong learners in a life-story process M.Ed. Adult & Community College Education (2003) North Carolina State University, Raleigh Capstone: Successful aging M.S. Horticulture (1982) Colorado State University, Fort Collins B.S. Horticulture (1979) Colorado State University, Fort Collins Training & Certification WordPress, ITCS/ECU (2013) Saba Meeting, ITCS/ECU (2013) Critiquing Student Work Using Tegrity, OFE/ECU (2013) New Faculty Orientation, ECU (2013) Incorporating Elluminate (2010) Basic Blackboard Certified (2006) Instructional Technology Assistance Program Certification: WebCT, Dreamweaver, Fireworks (2004) Laubach Literacy Training (1994) Proficient in Word, Powerpoint, Moodle, Collaborate, Google Tools Professional Experience Teaching Assistant Professor of Adult Education (8/2013 current) Department of Adult and Counselor Education, East Carolina University Full-time, fixed-term position with 4:4 teaching load of adult education core and elective courses and college committee responsibilities Adjunct Assistant Professor of Adult Education (8/2012 7/2013) Department of Leadership, Policy and Adult and Higher Education, North Carolina State Graduate-school appointment with doctoral committee responsibilities (unpaid): Co-chair/ qualitative methodologist - How nursing students experience caring relationships: A narrative analysis; Committee member - The effects of communication technologies in the multicultural online learning environment; Committee member - Understanding STEM faculty perceptions on matters of diversity 1
Coaching, Counseling, Mentoring (8/12 3/13) General Hugh Shelton Leadership Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh Executive coach in professional and leadership development at Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) Aspiring Leader Program, NC State College of Management and Shelton Leadership Center, Raleigh (3/2013) Mentor on professional development with Youth Extension Service (YES), Collaborative between Department of Defense, U.S.D.A./4-H, and Shelton Leadership Center, NC State (10/2012 3/2013) Counselor at leadership workshop by Shelton Leadership Center to Wake County Women s Leadership Academy, new public middle/high school incorporating leadership development, Raleigh (8/2012) Teaching Assistant Professor of Adult Education (8/2010 7/2012) Graduate-school appointment included a 3:2 teaching load of distance and face-to-face master s level courses. Qualitative methodologist - Difficult dialogues: How white male graduate students in student affairs make meaning of their whiteness, white privilege, and multiculturalism Interim Director of Graduate Certificate in Community College Teaching (5/2010 8/2010) Recruited students for this graduate certificate by holding seminars at area community colleges, integrated a new system of application and tracking required by the graduate school, advised and mentored potential and current students. Collaborated with stakeholders and program advisors to develop program guidebook Adjunct Assistant Professor of Adult Education (8/2009 5/2010) Served a three-quarter appointment that included teaching master s level courses and advising graduate students Adjunct Instructor (2006 2008) Human Services Technology Department, Wake Tech Community College, Raleigh Created and taught a hybrid course on introductory gerontology Teaching/Research Assistantships (2002 2007) Department of Adult and Higher Education, NC State Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, NC State undergraduate student mentoring on service-learning projects in forestry, parks and recreation, and teacher education Teaching assistant for master s level courses on The Adult Learner, History and Philosophy of Adult Education, Reflective Practice, and Current Issues in Higher Education 2
Co-researcher on community outreach with NASA & Extension 4-H, New Learning expressed though conference evaluations, emotional intelligence of student affairs graduate students Owner-Writer (1992 2001) The Trout Agency, Raleigh, NC Created and produced print, video, and web materials for local businesses involved in agriculture, manufacturing, and business services. Wrote and published monthly business-writing newsletter. Served as marketing advisor for regional roofing contractor. Government and Public Relations Editor, Advertising Services Manager, Regional Promotions Manager (respectively, 1987 1992) Lennox International Inc., Richardson, TX Wrote heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) dealer and employee publications and handled conference and incentive trip logistics. Coordinated advertising production and client satisfaction at in-house agency and managed account representatives. Publications Editor (1986 1987) American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA), Denver, CO Wrote and produced member publications and conference materials and assisted in the planning and execution of two annual national conferences. Edited quarterly, peerreviewed research journal. Cooperative Extension Agent - split position of horticulture and communications (1982 1985) Colorado State University Cooperative Extension Service, Jefferson County, Golden, CO Distributed information to the general public through newspaper columns, cable programs, radio shows, and newsletters and chaired two conferences on legislative lobbying. Delivered workshops to professional landscapers and city parks personnel as well as statewide training to volunteer Master Gardeners. Courses Taught East Carolina University; Department of Adult and Counselor Education ADED 6590 Multicultural Issues in Education, distance course ADED 6487 Instructional Strategies, distance ADED 6453 The Adult Learner, distance course ADED 6495 Educational Program Evaluation, distance ADED 6491 Research Problems in Adult Education, distance ADED 6454 Educational Gerontology, distance North Carolina State University; Department of Leadership, Policy and Adult and Higher Education EAC 522: Foundations of Adult and Higher Education, face-to-face and distance formats EAC 538: Instructional Strategies for Adult and Higher Education, distance course EAC 551: Research in Adult and Higher Education, face-to-face course EAC 595: Experiential Learning, face-to-face course EAC 559: The Adult Learner, distance course Guest Lecturer on qualitative research methods in doctoral-level course on research (2009) 3
Wake Technical Community College, Raleigh Introduction to Gerontology, foundational course for students in health sciences Encore, Program for Lifetime Enrichment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh Writing to Remember, a six-week course on memoir writing Publications Presentations Scholarship Lohr, K.D. (In Development). Book review of Narrative gerontology in research and practice by de Medeiros, K. for Educational Gerontology (2015). Mott, M. V. & Lohr, K. D. (in press). Co-constructed curriculum: An adult learning perspective. In V. Wang & V. Bryan (Eds.), Andragogical and pedagogical methods for curriculum and program development. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. Lohr, K.D. (2012). Lasting expressions: Lifelong learners in a life-story process. Best Paper in Selected Papers from the International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. April 10-13 Lohr, K. & Jaeger, A. (2011). Graduate students of color: A storied path to the professoriate. Proceedings from the Adult Education Research Conference, Toronto, Ontario Canada Lohr Miller, K. (2006). [Review of Lost knowledge: Confronting the threat of an aging workforce, by D. W. Delong.] Human Resource Development Quarterly, 17(4), 491-494 Lohr, L., Lohr Miller, K., & Winiecki, D. (2004). Using narrative strategies to increase interactivity in an on-line environment. In Sunal, C.S., Wilson, E.K., & Wright, V. (Eds.), Research on Enhancing the Interactivity in Online Learning. Greenwich, CT: InfoAge Lohr, K. (Under Review). Writing as thinking: Encouraging critical and creative thought in the adult classroom. American Association of Adult and Continuing Education Conference, Charleston, SC, November 2014 Hoggan, C. & Lohr, K. (2013). Narratives in the classroom: Integrating fiction and autobiography as impetus for transformative learning. American Association of Adult and Continuing Education Conference, Lexington, KY Lohr, K. (2013). Crafting our lives: Facilitating life-story writing that encourages, entertains, and educates. American Association of Adult and Continuing Education Conference, Lexington, KY Lohr, K. (2012). Lasting expressions: Lifelong learners in a life-story process. International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Ponte Verda, FL Lohr, K. (2011). Personal and cultural generativity: Capturing knowledge through life-story writing. American Association of Adult and Continuing Education Conference, Indianapolis, IN Lohr, K. (2011). Lasting expressions: Lifelong learners in a life-story process. North Carolina Conference on Aging, Charlotte, NC 4
Editorial Kathy D. Lohr Engle, D., Akroyd, D. & Lohr, K. (2011). Factors that predict organizational commitment for fulltime and part-time faculty in community colleges across North Carolina. North Carolina Community College Annual Conference, Durham Lohr, K. & Jaeger, A. (2011). Graduate students of color: A storied path to the professoriate. Adult Education Research Conference, Toronto, Ontario Canada Lohr, K. (2007). One-day workshop on the adult learning process presented to the North Carolina Services for the Blind through the Office of Professional Development, NC State, Raleigh Lohr, K. (2007). Who is teaching whom when the subject is life and the students are experts? A presentation to the North Carolina Adult Education Association Annual Meeting, Raleigh Interim Managing Editor (6/2005 12/2005). Human Resource Development Quarterly (HRDQ). Quarterly, peer-reviewed, research journal published by Jossey-Bass, San Francisco Journal Editor (9/1986 10/1987). Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. Quarterly, peer-reviewed research journal published by the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, Denver Service/Engagement/Outreach Member, American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) Member, Commission of Professors of Adult Education (CPAE) Chair, Aging Education Issues Special Interest Group Member, College of Education Strategic Planning Committee, East Carolina University, Greenville (2013-2014) Member, College of Education Scholarship Selection Committee, East Carolina University, Greenville, (2013-2014) Vendor for Adult Education Program/ECU, North Carolina Community College Adult Educators Association Conference (2013) Research Judge/Host, General Hugh Shelton Leadership Forum, North Carolina State, Raleigh (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) Research Judge, Annual Research Poster Symposium, Adult Education & Training and Development Graduate Student Association, North Carolina State, Raleigh (2008, 2010) Facilitator, Monthly life-story writers group for North Carolina State University s Encore Program for Lifetime Enrichment (2006 current) Inductee The National Gerontology Academic Honor and Professional Society of Sigma Phi Omega, Alpha Theta Chapter, NC State (2002) Past Member, American Education Research Association (AERA) Past Member, North Carolina Community College Faculty Association (NCCCFA) Past Member, American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) April 2014 5