Mary Skiles Sullivan
Information Systems
Technology Department
Voice-mail: 276 739-2415
* Email: msullivan@vhcc.edu
education
M.S. in Computer Science, Information Science
Thesis: “Collaborative Learning on the Internet”
B.A. in Computer Science, Information Science
Honors: Summa cum Laude
A.A.
Areas of Concentration: Computer Programmer
Professional experience
Instructor, Full-time Faculty
Fall 2000 – to present
Secretary, English Department Hiring
Committee, 2007
Instructor, Governor’s School, VHCC campus June 2007
Program Coordinator, Business Administration (2006-2008)
Program Coordinator, Information Systems
Technology Department (2003-2005)
Chairperson, VHCC Foundations of Excellence Organization Committee, (2005-2006)
Consultant, Web Development Committee
(2003)
Vice President, VHCC Faculty Senate
(2000-2002)
Chairperson, Faculty Affairs Committee
(2000-2002)
Academic Programs Committee (2000-2001)
Strategic Plan Committee (2001-2002)
VHCC Library Information Technology
Committee, member (2005 – present)
VCCS IST Committee, Review and design curriculum for IST 176 and
IST 276 (2005)
VCCS IST Lead Group representative (2003 – 2004)
President’s
Ad Hoc Advisory Committee, Fall 2000
Plan, design and implement course work for
ITD 110 and ITD 210 Web Design I and II, ITD 112 Designing Web Page Graphics,
ITE 100 Introduction to Information Systems, ITE 115 Introduction to Computer
Applications and Concepts, ITP 100 Software Design, ITP 112 and 212 Visual
Basic .NET I and II, ITP 120 and ITP 220 Java Programming I and II, ITP 132 C++
Programming.
Lead Instructor, Governor’s School,
Created the first online Blackboard Advising site
for Business Administration majors at VHCC.
Wrote
Honor’s Component for ITE 100 and IST 129-01 that resulted in a web site for
Laurel Elementary in Laurel Bloomery, TN.
Serves
as faculty member for the International Multicultural People Achieving
Community Togetherness (IMPACT) Club
Created a summer multimedia workshop for faculty
and staff on the use of Macromedia Flash and web pages.
Uses Blackboard sites extensively for all IST
courses taught. Created and implemented Honor’s Component for web design course
and the distance learning web design course. Created
Trainer
Spring 2006 VHCC Faculty and Staff
“Advanced
Features of Blackboard – Creating Electronic Folders and Gradebooks”
Fall 2005 VHCC BHSS Division Faculty
“Creating
and Maintaining Electronic Course Folders”
“Electronic
Course Folder - Introductory Features of Blackboard”
Instructor, Part-time Adjunct Faculty
Summer 2002 -
Plan and design and implement course work for
Programming in C++. Duties included
creating a syllabus, designing student projects, developing student testing,
and training students in the use of collaborative methods. A high degree of independent work was
required along with the ability to be extremely organized. Students implemented programs using this
object-oriented approach.
Instructor, Full-time Adjunct Faculty
Spring 2000 -
Plan, design and implement course work for
CSCI1710 Web Design (1 section) and CSCI1720 Advanced Web Design (3 sections).
Duties included creating a syllabus, designing student projects, developing
student testing, and training students in the use of collaborative
methods. A high degree of independent
work was required along with the ability to be extremely organized. Students implemented both client-side and
server-side scripts such as JavaScript, VBScript, ASP pages, Perl and
Java. Other responsibilities included
mentoring two part-time adjunct faculty in coordinating coursework for CSCI1710
Web Design. I created a summer computer
information technology camp for 7th and 8th grade female students to be held at
ETSU in Summer 2000.
Instructor, Part-time Adjunct Faculty
Spring 2000 -
University of
Plan and design course syllabus for Systems
Analysis and Design. This software
engineering course required students to develop a total system concept. Emphasis was placed on project planning,
requirements analysis, system design, program design, program implementation,
program testing, system testing, system delivery, maintenance, documentation,
and examining the development process.
Duties included development of an on-line web site for course
information and selection and installation of CASE tools such as ForeHelp VB, Rational Rose, COSMOS, and Microsoft Project
to support course activities.
Instructor, Full-time Adjunct Faculty
Fall Semester
1999 –
Plan, design and implement course work for CSCI
3200 Database Management Systems (1 section), CSCI 1710 Web Design (2
sections), and CSCI 1100 Using Information Technology (2 sections). Duties included creating a syllabus,
designing student projects, developing student testing, and training students
in the use of collaborative methods. Instructed students on the use of
Microsoft Access, Oracle SQL 3.3, Express, Express2 database software. Instructed students in Web Design on the use
of Microsoft FrontPage 98 and other HTML editors and introduced client-side
scripting. Instructed students in UIT on
the use of Internet browsers, e-mail, word processing software, library
resource software, search engines, and creation of business oriented documents.
Instructor
1998 -
May 1999
Instruct
students on the use of computers, electronic mail, on-line databases
(Internet), contemporary issues, and
using spreadsheets to make business decisions.
Instruct
teachers on the use of technology in a classroom environment.
Instructor
March-May
1999 Bristol Institute for Continued
Learning, ETSU,
Instruct learners
on the basics of computers, word processing, electronic mail, on-line databases
(Internet), contemporary issues, ethical concerns, and creating a home page.
Awards
Faculty Showcase Award
October
2003
Perkins Technology Development Mini-Grant
Spring
2003
“Creating a
Multimedia Course for IST 241 Graphics Illustration”
Perkins Technology Development Mini-Grant
Fall 2002
“Integrating
Coldfusion with Dreamweaver” The purpose of this
grant was to receive advanced training in the use of multimedia application
software and server-based database software.
VCCS Professional Development Grant
Summer
2001
“Creating a
Hybrid Distance Learning Course for IST 256 Programming in C++”
Outstanding Graduate Student
1998-99
Upsilon Phi Epsilon Honor Society
1996
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
1995 East Tennessee State
University (branch of Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society)
Beta Gamma Phi Honor Society
1995
Alpha
Lambda Sigma Honor Society
1996
Dean’s Academic List
1996
related experience
Advanced Course Work
Multimedia Seminar, Working Connections Conference,
Java Programming I, Working Connections Conference, Radford University 2005
Multimedia in Distance Learning, Oklahoma State University 2001
Participant
Feb 2007 – VCCS
Workshop
Team building with Lego robotics, Game creation
with Game Maker, 3D Animation creation with
Feb 2007 – Addison-Wesley Forum Atlanta, GA
(1) How to integrate active learning activities in the
introductory programming course, (2) What changes should be made in the
computer literacy course to prepare students for professional employment? (3)
How to bring back to basics to the introductory programming course. (4) What
are the benefits of using the jGRASP IDE in the
CS1/CS2 programming sequence? (5) What are the advantages of teaching an
introductory programming course with the
Presenter
February
2003 Career Technology Conference,
“i-Create in Cyberspace” Workshop. Developed and presented web materials to
encourage middle school students to seek careers in computer science
E-mentor
2003 -
present
Present and
discuss various computer science topics and careers with middle school students
in the college’s service area.
Presenter
February
2002 Career Technology Conference,
“Presenting
Me” Workshop. Developed and presented
presentation materials to encourage middle school students to seek careers in
computer science and related fields
Co-Presenter
Summer
2001
“Interactive
Multimedia” Workshop. Co-developed and
co-presented multimedia materials to community and college staff/faculty
Reviewer
Spring
2001
Wrote
proposed test computer science questions for STAGE review
E-mentor
2000 -
2001 Julia Morgan School for
Girls,
Interacted
and advised students about the professional opportunities in the computer
science field.
Presenter
February
2001 Career Technology Conference,
“i-Create in Cyberspace” Workshop. Developed and presented web materials to
encourage middle school students to seek careers in computer science
Reviewer
Fall 2000
to Spring 2001 Association for Computing
Machinists, http://www.acm.org
ACM student
technical papers
Lecturer
Fall 2000
“Using
Presentation Software for Biology Projects” Workshop. Developed and presented presentation
materials directly related to showing students how to present scientific
results using graphs and tables for data for biology projects.
Recruiter
Fall 2000
Visited
several schools in the college’s service region to present the various
curricula available to high school students seeking higher education
Lecturer
Fall 1999 ADAM Computer Association,
Designed and implemented a middle school web site
collaborative project. Each student
researched and created content and graphics to publish to a local 4-H web
site. Each student gained knowledge from
other students as the group worked together to create and publish these 4-H web
pages.
Research Assistant
July 1999
Review and correct draft
ISO standards for newly developed database modeling language, Express-2. Other duties included writing code examples
to demonstrate properties of each command and attribute of the language. A paper was presented at the ACM Conference
in October 1999.
Research Assistant
1998 –
July 1999
Services
include WEB site creation and maintenance; instrumental in organizing,
implementing, and expediting Computer Ethics Workshop held at ETSU; assisted at
Ethicomp Computer Conference 1998 held in Rotterdam,
Holland; research and evaluate issues and concerns in the computer field;
research grants for funding computer science projects; perform quality
assurance in on-going software engineering projects.
Seminar Presenter
May 1999
Internet
Workshop “NET Changes ‘99”, Internet services and usage; instructed on the use
and personalizing of browsers; Internet security issues and concerns, Internet
terminology, communication techniques, and using on-line databases over the
Internet and other Internet issues.
Seminar Presenter
October
1998
Tri-Cities
Internet Workshop, “Introduction to the WWW”. The purpose of this workshop was
to introduce participants to the various search and database tools available
over the Internet along with email services.
Computer Consultant/Programmer
1988 –
present MSS Computer Services Abingdon, VA
Services
include computer systems consulting and set-up; training personnel on computer systems
(business and educational software), trouble-shooting computer
software/hardware (IBM, APPLE, DOS, WINDOWS based), programming, network
support, database support, system upgrades, and information services.
Consultant-Trainer (volunteer)
1988 –
1994 MSS Computer Services
Train staff
and students on computer systems (IBM, APPLE) and related software (Desk-top
publishing, word processing, library research software) at
publications and papers
Contributor
Fall 2006, Spring
2007 VCCS IT Newsletter Articles
Fast
Track Program, VHCC IT Curriculum Changes, ITP 100 Software Design becomes a
Tech Prep dual enrollment course, Governor’s School IT Program
Co-Presenter
Spring 2006 Foundations of Excellence
Topic:
Foundations of Excellence, Addressing The First Year Student
Presenter
October
1999 ACM Conference
Topic:
"Inheritance in Express-2 A Data Definition Language."
Presenter
October
1999 TAS Conference at the
Topic: "SoDIS: A
Software Development Impact Statement."
Presenter
October
1997 IVLA Conference Penn State University
Paper on
“Computer Technology in Distance Learning”
members
Served
on Search Committee for the Dean of S&ET position
Served on the Ad Hoc Web Design Advisory Committee, spring 2003
Search Committee AST Instructor (2001)
IEEE, Professional Engineering Group
Systers Computer Science Professional Women’s Group
Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society
President, Upsilon Phi Epsilon Computer Science Honor Society
1996-99
ACM, Professional Society for computer scientists
ETSU Women in Technology, Professional Computer Science group of men and women
(2000-2001)
Manager, Abingdon Racquetball Association, 1993-present