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Home My WebLink AboutSEOPW-CRA-2000-07-24-Discussion Item 06CURRICULUM VITAE KIMBERLEY P. WILLIAMS Research Faculty Northwestern University Center for Learning Technologies in Urban Schools 2115 N. Campus Drive Evanston, IL 60208 (847) 467-3103; k-williamsl@nwu.edu EDUCATION 1994 Ph.D. — University of Chicago Educational Psychology M.A. — University of Chicago Educational Psychology 1980 M.S. Florida State University Speech Pathology B.A. — University of Florida Speech Pathology PROFESSIONAL HISTORY 1998—Present Research Scientist, Center for Learning Technologies in Urban Schools 1994-98 Professor, Erikson Institute for Advanced Study in Child Development 1990-94 School Site -Evaluator, Parent Involvement Component, Project CANAL 1989-91 Research Assistant, University of Chicago, Department of Education 1986-89 Assistant Professor, General Studies Florida Memorial College, Miami, FL 1982-84 Lead Speech Pathologist, Language Development Program. Albany Public Schools, Albany, GA 1981-82 Lead Speech Pathologist, Worth County Public Schools, Sylvester, GA Kimberley P. Williams Ph.D. Literacy expertise within inquiry based curriculum, particularly science curriculum; teaching and learning in project based science; school and community computer supported collaborative learning; human -centered design; school and community ethnography; heuristic evaluation; program evaluation. 1 ;A i'� J I I'D 'S 2 COURSES TAUGHT • Instructor — Observational Techniques and Methods, graduate level Learning Sciences D28. • Co -Instructor — Macrocognition: Intelligence in Action. 201/CO I Undergraduate level Learning Sciences course taught with Dr. Louis Gomez. • Guest lecturer — two class sessions, Introduction to Design and Analysis of Human -Computer Interaction, undergraduate level Computer Sciences course taught by Dr. Louis Gomez, Northwestern University. Lecture topic "Studying People Using Artifacts — Ethnomethodology • Guest lecturer, two class sessions, Observational Techniques and Methods, advanced graduate level Human Development and Social Policy course taught by Dr. Carol Lee, Northwestern University. Lecture topic "Designing hierarchical coding categories in data analysis", Winter, 1999 • Guest lecturer- four class sessions, Research in Design Environments, undergraduate level Learning Sciences course taught by Dr. Louis Gomez, Northwestern University. Lecture topic — "Developing a micro -ethnographic study of design environments", November, 1998. • Family, Culture, and Cognition — Master's and Doctoral levels, Erikson Institute, 1994-98. • Qualitative Research Methodology — Doctoral level, Erikson Institute, 1994-98. • Language Development — Master's and Undergraduate levels, Erikson Institute, 1994-98 • Child Development Internship Seminar — Master's level, Erikson Institute, 1994-98 • Developmentally Appropriate Education from Social and Cultural Perspectives — Continuing Education, Erikson Institute, 1994-98 CURRENT POSITION Research Coordinator, Center for Learning Technologies in Urban Schools • Responsible for development of the multi -methodological and multi -leveled research design and ethnographic data collection plan for the Center for Learning Technologies in Urban Schools. In this capacity, she is responsible for managing and reporting on the ethnographic and videographic data collection efforts of the Center ethnography team and of advanced doctoral students and researchers in 31 Chicago area elementary schools and for coordination of the Center's data collection efforts in the Detroit Public Schools. She is also responsible for writing the annual Center ethnography report which describes research findings to date. Filemaker Pro, Excel, PowerPoint, and MSWord'98 are the key tools used in data management and presentation. Responsible for proposal writing for the extension of Center initiatives in urban schools. Responsible for the development of a technology supported ecology -based service learning curriculum. This curriculum is being collaboratively developed with 7-9`h grade Chicago Public School teachers and a Northwestern University graduate student. The final product will serve as a prototype curriculum for Chicago Public Schools Office of Service Learning and Magnet Programs as an example of service learning curriculum which is integrated into existing school curriculum. The documentation of the process of collaborative curriculum SIEOPW/CR `' ? r acosSvd development through the "work circle process" will serve as a protoype for the development of within -school curriculum development collaboratives. Responsible for development and management of a Center Community Advisory Board which will support and refine the Center's efforts to support the reform, curricula and technology infrastructure needs of Center schools and their local communities ADVISORY POSITIONS • Spencer Foundation Small Grants Review Committee, 1998-99 • Salvation Army Child Care Advisory Council, 1997-99 • Chicago Parent Magazine Editorial Advisory Board, 1996-present • Illinois Director Credential Project Management Committee, 1997-98 • Board member, Northern Illinois Make -A -Wish Foundation • La Rabida Hospital Literacy Program Advisory Committee, 1995-1997 REVIEWER • International Conference on Computers in Education • Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Conference • U.S. Department of Education, Expert Panel on Educational Technology • American Education Research Journal, 1998-99 • Student Board of Editors, American Journal of Education, University of Chicago, 1991-92 FUNDED GRANTS • Supporting Teacher Collaboration. Spencer Foundation School Reform Planning Grants. April, 1999. With Carol D. Lee, Ph.D. and Louis Gomez, Ph.D. $50,000. • On the Role of Literacy in the Use and Usability of Progressive Curricula for Children in Urban Schools. April, 2000. $227, 814. RECENT PROPOSALS SUBMITTED Context Informed Indexing: Working toward an Activity -Based Information Infrastructure. Submitted to the National Science Foundation. With Louis Gomez, Ph.D. and Chris Reisback, Ph.D.. Building Community Intellectual Capacity Through Linking School Science Expertise to Community Revitalization. Submitted to the National Science Foundation, 1998. With Louis Gomez, Ph.D. n 4-, cI SEOPW/G1tA_ OiDS SCc550c) 2 SELECTED PRESENTATIONS • Promoting Equitable Societies in a Global Economy: Social Work in the 21 n Century July 29-August 2 Montreal, Qudbec, Canada Joint Conference of the International Federation of Social Workers and the International Association of Schools of Social Work.. Montreal, July 29-August 2, 2000 • Building Community Intellectual Capital: Mutual Benefit Partnerships Between Schools and Non -Profit Organizations. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action. Arlington, Virginia. November, 1999. • Research for practice: Collaborative research design in urban schools. Lead case presentation at the Spencer Training Conference, New Orleans, March 11-12, 1999 • Working with Clients as Families. Presentation to Family Support staff. Community Economic Development Association. Chicago, IL. January 15, 1998. • Developing Leadership in Early Childhood Programs. Presentation to Memphis Association for the Education of Young Children. Shelby State Community College, Memphis, TN, August, 1997. • Working in the Schools — A series of workshops for corporate volunteers who tutor in inner- city schools, Chicago, IL, 1995-1997. • Building Bridges Cross -Culturally. Presentation to the Korean Woman's Association Chicago Chapter, Chicago, IL, April, 1997. • Culture, Community, and the Family: The Spirit of DAP. Presentation to the National Head Start Conference. Washington, DC, June, 1996. • Milestones and the Development Stages of Children Ages 5 to 10. Norwood Park School, January, 1995. • Encouraging Parental Involvement in Early Literacy Acquisition. Presentation to Pi Lambda Theta. The University of Chicago Chapter, March, 1995. • The Socialization of Literacy in African -American Families: Schools Workshop. Department of Education, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1994. • Storytelling as a Bridge to Literacy. Presentation at Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Chicago, IL, April, 1991. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Research for Design: Design Research as Tool for Collaborative Research. (in progress) Greg Shrader, Kimberley P. Willliams, Louis Gomez. But are they learning anything?: African -American mothers, their children, and play. In edited volume Playing for Keeps . (in press, Redleaf Press). Charting Reform: LSC's-Local Leadership at Work. Susan Ryan, Anthony S. Bryk, Gudelia Lopez, Kimberley P. Williams. Public report sponsored by the Consortium on Chicago School Research. November, 1997. SEOPWICRA �.7; sc�s�+d Universal, Developmental, and Variable Aspects of Young Children's Plan: A Cross - Cultural Comparison of Pretending at HomeZWendy L. Haight, Xiao-lei Wang, Heidi Han-tih Fung, Kimberley Williams, and Judith Mintz. Child Development November/December V.70, Number 6. Troubles in the garden and how they get resolved: The history of a story in one child's life. (co-authored with Peggy J. Miller, Lisa Hoogstra, Judith Mintz, & Heidi Fung). In C.A. Nelson (Ed.) 1994. Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology, (26). Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. Storytelling as a bridge to literacy: An examination of personal storytelling in the black middle-class. The Journal of Negro Education, 60(3) (Summer, 1991). EVALUATIONS CONDUCTED 1997-1999 Annenburg Study Project A five-year study which examines the development of elementary schools with respect to identified school improvement goals —development of school -community organization networks also examined. 1997-98 The Ounce of Prevention Fund Development of a professional development profile of existing and necessary competencies of the Early Childhood Education staff. 1996-1999 The Parents As Teachers First Project Evaluation of a Chicago Public Schools early childhood program initiative which trains low income parents to present pre -literacy activities to three to five year old children in the children's home environments. 1996-97 Volunteer Program Effectiveness Pilot evaluation of the Working In the Schools volunteer program. Teachers and volunteers in two WITS schools were surveyed regarding their perceptions of program effectiveness. 1994-97 Local School Council Members Survey An examination of 5,000 local school council members' involvement in school -site governance. Evaluation conducted with the Chicago Consortium on School Reform. Chicago, IL. 1995-96 SE0Pik/CM'1 _ 7; SCE 0 Full -Day Kindergarten Program Evaluation of the Des Plaines Township Full -Day Kindergarten Program. An examination of kindergarten teachers beliefs and practices regarding the effectiveness of a pilot full -day kindergarten program. Parents of kindergarten students were also surveyed. Des Plaines, IL. May -June, 1996 Reading Tutorial Effectiveness Evaluation of the Coleman Elementary School Reading Tutorial Program conducted in conjunction with the North Central Regional Education Laboratory (NCREL). Chicago, IL. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS • American Educational Research Association • Pi Lambda Theta — National Honor Society in Education • American Evaluation Association HONORS RECEIVED • Dorothy Danforth Compton Dissertation Year Fellowship, 1993-94, University of Chicago. LISCENSES AND CERTIFICATION • Certification of Clinical Competence, American Speech, Hearing and Language Association, 1985. • Private Practice Speech Pathologist, State of Illinois, 1989- present