Curriculum Vitae Name: Professor K. Elizabeth

Curriculum Vitae

Name: Professor K. Elizabeth McLane

Work Address: Main Campus Alvin Community College 3110 Mustang Road Alvin, TX 77511

Office Telephone Number: 281-756-3742

College Email Address: [email protected]

Education

 M.S. Library and Information Science, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, 1998  M.A. Political Science, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1978  B.A. Latin American Studies: History/Government, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1976

Teaching Modalities

 Includes face-to-face, online, hybrid, dual credit, ITV and prison classes.

Teaching Experience

 Alvin Community College Chair, Government and Economics Department, 2014

 Fulltime Instructor, 2013 - Present  Courses: Political Science 2305/2306/2301/2302/2304  Head of College Honors Program  Co-recipient of Innovation Grant: Election Policy Center

 Fulltime Instructor, 1996 -2012  Wharton County Junior College  Courses: Political Science 2301/2302

 Adjunct Instructor, 2003 – Present  Alvin Community College  Courses: Political Science 2301/2302

 Adjunct Instructor, 1992 – 2000, 2005 - Present 2

 Houston Community College District  Courses: Political Science 2301/2302  Teaching Assistant, 1997-1998  University of North Texas, Denton  Courses: Reference, Classification, Technology, and Legal Research

 Adjunct Instructor, 1996-2002  University of Houston, Downtown  Courses: Political Science 2301/2302

 Adjunct Instructor, 1991-1994, 1998-2000  San Jacinto College  Courses: Political Science 2301/2302

 Adjunct Instructor, 1990-1994, 1998-2000  Lone Star College  Courses: Political Science 2301/2302

 Trainer, 1979-1981  Texas Adult Probation Commission  Courses: Introductory Probation, Alternatives to Incarceration

 Adjunct Instructor, 1978-1989  Austin Community College  Courses: Political Science 2305/2306

 Teaching Assistant, 1977-1978  University of Texas, Austin  Courses: Foreign Policy, Women in Politics, Constitutional Law, and Legislative Issues

Professional Achievements and Publications/Presentations

 Honors Program Director, ACC, May, 2014.  Section Presenter, TCCTA, 2014.  Alvin Foundation Innovation Grant, 2014.  JFK 50th Anniversary Panel, ACC, 2013.  City of Pearland, Planning and Zoning Commissioner  NISOD Master Presenter, 2010 and 2012.  Strategic Literacy Initiative, West Ed: Community College Leadership Institute  Participant/trainer of current WCJC faculty, 2008-2010.  Textbook reviewer for Cengage, McGraw Hill and assessment writer for Pearson  Publishers, 2008-2012. 3

 Political Science Club Sponsor, 2008-2012.  Vice Chair, WCJC Faculty Council, 2009-2010.  City of Pearland, Director, Library Commission.  WCJC Nominee for State of Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s Social  Sciences’ Vertical Team, 2008.  State of Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board – Texas College Readiness Project.  Initiative/EPIC – Courses recognized as most representative of entry-level course  Practices in Texas, 2008.  NISOD Excellence in Teaching Award Winner, 2007.  Nominated Teacher of the Year, 2005 and 2009.  Trained as WebCT (now Blackboard) Trainer, 2005.  Received HCC’s CELT Internet Design Fellowship for Government, 1996.  Received HCC’s SIS Grant for Local Government Multi-Media Project with Dr. Cammy Shay, 1994.  North Harris Montgomery Community College (now Lone Star College), Robert Taft Fellowship participant, 1994.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

 1980 - National Pre-Sentence Investigation Report for the National Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Texas Adult Probation Commission.  1982 - A Review of the Employment and Training Program Delivery System in Texas for 1981Titles II-B, IV-YETP and VII-PSIP for the State Employment and Training Council of Texas.  1982-1987 - State Comptroller’s Fiscal Notes newsletter articles on: higher education tuition charges, private prisons, federal income taxation reform, victims’ compensation fund and economic development concerns per economic regions of the state.  1984 - Co-Author with Jim Shear, Perot State Commission on Public Education: State Comptroller of Public Accounts Education Work Papers, Volumes 1-2.  1986-1987: Daily Federal Government Updates for State Comptroller and administrative staff.  1987 - Co-Author with Bob Farley, Texas Economic Development Diversification Strategies, State Comptroller of Public Accounts.  1987 - Co-Author with Bob Farley, Texas Business Information Center Business Plan, State Comptroller of Public Accounts.  1988 - Central Texas Demographics and Ten Year Projection Presentation, Austin Chamber of Commerce for the U.T. Bureau of Business Research.  1989 - Ray Marshall Center Publications, U.T. Austin on Workforce Development with co-investigators and authors, Deanna T. Schexnayder and Christopher T. King: Initial State Evaluation: The Jobs Program in Texas.  1998 - Co-Author with Lloyd Wedes, Economic and Political Implications for Post-Democratic Russia, University of North Texas graduate school seminar. 4

 1998 -Tomball College (part of Lone Star College) Business Information Center, NAFTA Emphasis: Collection Development Policy Manual-Volumes 1-3  2000 - University of Houston/Downtown Report and Public Presentation: Election 2000 and Third Party Options  2004 - Sixty Years of Voting Patterns-Still Conservative: A Study of the WCJC Service Area report and presentation for the President’s Lecture Series  2006 - Critical Languages: American Foreign Policy, 3rd Annual International Forum, Cy-Fair College, presentation  2007- Knox, Cynthia and Philip Carter, Susan Denman, and K. Elizabeth McLane (April 2007). CJC Quality Enhancement Plan Ad Hoc Development Team Best Practice, First Year Student Experience, Tier 1 Strategy Report. /SACS Study.  2007 - Knox, Cynthia and K. Elizabeth McLane (May, 2007). WCJC QEP Ad Hoc Development Committee Bibliography/SACS Study.  2008 - McLane, Elizabeth et al (June-August 2008). American Democracy Now, Instructor’s Manual/Assessment Editor, McGraw Hill Publications.  2009 - Fort Bend County: A Local Government Perspective, article released August 2009 in Thomas Dye et al’s Politics in America, Texas Edition, 8/E.  2009 – The Obama Administration’s Initiatives in Asia: Predictions, Lone Star College System’s 6th Annual International Education Conference, Asia: Bridging the New World, presentation.  2009 – Why Reading is Important to Content Faculty in Understanding College Students. WCJC’s fall 2009 Convocation; presentation.  2009 – Social Media and Southeast Texas Colleges: Educational Technology Mini Conference, School of Education and Human Development: University of Houston, Victoria; presentation.  2010 – Political Science as a Growing Discipline at Texas Community Colleges. Southwestern Political Science Association, 2010 Annual Meeting; roundtable discussion participant.  2010 – Urban Areas as Key to Any Progressive Movement in Texas.  Austin Community College’s Equality across America conference, 2010, presentation.  2010-2013 – Texas Third Parties: 19th Century Evolution (book in progress)