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Professional Resume and Curriculum Vitae Kevin Robbins Senior Lecturer, School of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin Acad Professional resume and curriculum vitae Kevin Robbins Senior lecturer, School of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin bykevinrobbins.com Academic career 2012-present Senior lecturer, The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas) Courses created: J326F Reporting Sports: skills course that surveys sports journalism across all platforms, with heavy emphasis on sound reporting techniques, interviewing skills and writing. J332J Sports for Reporting Texas: skills course in which upper-division students work for ReportingTexas.com, a news website. J339T Documentaries for Sports: skills course in which upper-division students conceive, produce, edit and publish original and independent 15-minute sports documentaries. 2011-2012 Adjunct instructor, St. Edward’s University (Austin, Texas) Course taught: Media Ethics 2010-2011 Adjunct instructor, Austin Community College (Austin, Texas) Courses taught: Newswriting, Introduction to Mass Communication 1994-1995 Teaching assistant, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University (Athens, Ohio) Courses taught: Newswriting Professional career 2000-2012 Staff feature writer, sports writer, Sunday sports columnist and golf blogger Austin American-Statesman and Statesman.com (Austin, Texas) 1999-2000 Staff metro reporter St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) 1995-1999 Staff metro reporter The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) 1990-1994 Staff regional reporter The Hawk Eye (Burlington, Iowa) 1988-1990 Staff reporter Olathe Daily News (Olathe, Kansas) 1988-present Selected freelance: The New York Times, Sports on Earth, espnW.com, Texas Monthly, Kansas City Magazine, Kansas City View, The (Kansas City) Pitch, Golf Journal, Golf.com, GolfDigest.com, USGA.org, Travel + Leisure Golf Education B.S. in journalism and B.S. in psychology (1988) University of Central Missouri (Warrensburg, Missouri) M.S. in journalism (1995) The E.W. Scripps School of Journalism Ohio University (Athens, Ohio) Advising Presenter, UIL state journalism conference (2012-present) Faculty Mentor, Bridging Disciplines Program: Courtney Runn (2017) Reader, Master’s Report: Aaron Schnautz (2017) Faculty Mentor, Bridging Disciplines Program: Mackenzie Palmer (2017) Reader, Plan II Honors Thesis: Virginia Scherer (2017) Supervisor, Independent Study: Sydney Fedora (2017) Presenter, Camp Texas (2014, 2015, 2017) Reader, Master’s Report: Rachel Corbelli (2015) Supervisor, Internship (Texas Monthly magazine): Mary Huber (2015) Reader, Master’s Report: Roy Varney (2014) Reader, Master’s Report: Courtney Cox (2014) Reader, Master’s Report: Aaron Vega (2014) Presenter, Explore UT (2014) Supervisor, Independent Study: Hannah Trippett (2013) Conferences and training Sports Reporting Training Camp, Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee, February 10- 11, 2017) Selected honors and citations United States Golf Assocation Herbert Warren Wind Book Award for “Harvey Penick” (2016) Selection committee, United States Golf Association Herbert Warren Wind Book Award (2017) Nominee, University of Texas System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award (nominated by the Moody College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin) First place, game story, Associated Press Sports Editors national journalism awards (2007 and 2010) First place, Texas Daily Newspaper Association Fred Hartman Sports Writing Award, metro-division portfolio (2005 and 2007) First place, Texas Associated Press Managing Editors annual journalism awards, metro division (2005, 2007, 2009) First place, Associated Press Sports Editors regional journalism awards (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009) Texas Star Breaking News Report of the Year (2010) First place, Cox Newspapers Metro Sports Writer of the Year, portfolio (2004) Finalist, The National Headliner Awards, metro division, sports writing, portfolio (2007) Finalist, The Livingston Awards for Young Journalists (1996) Notables, “Best American Sports Writing” (2007 and 2008 editions) Books Author: “Harvey Penick: The Life and Wisdom of the Man Who Wrote the Book on Golf” (368 pages, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, published April 5, 2016) Contributor: “Friday Night Lights: Immigrants, Teen Cowboys, Cheerlebrities, and the New Face of Texas Football” (154 pages, Epic magazine, 2016) Reviews of “Harvey Penick” “Nine Fascinating Sports Books,” Ross Atkin, Christian Science Monitor (June 27, 2016) “New Book Takes Dead Aim at Harvey Penick’s Legacy,” Adam Schupak, Golfweek (June 16, 2016) “Biography: Harvey Penick: The Life and Wisdom of the Man Who Wrote the Book on Golf,” W.K. Stratton, Dallas Morning News (May 29, 2016) “The Master was a Servant,” David Owen, The Wall Street Journal (April 8, 2016) “Book Reviews,” Les Schupak, Met Golfer (April-May 2016) “In Golf, as in Business and Home Improvements, Simple Truths Work Best,” Roger Trapp, Forbes.com (April 6, 2016) “The New Harvey Penick Biography Will Make You Wish Even More That You Had Lived the Teaching Pro’s Life,” Cliff Schrock, Golf Digest (April 4, 2016) “Tracking a Texas Golf Legend – and the Arc of the Game,” Michael MacCambridge, Austin American-Statesman (April 2, 2016) “Life Lessons from the Man Who Wrote the Book on Golf,” C.J. Lotz, Garden & Gun (April 2016) Selected articles “The Making of the Little Red Book,” TexasMonthly.com (April 10, 2016) “Spirit of Harvey Penick Lives at WGC-Match Play,” Golf.com (March 22, 2016) “Ben Crenshaw’s Final Round,” TexasMonthly.com (April 9, 2015) “Beyond Augusta: How Ben Crenshaw’s Golf Guru Helped Shape the LPGA,” espnW.com, April 8, 2015) “A Golf Teacher with a Lion’s Instinct and a Dove’s Heart,” The New York Times, (April 4, 2015) “The Long Goodbye,” Sports on Earth (April 10, 2013) “For Jordan Spieth, Future Still Seems Limitless,” Austin American-Statesman (April 28, 2010) “Trevino Begins Slow Fade From Texas Tournament Golf,” Austin American-Statesman (Nov. 2, 2010) “Golfing Missouri Territory: Four Perfect Days,” Travel+Leisure Golf (June 5, 2009) “Austin’s Muny Might Be Civil Rights Landmark,” Austin American-Statesman (Oct. 26, 2008) Selected speaking engagements and interviews “Harvey Penick,” Texas Book Festival (co-presented with World Golf Hall of Fame member Ben Crenshaw, Nov. 5, 2016) “Better Kansas City,” KCTV (television appearance in Kansas City, Missouri, June 27, 2016) “Kansas City Live,” KSHB (television appearance in Kansas City, Missouri, June 27, 2016) “On The Green,” WFNZ (radio interview from Charlotte, North Carolina, June 16, 2016) “The Golf Club,” KGU (radio interview from Honolulu, Hawaii, May 28, 2016) “Revisiting the Grandfather of Golf’s Life in Texas,” KUT FM 90.5 (radio interview in Austin, Texas, April 6, 2016) “Q&A with Kevin Robbins, Harvey Penick Biographer,” Geoff Shackelford, Golf Channel/geoffshackelford.com (March 22, 2016) “Today’s best golfers will know Harvey Penick’s story this week,” Kirk Bohls, Austin American-Statesman (March 21, 2016) Service Founding chapter advisor, Associated Press Sports Editors at UT-Austin (2017) Judge, Society for Features Journalism Excellence in Writing contest (2017) Moody College of Communication search committee: founding director of sports and media center (2016-2017) Organizer, School of Journalism No-Frills Resume Critique (2016-present) Judge, Texas Press Association Fred Hartman Award for Sports Writing (2016) Moody College of Communication scholarship committee (2015-16) School of Journalism Master’s professional-track selection committee (2015) School of Journalism scholarship committee (2013-14) International Took four student journalists to 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The students wrote and edited for rio2016.com. They also reported 38 stories published in American newspapers such as the Chicago Tribune, Dayton Daily News, Houston Chronicle, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Providence Journal and San Antonio Express-News. Assisted Muhammed Ali, a journalism scholar from Pakistan visiting UT in 2014-15 through the South Asia Institute, in building a course for his institution, Fatima Jinnah Women’s University in Rawalpindi, though weekly meetings and through hosting Professor Ali in my class. Professor Ali designed his course around J326F, my Reporting Sports course. .
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