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Canyon College

Kenneth M. Townsend, M.B.A., B.S.
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Biographical Information

Education:

January 2002 – May 2002
Breyer State University
Kamiah, ID
Ph.D. program — Organizational & Industrial Psychology, Human Behavior

• Completed requirements for graduation May 2002
• Credits of 180 hours at the graduate level
• Graduation requirements completed totally online
• Major courses include courses in psychology, organizational psychology and behavior as well as leadership and management

January 2000 – January 2002
Capella University
Minneapolis, MN
Ph.D. program — Organizational psychology

• Classes in organizational behavior and psychology
• Classes completed all online
• Completed 95 of 120 hours of the program as of the end of 2001 before transfer to Breyer above.
• Current GPA — 3.70+

January 1998 - June 1999
Baker College
Flint, MI
MBA program completed — Concentration General

• Classes in human resource management, economics, and organizational behavior
• Classes completed all online
• Program completed in June 1999
• Master's thesis completed but not published
• GPA — 3.87

August 1990 - August 1992
Univ. of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS
BS program completed — Concentration pre-professional psychology

• Classes in abnormal psychology and experimental psychology
• Classes completed all in person
• Program completed in August 1992
• GPA — 3.2

August 1988 - May 1990
Jones County Junior College
Ellisville, MS
AA program completed — Concentration secondary education

• Classes in general psychology and college algebra
• Classes completed all in person
• Program completed in May 1990
• GPA — 3.7

Professional Experience:

January 2002 — current
Breyer State University
Kamiah, ID
Assistant Professor — ongoing!

• I teach several courses for the school online. They are offered at several levels and in several areas. These were also created totally by me. The courses include research methods, organizational psychology, a symposium for consultation, a symposium for information systems, principles of management, advanced principles of management, a different organizational psychology course for BS in management, leadership theory, and also teach two certificate programs: one in correctional management and one in organizational psychology. These two certificates actually have three other courses within them, but I still created them. It should be noted that these courses are more one and one and the numbers of students in each will vary from course to course and from time to time.
• Courses use a combination of e-mail and tests that were designed or created by me.
• I also designed the organizational psychology phD program for the school and I am working on other degree programs currently for the school.

January 2002 — current
Community College of Southern Nev.
Las Vegas, NV
Online Instructor — ongoing!

• I currently teach general psychology online
• Courses use the WebCT format
• Classes were totally created by me

January 2002 — current
University of California Extension at Irvine
Irvine, CA
Online Faculty — ongoing!

• I currently teach Organizational Development: An Approach to Team-Building and Overview of Human Resources Functions and Systems.
• Courses use the Prometheus format
• Classes were not created totally by me, but I have had to organize the format

January 2001 — current
American Military University
Manassas, VA
Online Professor — ongoing!

• I am currently teaching contemporary sociology, gang theory, classes on the American penal system, corrective strategies, history and systems of psychology, social psychology, organizational psychology and child psychology.
• Courses use the U-compass format
• Classes were created totally by me

2001 - September 2001
Intelligented.com
Atlanta, GA
Online Instructor—As needed (not currently)!

• Teach or have taught turn key courses in American history, algebra, practical math, tech classes of several types, sociology, psychology, and health as well as practical writing
• Courses are at the high school level
• Classes use the e-college format

January 2001 - current
California National University
North Hills, CA
Online Professor - ongoing!

• Teach training and development, performance appraisal and reward systems, and also Individual and Group Behavior. The third course is at the master's level
• Courses are asynchronous and use the CNU format
• Classes were totally created by me

January 2001 - current
Art Institute Online
Pittsburgh, PA
Online Instructor — ongoing!

• Teach Intro to psychology, professional development, introduction to sociology and ethics on a rotating as needed basis for school online!
• Classes are turn-key, but follow the Unilearn (Embanet) format
• Student success chair for summer 2001 second term--comprised of working with instructors and students to reduce student's dropping as well as working with instructors and students on student course evaluations
• Also completed their six - week faculty development course!

October 2000 - current
Fisher College
New Bedford, MA
Online Professor — ongoing!

• Have taught HRM, principles of management, macroeconomics, microeconomics and also Organizational Behavior for school.
• The classes were completely designed by myself
• The course is offered in Blackboard format

August 2000 - December 2000 (Beginning January 2002 once again!)
Quest/Kaplan College
Boca Raton, FL
Online Instructor — Ongoing once again starting in January 2002!

• Taught an advanced statistics course completely online (Quantitative Methods for management). Conflict Resolution and Team Dynamics starting January 2002 and also Human Resource Management.
• The stats class was completely designed by myself
• The course is offered using the Kaplan format

July 2000 - December 2000
Southern New Hampshire Univ.
Manchester, NH
Online Instructor — as needed!

• Taught principles of management (a writing intensive course) in Blackboard format
• The course was completely designed by myself

April 2000 – December 2000
Laurel Children's Center<
Laurel, MS
Children's Case Manager

• Manage case's of children to ensure that they are receiving all services
• Paperwork manager
• Liaison between agencies that clients might have contact with
• Some counseling, but mostly legwork on cases

April 1999 - current
Canyon College
Caldwell, ID
Online Instructor - ongoing

• Teach online classes at several levels (associates, bachelor's and masters)
• Classes taught are organizational behavior/psychology, biological psychology, human resource management, and management of information systems as well as a capstone class for the bachelor's of business programs.
• One of the founding instructors for the school
• Created all class work and tests myself

December 1998 - April 2000
Jones County Youth Court
Laurel, MS
Youth Court Counselor

• Probation officer for more than fifty juveniles
• Drug and violence prevention program with schools
• Liaison between court, schools, and law enforcement with the court
• Judge designee when judge and court administrator are not available

March 1998 – December 1998
Wal-Mart
Laurel, MS/Fremont, MI
Customer Service Manager

• Supervised all front-end employees and sales between 15 and 20 in number
• Register maintenance and customer service
• Customer complaints as well as money transfers
• Employee of the month August 1998 for Fremont store
• Member of safety team for both stores

May 1996 - February 1998
Jack-Loek's Theaters
Grand Rapids, MI
Director of Amusements and Promotions/Concession

• Supervisor of multiple employees in multiple departments
• Maintenance of arcade games, the VR Express, and creative team supervisor
• Birthday party coordinator
• Before becoming supervisor, trainer of the month in the usher area two times
• I was voted employee of the month for February 1998

June 1988 - August 1992
Kroger
Laurel, MS
Supervisor/Cashier

• Supervising of multiple cashiers and baggers
• Basic register maintenance and running
• Money deposits, money management, and front-end paperwork
• Employee of the month two times

On-line Experience

All in all, I have a lot of online experience. I currently teach at several school's online as noted above. I also finished my MBA and Ph. D. online as well. I have been exposed to several different online methods and consider myself quite flexible as noted by my varied work history and education history as well.