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Elizabeth Michelle Franko
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EDUCATION: MA: Mass Communications (Full-Stipend, Multiple Travel Fellowships) University
of Colorado, 2009, GPA: 3.9 MPS: Interactive Telecommunications (Tisch Scholar), New York University,
2002, GPA: 3.8 BA: Art History, BA: Comparative Literature (Summa Cum Laude in Comparative Literature,
Texaco Foundation Scholar, Honors College), University
of Colorado, 2000, GPA: 3.7 RELEVANT
COMMUNICATIONS COURSEWORK: Qualitative & Quantitative Research
Methods, Web Development & Graphic Design, Organizational Communications,
International Communications, Comm. Theory CURRENT POSITIONs: World History Teacher, Mullen High School, Denver, CO, Fall 2009-ongoing Professor: Communications, Arapahoe
Community College, Littleton, CO,
2009-ongoing (Public Speaking) Yoga and Meditation Teacher, Private
Lessons, Secondary School Curricular Courses, and Community Classes, 2006-ongoing MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS EXPERIENCE: Usability and Market Research Expert, Eddie Bauer e-commerce, Seattle, WA, 2002-2003 ·
Created User Experience & Market Research Program, consulted with hundreds of customers, as
well as implementing and interpreting competitor “best practices” research ·
Developed Training Materials for e-commerce staff and web developers
regarding User Experience and Marketing Strategies Usability Researcher, Nielsen Norman Research
Group, New York, NY, 2001-2002 ·
Scouted out and Worked with specific customer demographic groups to
research User Experiences Online ·
Helped develop research reports documenting findings and offering
generalized suggestions to corporations and developers ·
Helped organize conferences and conference presentations educating industry
leaders on customer/user experience online SECONDARY TEACHING EXPERIENCE: World History Teacher, The Emery Weiner School, Houston,
Texas, Fall 2007-Spring 2009 DEVELOPED: ·
Public Speaking/Debate program ·
Yoga Curriculum ·
Special Presentations on: “Healthy
Relationships: Dating, Love, and Respect” UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE: The University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX, 2005-2007 The University of Colorado, Boulder,
CO, 2004-2005 Houston Baptist University, Houston, TX, 2007-2009 The University of Houston (Main & Downtown
Campuses), Houston, TX, 2006-2009 North Harris Community College, Houston, TX, 2007 COURSES DEVELOPED & TAUGHT: ·
Public
Speaking ·
Business and
Professional Communication ·
Introduction
to Speech Communication ·
Interpersonal
Communication ·
Mass Media
Industries/Media History ·
Media and
the Public TRAINING: o
Yoga
Instructor, RYT 500, Certified
by: The Yoga Institute, 2006 o YIVO, Eastern European Jewish Studies, Fellowship Winner, New York, NY, 2009 o Facing History, Race and Membership in America, Scholarship Winner, Denver, CO, 2009 o Restorative Yoga Teacher Training Intensive, Denver, CO, 2009-2010 o
National
Council on Graduate Student Leadership, representing the University of Colorado, St.
Louis, MO, 2005 o
Politics,
Economics and the Media in a Unified Germany, RIAS-Berlin program, 2005,
Travel to Germany, Poland and Belgium o
Lead
Graduate Teacher, University of Colorado, Pedagogical Training and Peer Leadership,
2005 o Advanced Spanish Study, study abroad in Mexico and Costa Rica o SCUBA, PADI certification, 2009 ACTIVE PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: National Association of Professional Women Phi Beta Kappa, inducted 2000 Golden Key National Honor Society, inducted 2000 PUBLICATIONS: “Democracy in the Workplace? The Lessons of
Donald Trump and The Apprentice”, in How Real is Reality TV?,
edited by David Escoffrey (McFarland, 2006) “New Primitvism: The Art of Oscar Bialy”, in Magazine.Art,
(2001) "Girl Power: Reconsidered", In
Media Res, June 2007, (available online: http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/videos/2007/06/15/girl-power-revisited/) "The Sopranos cuts to black", Broo
Waha, June 2007, (available online: http://www.broowaha.com/article.php?id=1809) “Emerging Virtual Democracies: Promise and
Potential”, New Media and Society, (2007) "Anatomy of a Breakdown: We the Voyeurs",
In Media Res, October 2007, (available online: http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/videos/2007/10/11/anatomy-of-a-breakdown-we-the-voyeurs/) FUN
STUFF: Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lizfranko Old Web Stuff: ·
http://us-them.com/liz/mexico ·
http://us-them.com/liz/index/poetrypage.html ·
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