Mindy Landeck, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Denison, Tx, Us

Denison, Texas, United States

Tenured professor in a thriving East Asian Studies program at a private liberal arts college in north Texas. Teaching a variety of courses on Japanese language and East Asian studies.

Various

Designing and implementing professional development and cultural outreach programs related to East Asia, curriculum design, instruction/facilitation of face-to-face and online courses. Over the years, I have undertaken in this work in a variety of venues, including work with programs offered by Dianne Bruckner, Director of the University of the Pacific's GLOBE project (California) and Lynn Parisi, Director of the Program for Teaching East Asia at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and Curtis Cook at the Lee's Summit International Studies program. Duties included syllabus and lesson plan design, creating videotaped content lectures on Japanese history and literature for online courses, and offering instruction for face-to-face workshops and seminars for a variety of audiences ranging from professional educators to high school students.

Kansas City, Missouri Area & Salt Lake City, Utah

Define grading rubric, select samples to support training and testing of readers to that rubric, conduct reading training, monitor reader scoring process to ensure consistent application of the grading rubric to all exams.

Lawrence, Ks

Instructor of record for undergraduate courses on East Asian History at the University of Kansas' Overland Park and Lawrence campuses. In this role, I am responsible for all aspects of course design, content delivery, student evaluation and management, and the creation of supplemental cultural activities.Courses taught (and teaching):HIST 398 (Japanese History: Anime to Zen) Summers 2011 and 2013HIST 118 (East Asian History), Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014 (planned)

Kyoto, Japan

Archival research in support of my dissertation-in-progress.

Various

Offered one-on-one instruction in Japanese written and spoken language in both Colorado and Kansas during this period. Over the years, I worked with more than a dozen such students to meet their educational, travel and/or business goals. I also offered assistance with lodging, sightseeing, and cultural learning arrangements in Japan for businesspersons and tourists planning travel in that country.

Lawrence, Kansas Area

Provided tutoring in spoken and written Japanese for a Kansas family undertaking a corporate relocation to Tokyo.

Lawrence, Ks

Various

Coordinated and delivered content presentations on East Asian history, culture and literature for professional development meetings for in-service social studies teachers for three National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) seminars. These were offered at Colorado State University and the University of Northern Colorado (2005), and through the Laramie School District in Cheyenne, Wyoming (2006). I also spoke as a guest instructor at numerous other NCTA seminars in Colorado and California (University of the Pacific) during the period 2003-2009. This was one portion of my job responsibilities at the University of Colorado (2002-2006) that I continued even after my formal employment with CU ended.

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

Instructor of record for courses in Japanese language, Japanese literature/culture, Japanese cinema, and East Asian History to 1700. Japanese language (multiple sections concurrently) Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008Japanese Literature and Culture (in translation): Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008. Japanese Cinema: Fall 2006East Asian History to 1700: Spring 2008

Laramie, Wy

Taught two courses (one per semester) on Japanese history during the 2006-2007 academic year, filling in for Professor Michael Brose while he was on sabbatical in China, Professor Brose and I had previously collaborated on the Cheyenne, WY National Consortium for Teaching about Asian seminar, and he recommended me for the position based on that work.

Boulder, Co

Returned as a rehire to my previous employer as a full-time professional research associate for Program for Teaching Asia during this period. Worked extensively with National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) seminar programs being offered around the country, assisting with internal paperwork and recordkeeping, and occasionally making site visits as a guest speaker for various Asian history content. Assisted with design, logistics, instruction and implementation of in-house professional development workshops and seminars primarily directed at in-service secondary social studies teachers. Offered participatory workshops for community outreach events such as CU's annual Asia Day, etc.

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

Taught courses in Japanese language and Japanese literature in translation part-time while also working as a research assistant at the University of Colorado.Japanese Literature & Culture (in translation): Taught Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Spring 2004Japanese Language (first-year): Fall 2003, Spring 2004.

Boulder, Colorado

Part-time research assistant assisted with the facilitation of Teaching East Asia (TEA) programs for in-service teachers, secondary students, and community groups. This work took many forms: Japanese-English translation, community outreach activities, creation of professional development content and curriculum for in-service teachers, and the adminstration of the TEA curriculum resource library.

New Haven, Ct

Taught academic-year four sections of Japanese language at three ability levels to gifted students culled from 21 Connecticut high schools. Also pioneered new course on Japanese culture during the spring 2001 semester.

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

As opinion editor, I oversaw all the functions of the Editorial page, selecting and editing letters to the editor, hiring and editing for our six weekly columists, selecting and running editorial cartoons (including some drawn in-house), and assisting with the writing and copyediting of editorial board columns.

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

After starting as a copy editor in the summer of 1994, I was encouraged to apply for the editor's job in late fall 1994. I held the position until May of 1997, when I elected to step down to the part-time position of Opinion Editor during my academically demanding senior year at Colorado State University (the editor's job was close to full-time).

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

Reporting on regional, local and campus-based news stories, reviewing press releases, networking with campus contacts to generate content. Copy-editing other reporter's work for AP style, grammar, length and adherence to legal standards. Creation of headlines, photo captions, and layout of newspaper pages using Quark and other specialized software.

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

As a Human Resources assistant and Store Trainer, my responsibilities included vetting applicants for hire, scheduling and conducting interviews for retail workers, new hire paperwork, payroll entry, and staff newsletters/email management. I also conducted 2-3 day training courses for new hires, training new employees on company policies, customer service and the operation of point-of-sale technology (scanners, cash registers and other inventory management devices). As the Point-of-Sale coordinator, I also undertook 20-25 hours of data entry per week utilizing our in-house inventory tracking and price-changing software, working closely with store management to insure compliance to company-wide pricing changes and sale events.

Ph.D., Completed 10/2015, East Asian History; Religious History; Film And Media Studies

Master Of Arts, East Asian Studies

Sumitomo Fellowship, 1998-2000 Richard U. Light Fellowship, 2000 Center for East Asian Studies Summer Language Study Fellowship, 1999

Bachelor Of Arts; Certification, English Literature; Asian Studies

Activities and Societies: President's Leadership Program; Phi Beta Kappa, Mortar Board, Golden Key, Phi Alpha Theta, Student Media.