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Vita: Richard Andrew Parkany

http://www.borg.com/~rparkany

rparkany@borg.com

Current Status:

Richard Andrew Parkany is a Ph.D. student in the School of Education, Department of Educational Theory and Practice (ETAP) at The University of Albany, SUNY, investigating Curriculum Development and Instructional Technology. He has completed 60 hours of pre-dissertation course work including a 6-hour internship with Dr. Karen Swan while in full time residency there from August 1997 through May 1999. He has passed his qualifying Oral Inquiry Examination and is preparing his portfolio for presentation and qualification as a Ph.D. candidate in ETAP.

Research Interests:

His research interests include program evaluation and authentic assessment in non-traditional educational milieux, action research, and participatory curriculum development. Investigations have included asynchronous classroom spaces, educational programs in community-based and not-for-profit settings, community technology centers, electronic listservs, informatic instructional technologies, authentic, interactive portfolio assessment rubrics, complex and adaptive self-organizational systems, evaluation of complex systems using chaordic theory, action research and other participatory developmental projects, and community development and renaissance using educational curricula in non-traditional settings.

Project and Curriculum Development:

Site Development for Boys Town, National Association of Family Teachers (NAFTA)
Design and Installation of Integrated Family Literacy Projects for Settlement House and Community Centers
Design and Installation of a Community Technology Center WAN for at-risk neighborhoods in the Capital District, NYS
Design and Installation of HUD Family Investment Center Informatics and Learning Center
Design and Installation of HUD Neighborhood Network Curricula
Design of a Health Care Informatics Self-assessment and Remediation Module for Regents College, NYS
Co-development for the Virtual High School Project (USDoEd funded project) of the Evaluation and Assessment Rubric

Professional Associations:

Member, American Evaluation Association
Member, American Educational Research Association
National Steering Committee and Associate Member, Community Technology Center Network; EDC, Inc.
National Standards Board, Virtual High School

Education:

University at Albany, SUNY; Albany, NY: School of Education, Educational Theory and Practice; Ph.D. studies 1997-present
The College at New Paltz, SUNY; New Paltz, NY: Graduate School D^ept of Education; MSEd 1990
Tulane University; New Orleans, LA: Graduate School D^ept of Philosophy
Pennsylvania State University; University Park, PA: D^epts of Computer Science & Philosophy; BS 1971
US Naval Academy; Annapolis, MD: D^ept of Applied Sciences

Special honors and accomplishments were: NYS fellowship for Science/Math Teachers 1984-86; full scholarship/stipend to attend Tulane Graduate School; public speaking award, PSU; competitive congressional appointment to USNA; consistently on the Dean's List.

Certifications and Courses Taught:

Certifications: Certified Family Teacher of Social Skills, NAFTA; Permanent NYS License Math (7 - 12)
NYS Public Schools: Algebra I, Mathematics CourseI, II, & III (Regents), Math12X, APCalculus, Math 8, BASIC, General Math, College Math
SUNYAlbany: ETAP426/526

Publications and Presentations:

Parkany, Richard A. (1997). Engaging Learners in Community Technology Curricula. Workshop presented at the 5th Annual Associates Convention of CTCNet, Pittsburgh, PA, June, 1997.
Parkany, Richard A. (1998). Philosophical Foundations and Practical Implications for a Reconciliation and Rapprochement between the Constructivist and Positive Discourse in Evaluation. Paper presented and published in the Kelly Conference for Program Evaluation, Ottawa, Ontario, CA, March, 1998.
Currie, Freeman, Meyer, MacNeil, Parkany, Shaw, Thuynsma, Waithe (1998). EVALTALK: Evaluators' Embodiment of Exposure, Expediency, and Extinguishment. Paper and Readers' Theatre performed and presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Chicago, IL, November, 1998.
Jones, Shirley J., et al. (1998). A Focus Group Meeting on Action Research as a Means to Support University and Community Partnerships. (Interdisciplinary Approach). Teleconference [Producer: JE. Bowman, CUYT; Cornell PARN Site Director: RA Parkany], October, 1998
Parkany, Richard A. (1999). Inspiring Utilization of Evaluation in Community Renaissance, Neighborhood Revitalization, and Other Economic Development Projects Across an Action Research Agenda: "It's the Sustainability, Stupid!". Paper presented and published in the Kelly Conference for Program Evaluation, Kingston, Ontario, CA, April, 1999.
Parkany, Richard A. (1999). Provaluation of an On-line Curriculum. A slide representation presented at The Eleventh Annual Conference on Ethnographic & Qualitative Research in Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, June 12 and 13, 1999.
Parkany, Richard A. (1999, in press). Authentic Assessments in On-line Curricula. A paper to be presented at The Fifth Annual Conference of the Asynchronous Learning Network (ALN) at the University of Maryland, October 8 - 10, 1999.
Parkany, Richard A. (1999, in press). Evaluating and Assessing On-line Curricula. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 1999.