Karen Mylan

 Karen Mylan

Karen Mylan

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John A. Logan College - History


Resume

  • 2005

    Karen

    Mylan Damian

    John A. Logan College

    Centerstone of Illinois

    Special Corrections

    Center for Dewey Studies

    Sharp Manufacturing Company of America

    I teach US history survey courses at Logan.

    John A. Logan College

    Independent Proxy Researcher

    I do independent proxy research for individuals interested in documents housed at Southern Illinois University's Morris Library or in local history. Topics of research have included Ida Craddock

    Eva Mirabel

    Victoria Woodhull

    John Dewey

    and Zelda Fitzgerald.

    Special Corrections

    Textual Editor

    Researcher

    Photo Archivist

    Collect

    edit

    and publish the papers (including correspondence) of American philosopher and educator John Dewey. Projects included publication of lecture notes taken by students of Dewey

    Dewey's correspondence

    and managing photo archive. Published a supplemental volume to the thirty-seven volume Collected Works of John Dewey and a fourth volume to the Correspondence of John Dewey (both on CDROM).

    Center for Dewey Studies

    Section Manager

    Parts Control

    Sharp Manufacturing Company of America

    Centerstone of Illinois

    Carbondale IL

    Division Administrative Assistant

    Program Assistant for ACT & TLP\n•\tProvide administrative support to multiple managers/directors\n•\tManage data for various client/staff reports; generate and distribute reports\n•\tMaintain resource

    medical

    and personnel files for staff and clients\n•\tMaintain customized documents on SharePoint\n•\tPlan

    attend

    and document events

    meetings

    conference calls\n•\tArrange transportation and lodging for executive staff\n•\tInteract with a variety of people within and without the agency to better serve clients\n•\tPerform clerical duties as needed including daily deposits

    photocopying

    faxing

    maintaining office supplies

    and handling of incoming and outgoing mail.\n•\tCover reception as needed

    Administrative Assistant

  • 2001

    MA

    My focus as an undergraduate was modern American history. As a grad student I branched out and took some early American history classes. I served as student editor of the Phi Alpha Theta journal

    Legacy

    for three editions and also served three times as a \"writing fellow\" for the junior and senior paper classes. One of my \"students\" won the Edward J. O'Day prize! \n\nPapers/research:\nJunior paper -- “An Alternative Oppression: John Humphrey Noyes and the Women of the Oneida Community.” Published in Legacy

    A Journal of Student Scholarship 4 (2004) 57-73. (Winner of Edward J. O'Day prize for Best Undergraduate Paper.)\n\nSenior paper -- “A Twentieth Century Voice: The Politics

    Poetry

    and Prose of Kay Boyle.”\n\nSeminar 1 -- : \"Women's Political Role before Suffrage: The Case of Ruth Hanna McCormick.\"\n\nSeminar 2 -- \"Battling the Ballot: Caroline Fairfield Corbin and the Illinois Antisuffrage Movement\"

    American History

    HGSA

    Phi Alpha Theta's journal Legacy

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    Publications

    Grant Writing

    Legal Writing

    Management

    Politics

    Program Development

    History

    Archives

    Research

    SharePoint

    Nonprofits

    Library

    Editing

    Mylan Damian