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Kathleen P. King
University of South Florida
~~ TRANSFORMATION, EDUCATION, EQUITY & TECHNOLOGY ~~ A prolific educational expert and award winning author, Dr. King is recognized for her unique ability to combine innovative perspectives of education with classroom and faculty instruction. Her work spans instructional technology, online learning, digital media, global and diversity issues, human resources, multicultural education. Presently, Dr. King is director and professor of the MS in Adult Education and HRD at Fordham's Graduate School of Education. In addition to over $15 million in grant-funded educational programs she has launched, she also initiated the first distance learning programs in the GSE in 2000 (noncredit) and 2008 (credit) which are reaching students across the globe through dynamic learner-centered instruction. (http://www.fordham.edu/gse/aded)
She has worked across grades and content levels k-12, adult education, training, higher education, and corporate organizations and settings. Most of her work has focused on adult learners in varied settings, for instances, literacy and ESOL, faculty and teachers as learners, students, workplace learners etc.
Drawing from her diverse background across work and life experiences one sees Kathy's major commitments to equity, access and social justice in all her writing, research and service. As of 2009, Dr. King has published 16 books and over 250 articles and papers. She has also mentored many educational professionals in their work, publications and research. She has been teaching at Fordham University since 1997; prior to that she was an instructor of engineering and computer technologies at Pennsylvania Institute of Technology for 6 years. Other careers have included substantial service in the fields of health care and community service/ministry.
Dr. King earned her Ed.D. from Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania. She also has a M.Ed. in Adult Education from Widener, a M.A. from Columbia International, Columbia, SC and a B.A. from Brown University, Providence, RI.
Her specialties include:
* Keynote speaker, * presenter, * faculty development, * instructional technology, * adult learning, * transformative learning, * distance learning, * instructional design, * author and editing services, * mentoring/coaching of educational professionals, * new media development (http://www.kpking.com and http://www.transformationed.com )
BOOK SERIES EDITED BY THIS PERSON:
Innovative Perspectives of Higher Education: Research, Theory and Practice
Series Editor: Kathleen P. King, University of South Florida
Emerging Technologies for Evolving Learners
Series Editors: Kathleen P. King, University of South Florida and Mark Gura, Fordham University
Instructional Innovations in Teaching and Learning
Series Editors: Kathleen P. King, University of South Florida and Mark Gura, Fordham University
Adult Education Special Topics: Theory, Research and Practice in LifeLong Learning
Series Editor: Kathleen P. King, University of South Florida
BOOKS EDITED BY OR AUTHORED BY THIS PERSON:
 | Our Stories, OurselvesThe Embodyment of Women’s Learning in LiteracyEdited by Mev Miller, WE LEARN and Kathleen P. King, University of South Florida |
 | The Professor's Guide to Taming TechnologyLeveraging Digital Media, Web 2.0 and More for LearningEdited by Kathleen P. King, University of South Florida and Thomas D. Cox, University of Houston-Victoria |
 | The Handbook of the Evolving Research of Transformative LearningBased on the Learning Activities Survey (10th Anniversary Edition)Edited by Kathleen P. King, University of South Florida |
 | Empowering Women Through LiteracyViews from ExperienceEdited by Mev Miller, WE LEARN and Kathleen P. King, University of South Florida |
 | Podcasting for Teachers Revised 2nd EditionUsing a New Technology to Revolutionize Teaching and LearningBy Kathleen P. King, University of South Florida and Mark Gura, Fordham University |
 | Building Workforce Competencies in Career and Technical EducationBy Victor C.X. Wang, Florida Atlantic University and Kathleen P. King, University of South Florida |
 | Fundamentals of Human Performance and TrainingEdited by Victor C.X. Wang, Florida Atlantic University and Kathleen P. King, University of South Florida |
 | Human Performance Models Revealed in the Global ContextEdited by Victor C.X. Wang, Florida Atlantic University and Kathleen P. King, University of South Florida |
 | Innovations in Career and Technical EducationStrategic Approaches towards Workforce Competencies around the GlobeEdited by Victor C.X. Wang, Florida Atlantic University and Kathleen P. King, University of South Florida |
 | Podcasting for TeachersUsing a New Technology to Revolutionize Teaching and LearningBy Kathleen P. King, University of South Florida and Mark Gura, Fordham University |
 | Classroom RoboticsCase Stories of 21st Century Instruction for Millennial StudentsEdited by Kathleen P. King, University of South Florida and Mark Gura, Fordham University |
CONTACT INFORMATION
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