Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae
Ellen P. (Paddy) O'Hara-Mays

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United States of America
Court House Annex 311
Lock Haven University
Lock Haven, PA 17745
(570) 893-2072
(570) 893-2638
(570) 660-0709
poharama@lhup.edu
http://www.lhup.edu/~poharama

Education

Ph.D. (1983) Chemistry (specialization in Bioorganic and Biophysical Chemistry)
Arizona State University

B.S. (1978) Life Science and Chemistry
University of Texas of the Permian Basin

Professional and Teaching Experience

2003/2004	*Half-time Alternative Assignment* Vice President of Program Administration and Customer Support Keystone University Network / Educational Resources Group PA State System of Higher Education *Half-time Alternative Assignment* Director of Learning Technology and Distance Education Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania Professor School of Graduate Studies Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
2002/2003	*Half-time Alternative Assignment* Director Center for Distance Education Educational Resources Group / PA State System of Higher Education January appointed Vice President of Program Administration and Customer Support Keystone University Network / Educational Resources Group PA State System of Higher Education *Half-time Alternative Assignment* Director of Learning Technology and Distance Education Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania Professor Department of Physician Assistant and Graduate Studies in Education Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
2001/2002	*Half-time Alternative Assignment* Director Center for Distance Education Educational Resources Group / PA State System of Higher Education *Half-time Alternative Assignment* Director of Learning Technology and Distance Education Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania Professor Department of Physician Assistant and Graduate Studies in Education Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
2000/2001	*Half-time Alternative Assignment* Director Center for Distance Education PA State System of Higher Education *Half-time Alternative Assignment* Director of Learning Technology and Distance Education Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania Professor Department of Physician Assistant and Graduate Studies in Education Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania

1999/2000

Half-time Alternative Assignment

Co-Director of Training and Marketing
Center for Distance Education
PA State System of Higher Education

Half-time Alternative Assignment

Director of Learning Technology and Distance Education
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania

1998/1999	*Half-time Alternative Assignment* Associate Manager Pennsylvania State Link-to-Learn Initiative "Integrating Technology in Teacher Preparation Program" *Half-time Alternative Assignment* Co-Director of Training and Marketing Center for Distance Education State System of Higher Education
1997/1998	*Half-time Teaching* Associate Professor Department of Chemistry Lock Haven University Biochemistry - CHEM 410 Chemical Literature - CHEM 330 Chemistry in the Environment - CHEM 101 *Half-time Alternative Assignment* Associate Manager Pennsylvania State Link-to-Learn Initiative "Infrastructure Investment Project
1996/1997	*Half-time Teaching* Associate Professor Department of Chemistry Lock Haven University Biochemistry - CHEM 410 Chemical Literature - CHEM 330 Chemistry in the Environment - CHEM 101 *Half-time Alternative Assignment* Associate Manager Pennsylvania State Link-to-Learn Initiative "Technology Testbed Project"
1990/1996	*Full Time Teaching* Associate Professor Department of Chemistry Lock Haven University Biochemistry - CHEM 410 Instrumental Analysis - CHEM 317 Chemical Literature - CHEM 330 Qualitative Organic Analysis - CHEM 340 Chemistry in the Environment - CHEM 101
1987/1990	*Full Time Teaching* Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry Lock Haven University Biochemistry - CHEM 410 Instrumental Analysis - CHEM 317 Chemical Literature - CHEM 330 Qualitative Organic Analysis - CHEM 340 Plants, Pleasures and Poisons - SCI 501 Science Seminar - CHEM 328 Principals of Chemistry - CHEM 120/121 Matter and Energy - PHYS 101
1985/1987	*Full Time Teaching* Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry Arizona State University Microscale Organic Laboratory Coordinator General Organic Lecture CHM331/332 General Organic Laboratory CHM 335/336 Adjunct Professor of Botany Arizona State University Research into Plant Secondary Metabolites Research and Consulting Chemist Saguaro Bio-Analytical Contract Research and Consulting
1984/1985	*Full Time Teaching* Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry Arizona State University Introductory Biochemistry CHM361 Introductory Biochemistry Laboratory CHM367 Research and Consulting Chemist Saguaro Bio-Analytical Contract Research and Consulting
1983/1984	Research and Consulting Chemist Saguaro Bio-Analytical Contract Research and Consulting

Funded Activities

2000	e.College.com 100 degrees grant "Continuing Medical Education" Co-Director Bell Atlantic Grant "Training Activities for Multi-Point Video Conferencing" Co-Director State System of Higher Education Special Project "Center for Distance Education" Co-Director Training and Marketing Net Tech Project "Technology in Teacher Education Network" Project Organizer State System Imperatives Grant "Faculty and Staff Development for Instructional Technology Utilization at the University Level." Co-Director
1999	e.College.com 100 degrees grant "Continuing Medical Education" Co-Director Bell Atlantic Grant "Training Activities for Multi-Point Video Conferencing" Co-Director State System of Higher Education Special Project "Center for Distance Education" Co-Director Training and Marketing Net Tech Project "Technology in Teacher Education Network" Project Organizer State System Imperatives Grant "Faculty and Staff Development for Instructional Technology Utilization at the University Level." Co-Director
1998	State System of Higher Education Special Project "Center for Distance Education" Co-Director Training and Marketing Pennsylvania's Link-to-Learn Project "Integrating Technology in Teacher Preparation Program" Associate Manager State System Imperatives Grant "Faculty and Staff Development for Instructional Technology Utilization at the University Level." Co-Director LHU-KCSD Federal Enterprise Partnership Project "Eager Eagles" Faculty Participant
1997	Pennsylvania's Link-to-Learn Project "Infrastructure Investment Project" Associate Manager LHU-KCSD Federal Enterprise Partnership Project "Eager Eagles" Faculty Participant
1996	Pennsylvania's Link-to-Learn Project "Technology Testbeds Project" Associate Manager LHU-KCSD Federal Enterprise Partnership Project "Eager Eagles" Faculty Participant
1995	Rural Schools Project "Eager Eagles" Faculty Participant
1994	National Science Foundation "Keystone Community Network Planning Grant" Co-Principal Investigator William Penn Partnership Grant Faculty Participant
1993	No Funded Projects
1992	National Science Foundation "Undergraduate Laboratory Instruction in Biotechnology" Faculty Participant
1991	State System of Higher Education "Bioreactors for Cell Culture" International Paper EDCORE School Project "The Corporation Lab: A Cooperative Learning Experience Employing Current Technology" Faculty Consultant
1990	State System Higher Education Grant "Developing International Components in Undergraduate Curricula" Faculty Participant Lock Haven University Faculty Research Grant Restriction Site Map of DNA from Arabis sp.
1989	International Paper Company "Microscale Organic Laboratory Improvement Grant" Lock Haven University Faculty Research Grant PTH Amino Acid Analysis using Diode Array Detection (DAD)
1988	National Science Foundation Laboratory Instrumentation Improvement Grant "Teaching Chemistry as a Process: Chemical Kinetics" Lock Haven University Faculty Research Grants "Chromatographic Techniques for the Separation of Plant Cell Types" Lock haven University Foundation Funding "Water Purification System"
1987	Arizona State University Educational Improvement Grant "Conversion of General Organic Laboratories to Microscale" CAPCO - Contract Research "Cytometric Evaluation of Bovine Semen"
1986	ASU Department of Chemistry Funding "Microscale Organic Laboratory" Spirotech - Contract Research "Process Development in the Synthesis of Chlorophyll Derivatives"
1985	R.A. Glass - Contract Research "Flame Grapes; Chemical Parameters which Affect Pigmentation" Cactus Graphics - Contract Research "Technical Feasibility of Novel Printing Plate Manufacturing Method"
1984	R.A. Glass - Contract Research "Flame Grapes; Chemical Parameters which Affect Pigmentation"
1983	Henkel Corporation "Analysis of Parthenium sp. Monoterpenes" Arizona State University Newcast Development Grant "Tissue Culture of Simmondsia sp. for Secondary Metabolite Production" W.R. Grace & Company "Effect of Added Precursors on Amino Acid Synthesis in Cell Homogenates of Parthenium sp."

Publications

Web Publications:

I have had the opportunity to participate in the concept, design, and construction of four major web sites on the Internet. These web sites represent compiled data about on-going projects.

Pennsylvania's Link-to-Learn's web site
(1996-1999)
http://www.l2l.org

State System of Higher Education Center for Distance Education's web site
(1998 - present)
http://cde.sshe.edu

Lock Haven University Continuing and Distance Education's web site
(1999 - present)
http://www.lhup.edu/cde

Keystone Community Network's web site
(1994 - present)
http://www.kcnet.org

Dissertation

O'Hara, Ellen Patricia. Determination of the Optical Properties of Stratified Pigments in Biological Systems Using Photoacoustic Spectroscopy. Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ, USA. pp. 159 (1983).

Journal Publications:

O'Hara-Mays, Ellen P. and John Capwell. "Miniprep for Chloroplast DNA Isolation." Microchemical Journal. 47(1-2), 245-250 (1993).

O'Hara-Mays, Ellen P. and George U. Yuen. "Microscale Organic Laboratory: Separation of Five Component Mixture." Journal of Chemical Education, 66(11), 961-964 (1989).

Farringer, Eric L., Ellen P. O'Hara and Thomas A. Moore. "Morphological Changes Occurring in Plant Tissue Cultures Accompanying Differentiation Monitored Photoacoustically." Photochemistry and Photobiology 41(4), 417-419 (1985).

O'Hara, Ellen P., Roderick D. Tom and Thomas A. Moore. "Determination of the in vivo Absorption and Photosynthetic Properties of the Lichen Acarospora schleicheri Using Photoacoustic Spectroscopy." Photochemistry and Photobiology 38(6), 709-715 (1983).

Moore, T.A., E.P. O'Hara, D.M. Anjo, R. Tom, and D. Benin. "Photoacoustic Spectroscopy and Related Techniques Applied to Biological Materials." Journal of Physics, Colloque C6 339-45 (1983).

Tom, Roderick D., Ellen P. O'Hara and David Benin. "A Generalized Model of Photothermal Radiometry." Journal of Applied Physics 53(8), 5392-5400 (1982).

Yoon, Gil J., Tae Y. Lee, Ellen P. O'Hara, Thomas A. Moore, Min J. Yoon and Pill S. Song. "The Spectroscopy of Porphyra sp. in situ." Canadian Journal of Spectroscopy 26(3), 148-157 (1981).

Published Reviews

O'Hara-Mays, Paddy. Review of Genetic Algorithms in Molecular Modeling. in Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Science. 37, 1204-1205 (1997)

Professional Societies

American Chemical Society (1972 - present) 25 years of service
Central Pennsylvania Section

Secretary (1987/1988)
Chairman Elect and Program Chairman (1988/1989)
Chairman (1989/1990)
Past Chairman (1990/1991)
Continuing Professional Education (1990 - present)

STN workshop
Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Users Group Meeting
High Performance Liquid Chromatography Users Group Meeting
Liquid Chromatography Users Group Meeting
Laboratory Waste Management
Experimental Design for Productivity and Quality in R&D
Chemical Engineering for Chemist
Technical Writing Workshop

American Association for the Advancement of Science (1972 - present)
Pennsylvania Academy of Science
Phi Lambda Upsilon Honorary Chemical Society (1979 - present)
Sigma Xi (1986)

Service Organizations

Rotary International (1999 - present)
Keystone Community Network
Secretary/Treasurer (1995/1996)
Vice President/President elect(1996/1997)
President (1997/1998)
Past President (1998/1999)
President (1999/2000)

Consultant

e.College.com Advisory Committee (1999 - present)
Review of Chemistry in Context ACS Publications (1999)
Technology Advisor Keystone Community Network (1993 - present)
Review of Zubay, Biochemistry, Wm. C. Brown Publisher (1996)
Review of Small Scale Chemistry CD ROM by David W. Brooks, Professor of Chemistry Education, Center for Curriculum and Instruction, University of Nebraska Lincoln (1995)
Review of Biochemical Pathways (Software - 1994)
EDCORE Grant - KCSD (1993)
Technology Advisor Keystone Central School District (1993 - 1996)

State wide Committees

Link-to-Learn liaison to the BUILD PEN Initiative (1996 - 1999)

State System of Higher Education Committees

Distance Education Convergence Committee (1999/2000)
Systemic Change Task Force - Technology and Learning Effectiveness and Efficiency (1998/1999)
Distance Education Advisory Committee (1998 - present)
Academic Computer Users Group (1997 - present)
Distance Education Liaison - Faculty Professional Development Group (1998 - 1999)
Distance Education Liaison - Chief Information Technology Officers (1999 - present)

Lock Haven University Committees

Distance Education Advisory Committee (1998-present)
Middle States Committee on Self-Study by the Student Services Committee (1998)
Middle State Committee on Technology (1998)
Parking Committee (1991 - 1996) Secretary, Chairperson
Academic Advisory Committee for University's Technology and Information Five Year Plan (1994/1995)
Middle States Committee on Information Literacy (1994/1995)
Middle States Committee on Innovation and Experimentation (1994/1995)
University Wide Curriculum Committee (1990/1991)
Middle States Committee on Interdisciplinary Programs (1988/1989)
Honorary Degrees and Commencement Speaker Committee (1988/1989)

Science Division Committees

Hammermill Computer Committee (1988-89, Chair, 1989 - 1996)
Ulmer Computer Committee (Chair, 1996 - present)
Science Open House (participant 1987 - 1992)
Science Convocation - Notification of students and parents (1988-91)