WORK EXPERIENCE:

Boise State University, 2000-2002

• Visiting assistant professor of Communications.  Instructed the following courses:
• BUSCOM328: Business Communications (Writing)
• COMM101: Fundamentals of Speech Communication
• COMM131: Listening
• COMM231: Speech Communications
• COMM307: Interviewing
• COMM356: Communications in Small Groups
• COMM361: Organizational Communications

Fisher House Publishers, 1991 - present <http://www.fisherhouse.com>

• Editor and publisher of books and newsletters in the areas of history and biography, political history, education course materials.
• Editor of on-line magazine <www.livingbetter.org>.

Athabasca University, 1985-2001

• Instructor, Tutor, and Course Expert,  Bachelor of Commerce and Administration Programs. Teleconference and video-conference of communications and organizational behavior courses; tutoring by telephone and e-mail of students doing home study; on-site instruction at locations such as Yellowhead Tribal Council, Blue Quills First Nations College, Edmonton Maximum Security Prison and Alberta Government Telephones.

• Courses instructed
• ADMN 232: Administrative Principles
• COMM 243: Interpersonal Communications in Management.
• COMM 329: Practice of Interpersonal Communications.
• COMM 377: Communication and Problem Solving in Groups.
• CMNS 308: Understanding Statistical Evidence
• CMNS 311: Mass Media and Law
• CMNS 380: Corporate Communication
• ORGB 319: Motivation and Productivity.
• ORGB 326: Organization Theory.
• ORGB 327: Leadership in Organizations.
• ORGB 390: Managing Change
• ORGB 400: Organizational Culture

• Acting course coordinator for Administration 232 (Fall 1999- Winter 2000), Communications 377: Communication and Problem Solving in Groups (1996) and Communications and Organizational Behavior (1990-1991).Responsible for recruitment and training of tutors, course revisions, student assignments and concerns.

Alberta Education, Planning and Information Services Division, 1989 - 1996.

• Planning Consultant, Policy and Planning Branch (1995-96).

Research and consultation for Government's Three-Year Business Plan for Education. Prepared progress reports and planning documents. Member of team which authored school board planning and reporting guide. Analyzed school board plans and reports.

• Secretary to Legislative Committee on School Funding (1994-95).

Arranged meetings, public consultations, researched and prepared documents on funding for Members of the Legislative Assembly. Responded to public inquiries and letters about funding framework. Part of team which authored full funding framework for province of Alberta.

• Special Assistant to Assistant Deputy Minister (1991-94).

Coordinated and monitored divisional operation plans; liaison with managers within division and department; managed action request process and various projects, prepared background information, correspondence, and documents for the Minister of Education; made public presentations on behalf of department; prepared and managed division budget.

• Fiscal policy consultant (1990-91).

Member of a team responsible for linking the department priorities to the budget and for the development and implementation of fiscal equity policy.

• Policy consultant (1989-90).

Developed and implemented department policy, interpreting and monitoring policy impact and outcomes, and advising school jurisdictions in the development and implementation of their policy. Researched and developed policy about school closures and year-round schooling.

• Administrative Assistant, Finance and Administration Division (1985-86).

Research and policy analysis in educational finance. Assignments related the prediction of teacher supply and demand, the implementation of a fiscal year change, the development of funding for special education, and the revision of accounting codes and budget procedures.
Instructed budget procedures to Secretary Treasurers at the Banff School for Local Government Officials during two summers.

University of Alberta, Department of Educational Administration, 1984 - 1990.

• Lecturer (1988-90).

Instructed research design and project management to students in the master's of education program and educational administration to fourth year BEd students. Also taught a graduate course in program and policy evaluation and conducted a related practicum during the 1989 Spring Session. Supervised Master's projects.
Sessional Lecturer, Department of Industrial, Vocational and Adult Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton (1988). Taught educational administration to SAIT and Olds College instructors involved in BEd program.

• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Educational Administration (1984-85, 1986-88).

Taught educational administration and teaching techniques courses to BEd students.

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary and Lethbridge Community College, 1978-1984.

• Instructor/coordinator of advertising, news writing and photography in programs in advertising, journalism and public relations. In addition, instructed interpersonal and group communications, business communications, and newspaper business practices. Student newspaper advisor.  Taught courses through continuing education in English as a Second Language, Marketing and Personnel Management.

Ketchikan (Alaska) Daily News and the Medicine Hat (Alberta) News (1973-78).

• Reporter/photographer/advertising coordinator/production manager for various publications. For one year managed a staff of 10 in print production.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

• Doctor of Philosophy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, 1984-1988.

Thesis: Print Media Coverage of Educational Policymaking.
Courses in organizational behavior, finance and economics, political process and policymaking, program evaluation, governance in post-secondary education, and research methods and project design.
Honors: Doctoral fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Three years); Graduate fellowship, University of Alberta (Three years).

• Instructor Certificate offered through Lethbridge Community College and the Faculty of Education of the University of Lethbridge, 1982-84.

Courses in instructional techniques, testing and evaluation, curriculum development, adult education, analysis of teaching and computer assisted instruction.

• Master of Arts in Communications, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1972-73, 1975.

Thesis: Familiarity Versus Prior Messages: A Study in Types of Context. Courses in communications theory, mass communications theory and law, research and statistics.
Interned with Ensign Magazine, Salt Lake City, Utah.

• Bachelor of Arts in French and Journalism, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1970-72. Student editor of the BYU Daily Universe.

• High School Leaving Certificate, Lemoyne d'Iberville, Longueuil, Quebec, 1966.

OTHER TRAINING

• Quality System Auditor Training Course, accredited by the RAB Accreditation Program for training of quality system auditors, April 25, 1997
• Assessor/Lead Assessor Training Course, approved by the International Register of Certificated Auditors, April 25, 1997

PAPERS AND RESEARCH PROJECTS (http://www.ocii.com/~fisher/research.htm)

GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION:

Served as advisor or committee member for the following graduate student projects.

• 1989, Fall. Broad, Mary. Student government involvement in the decision-making process at J. Percy Page Composite High School. Unpublished Master of Education project, University of Alberta, Edmonton.

• 1989, Summer. Sebest, George. The feasibility of implementing total school-based budgeting in the County of Minburn. Unpublished Master of Education project, University of Alberta, Edmonton.

• 1989, Spring. Sutherland, Hazel. Using a DACUM Analysis to Determine Fundraising Approaches in Canada. Unpublished Master of Education Project, University of Alberta, Edmonton.

• 1989, Spring. Fraietta, John and Nelson McBride. Small Districts' Curriculum Resource Bank: A Case Study in Shared Services. Unpublished Master of Education Project, University of Alberta, Edmonton.

• 1989, Spring. Breitkreutz, Larry. Job Satisfaction at CompuCollege School of Business. Unpublished Master of Education Project, University of Alberta, Edmonton. (Committee member.)

• 1989, Spring. Handcock, Bruce. A Study of the Alberta Initiation to Teaching Project. Unpublished Master of Education Project, University of Alberta, Edmonton. (Committee member.)

• 1988, Fall. MacKasey, Michael. Parent and Teacher Attitudes about Parent/Volunteer Involvement. Non-published Master of Education Project, University of Alberta, Edmonton. (Committee member.)

• 1988, Fall. Werner, Irma. Learning Needs Assessment in Gerontological Nursing. Non-published Master of Education Project, University of Alberta, Edmonton. (Committee member.)

OTHER ACTIVITIES:

• DataBased EduTrends, Regional Editor.
• Church and community involvement. Family history consultant, Family History Centre, Edmonton, Alberta.
• Member of Rotary International. Editor of District Directory. Edmonton Gateway Chapter. West Edmonton Chapter, Rotary International. 1995-present.
• Member of Toastmaster's, Pioneer Club, Boise, Idaho, 2000-2001.
• Scouts Canada - scout leader and district communications director, 1976-1982, 1987-1995.
• Canadian Red Cross. President of Lethbridge Branch (1984), chairman of advisory committee Red Cross Youth, Alberta-Northwest Territories Division, member of national advisory committee (1982-1984), member of youth advisory committee (1979-1982).