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Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick eStory
With
over thirty-five years of successful work in higher education, Dr.
Joan E. Leichter Dominick is an award winning college educator
with a professional history in the disciplines of Adult Education
and Communication. Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick holds a Doctorate
in Adult Education from the University of Georgia (1990) and
Masters Degree (1975) and Bachelors Degree (1973) in Communication
Arts and Sciences from Queens College, City University of
New York. As a doctoral student, she was a University of Georgia
Kellogg Fellow. Currently, she is Senior-Year Seminar Course Coordinator at Kennesaw State University. She was just awarded her twenty-five years of service certificate at Kennesaw State University on December 2015. Dr. Joan Leichter Dominick has served as the leader of this academic institutional elective capstone since 1998, having taught the first course in 1997. She designed the Senior-Year Seminar Course during her tenure in the Governor's Teaching
Fellowship Program 1996-1997, prepares seniors for their post-university
experiences as productive national and global citizens. This seminar is based on a earlier academic version developed in 1990 by President Emeritus Betty Siegel, Kennesaw State University. Since Fall 2015, Dr. Joan Leichter Dominick has been teaching INTS 4498: Senior Seminar in Integrative Studies for the Integrative Studies Major in the Department of Leadership and Integrative Studies. KSU 4401: Senior Seminar was the orgininal capstone for the INTS Major and the template for INTS 4498: Senior Seminar in Integrative Studies.
Since
joining Kennesaw State University in 1990, she has chaired
the Communication Department, won the 1996 Distinguished Teaching
and the 1996 Regent's Distinguished Professor of Teaching
and Learning at the university. Her academic project for the
1996 Regent's Distinguished Professor of Teaching and Learning
award was the design and implementation of a Presentation
Technology Center to enhance the technology presentation skills
of students across the campus.
Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick at the KSU Distinguished Teaching Award
Wall posing with her KSU Distinguished Teaching Award Photo circa Fall 1999
She collaborated with the
Presentation Technology Center facilitators in creating the
innovative PTD Pocket E-Portfolio Process Initiative (desktop publishing) for the college students
in the KSU 4401: Senior Seminar, KSU 1101: First-Year Seminar and in the Honors Program
based on her RACCE (Reflect + Assess + Collect + Connect +
Express) College Student Portfolio Process, copyright 2002.
She collaborated with the Instructional Technology Department to develop the ITS Web Folio Training Seminar (institutional website). She was instrumental in inspiring the director of the Career Services, who also one of the textbook co-authors, in the creation of the Online Career Portfolio (internet password website). She served on the faculty advisory committee for the OLCP and now in the departmental archivist of this portfolio platform. Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick is the co-author and the conceptualizer of The Complete
Graduate: A Workbook for College Seniors (Kendall Hunt, Second
Edition 2003).
Dr.
Joan E. Leichter Dominick was the recipient of The Department
of University Studies Distinguished Scholarship Award 2003
and was a semi-finalist for the Kennesaw State University
Distinguished Scholarship Award 2003. She has lead academic
presentations locally, nationally, and internationally in
the areas of student success, the college student e-portfolio
process and its integral connection to the discipline of Communication,
higher education, and global citizenship. Her academic teaching,
scholarship, and service have the all-inclusive academic mission
of creating the E-Portfolio: Passport to Global Citizenship,
which triangulates student reflection and connection to society
for a just and equitable world, the ultimate goal of higher
education.
Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick is Owner & Founder of The Complete Graduate Resource, LLC.
Dr.
Joan E. Leichter Dominick's Academic Awards:
Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick's Teaching History:
  
COM 1109: Principles of Human Communication
COM 129: Public Speaking
COM 289: Business and Professional Speaking
COM 305: Communication in Organizations
COM 325: Multicultural Communication
COM 389: Rhetoric and Aesthetic Communication
COM 416: History of Rhetoric and Oratory
COM 426: Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
COM 429: Persuasion, Methods and Strategy
COM 475: Decision Making and Problem Solving
COM 480: Communication Theory.
COM 400: Directed Studies
COM 490: Learning Comes to Life
COM 490: History of the Communication Discipline
KSU 1101: First-Year Seminar
KSU 4401: Senior-Year Seminar
INTS 4498: Senior Seminar in Integrative Studies Capstone
Honors 3000: Creating the Honors ePortfolio
Honors 3000: College Graduate 2.0: Using Neo-Aristotelian Rhetorical
Theory in Developing Your Digital Professional Presence
SPC 108: Public Speaking
SPC 109: Principle of Human Communication
SPC 289: Business Public Speaking
MAN 201: Introduction to Organizational Communication
CAS 1: Principles of Human Communication
CAS 151: Public Speaking
Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick's Websites - Web 1.0 & 2.0:
Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick's ePortfolio Initiatives & Multimedia Projects:
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1996-1997
Governor's Teaching Fellow