"Professionalism is environmental. Amateurism is anti- environmental. Professionalism merges the individual into patterns of total environment. Amateurism seeks the development of the total awareness of the individual and the critical awareness of the ground rules of society. The amateur can afford to lose."

Marshall McLuhan

 

Curriculum Vitae

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Sarah Stacy Iannarone
5636 SE 63rd Ave.,
Portland, Oregon, 97206
503.310.7762

sari@pdx.edu


Education

Ph.D., Portland State University, Portland, Oregon College of Urban and Public Affairs, School of Urban Studies and Planning. Concurrent Graduate Certificate in Urban Design. GPA 3.90 (2010-11)

B.A., Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. Arts and Letters major, Professional Writing minor (Publishing concentration) Summa Cum Laude GPA 3.96 (2005)

G. Ray Bodley High School, Fulton, New York. Regents Scholar GPA 3.94 (1991)

 

Employment/ Professional Experience

University Studies (UNST), Portland State University. Peer Mentor (2003-5), Graduate Mentor (2006-8). Co-taught inquiry courses with faculty, participating in the faculty-led main class session while leading smaller co-requisite, mentor sessions. Instructed students in basic computer technologies (word processing, web design, spreadsheets and data analysis); research and writing skills; and techniques for collaborative learning.

  • UNST 151, 152 Chaos and Community, Portland State University, teaching assistant Faculty: Nariyo Kono
  • UNST 103 The Constructed Self, Portland State University, teaching assistant Faculty: Teresa Taylor
  • UNST 161, 162, 163 The Power of Place, Portland State University, teaching assistant Faculty: Jane Kristof, Dan Johnson, Georg Grathoff
  • UNST 226 European Studies Portland State University, teaching assistant Faculty:Evguenia Davidova
  • UNST 254 Popular Culture Portland State University, teaching assistant Faculty:Evguenia Davidova
  • UNST 216 Asian Studies Portland State University, teaching assistant Faculty: Connie Earnshaw
  • UNST Healthy People, Healthy Places Portland State University, teaching assistant Faculty:Richard White

University Studies (UNST), Portland State University, Assistant for Mentor Development and Training (AMDAT), Technology Supervisor (2005-8). Working with small groups of mentors in Mentor Development Teams to provide continued professional development throughout the academic year with focus on delivery of departmental diversity goals, increasing student retention, and developing research and program development skills. The technology supervisor oversees implementation of program IT, including a WIKI and other electronic resources, as well as coordinating delivery of the program's technology curriculum.

  • EPFA 407/507 Teaching Technology in Higher Education, Portland State University, instructor [syllabus]

Arleta Library Bakery * Cafe, Portland, Oregon. Owner (2006-Present). Designed, funded, and built sustainably-focused business in historically underserved neighborhood. The ALBC is dedicated to providing healthy food to its community at a reasonable price, to sustaining its neighborhood and foodshed by purchasing as much organic food from local farmers and producers as possible, and by paying its employees an equitable, living wage.

Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, Summer Research Component (2005). Designed and implemented original research examining the values motivating people to participate in community building efforts, including establishing framework of organizational and identity theories, data collection through participant observation and interview, and grounded data analysis using QSR’s NVivo 2.0 qualitative research software. Faculty advisor: Sy Adler

Arleta Triangle Project, Portland, Oregon. Director (2004-Present)
. Conceived and implemented ongoing grassroots community building project in the Mt. Scott-Arleta neighborhood to transform an underutilized traffic triangle into an ecologically-focused community gathering place celebrating local history and culture. Implement community asset mining (financial, political, and volunteer), host design charettes, cooperate with city agencies (PDOT, BDS), solicit and coordinate volunteer participation, fundraising (including grant writing) and long-term site and neighborhood planning. [Visit an early project website (2005)]

 


Conference Presentations


Northwest Health Foundation 2nd Annual Conference on Community-Based Collaborative Research. Portland, Oregon, September 2005


American Association of State Colleges and Universities: American Democracy Project National Meeting. Plenary Speaker: “Institutionalizing civic engagement at Portland State University," Portland, Oregon, June 2005


2nd Annual Undergraduate and McNair Research Conference, Portland State University. “Voluntarism and community building through place-making,” Portland, Oregon, May 2005


Consortium of Liberal Educators of Artists (CLEA) National Conference
. "E-portfolios as reflective practice," Seattle, Washington, April 2005

 

Professional Activities (Volunteer)

The City Repair Project Board of Directors, Secretary 2005-7

Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Coalition Annual Leadership Training, Workshop: “Identifying and achieving neighborhood goals,” June 2005


2nd Annual Undergraduate and McNair Research Conference
, Portland State University. Conference organizer and panel moderator, “Chaos and Community: Community-based learning in Freshman Inquiry,” May 2005

The Village Building Convergence, Portland, Oregon. Site coordinator, May 2005

Mt. Scott-Arleta Neighborhood Association, Portland, Oregon, Vice-chair (2005-6), Member-at-large (2003-8)


INQ Undergraduate Research Journal
, peer reviewer (2005)

 

Honors/ Awards


SEUL Neighbohood Coalition Annual Volunteer Recognition,
(Dec 2005)

President’s Award for Outstanding Community Engagement, Portland State University (May 2004, June 2005)


Student Employee of the Year, Western Association of Student Employment Administrators, nominee (2004)


Phi Beta Kappa, Portland State University, (2003-5)


Outstanding Young New Yorker, NY State Jaycees, CNY Chapter (1991)

 

References


Sy Adler, Ph.D.
Professor, Urban Studies & Planning
Portland State University
(503) 725-5172
adlers@pdx.edu

Gerald Sussman, Ph.D.
Professor, Urban Studies & Planning
Portland State University
(503) 725-5176
sussmang@pdx.edu


Candyce Reynolds, Ph.D.
Professor, Education
Portland State University
(503) 725-4657
drrc@pdx.edu

Teresa Taylor, Ph.D.
Director, Institute for Social and International Studies
Portland State University
(503) 725-9401
taylorte@pdx.edu

 

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