Julie
Rea
julielrea@me.com 248.225.6217
Profile: Each environment is a culture unto itself and
maintains its own norms and values. As well, it has its own ways of creating both meaning and change. Coming to
understand these processes and describe them demands the ability to know when
to step in and when to let others step up to the plate themselves as narrators
of their own story. Good qualitative research requires constant reflection
while working with people in common situations and getting to know them;
hearing their words, and their silences, and understanding what they are asking
for. It is my firm belief that successful qualitative research findings come
about more by asking, listening and facilitating those within the setting, than
it does by telling, directing, and deciding from without. Excavating the
essence of what is happening in an environment or culture involves not only
coming to understand that setting, but also learning to become part of the
meaning making within it. I appreciate the total commitment that is required of
a participant researcher in this kind of role and love the full effort it both
requires and allows. My approach as a mitigation specialist is one of
dedication to the experiential effort and building of relationship, which has
evolved using tools grounded in both theory and the field. That said, I am most
interested in using my training, and life experience, to
help others avoid having needless devastating life experiences up ahead when
they can be avoided by gaining insight now, together.
Mitigation
Specialist and Witness Preparation Consultant
- Independent mitigation, witness preparation and defense team strategy support
- 2011 Certificate Clarence Darrow Death Penalty Defense Conference DePaul
Organizational
Developer
Consultant Program
Assessment and Instructional Materials Development
- Assessed existing program using qualitative interview technique research, then assisted design for Abbott Pharmaceuticals in training materials based on outcomes accordingly to introduce world wide web compatible data-basing for all internal records and information access.
- Trained George Olive HR in experiential training
techniques and facilitation skills, following program assessment by means of
materials review and interviewing.
Associate
Instructor Indiana University
Responsibility was for complete course design,
instruction, and assessment.
- Counseling for Teachers
- Educational Psychology for all grades, elementary, and secondary. Both qualitative and quantitative research methods was curriculum covered in these courses.
Research
Assistant for Faculty Grant
- Program development and
implementation
- Qualitative research study design for program assessment and
interviewing
- Program handbook creation and
assessment of meeting the grant guidelines report
Outdoor
Residential Program Director
- Program included full equestrian, dramatic arts, and aquatic schedules.
- Hired, trained, supervised
staff serving over 800 girls for summer residential camp.
- LEAD RESEARCHER: Designed and conducted descriptive research project of experiential based problem-solving task resulting in publication.
Adjunct Instructor
Wabash Community College
- Business Communications: Vocational Technology students
Counselor
- Individual counseling and assessment in both private and community offices.
- This experience offered an exceptional opportunity to develop a variety of listening and interviewing skills, as well as techniques with which to understand information that came from those mediums.
SKILLS
- Interviewing
- Counseling
- Research
design and project completion
- Instructional
Materials Development
- Brainstorm
Facilitation
- Creative
Problem Solving
- Working
Under Pressure
- Presentation
- Writing
(both cultural and scholarly)
EDUCATION
M S Educational Psychology Indiana University
Doctoral Candidacy included full coursework toward a doctoral degree and
successful completion toward candidacy. Indiana
University
M S Education Counseling and Guidance Eastern Illinois University
B A Psychology and Counseling Faith Baptist College
Scholarly
Publications
Harper, Julie Rea (2005). PTSD: A situated look at the
semiotic process and role of individual umwelts in human existence. Semiotica 157-1/4 (2005), 377-385.*
*PTSD:
A situated look at the semiotic process and role of individual umwelts in human
existence is available at:
http://www.xolopo.com/linguistics_and_literature/ptsd_a_situated_semiotic_process_role_individual_17293.html
Schuh, Kathy L. and Rea, Julie (2001). Emotion and
meaning-making: affordances in the classroom. Mid-Western Educational Researcher 14 (2), 2-10.
Rea, Julie and Slavkin, Micheal (2000). The gender based
relationships of girls to their natural environment. Values and Outdoor Learning: values and education. 89-96.
Rea, Julie (2000). The moral meaning making process of the
experiential education activity. Values
and Outdoor Learning: values and ways of working.130-136.
REFERENCES:
Ron
Safer, JD Managing Partner Schiff
Hardin, LLP 312-258-5765 rsafer@schiffhardin.com
Curt
Bonk, PhD Indiana University School of
Education 812-322-CURT CJBonk@indiana.edu
Karen
Daniel, JD Northwestern University
School of Law 312-503-3027 k-daniel@law.northwestern.edu
Advocacy
Work visible at http://obviousanswers.presspublisher.org/
