Curriculum Vitae - Academic Conferences, Seminars, and Workshops

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and University of Washington
libeled and slandered with malice aforethought to prevent career advancement
and to deny equal employment opportunity.

The linked PDF covers conferences, seminars, and workshops prior to 1996. Other conferences since then include Tokyo, Japan; Vienna, Austria; Barcelona, Spain (twice); Scheveningen, Holland; New Brunswick, NJ, USA; and Llandudno, N. Wales.

Academic work came to an abrupt halt due to destruction or withholding of databases by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and University of Washington during 1980s and 1990s, also an unlawful prior restraint issued by Washington Superior Court based upon content of web pages.

That finding resulted in the unlawful jailing and solitary confinement of the author. Multiple corruption by Washington Superior Court, Washington Court of Appeals, Washington State Attorney General, and Seattle City government delayed Supreme Court review for five years in an attempt to deny due process of law.

Shirley Ann Jackson and Mark A. Emmert, presidents of RPI and UW respectively, have yet to address myriad issues involved not only with prior restraint but also violation of constitutional and human rights that led up to the circumstances surrounding the jailing.

Motions brought by Council House, Seattle predicated upon involvement of lawyers and judges connected with UW who conspired in denial of due process of law. Washington Supreme Court reversed the findings of the lower courts in a unanimous decision (30 Mar 06).

http://contracabal.org/806-41-10.html

Sound Kafkaesque? It certainly seems that way. This sort of outrageous situation occurs when individuals do not acquiesce to abuse and breach of contract by university administrators and government officials. The reconstruction of files destroyed by both universities takes a great deal of time.

Apparently, RPI and UW presidents feel safe in ignoring repeated requests for due process because they know the amount of work and money involved for individuals to pursue their constitutional rights. They know that they have virtually unlimited resources to protect themselves when they violate the laws that govern them. Consequently, they use unlawful risk management polices with impunity granted by government dereliction and corrupt courts.

Meanwhile, the PDF should answer any questions about conference attendance prior to 1996 until after reconstruction of destroyed or withheld databases. [Conferences, Seminars, and Workshops - PDF]

1999

International Institute for Information Design (IIID), Vienna, Austria

VisionPlus6 - Drawing the Process: Visual Planning and Explaining

Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan

VisionPlus7 - International Conference on Information Design

1996

National Association of Scholars, Washington, DC, USA

The New Higher Education Reform Movement: Its Shape, Direction, and Future

1993

TRADE, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

ProSig: Procedures for the Department of Energy

International Society for the History of Rhetoric, Palazzo delle Facoltà umanistiche, Turin, Italy

The History of Rhetoric

1992

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IPCC 92 Conference, Sante Fe, New Mexico

Crossing Frontiers

1991

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA

Online and Hypermedia Information Design
Online Documentation and Other Interfaces for CD-ROM
Hypertext: A New Tool and its Effect on Audience Comprehension
Optical Storage Technology
Multimedia Computer Products and Usability: Needed Research
Writing in English for an International Audience
Writing about the Material World: Communication Tasks in Engineering Design
The Role of Informational Communication in the Engineering Design Process
The Impact of Formal Communication on the Engineering Design Process
NoteMaker: A Hyper-Design Notebook to Support Informal Communication in the Engineering Design Process
Engineering Visual Aids to Enhance Oral and Written Communication
Meeting the Visual Demands of the Audience: the Graphics Package Approach
The Impact of Electronic Publishing on the Quality of Technical Content
Surveying Customer Requirements: Dealing with Internal Customer
A New Role for the Tech. Comm.: Facilitating Improved Supervisor-Employee Communication
An Analysis of the Organization of Several Technical Communications Departments
The Human Factor in Using Structured Document Processors
Communication Automation for Development, Control and Maintenance of Written Procedures
How to Simplify the Structure of Administrative Procedures to Make them Easier to Read
How to Use Databases and Object-Oriented Techniques to Automate Adminsitrative Procedure
Production and Maintenance

International Colloquium on New Information Technology, Moscow, USSR
International Centre for Scientific and Technical Information, Moscow, USSR
All-Union Institute of Scientific and Technical Information, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Union of Electronic Professionals, Moscow, USSR
Russian Language School, St. Petersburg, USSR

Telecommunications Policy in the Soviet Union
The Teaching of Technical Communication and Report Writing in the United States and Canada
Technically Speaking . . . to the International Audience
Practical Hypertext: Approaches for Effective Implementation
Hypertext and New Tools for Knowledge Workers
Hypertext Systems with Algorithmic Navigation
Hypermedia as Interpreting Environment for End User's Problem-Oriented Procedures

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

Current Issues in Educational Technology (three quarters)
Seminar in Faculty Inquiry
Seminar in Student Inquiry

1990

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

Art into Life: Russian Constructivism 1914-1932
Computers and Thinking
Current Issues in Educational Technology (three quarters)
The Nervous System as a Model of Computation
The Psychology of Everyday Things

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, Guildford, England

Does the Advent of Desktop Publishing Signal the Triumph of Style over Substance
Educational Inquiry: Understanding the Alternatives
IEEE Standard for Software User Documentation
Reference Bases in Natural Language and Technical Language
Shakespeare Gets a Computer
Technical Support for Audio and Visual Communication: Improving Oral Presentations
The Art of Criticism in Technical Communication
The Nervous System as a Model of Computation

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

The Psychology of Everyday Things

1989

San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California, USA

Models of Perception - Gerhard Richter

San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA

The Land, Ritual, and Architecture
Where Genius Dwelt (Beethoven)

University of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA

Shakespeare and the Romans

1989

Center for Professional Development, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA

Conducting Discussions
Planning/Preparing Self-Paced Learning
Using Micro-Computers in Instruction

San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California, USA

Models of Perception - Gerhard Richter

San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA

The Land, Ritual, and Architecture

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

Current Issues in Educational Technology
Current Issues in Technical Communication
Improving Instructor/Student Relationships

1988

Center for Professional Development, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA

Constructing Essay Tests
Constructing Objective Tests
Preparing Lectures
Using Media in the Classroom

San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA

Gutenberg Meets the Cyclotron - Chemistry, History, and The Arts
Where Genius Dwelt (Beethoven)

National Association of Industrial Technology Conference, San Jose, California, USA

Industrial Technology

University of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA

Shakespeare and the Romans

1987

35th Technical Writers' Institute, Rensselaer Institute of Technology, Troy, New York, USA

Designing Documentation and Interactive Systems

Seybold Desktop Publishing Conference, Convention Center, Santa Clara, California, USA

Desktop and Electronic Publishing

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Guidelines for Effective Screen Management
Training Technical Writers for the Computer Industry

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA

Implicit Language Codes
Keystroke Transliteration in Typographic Environments
Rhetorical Theory
Scientific German
Typo-Morphologic Graphics

Type Directors Club, New York, New York, USA

Type 1987

1986

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA

Bauhaus Pedagogic Concepts and their Impact on Technical Communication in the 1980s
Generic Encoding in Online Typographic Environments
Graphics Program Development

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Linking Technology and Users

Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Dokumentation, Hofheim am Taunus, West Germany

Online Documentation

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA

Special Collections of Documents on Visual Communication
Visible Algorithms in Document Planning

Technical Communication Conference, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA

Technical Communication and Documentation

Internationale Messe Druck und Papier (DRUPA 86), Dsseldorf, West Germany

Typography, Printing, and Paper

1985

Pratt Institute, School of Art and Design, Brooklyn, New York, USA

History, Reminiscence, and Conversation: New Perspectives on Teaching Art

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA

Communication Research
Communication Theory
Planning and Specifying Documentation
Teaching Technical and Professional Communication
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA

Typex 85, Washington, DC, USA

Typography and Graphic Design

1982

Typex 82, Washington, DC, USA

Typography and Graphic Design

Internationale Messe Druck und Papier (DRUPA 82), Dsseldorf, West Germany

Typography, Printing, and Paper

1974

Internationale Messe Druck und Papier (DRUPA 74), Dsseldorf, West Germany

Typography, Printing, and Paper

1972

International Public Relations Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

International Public Relations

1971

International Public Relations Conference, The Hague, Netherlands

International Public Relations

1966

International Public Relations Conference, Dublin, Eire

International Public Relations

1962

Internationale Messe Druck und Papier (DRUPA 62), Dsseldorf, West Germany

Typography, Printing, and Paper

1961

Institute of Public Relations, London, England

Public Relations Practice

1952

Royal Regiment of Artillery School, Fayed, Egypt

Accounting and Business Administration

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Nothing Succeeds like Excess Academic freedom, an absolute right not an abstract philosophy, should not subserve economic considerations. Moreover, information technology remains a right not a privilege despite technocratic claims to the contrary. Legislative and judicial decisions have determined the right of individuals to distribute information freely and the Bill of Rights documents the protection individuals should expect from the state. However, laws do not provide much protection when despotic administrators interfere with computer resources because they disagree with the content of messages: a disagreement probably based upon disclosure of their own malfeasance. They fear dissent and have an aversion to controversy. Their addiction to political correctness frequently causes them to invoke censorship of Internet activities. They not only empower their systems administrators to handle frivolous email complaints by arbitrarily removing computer access but also allow them to censor incoming mail - an outrageous invasion of personal privacy. They act upon an irrational expectation that certain categories of email may contain something that Big Mama would not wish others to read then arbitrarily reject it. Interference with email transmission not specifically proscribed by federal law classifies as a federal offense which Rensselaer and University of Washington officials commit with impunity.

New Releases September 2007 Shirley Ann Jackson, the latest arrival in a trio of uncaring Rensselaer presidents: Schmidt (1988), Pipes (1993), Jackson (1999), continued to employ Thomas Phelan, former H&SS Dean, as "university historian" and publicly adulated him at his death (2006), knowing that he had defrauded the university of millions of dollars by posing as a PhD when he did not hold a post-graduate degree. Phelan's fraud trickled down to negatively affect students. Informed about denial of due process of law to untenured faculty and students, Jackson did nothing about it. She maintains a hypocritical political silence on issues that have had a devastating effect on many faculty and student lives while she unashamedly touts an ethical institution. Phelan's deanship allowed him to employ a cabal of unqualified and inexperienced faculty that in turn short-changed hundreds of students who had paid one of the highest rates of tuition in the US. RPI breach of contract left them with a huge tuition debt and cost them millions of dollars in income through loss of their careers. Successive deans Duchin (1996) and Harrington (2002) covered up the criminal activity that they inherited which effectively made them accessories after the fact. 2007 has seen publication of a series of articles that expose academic and criminal fraud at Rensselaer and University of Washington (UW). They describe a cover-up of ongoing fraud that Jackson, Palazzo, and Harrington (RPI) also Emmert (UW) have neglected to address. http://contracabal.us/ A list of fifteen articles published during September includes a new series entitled Roll of Dishonor which exposes alleged criminal activity by individual tenured faculty members and administrators. New case studies will continue to appear each month. Information about academic fraud and deceit frequently surfaces after alumni and former faculty members read Contra Cabal. That information becomes part of a relevant case study after verification and validation. Students and current faculty members also write letters to the editor on politically sensitive issues. Some correspondents request name withholding to avoid retaliation which the editor, a professional journalist, honors. Send letters to the editor at: [Letters to the Editor] Case studies explain in detail the nature of alleged crimes.

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