Friday, June 28, 2013

June 28 (F), 2013 on fb - What are the functions of a pay scale of 788 : 1 ?

June 28 (F), 2013, posted on fb.
"In just one morning, a CEO at one of America's biggest restaurant companies makes more on average than what one of his minimum wage workers earns in an entire year.

That's one finding of a study released Thursday by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank. CEOs in the restaurant and hospitality industry earn nearly $12 million a year on average, according to the study. That's 788 times more than the $15,080 made by minimum wage hospitality workers..."



Crystal Huang In fact, I admire most of the CEO's entrepreneurship, in particular, the "self-made" ones who might be able to trickle down, offering minimum wage jobs! The main issue is that most of our citizens care less this type of extreme inequality than the chances to obtain these types of opportunities.
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Crystal Huang There are many other examples of 788:1 pay scale, or
one morning's show-up of someone = the other person's whole year's labor.
Yes, I guess, at this moment, some economists will argue - "but they are UNSKILLed/UNPRODUCTIVE workers"
- The Unworthy!! Fortunately, some kind CEOs "acknowledge" that, but are still able to offer minimum jobs- thanks GODS??
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Crystal Huang http://reclaimdemocracy.org/powell_memo_lewis/

The Powell Memo (also known as the Powell Manifesto)reclaimdemocracy.org
In 1971, Lewis F. Powell, a corporate lawyer and member of the boards of 11 corporations, wrote a memo to his friend Eugene Sydnor, Jr., the Director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The memo influ...
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Crystal Huang Thanks to George E Mills Jr's sharing.
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Thursday, June 27, 2013

June 27 (Th), 2013. Cheap and Expensive Businesses in Hidden Operations

The steaming bipartisan debate has been tormenting many politicians at this moment in the Capitol Hill.
Here is my bias on Immigration.  Share :)!





June 27 (Th), 2013 My Serendipitous Teaching&Learning (#6) on fb

June 27 (Th), 2013 on fb.
Crystal Huang
5 hours ago
Taking a break from online grading to browse next semester's Contemporary American Society textbook.
A minor reflection: Wish (ideally) all students (if student loans won't burden/drag you down ?!) have 4 majors/minors:
one from Social Science,
one from Natural Science,
one from Humanities.... and
the 4th one, could be...Guess______?

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Crystal Huang A couple of required/selective courses in your program sheet night not be enough. This remixed idea was inspired by E. O. Wilson's Consilience - The Unity of Knowledge (well, yes, combined both formal learning and informal learning). As a professional student for more than 3 decades, I dare shamelessly to say: I am going toward that direction - but poor (thin bank account !) - Earning from teaching going to Learning ! You know better than I - Certain knowledge is still too expensive to "acquire" even though MOOCs are hot!
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Crystal Huang My opinionated answer to the 4th major/minor (in fact, a very important one) => a career/occupational degree program from A Technical College !!!!! So workers can think and thinkers can work ! One of the ideal ways to solve many contemporary social problems. I think that Germany does it well. Yep, idealist!
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Crystal Huang Contemporary American Society is an interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary introduction course consisting of the basic disciplines of sociology, psychology, and politic-economics - one of my coming fall semester courses.
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Christopher Michael Political science?
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Crystal Huang Chris, 1/3 of this course is about basic political science including International Relations (the last part).
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Christopher Michael Yeah i caught up on comments after i commented. Society would be better off with everyone studying these along with their chosen majors.
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Crystal Huang Could be spread too thin, though. It's all about determination and time management skills/techniques.
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Christopher Michael Agreed
Honestly i think the govt should require hseds and strongly push society to do 2yr lib arts degrees at minnimum. I think itd help todays youth grow to be well educated individuals
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David Richardson Economics
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David Richardson Media's mass intervention in society has taken away a lot of the youth's will to make it in a trade, sad, even us that are uneducated see that degrees are becoming a burden and not payin it forward for a lot of today's youngsters
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David Richardson That said, I have 1 in community college and 2 more going next fall, I see the value in an education as long as it is in a field that can benefit the time and money spent on a degree. Sadly, unless something drastically changes in America, today's graduate are bound for hard times and disappointments. It must also be in a field that they have passion for or it is pointless in life.
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Crystal Huang @ Chris and David, I can understand. "Education" (formal vs. informal, self-taught vs. credentialism) and "Training", indeed are quite different things. In earlier time, edu was deemed as "leisure " or luxury. Only a few monopolized the opportunities of "education, in particular, the Liberal Art disciplines- yes, a very social class thing !". We can be "trained-to make a living" which is much easier/economical than educated-making a life ! "Training" can be disguised under the name of "Education" for it is less political, and connoted with class, gender, race and other relevant factors affecting one's tendency for upward social mobility.
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Crystal Huang I used to use the words "Edu-capitalism vs. Edutopia" to express two sides of thoughts about education vs. training. Sometimes, even hard to obtain the opportunities of "training", not to mention education, though. See all sorts of cuts and reshuffle budgets and resources to benefit certain segments of our society which could reinforce/widen socio-economic gap. Having said so, it is very "bio-sociological" too. Furthermore, as David mentioned, the passion-induced job/career opportunities in the digitized-global economy, whether tech creates jobs or deprives/eliminates jobs and to what extent - you tell me ! We just covered the theory of McDonalization of society in the last class session. My guess of the emerging robotization (can + dehumanization) of society - just a hypothesis - I think many of us feel it, even though I have been trying to be up-beaten.
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Crystal Huang There is an optimism in my current learning - Learning Technologies (or Instructional system and technologies). One of its goals and functions is to HOPEFULLY use all sorts of Web 2.0/Cloud Computing/Internationalization 3.0 and E+M learning to take advantages of the Internet for democratizing/leveling the playing field in enhancing the edu/training possibilities, in particular, the very hot MOOCs (mass open online courses) and the rest to defy bricks+mortars+4walls type of expensive edu. But, in reality, there could be more hypes, commercialism , consumptionism which might overshadow or confound the good things to be brought forth to benefit the true economy and humanity, perhaps. Many ways/lens to look at it.
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Crystal Huang Waiting for what sorts of Supermen/women, I constantly ask myself. Technology is a "multiple"-edged sword - could be a mixed-blessing thing... How to foresee and weight the benefit-cost is a huge task. We just need to be conscious/conscientious, be aware, and audacious to chart the uncharted territory- steps by steps => We make the roads by walking together.
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June 27 (Th), 2013. DOMA, Super Moon...etc.of June 2013


Wednesday, June 26, 2013

June 26 (W), 2013. Crystal's Serendipitous Teaching&Learning (#5)

Quite a busy day on fb.

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June 26 (W), 2013. Serendipitous Learning&Teaching (4)

June 26 (W), 2013.  My posts on fb:

Post #1
Accidentally, picked up an old book. Might as well do something….

EDU-CommonSense #1 - reinterpreting Mr. Confucius' Secret Recipe of Theory of Teaching&Learning:
1/3 of the educator’s art of teaching/facilitating
(passion, calling, pedagogy, andragogy etc.)
+ 1/3 of the learner's desirable to learn/responsibility/readiness
+ 1/3 of a nurturing edu-environment (the intensity of parental involvement, a visionary edu-policy, the relevant stakeholders’ advocacy)
= a potential of a healthy way to grow a nation.


Post #2

EDU-CommonSense#2 - Those who live off or play off Education (formal and informal), either intentionally or unintentionally, retard a nation's growth... 



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Comments:
Except those men who can reproduce (not just BABIES), in addition to produce, to be able to bear the other half of the lesser sky !

Post #4
The misleading, blindness, and danger of the Extremism
- both Left and Right...
One of the "intended" consequences is to produce and reproduce Cults and Occults !

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

June 24 (M), 2013 My Serendipitous Learning and Teaching (3) Go Vertical! Solar Power Tower Pageant.
















  • Crystal Huang Go vertical, not just in the hydroponic farming, solar energy has been standing toweringly for a while. Just downloaded some other countries' operating projects !
    • Robert Fenton Gary I would need to see cost figures. Also I want to see the Megawatts produced by the German Solar Towers. 200 seems a big low for such a large structure, how does it compare cost/yield -wise with the German units? Homework for Crystal.
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    • Crystal Huang Woow, need to take the prelims of Micro and Macro Economics to answer these questions ( just kidding- I only took 14 credits). Hope my econ colleague professor Flint can come to rescue !

      A little bit background understanding why we are behind some European countries regarding how to collaborate with our almighty, loving, in particular, generous SUN. Such as Germany, has a fertile ground for "green peace". That could help reduce lots of implicit costs/ externalities (yep common sense. You might know better than my gibberish here)- the short term cost includes all sorts of input variables and the fixed cost, so at the beginning, the per unit productivity could be very high, but as the marginal cost, based on law of diminishing marginal returns could make the long run average total cost changed. 

      Many oil-dependent-businesses having hard time to move to different directions, one of the reasons could be the long term (more than 90 years!!) super large scale of investment, operations and habitual gains/humongous profits (reducing per unit cost) that make them very difficult to move around. 

      Solar energy investments are more common in countries that realize by asking SUN's help which could be much cheaper than asking from War On Oil (or they just could not AFFORD an oil war- maybe !) Surely, if looking from the short run for solar investment, could be scarily expensive, like the VERY first oil drilling platform and the VERY first refinery was built. As more input variables, scale expansion, the long run average total cost could be reduced. 
      Here is an esoteric formula:
      Accounting profit = total revenue-explicit costs
      Economic profit = total revenue – (explicit costs+ Implicit costs)

      In the long term large scale investment on solar energy (surely, the SUN is in his prime who will die much much later, so don't worry, be happy- long live the SUN), the economic profit might be bigger than the sum of oil fighting, warring, weaponry manufacturing, drilling, refining, transporting, all sorts of externalities, such as, the famous one, carbon emission relating to climatic change- if you believe it is not a hoax, AND the COST from the arguing/speculating of poli-ticks - format !
    • Crystal Huang A little bit background info, now, asking for help- Maybe Josh Tewellhas the detailed info of solar energy investment prospectus and the cost of production, and ROI...etc. to compare to German/Belgium/Netherland...etc productivity. Or, Mr. Robert Fenton Gary, and any fb friends, provide links/sites for us to take a look, if available. Thanks.
    • Crystal Huang I got an easy way out - wikipedia has some info
      The solar power tower, also known as 'central tower' power plants or 'heliostat' power plants or power towers, is a type of solar furnace using a tower to receive the focused sunlight. It uses an array of
       flat, movable mirrors (called heliostats) to focus the sun's rays upon a collector tower (the target). Concentrated solar thermal is seen as one viable solution for renewable, pollution free energy.
      Early designs used these focused rays to heat water, and used the resulting steam to power a turbine. Newer designs using liquid sodium have been demonstrated, and systems using molten salts (40% potassium nitrate, 60% sodium nitrate) as the working fluids are now in operation. These working fluids have high heat capacity, which can be used to store the energy before using it to boil water to drive turbines. These designs also allow power to be generated when the sun is not shining.
      Contents 
      1 Examples of heliostat power plants
      2 Cost
      3 Design
      4 Commercial applications
      5 Novel applications
      6 See also
      7 References
      8 External links
      9 Institutional links
      10 Commercial links
      Examples of heliostat power plants

      The THEMIS Solar Power tower in the Pyrénées-Orientales, France.

      Jülich solar tower power plant
      Power plants Installed capacity (MW)Yearly production(GWh)CountryDeveloper/Owner Completed
      Ivanpah Solar Power Facility 392 (U/C) 420 United States BrightSource Energy 2013

      Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project 110 (U/C)500 United StatesSolar Reserve 2013
      PS20 solar power tower 20[1] 44
      Spain Abengoa 2009
      Gemasolar[2] 17 100 Spain Sener 2011
      PS10 solar power tower 11[3] 24
      Spain Abengoa 2006
      Sierra SunTower 5[4] United States eSolar 2009
      Jülich Solar Tower 1.5[5][6] Germany 2008
      Mersin Solar Plant 5MW Turkey 2013 Cost 

      (This chaos is a chart which was re-posted in my above status).

      The 11MW PS10 near Seville in Spain.
      The US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has estimated that by 2020 electricity could be produced from power towers for 5.47 cents per kWh.[7] Companies such as Solar (backed by Google.org) are continuing development of cheap, low maintenance, mass producible heliostat components that will reduce costs in the near future.[8] ESolar's design uses large numbers of small mirrors (1.14m²), which reduce costs for installing mounting systems such as concrete, steel, drilling & cranes.
      Improvements in working fluid systems, such as moving from current two tank (hot/cold) designs to single tank thermocline systems with quartzite thermal fillers and oxygen blankets will improve material efficiency and reduce costs further.
    • Crystal Huang More detailed info about the aforementioned Julich Solar Tower in Germany:
      "Jülich Solar Tower is a 60-metre (200 ft) high experimental concentrated solar power tower. In September 2008 the plant was put into operation on a trial basis. Over 2,000 dual
      ...See More
    • Crystal Huang My home"work-in-progress".... To know is to empower, maybe. 
      Just curious who those investors for the above 3 huge projects are???
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    • Friends asked why I am fanatic with solar energy, since I don't have money to invest in this line of interest?

      Well, here is a not-quite-weird notion to share with you-
      I am not a Zoroastrian, but since when I was a kid I have been charmed by our Almighty SUN, so I picked my pen-name 
      昶 = Forever Sun (even though he will die someday... ).

Crystal Curriculum Vitae

Crystal LC Huang, is a writer, folksong melophile, visual art/social science educator, and "poetic" cultural-n-social critic.

Teaching Experience:

Fall 2003 to Spring 2020, faculty professor, teaching Art Appreciation, American Government, Diversity Studies, Psychology, Sociology, and Social Problems via multiple delivery formats (course designer and facilitator for the face to face, online, hybrid, ITV -Youth Option, Web-conference, and Accelerated/Evening alternative methods) at Chippewa Valley Technical College. (During the above teaching career, I also completed my terminal degree in 2015 through being a part-time student for 10 years. This could be an answer to some friends' curiosity why I did not teach at the 4-year college? In fact, students and I have some similarity regarding SES at the 2-year college environment that sustains my teaching enthusiasm.)

Spring 2000 to spring 2003, Lecturer, Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Stout

95-97, TA at the Wayne State College, NE

1. Taught “Introduction to Visual Arts” sections
2. Assisted Design, and Painting studio courses
3. Conducted workshop for Information Literacy and Library Automated System

Professional Experience:

2000 to 2003,
adviser of Undecided Student Advisement Program, UW-Stout

1999 to 2000, program coordinator at the Undecided Student Advisement Office,

College of Arts and Sciences, UW-Stout

Nov.1997 to Jan.1999, Computer Layout Specialist in the Composing Department and

lifestyle columnist in the Editorial Department of the Dunn County News, Menomonie, WI

1992-93, library assistant, UW-Madison

Civil Servant:

1. Supervisor, the Supervisory Committee of the Congressional Aide Association of the Legislative Yuan (首屆立法院國會助理協會監委 Congress of Taiwan), Taipei

Job including: coordinating election campaigns, Congressional speech writing and serving constituencies.
(問政質詢總主筆, 競選文宣策劃, 選民服務)

2. Executive Secretary and member of Taipei Women Rescue Foundation (台北婦女救援會執行長)

3. Taiwan-China policy researcher at the Executive Yuan (研究考核委員會/大陸工作會報 - 陸委會前身 of the Central Government), Taipei

4. Journalist at the Ta Hwa Evening News, Taipei.

5. Cultural/English tour guide at the Ministry of
Transportation, Taipei, Taiwan. (交通部導遊 英語組)

6. Military educator, and English/Japanese instructor.

Education:

(Luckily, I won a full scholarship to study abroad through a nation-wide competition in 1990.)

Ph.D. Learning Technologies (previous Instructional Systems and Technology) , Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
明尼蘇達大學科技教育研究所博士

Dissertation: Preferences, Pedagogical Strategies,
and Challenges of Instructors Teaching in Multiple Delivery Formats within A 2-Year College Context

M.S. Ed., Art Education, Wayne State College, Nebraska with a minor in Computer Science.
Research Project: Integrating Multimedia Technology into Art Curriculum with Classroom Implementation, 1997.
偉恩大學美術教育研究所碩士

M.S. Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Major: Social Psychology focusing on Social Movements
Minors: Journalism and Women's Studies. Thesis Title: Multilevel Analysis of A Social Movement-1947, 228 Social Uprising in Taiwan, 1993.
威斯康辛大學社會研究所碩士

M.S. Socio-political Science (the Graduate Institute of National Development), National Taiwan University. Thesis: Social Ideology and Gender Roles- Women's Issues in Contemporary society, 1986.
臺灣大學國家發展研究所碩士

Special Training. Major: Military Education. Political Warfare Academy, Army of Taiwan (due to a national crisis, I joined the Army Academy).
國防部政治作戰學院

B.A. Sociology, National Taiwan University.
臺灣大學社會

Taipei Municipal First Girls' High School.
北一女

Areas of Interests

Innovation in Online Education Programs

TPACK Integration of Emerging Technologies

Equity and Quality of Diverse Learning in the Digital Age

Learning Technologies in the post-secondary educational setting

Interdisciplinary collaborative (Education, Social Science, and Technologies) Learning

Skills

Interpersonal, enthusiastic, and helpful with strong work ethics

Multiple language ability: Taiwanese, Mandarin, English, and Japanese

Have taken computer science as a minor (2001-2003).
Knowledgeable of C++, JAVA, Assembly language and Web Design
CMS/LMS: BlackBoard, WebCT, E360, Moodle, Joomla.

General Software application: Multi-aid, QuarkXpress, Pagemaker.

2010,Hyperstudio, Inspiration and variety of social media applications

Authorize tools: Macromedia (DreamWeaver, and Flash)
Web 3.0, Blog 2.0., Cloud Computing,
Photoshop/Photodeluxe, Premiere, Illustrator

PC and Mac proficiency

Visual-art making (2-D: Calligraphy; drawing, traditional ink/painting and mixed media;
3-D: mainly, ceramics and other mixed media

Trained quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods

Statistic software: Spssx, MaxQDA2, and Minitab

Certificates:

Canvas/E360/BlackBoard/WebCT/Joomla - LMS (Learning management system) Teaching Certificates from UW-Stout and CVTC

Hybrid/blended and Web-conference training Certificates from CVTC

Quality Matters Certified Peer-Reviewer

Web Design and ITV Certificates from UW-Stout

General and Special Higher Civil Service Certificates from Taiwan

Academic Activities and Professional Development

Research, Papers, Posters, Projects, publications, and Professional Development


Book

1993, Title :The February 28, 1947 Uprising in Taiwan:
A Multi-leveled Analysis of Collective Actions Author Li-Chin (Crystal) Huang
Publisher: University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1993
Digitized Feb 19, 2008. Length 172 pages

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89048376008;view=1up;seq=12

2004, Title: The Wonder of Tao: A Meditation on Spirituality and Ecological Balance.
Author: James Eggert.
Illustrations and Calligraphy by Li-chin (Crystal) Huang
Green Dragon Publishing. Printed in the United States of America and
the United Kingdom.

2018 Title: A Mystic Flow. Poems.
Publisher: Xena Crystal LC Huang

https://www.bookemon.com/flipread/777800/mystic-flow-from-sun-sun

Theses/Dissertation

2015, Dissertation: Preferences, Pedagogical Strategies,and Challenges of Instructors Teaching in Multiple Delivery Formats within A 2-Year College Context. Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction, Learning Technologies (previous Instructional System and Technology), University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

1997, Thesis Research Project: Integrating Multimedia Technology into Art Curriculum with Classroom Implementation. Wayne State College.

1986, Thesis: Social Ideology and Gender Roles- Women's Issues in Contemporary society. Socio-political Science (the Graduate Institute of National Development), National Taiwan University.

Research Papers/Publications, Posters, and Projects

2017, Internationalizing the Curriculum Conference, Panelist, 2017

Apr 13, 2017 publication description Crystal Li-chin Huang Learning-Teaching-Sharing Blog

Title: “The Voice of Faculty and Staff”

2012, title: Integrate Learning Technologies into A Social Science Course-Race, Ethnicity and Diversity Studies
https://drive.google.com/?utmmedium=et&utm_source=about&utm_campaign=et-about%23my-drive
Presented at the 28th Distance Teaching and Learning Conference
at UW-Madison, Aug, 2012.
Paper published in the Conference proceedings. https://drive.google.com/?utm_medium=et&utm_source%20=about&utm_campaign=et-about%23recent

2012, Project Presentation- STEMSS
Project presentation to the future- STEM scientists for the local district.
https://www.linkedin.com/profile/edit?trk=nav_responsive_sub_nav_edit_profile

2009, Title: “What is the Lived Experience of Designing and Teaching Multiple Delivery Methods -Live Meeting, Hybrid, Online, and Face To Face (f2f) within a Semester at a Technical College Setting”?
Paper presented at the 2009 AECT International Convention, Louisville, KY
Published in the Convention Proceedings, and in the ERIC
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED511355.pdf

2009, Title: Learning Information Technologies as Empowering Tools to Narrow the Gender Gap in the Rural-Urban Spectrum - a Review from Global to Domestic Perspective (Project Leader: Dr. Susan Walker)
Paper presented at the 2009 AECT International Convention, Louisville, KY
Published in the Convention Proceedings, and in the ERIC
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED511355.pdf

2008, Title: Beauty and Artistic Beauty
Presented at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2008
http://tinyurl.com/XenaCrystalLCHuang-A

2008, Title: Green and Dao
“The Wonder of the Tao-Six Meditation on Science, Spirit,
and the Future of Economics”
Presented at University of Minnesota- Twin Cities, 2008
http://tinyurl.com/XenaCrystalLCHuang-B

2008, Title: Freedom Writers
Presented at University of Minnesota- Twin Cities, 2008
http://tinyurl.com/XenaCrystalLCHuang-C

The next 5 research projects, due to my job descriptions (mainly, as hired in a Non-Research Institution of a 2-year college setting, the dir. of professional development (a male) at that time/2010, informed me that the school budget supported attendees, but not the researcher-presenters), I was unable to attend/present to the following conferences.

2015, Research proposal: Title:
“How Could It Be, Two Identical Online Deliveries in One Composite, and One Did So Well,
While the Other… , accepted by Association of Educational Communication and Technologies (AECT) for presentation
at the 2015 International Conference.

2010, Research proposal. Title:
“Struggles and Triumphs– A Female Minority Social Science
Instructor’s Reflection on Sociology Web-conference Course in
Facilitating Disadvantaged Learners”,
accepted by Association of Educational Communication and
Technologies (AECT) for a presentation
at the 2015 International Convention.

2010, Research proposal: Title:
“From Quantity to Quality - Quality Matters! But, What and How Does It Matter?
– Pursuing Online Courses Quality Assurance One Step at
A Time!” accepted by the Association of Educational
Communication and Technologies (AECT)
for a presentation at the 2015 International Convention.

2010, Research proposal. Title:
“Live Meeting: Web-conference Triumph in Sociology Course
facilitation”, accepted by the League of Innovation for a
presentation at the 2010 Maryland Conference.

2010, Research proposal. Title:
“Constructing a Bio-ecological System of Teaching and Learning Environment for 2-year College”, accepted by the League of Innovation 2010 Maryland Conference

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2008, Quantitative Research Project. Title:“Do The Knowledge Of Using The Internet And The Annual Income Level Affect The Total Life Skill Assessments Of Rural Low Income Mothers”? University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (as part of my collaborative research projects)

2008, Co-presenter: The 16th Midwest Quality Research Conference
Topic: “The Lived Experience of Relocated Teachers in Korea”,
at St. Thomas University.

2008, Co-presenter: “A Brief Introduction to the Multimedia
Enhancer” at UW-Stout.

2008, Co-presenter: “A Mini-presentation: A brief of CMS”
at UW-Stout

2007-8, Collaborative Research Project: Joined the “Rural
Families Speak”
– A Multistate, Longitudinal and Multidisciplinary research
project, focusing on low-income women’s using information
technology, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

2007, research project presentation. Title: “Reflection on the Pedagogies of the Oppressor and the
Oppressed”, at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2007 The Four Asian Dragons.
Presented at Professor Husby's International Business program http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/lchuang-229189-4-dragons-new-entertainment-%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ppt-powerpoint/

2006, Research paper: Exploration of PCTMK Model of Hybrid Teaching.
Published as an Op-Ed in the Dunn County News.

2004, Collaborative project.
Assisting professor emeritus Jim Eggert as a translator and
illustrator of the Book-
“The Wonder of the Tao- A Meditation on Spirituality &
Ecological Balance”. FL: Brumby Holding, Inc.

2004, Panelist, UW-System Women's Study Consortium
Topic: “A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of Childless
Issues in Contemporary American Society”, at UW-Stout.

2003, Keynote speaker:
Annual Spring Awards and Recognition of Multicultural Student Services at UW-Stout.

2003, Presenter, “A Cultural Sojourner's ‘Courage to teach’ in
Intro-Sociology”, at UW-Stout.

2002, Poster presentation, Student and Faculty Research Day:
”An Action Research Report on a Spontaneous Thematic
Pedagogy in Intro-Sociology”, at UW-Stout.

2002, Panelist- International Forum
AAUW Midwest Regional Conference Presentation:

1.“The Trajectory of Women's Transformation via Education
- 3 Women's Stories”, at Rapid City, South Dakotahttp://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/lchuang-1577072-mini-cultural-presentation-%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20calligraphy/mini-cultural-presentation- calligraphy/

2. Story-tellinghttp://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/lchuang-224205-3-women-stories-%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20gender-presentation1-education-ppt-powerpoint/

2001, Teaching Day Display,
“Sociological Pedagogy-Blending Teaching Strategy to Empower Student Active Learning”, at UW-Stout.

2001, Presenter, Professional Development Day:
“Enhancing Active Teaching/Learning Via Electronic application” at UW-Stout.

2001, Research paper:
“A Thematic Approach of Teaching Sociology during September
11th Crisis”, accepted to the Midwest Sociologist Conference

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2014 Diversity Pedagogical Project
-The Gettysburg Address recorded in English, Mandarin,
and Taiwanese http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR4PZFwrj-hN3un6lZg_ADXauCGe7JCCy

Affiliations /Associations

American Education and Research Association (AERA)

Association for Educational Communications and Technologies (AECT)

International Society for Technology Education (ISTE)

Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE)

Wisconsin Association for Career and Technical Education (WACTE)

National Educational Computing Conference (NECC)

CVACTE, EDUTOPIA

American Sociological Association.

Member of American Association of University Women (AAUW)

Governance Involvements

Executive Secretary of Li-ling Huang Gender Equity Memorial Endowment at Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC). (2016 to present).

Sponsor of the Tsai-Huang Memorial Endowment Scholarship at CVTC. (2007 to present).

Adviser of Art Club at CVTC (2016 to present).

Adviser of Diversity Student Organization at CVTC (2011-2013).

Co-chair of Professional Development Committee of
Chippewa Valley Technical College Career and Technical Education Association (2009-2011).

Chair of the Chippewa Valley Technical College Education Association Scholarship Foundation (2010 to present).

CVACTE Event/Year Book Coordinator (2010-11).

Representative of ALC (Academic Leadership Council –WTCS).

Representative to the Advisory Committees of Renal Dialysis, Surgical Technician programs.

Course representative of Art Appreciation and Diversity Studies.

Nominations and Awards


2019, nominated to the Teaching Excellent Award at Chippewa Valley Technical College.


2013, nominated to the Teaching Excellent Award at Chippewa Valley Technical College.

2010, nominated to the Teaching Excellent Award at Chippewa Valley Technical College.

2006, nominated and the recipient of the Regional Outstanding Teacher of Chippewa Valley Technical College.

2001, nominated and the recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to UW-System and Women of Color representing UW-Stout in 2001.

Activities in Taiwan

1989-1990 Taiwan-China policy researcher at the Executive Yuan

(大陸工作會報兩岸政策研究員 - 陸委會前身
Central Government), Taipei.


- 1988: Elected as the Supervisor
of the National Congressional Assistant Association, Taipei.
(首屆國會助理協會監委)

- 1987-88: Delegate of Taiwan, invited

by both Congresses of Taiwan and the U.S. to observe the

Primaries and Causes in New Hampshire and Iowa as well as

followed the Presidential campaign trails.

- 1985-88

1. Journalist at the Ta Hwa Evening News, Taipei.

2. Cultural/English tour guide at the Ministry of
Transportation, Taipei, Taiwan.

3. Twice Campaign Coordinator and Speaker, and later,

the Speech Writer in the Congress.
(問質詢總主筆, 競選文宣策劃, 選民服務)

4. Executive Secretary and member of Taipei
Women Rescue Foundation.
(台北婦女救援會執行秘書長)


1985-87 Congressional aide at the Legislative Yuan

(首屆立法院 國會助理 Congress of Taiwan), Taipei


Job including: coordinating election campaigns,

Congressional speech writer (質詢總主筆)
and serving constituencies.


- 1984-85: Summer and Winter Camp Speaker. (奉派執行冬令夏令營巡迴演講)


Previous career:

Military educator, and English/Japanese instructor at
Chung-San girls' High School, Chung-Sing University,
Taipei-Tech College, and Chang-Shu high school.

Others:

Grad Student Activities:

College and Graduate School at National Taiwan University

- Vice Chairperson

of the Graduate Association of National Taiwan University.

- Due to a National Crisis, I joined the Army Academic.
A retired Captain since 1985.

- Four semesters top 3% students of Sociology Department,

National Taiwan University.

- Selected, members of softball and volleyball varsity teams,
National Taiwan University.

Non-Academic Publications/Writing:

· Calligrapher and illustrator

of The Wonder of the Tao-Six Meditation on Science, Spirit,

and the Future of Economics by Jim Eggert.

A Human Trade Group Publisher, FL., 2004.

· Karma Ode, Burning Snow-Poetry, 2002, (in process).

· "Introductory Miao (Hmong) History and Culture by Tinqgui Li":

Translation,(collaborated with Steve Vang.) Wisconsin, UW-Stout. 2001.

· A Comprehensive History of the Chinese Miao (Hmong) by Xingfue Vue.

Translation. (collaborated with Steve Vang.), Wisconsin, UW-Stout, 2001.

· 10 articles related to cultural phenomena
for the Dunn County News, 1998-1999:

1. A thought to the Humane Society.

2. Homeopathy- a look from a tradition medical perspective.

3. The sociocultural perspective to Mulan.

4. Gua Sha-the traditional home remedy.

5. Halloween in the U.S. vs. Ghost Festival in Asia.

6. Organic products and its co-op practice.

7. Bosnia first hand report-Military sisters.

8. A cultural-sojourner's multicultural perspective.

9. Mini international house-visit the "Sharon the ambassador".

10.The legends behind Chinese New Year in Taiwan.

Selected writing/proposals as A Congressional Aide:

· “Women and Social Order,”

The Research and Assessment Monthly, Taipei, Taiwan, 1990.

· “The Interpellation to the Central Government”

- a compilation of 3 volumes (300 articles) relating to social welfare

and political system reformation drafted by me when working at

Congress,1986-88.

Some articles related to Women's issues are:

1. A proposal for "Equal Right, Equal Pay and Equal Opportunity of Employment

for both genders." September 29th,1987, the 80th session Legislative Yuan.

2. A proposal to Establish the "'Ministry of Women's Affairs'

to implement the Social Welfare for Women."

January 6th, 1988, the 80th, session, Legislative Yuan.

3. An interpellation on the issue of the Dilemma of

Single Parent and Divorced Women. January 19th,

1988.the 80th session, Legislative Yuan.

4. An interpellation on the issue of "the Myth of Marriage and

Increasingly Dysfunctional Families in contemporary society."

January 18th, 1987, the 80th session, Legislative Yuan.

· Personal Quantitative Research Project:

"Gender and Political Tolerance-The Study of Dane County,

Wisconsin." UW-Madison, 1992.

Hobbies

Enjoy reading, writing, poetry, music, cooking, visual art-making, nature and pet-caring.

Like to play basketball, ping pong, volleyball, tennis, softball, swimming, and hiking.

Li-chin (Crystal) Huang


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Learning and Teaching of Crystal Li-chin Huang