T. L. Kelly
grimfarvity at gmail.com

Education

M.S. Conflict Resolution, Portland State University
B.S. Social and Behavioral Sciences, Linfield College
 

Work Experience

Adjunct Instructor
ITT Technical Institute, Mount Hood Community College, Clackamas Community College, Apollo College, Portland Art Institute, Portland State University, all in Portland metro area.
Duties: Teach undergraduate liberal arts and professional courses.

Research Assistant, Lecturer
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
Duties: Assisted in teaching and lectured in liberal arts courses; developed website for Sociology Department's Hate Crime Research Network (www.hatecrime.net); coached students participating in the Writing Intensive Courses (WIC) Program; revised PSU's Technical Support manual.

Development Assistant
Resolutions Northwest, Inc., Multnomah County Juvenile Justice Center, Portland, Oregon
Duties: Designed and developed nonprofit's first website; researched and wrote grants; assisted with annual youth conference, created content for quarterly newsletter.

Qualified Mental Health Associate
Network Behavioral Healthcare, Inc., Portland, Oregon
Duties: Counseled clients, monitored progress, distributed medication, and assisted in regular care and treatment of chronically mentally ill adults in a residential group home.

Network Support Technician
Teleport Internet Services, Inc., Portland, Oregon
Duties: Built and maintained intranet on a Windows NT server for Technical Support Department, set up telephony system for technical support calls.

Field Investigator
National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Duties: Collected social & behavioral data for the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.

Tutor
Portland Public Schools, Portland, Oregon
Duties: Academic tutoring and vocational computer literacy training at a residential group home for at-risk youths.

Writer
Five years experience as an award-winning newspaper and magazine editor, reporter, and publisher. See adventuresinliving.org/publish.htm.

Certificates and Training

Taught 48 quarter hours of Questa adult Distance Learning Courses, and designed distance learning content for college courses.

Completed 45 quarter hours in TESOL Methodology, including a teaching internship, Portland State University M.A. TESOL Program.

Completed a Criminal Profiling Professional Development Certification at Portland State University.

Completed 20 hours training in Community Dialog Facilitation for Oregon Uniting, a nonprofit organization educating the community on issues of race and ethnicity. Led a community roundtable dialog hosted by Southeast Portland Neighborhood Uplift.

Completed 50 hours training in Victim-Offender Mediation sponsored by Vancouver Community Mediation Services (WA), including facilitation of victim-offender meetings for the Clark County Juvenile Court.

Completed 50 hours training and certification for Severe Violence Mediation, through the Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking at the University of Minnesota.

Certified by the Oregon Dispute Resolution Commission for practicing professional Mediation and Negotiation in Oregon.

Completed 40 hours Field Investigator Training in Chicago, Illinois, for administering a national survey on adolescent risky behaviors for the National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago.