Karen Larson

Professional Preparation
Unviersity of Illinois	B.S.Mathematics Education	1965
University of Wisconsin - Parkside	(Minor) Computer Science	1985
University of Wisconsin - Parkside	Certificate, UNIX System Administration	1999
University of Wisconsin - Parkside	M.S. Computer and Information Systems	2004

Professional Organization Memberships
ACM, The Association for Computing Machinery
USENIX, The Advanced Computing Systems Association
SAGE, The System Administrators Guild

Appointments
7/2008	Emeritus Academic Staff	UW-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
6/1999 - 7/2008	UNIX System Administrator	UW-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
1/2005 - 5/2007	Adjunct Lecturer in Computer Science	UW-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
8/2001 - 1/2002	Adjunct Lecturer in Computer Science	UW-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
9/1998 - 5/1999	Adjunct Lecturer in Mathematics	UW-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
8/1998 - 6/1999	Computer Applications Teacher	Kenosha Unified School District, Kenosha, WI
8/1986 - 6/1998	Mathematics Coordinator, Mathematics/Computer Science Teacher	St. Mary Parish School, Hales Corners, WI
8/1985 - 6/1986	Comptuer Science/Mathematics Teacher	St. Joseph High School, Kenosha, WI
1984 - 1988	Consultant Programmer	Independent
9/1981 - 5/1985	Adjunct Lecturer in Mathematics	UW-Parkside, Kenosha, WI

Experience

System Administrator for the Department of Computer Science. Maintain the lab, servers, and faculty machines needed to meet the instuctional goals of the department. Maintain accessiblility to the lab and to the internet in a secure manner. Work closely with faculty and staff to meet the instructional needs of the students using the lab. Conduct workshops for the students to acquaint them with the lab and its rules. Maintain the web site for the department. Recommend hardware purchases.
Adjunct Instructor for the Department of Computer Science. Teach the System Administration and UNIX Concepts and Tools courses for the System Administration Certificate.
Managed a Windows NT networked computer lab of 30 PC's. Performed troubleshooting. Taught computer applications using Microsoft Office Suite
Assistant administrator of a computer lab of 16 Macintosh computers. Selected and installed software. Performed initial troubleshooting. Provided staff development. Taught math related computer applications, programming in BASIC, and computer literacy.
Wrote software for numerous incentive schedules as well as inventory and product costing systems.
Working knowledge of programming languages:UNIX scripts, C++, Java, html
Working knowledge of UNIX operating systems, particularly linux and solaris, Windows 98/NT4/2000/XP and various software packages installed on such operating systems.
Provided ongoing computer training for middle school faculty. Taught BASIC programming to high school and middle school students. Used various math software to enhance the standard curriculum.
Taught basic arithmetic skills, algebra, and geometry to college, high school, and middle school students.
Designed supplementary curriculum materials to enchance and expand the basic curriculum for both math and computer applications.
Designed a middle school departmentalized class schedule.

Karen Larson, Computer Science Department, larson@cs.uwp.edu

Karen Larson

Professional Preparation

Professional Organization Memberships

Appointments

Experience