Sean Patrick Palmer’s CV
I have been an Adjunct Lecturer and Senior Laboratory Technician in the Speech Center, a tutoring center and computer lab within the Communication Studies Area in the Humanities Department at CUNY’S LaGuardia Community College since 2004.
- Senior College Laboratory Technician, LaGuardia Community College 2004-present
- Run lab hour for classes: for learning reinforcement and work on multimedia projects
- HUL100 Communication for the Non-Native Speaker
- HUL110 Group Communication for the Non-Native Speaker
- HUC102 Oral Communication for the Non-Native Speaker
- HUC104 Voice and Diction
- Assist Instructors across the College when using the lab
- Tutor Students
- Train Faculty on Linguatronics, Audacity, MovieMaker and Blackboard
- Wrote how-to guides for Linguatronics, Audacity and MovieMaker
- Train and supervise tutors
- Career Development Seminars
- Oral Communication across the Curriculum
- Fundamentals of Professional Advancement Seminar: Oral Communication in the Classroom, for continuing education staff
- e-portfolio seminar
- BILD seminar Building Information Literacy in the Disciplines
- Hybrid/Online Teaching Seminar
- Transformed Voice and Diction into a hybrid class
- Governance and Assessment
- Co-wrote original Speech Communication Rubric
- On committees that have revised and normed the Speech Communication Rubric
- Normed and scored for the Digital Communication Rubric
- Aided with assessment in 2014 Communication Studies Periodic Program Review
- Curricular and course development
- On the committee that wrote the A.A. in Communication Studies
- Revised HUC104 Voice and Diction
- Co-wrote HUC127 Sports Communication
- Governance
- After Perez decision, on committee that rewrote constitution of college
- Speech Contest: Judge in preliminary rounds
- Holocaust Remembrance Day: Emcee and background research on the Concentration Camps and the Righteous among the Nations
Work Experience
Assisted or ran:
Participated in:
Courses Taught:
- HUL100: Communication for the Non-Native Speaker
- HUC101: Introduction to Communication Studies
- HUC104: Voice and Diction (face to face, hybrid, and online)
- HUC106: Public Speaking (face to face and hybrid)
- HUC109: Argumentation and Debate
- HUC114: Normal Language Development (as independent study)
- HUC115: Phonetics (as independent study)
- HUC116: Introduction to Speech and Hearing Disorders (as independent study)
Courses Taught
- Basic and Intermediate Speaking
- Basic Reading
- Intermediate Writing
- Computer Skills
Other duties
- Monitor Pronunciation Placement Exams
- Monitor and Grade Computer Skills Placement Exam
Recorded and edited audio for many languages, including Arabic, Chinese, French, Japanese, Swedish, Hebrew, and Wolof. Recorded audio for research projects in several languages Digitized language lab tapes for use on web. Organized and catalogued language recordings in the lab Monitored the Listening Lab during intersession intensive language courses Ran the language lab equipment and proctored the lab for the SPEAK and TSE tests Maintained the smart room reservation system Aided professors with the equipment in the smart rooms
Courses Taught
- ESL401: Academic English for ESL Graduate Students
- English for Business Purposes for incoming international MBA students
- English Pronunciation for the Intensive English Institute
- English Language Computers and the Internet
- Freshman Composition
- Residence Hall Tutor: English Composition
Marcel Proust wrote as many as ten or more letters per day. However, he didn’t date most of them. Professor Philip Kolb collected much of Proust’s correspondence and set about trying to date the letters. Kolb did this by cross-referencing things mentioned in Proust’s letters, like important news events, cultural happenings or even the weather. He put his notes on index cards, and filed them by date. Kolb also did research on important people in Proust’s life, and filed that information in separate files.
Duties included
- Encoded Prof. Kolb’s notes into HTML for use for researchers on the web.
- History files
- Important events in Paris
- Important world events
- Important events in Proust’s life
- Biography files
- Proust’s Family
- Proust’s friends: both individuals and their families.
- Proust’s artistic influences
- Gave presentations about the Archive.
Education
- MA in Digital Humanities, Graduate Center CUNY
- MA Teaching English in a Second Language, University of Illinois
- BA French and Spanish, University of Pittsburgh
Conferences
- “Oral Communication Resources for ESL Students”, Language OER Conference, 2026
- “Resources for Oral Communication”, MWALLT (Midwest Association of Language Learning Technology), 2026
- “Moving Beyond Speeches: the Use of Technology in Oral Communication Assignments”, Opening Sessions LaGuardia Community College, 2025
- “Resources for Oral and Digital Communications”, NEALLT, 2025
- “The States Project: An Audio-Based Digital Project”, CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative, 2024
- “Online Resources for Speech Classes”, LaGuardia Community College OER Symposium and Showcase, 2024
- “Using Manifold for a Speech and Poetry Database”, NERALLT, 2021
- “Building ‘Linguistics of Spoken American English’ Website”, Graduate Center Digital Showcase, 2021
- “Adding Audio and Video Assignments to a Hybrid Class”, Northeast Connect 2015
- “The Important Future of Community Colleges”, panel discussion, New York State Communication Association (NYSCA) 2015
- “Voice and Diction as a Hybrid: Four Years On”, Northeast Association of Language Learning Technology (NEALLT) 2015
- “Incorporating History and Culture into Speech Classes”, with Mr. Tom Regan CUNY League of Active Speech Professionals (CLASP) 2014
- “Technology in the Classroom: A Roundtable Discussion”, panel discussion, moderator and presenter, Eastern Communication Association (ECA) 2014
- “Voice and Diction as a Hybrid Course”, NEALLT 2012
- “Oral Communication across the Curriculum” with Ms. Lisa Leff, CLASP 2011
- “So you have a new lab, now what?” BEOC Career Development Day, 2011
- “The Integration of Technology into Speech Classes”, CUNY Instructional Technology Conference (CUNY IT), 2010
- “Expanding the Speech Center’s Role”, International Association of Language Learning Technology (IALLT) 2009
- “ePortfolio: Moving on to Assessment”, IALLT 2009
- “Digital Storytelling as a Teaching Tool”, Northeast Connect, 2008
- “Incorporating the Speech Lab into Speech Classes”, CLASP 2008
- “Maintaining Relevance in a New World”, NEALLT 2008
- “College-wide Expansion: ePortfolio’s Next Step,” NEALLT 2008
- “ePortfolios: Going beyond Text”, New England Regional Association of Language Learning Technology (NERALLT), 2007
- “Online Story Resources for ESL Speech” Northeast Connect, 2007
- “Audacity in the Classroom” Northeast Connect, 2007
- “Speech Center as Agent of Change” NYSTESOL, 2007
- “A New Dimension to e-Portfolios” IALLT, 2007
- “Oral Communication across the Curriculum: Expanding the Role of the Speech Center”, IALLT, 2007
- “The Speech Center’s Role in the Development of Oral Communication Across the Curriculum”, NYNJA STAR, 2006
- “Incorporating Speech in the Classroom: How Tech Helps”, 1st Annual LaGuardia New Media Day, 2006
- “The Evolving Role of the Speech Center in New Administrative Initiatives”, NEALLT, 2006
- “Speech across the Curriculum: It’s About Time!” Panel Discussion, CLASP, 2006
- “At the Corner of Blackboard and Linguatronics: When Systems Meet”, New York/New Jersey Blackboard Users Group Conference, 2005
- “Instructors’ Reaction to New Technology”, FLEAT5, 2005
- Coordinator, Endangered Languages Conference, part of LSA’s 1999 Summer Institute at the University of Illinois
Memberships
- International Association of Language Learning Technology (IALLT)
- Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO)
- Eastern Communication Association (ECA)
- CUNY League of Active Speech Professionals (CLASP)
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