JOHN KANE

Teaching Philosophy

As an educator and adult learner,  I believe the learning experience should transcend traditional classroom environments and pedagogical approaches. By engaging students in reflective exploration within an interdisciplinary studies foundation of study, we can guide them towards healthy critical thought and conceptual ideation. Best practices in group discussions, discourse/exchange, critiques, research, data collection, comparative analysis, conceptualization, and focused critical review are essential in most scholarly learning environments––they are a standard in mine.

We have a unique responsibility to help inspire intellectual ideas, curiosity and spark the creative imagination of our student body. If we can make a connection with adult learners in a unique way, we can then broaden their creative horizons.
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I am always available to my students. Having been an adult learner this philosophy is drawn from experience. I have maintained long-lasting relationships with my professors. Their significance to my success has been crucial.

With regard to my journey as an educator, I am continuously learning how to become a better facilitator of the aforementioned deliverables. I am also committed to my professional development. As a result, I try to engage in new teaching strategies, stay current with trending technologies, improve deliverables, and reevaluate student-learning outcomes. The use of course evaluation summaries for improvement is one example. Course feedback has been a crucial source of self-reflection and narrative contextualization. Informative data like this has provided evidence of my strengths, and where I also need additional refinement.

Like many engaged in the process of learning, I strive to broaden and diversify my knowledge base. Even still, I am very much a work in progress.

Regards, 
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John Kane

Curriculum Vitae

CURRICULUM VITAE
 
JOHN KANE
[email protected]
 
EDUCATION
 
D.A.  Doctor of Arts in Leadership Studies 2014
Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH

• Dissertation Topic: The Last Seat in the House: The Story of Hanley Sound
• Qualitative Research: A four-year musicological research analysis on the early history of public address system technology, and its shift into contemporary live sound reinforcement. This extensive oral history is threaded through the life and career of sound engineer pioneer Bill Hanley.
• Other formats: documentary film, and published text
• Interdisciplinary program of research and study that blended the arts, humanities and social sciences

 
M.ED. Masters in Education 2008
Endicott College, Van Loan School of Graduate and Professional Studies, Beverly, MA

• Experiential and interdisciplinary arts and learning curriculum building program
• Qualitative Research Thesis: Psychological Patterns, Musical Responses Through Art

 
B.F.A. Illustration 1995
The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA

• Area of study: Illustration and Fine Art
• Internship: Assistant In House Illustrator, Bronner, Slosberg, Humphrey Advertising

Agency Boston, MA

• Internship: Fabrication Assistant, Olive Jar Animation Boston, MA

 
Certificate, Graphic Design 2003
Salem State College Salem, MA
 
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
 
2019-Present Adjunct Design Faculty, The Institute of Art and Design at New England College, Manchester, NH

• SUMMER/FALL: DES307 Information & Data Architecture
• SUMMER/FALL: DES303 Branding and Identity
• WINTER/SPRING: CRN760 Experimental Design
• WINTER/SPRING: CRN758 Marketing and Advertising

 
2019-Present Adjunct Writing Faculty, New England College, Manchester, NH

• WINTER/SPRING: WR 1010 Composition

 
2019-Present Adjunct Faculty, Great Bay Community College, Portsmouth, NH

• FALL: BUS210 Organizational Communication
• 12 Week Hybrid Course Design: BUS210
• SPRING: BUS114 Management
• 7 Week Hybrid Course Design: BUS114
• SPRING: MKTG101 Intro to Marketing
• 8 Week Hybrid Course Design MKTG101

 
2013 - 2019
Graphic Design Faculty, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH

• WINTER/SPRING: GRA308A Time Based Media
• WINTER/SPRING: DES408 Time Based Design
• WINTER/SPRING: GRA307A Information Design
• SUMMER/FALL: DES307 Information & Data Architecture
• WINTER/SPRING: GRA203A Graphic Design III
• SUMMER/FALL: DES303 Branding and Identity
• WINTER/SPRING: SEN401A Senior Studio
• WINTER/SPRING: PHO315 The Moving Image
• WINTER/SPRING: GRA499A Festival Poster and Album Art
• WINTER/SPRING: DES399 Packaging
• WINTER/SPRING: DES399 Logo Design
• 15 Week Course Design: GRA307A
• 15 Week Course Design: GRA203A
• 15 Week Course Design: GRA308A
• 15 Week Course Design: GRA499A
• 15 Week Course Design: PHO315
• 15 Week Course Design: DES399
• Additional Responsibilities: annual portfolio reviews, student performance reviews,
• Advising and mentorship
• Canvas learning management system
• Instructional course design, preparation and construct

 
2014 - 2018
Online Adjunct Faculty, Bay State College, Boston, MA

• SPRING: MKT325 Internet Marketing
• SPRING: MKT210 Marketing
• SPRING: MKT321 New Product Development
• SPRING: MAN101 Introduction to Business
• SPRING: MAN102 Management
• SUMMER: WRI259 Writing for Business
• SPRING: COM102 Mass Media
• FALL: AH100 Fine Art
• 8 Week Online Course Design: AH100
• 8 Week Online Course Design: MKT210
• Student advising
• Frequent analysis of course learning outcomes and measured achievement
• 2013 Award of Completion: Sloan Consortium Quality Matters Rubric for Online Learning
• Itslearning learning management system
• Instructional course design, preparation and construct

 
2015 - 2016
Adjunct Faculty, Marian Court College, Swampscott, MA

• FALL: BUS410 Leadership Dynamics

Fall 2010 - Fall 2012
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Franklin Pierce University, Manchester, NH

• Co Instruction Hybrid SUMMER/FALL: TL600 Introduction to Leadership Studies
• Co Instruction Hybrid WINTER/SPRING: TL615 Transforming the Public Agenda
• Led graduate student engagements into threaded discussions within course shell
• eCollege learning management system

Instructional course design, preparation and construct
 
2011 - Present
Online Communications, Media, Graphic Design Faculty, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH

• SUMMER/FALL COM 126: Intro to Mass Communication
• SUMMER/FALL COM 230: Graphics Layout and Print Media
• WINTER/SPRING COM 232: Desktop Publishing
• WINTER/SPRING COM 469: Senior Seminar in Communication
• WINTER/SPRING COM 310: Social Media
• WINTER/SPRING COM 430: Organizational Communications
• SUMMER/FALL GRA 491 Graphic Design Portfolio
• Student advising
• Weekly student retention outreach engagement
• Consistent communication with program dean, team lead, online instructors and student advisers to deliver high quality instruction, student retention and assist where student-learning outcomes can be achieved and measured.
• 2015 Award of Completion Certificate of Completion: SNHU Rubric Workshop
• Blackboard and Brightspace learning management certified

 
Fall 2010 - Spring 2013
Foundations Instructor, York County Community College, Wells, ME

• FALL/SPRING MUL 110: Introduction to Typography
• FALL/SPRING MUL 126: Introduction to Photoshop
• Course Design: MUL 110
• Course Design: MUL 126

 
May 2009
Instructor, North Shore Community College, Beverly, MA

• NON CREDIT: History of Popular Music

 
September 2009
Substitute Teacher, Essex Agricultural &Technical High School Danvers, MA

• American History

 
ADDITIONAL COURSES AND SKILLS
 
Art History
Musicology
Music Industry
Fine Arts and Visual Arts Foundation
Media and Popular Culture Studies
Advertising and Marketing
Social Media and Communication
Techniques in Illustration
Cartooning, Drawing and Painting
Leadership Studies, Concepts and Theory
Applied Research Methods
Course Design and Development
Data Analysis and Benchmarking
Evaluation of Learning Resources, Outcomes and Assessment
 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 
August 2019
Author, University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, MS

• The Last Seat in the House: The Story of Hanley Sound

 
Author, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN

• Pilgrims of Woodstock: Never Before Seen Photos

 
February 2019
Exhibit Organizer, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY

• Organized and facilitated two major exhibits for the “We Are Golden” 50th anniversary celebration of the 1969 Woodstock festival
• Artifact contribution, organization, planning, and scheduling
• Proposal writing

 
January 2010 - 2015
Graduate Research Assistant, Franklin Pierce University, Portsmouth, NH

• Prepared graduate faculty lectures
• Course design and scheduling
• Student advisement and outreach
• Participated in prospective faculty interviews
• Assisted with eCollege online course preparations and structure
• Online module and course development
• Facilitated marketing outreach and prospective student info sessions
• Departmental benchmarking
• Acted as point of communication between graduate students and faculty
• Assisted and researched for undergraduate course learning and outcome goals
• Assisted with graduate course learning outcomes and rubric assessment

 
December 2012 - October 2013
Historical Marker and Fall Festival Coordinator, Medford Historical Commission, Medford, MA

• Handled overall management of 2000-person music and arts event
• Successfully handled entire facilitation of historical marker fundraising including: crowd-funding, sponsorship acquisition and proposal
• Management and projection of $30,000 budget
• Partnered with the city of Medford officials including: mayor’s office, and historical commission regarding festival outlines and historical marker installation
• Coordinated all aspects of event graphic design materials including: marketing and social media outreach
• Managed over 150 event facilitators such as: vendors, volunteers, video crew, musicians, sound and stage production staff

 

October 2008 - 2011
Director and Founder, The North Shore Folk Festival Salem, MA

• Managed a five-hundred-person annual musical event
• Designed and managed all marketing material including social media outlets.
• Handled all vendor and performance booking
• Facilitated all community outreach and sponsorship acquisition
• Management and projection of $10,000 budget

 
September 2007 - September 2011
Alumni Development Manager, Endicott College, Beverly, MA

• Hired, supported, coordinated and evaluated all student fundraisers
• Managed and maintained a performance-driven culture that encouraged accountability and personal responsibility to all students
• Consistently met university fundraising goals
• Coached, mentored and developed a fifteen to twenty student alumni fundraising team

while upholding a quality representation of the college
 
September 2004 - September 2007
Admissions Counselor, ITT Technical Institute, Woburn, MA

• Handled all incoming prospective student inquiries including: scheduling of

interviews, email and telephone follow up

• Regularly performed presentations and school tours
• Consistently met retention and enrollment goals
• Assisted with financial aid, school policies and curriculum expectations
• Provided assistance to a diverse college community and fast paced admissions office

environment

• Counseled and mentored students with course and vocational choices
• Ability to quickly and effectively resolve conflicts utilizing strong mediation skills

between staff and students
 
September 2005 - Present
Owner, John Kane Studios, Graphic Design, Newmarket, NH
 
DISSERTATION COMMITTEES
 
September 2018
Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, PhD Committee Member, Educational Studies, 2018
 
ACADEMIC PEER REVIEW
 
January 2020
Evaluation of work: Make A Joyful Noise
UMass Press, University of Massachusetts Boston
 
PUBLICATIONS
 
Books
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Pilgrims of Woodstock: Never Before Seen Photos, Indiana University Press, (2019)
 
The Last Seat in the House: The Story of Hanley Sound, University Press of Mississippi, (2020)
 
Articles

“Have Mobile Devices Killed the Live Music Experience?” Front of House Magazine, (February 2020)

“The Original Woodstock was Chaos. That Helped Make it Magic.” Washington Post, (August 2019)

“Woodstock: 50 Years Later,” Front of House Magazine, (February 2019)
 
“Why the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame should know the Father of Festival Sound,”
Front of House Magazine, (April 2016)
 
“Into the Eye of the Storm: The Beatles 1966 Final Tour and Sound Reinforcement,”
Load In International, (January 2017)
 
PRESENTATIONS/LECTURES/INTERVIEWS
 
Radio, Television, and Podcast
2019 iHeart Radio, Day Break USA with Rodd William Stowell (Guest)
2019 WBZ AM 1030 with Bradley Jay (Guest)
2019 Quincy Public Access Television (Interview)
2018 WBZ AM 1030 with Bradley Jay (Guest)
2017 Dell Technologies Trail Blazers Podcast "Live and in Concert" with Walter Isaacson (Interview)
2017 Roadie Free Radio Podcast with Larry Milburne (Interview)
2016 WEMF Internet Radio “Saturday Night Rock and Roll Circus” (Interview)
2014 WCCM AM 1110 Eagle Radio (Interview)
2013 WBZ AM 1030 with Jordan Rich (Guest)
2012 Easton Public Access Television “The Film Connection” (Interview)
2011 WMBR FM 88.1 with Eli Polonski “Lost and Found” (Interview)
 
Lectures
“Can You Hear Me at the Back? Bill Hanley and the Woodstock Sound,” Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY (August, 2019)
 
“Woodstock: A 50 Year Retrospective,” York County Community College, Wells, ME (March, 2019)
 
Guest Communications Lecturer, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA (September 2010)
 
Book Tour
“Pilgrims of Woodstock: A 50 Year Retrospective” (May-December 2019)
 
AWARDS AND ADDITIONAL TRAINING
 
2019 IPPY Award
Pilgrims of Woodstock: Never Before Seen Photos, Bronze Medal, Independent Publisher Book Awards
 
2016 Award of Completion
Title IX Training for Faculty: The National Center for Student Life
 
2015 Award of Completion
Certificate of Completion: SNHU Rubric Workshop
 
2014 Award of Completion
American Graphics Institute: Final Cut Pro X
 
2013 Award of Completion
Sloan Consortium Quality Matters Rubric for Online Learning
 
CLIENTS
 
Boston Children’s Music.com
Wonderbaby.org
Kids Beet.org
Roman Music Therapy Services
Sprouting Melodies LLC
Perkins School for the Blind
Quality Systems and Compliance
Rhoda Rosenberg Printmaking Studio
Stuff Magazine
Writers and Readers Publishing
Franklin Pierce University
Yasgur’s Farm
Grant Family Farms
Roddy Barnes Jazz Artist
Winter Hill Whisky Club
Sutton House Bed and Breakfast
Juston McKinney Comedy
 
SOFTWARE
 

• Knowledge of most software on both Mac and PC
• Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Muse
• Microsoft Office Suite: Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel
• Database Management: Goldmine, Sales Force
• Email Newsletter Software: Lyris, Constant Contact, Mail Chimp
• Social Media: Twitter, Facebook, WordPress, YouTube, Instagram, Wordpress
• Research: Internet, Google Scholar, Proquest and Ebscoe Database Systems
• LMS Software: Brightspace and Blackboard Certified, Campus Café, Canvas, eCollege, itslearning, MyArtsLab, Boundless, Moodle, CARS Student Database Software
• Additional: Premiere Pro CC, Final Cut Pro, Kickstarter, Indiegogo, Skype, Zoom

 
EXHIBITIONS
 

• 2005-2014 Annual Front Street Coffee House and Gallery Art Exhibition, Salem, MA

(Mixed Media)

• 2007 Van Loan School of Graduate and Professional Studies Graduate Art Exhibition Beverly, MA (Mixed Media)
• 2009 John Kane Presents: The Art of a Telemarketer/Middle East Gallery

Cambridge, MA (Pen and Ink)

• 2010 John Kane Presents: The Elements of Rock! /Middle East Gallery

Cambridge, MA (Photography)

• 2011 Endicott College Alumni Graduate Art Show Beverly, MA (Gouache

Resist)

• 2014 Creative Salem Pop Up Gallery, Salem Theater, Salem, MA (Digital Collage, Minumental)
• 2015 Breaking Ground BFA Alumni Exhibition, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA (Gouache Resist)
• 2015 Creative Salem Pop Up Gallery, Salem Theater, Salem, MA (Acrylic)
• 2015 New Hampshire Institute of Art Annual Faculty Exhibit, Manchester, NH (Gouache Resist)
• 2019 New Hampshire Institute of Art Annual Faculty Exhibit, Manchester, NH (Digital, Mixed Media)

 
INTERESTS
 

• Percussionist: The Mulligrubs (2003- 2007), The Cabin Kings (2009-2011)
• Music Venues Performed: The Keene Pumpkin Festival (NH), Yasgur’s Farm (NY),

Johnny Ds Uptown (MA), Kenny’s Castaways Greenwich Village (NY)

• Autograph and vintage vinyl collector
• Reading Topics: Popular culture, music, technology and media, history
• Documentary filmmaking

 
PODCASTS
 

• Host of “Two Guys Talking Rush” music/commentary podcast (iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Tunein)

 
WEB
 

• www.johnkanestudios.com
• www.thelastseatinthehouse.com
• www.pilgrimsofwoodstock.com

 
CITIZENSHIP
 
United States of America