Howard K. Schein--Resume

HOWARD K. SCHEIN

Unit One Living/Learning Program
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1005 West Gregory Drive
Urbana, Illinois 61801-3887
(217) 621-9401; hschein@illinois.edu

EDUCATION

A.B. Biology, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, 1966.
M.A. Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, 1968.
Ph.D. Zoology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1974.

HONORS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Chancellor's Academic Professional Excellence Award, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1998.
Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 2004.
Highly rated academic advisor, Senior Questionnaire, Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois, 1977.
Highly Rated Instructor, University of Illinois, 1973, 1984, 1998, 1999, 2001(spring & fall), 2002, 2003, 2004 (spring & fall). 2005, 2006. 2007, 2008, 2009.
Yonker's Memorial Scholarship, Grinnell College, 1965.
National Science Foundation Summer Fellowship, Pacific Marine Station, 1965.

EXPERIENCE

POSITIONS HELD

Adjunct Associate Professor - Department of Educational Organization and Leadership , 2005-
Adjunct Assistant Professor - Department of Educational Organization and Leadership , 1996-2005.
Director - Unit One Living/Learning Program, an academic program in a university residence hall, University of Illinois, 1978-2008.
Assistant Director of Housing for Academic Programs - University of Illinois, 1979-
Swim Coach - University of Illinois Laboratory High School, 2001-
Assistant Professor - Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois, 1989-1996.
Visiting Assistant Professor - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1977-78. Unit One/Living Learning, 1978-83.
Associate Director - Unit One/Living Learning, 1976-78.
Advising Assistant -University of Illinois, Individual Plans of Study (Interdisciplinary majors within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences), 1972-76; School of Life Sciences, 1975-76.
Teaching Assistant - University of California, 1967; University of Illinois, 1968-73.
Research Assistant - University of California, 1966-68.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member - Undergraduate Living and Learning Communities Advisory Committee, 2004-2005.
Member - Center for Writing Studies Advisory Committee, 2000-present. Chair, 2002-03.
Member - Campus Academic Advising Commission advisor training workshop committee, 1991-2000.
Book Review Editor - NACADA Journal, The Journal of the National Academic Advising Association, 1995-2001.
Editor - NACADA Journal, The Journal of the National Academic Advising Association, 1989-1995.
Member - University of Illinois Council on Undergraduate Education Working Group on Undergraduate Advising, 1995.
Member - University of Illinois Council on Undergraduate Education Committee on Small Learning Environments, 1995.
Member - College of Education, Department of Special Education Task Force to Review University Primary School. 1993-1994.
Member - Board of Directors, National Academic Advising Association. 1989-1995.
Member - American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Commission III Task Force: Minority Programming in Residence Halls. 1988-89. Co-chair.
Editor - Living/Learning Center Network Newsletter. 1988-1992.
Member - Council on Undergraduate Education, UIUC. 1989-1991.
Member -NACADA Journal, The Journal of the National Academic Advising Association, editorial board. 1988-1990.
Member - George A. Miller Lecture Series Committee, UIUC. (An all-campus committee that coordinates an endowed lecture series for the campus and the community.) 1987-1989.
Member - University Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education. Subcommittee on the Quality of Advising. 1986-1987.
Member -Student Affairs Video Committee, UIUC. 1983-1988 Chair, 1987-1988.
Member - Professional Advisory Committee to the Chancellor, UIUC. 1983-1984.
Minister - Universal Life Church, 1969 - Present.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

National Academic Advising Association (NACADA)
Association of University Housing Officers-International (ACUHO-I)

GRANTS

Oracle Corporation’s Oracle in the Community grant to fund the Leal School Computer Education Project

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Schein, H., Laff, N.S., & Allen, D. R. (2004). Giving advice to students: A road map for college professionals (R. Robbins, Ed.) [Monograph No. 11]. Manhattan, KS: National Academic Advising Association.

Schein, H.K., Laff, N.S., & Allen, D.R. (1987). Giving Advice to Students: A Roadmap for College Professionals. American College Personnel Association, Alexandria, VA.

Schein, H.K. & changing editors: Laff, N.S.,Talbot, P.C., Miller, T.A., Bowers, P., Mabokela, R., Miller, S., Sacher, J. (yearly editions, 1984 through 2002). Academic Advising Referral Handbook. The Housing Division and Unit One, University of Illinois.

BOOK CHAPTER

· Schein, H. K. (2005). The Zen of Unit One: Liberal Education at Residential Learning Communities. In Identity, Learning, and the Liberal Arts. Ned Laff, Editor. New Directions in Teaching and Learning. pp. 73-88. . Jossey Bass: San Francisco. (Link to author's "Long Version" with more detail and anecdotes.)

ARTICLES

Schein, H.K. with Dweck, C.S. (In Press). Developing swimming talent through a growth mindset. American Swimming Magazine. Volume 2010, Issue 8. 16-26.

Henry, K. B. & Schein, H.K. (1998). Academic community in residence halls: What differentiates a hall with a living/learning program? The Journal of College and University Student Housing., 27(2), 9-13.

Schein, H.K. & Laff, N.S. (1997). Working with undecided students: A hands on strategy. NACADA Journal 17(1), 42-48.

Schein, H.K. (1996). Hiking tip. In Backpacker's Trailside Companion: Reader hints and tips. Emmanus, PA: Rodale Press. p.13.

Schein, H.K. (1995). University residence halls in the academic-advising process. In Academic Advising as a Comprehensive Campus Process, Robert E.Glennen and Faye N. Vowell, Eds. National Academic Advising Association Monograph Series, Number 2, p. 115-120.

Schein, H.K. & Bowers, P.M. (1992). Using living learning centers to provide integrated campus services for freshmen. Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, 4(1), 59-77.

Laff, N.S., Schein, H.K., & Allen, D.R. (1987). Teaching, advising, and student development: Finding the common ground. NACADA Journal, 7(1), 9-15.

Schein, H.K. (1987, January). Using residence halls in the academic advising process: Three Big-Ten models. ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Personnel Services, Resources in Education, (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 272781).

Schein, H.K., Biggers, D., & Reese, V. (1986). The role of university residence halls in the academic advising process, NACADA Journal, 6(2), 67-76.

Schein, H.K. (1981). Facilitating students' solutions to students' problems, GLACUHO Trends, 3(9), 15.

Schein, H.K. (1981). Unit One: A working model for a university campus living/learning center. Journal of College and University Student Housing, 11, 35-39.

Schein, H.K. (1981). Unit One. GLACUHO Trends, 243, 17.

Schein, H.K. (1981). An apparatus for glazing large platters. Ceramics Monthly, 29, 68-69.

Schein, H.K. (1977). The role of snapping in Alpheus heterochaelis Say, the Big-Clawed Snapping Shrimp, Crustaceana, 33, 182-188.

Schein, H.K. (1975). Aspects of the aggressive and sexual behavior of Alpheus heterochaelis Say, Mar. Behav. Physiol., 3, 83-96.

Schein, H.K. (1974). An alternative introductory zoology course for non-majors, AIBS Education Review, 3, 9-ll.

BOOK REVIEWS

Schein, H. (2007). Featured book and video review of Declining by Degrees: Higher Education at Risk. Hersh, Richard H. & Merrow, John. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. NACADA Journal, 27 (1), 74-78.

Schein, H.K. (1998). Documentary film review of Frosh: Nine Months in a Freshman Dorm and Seniors: Four Years in Retrospective. Geller, Dan and Goldfine, Dana. NACADA Journal, 18(2), 56-57.

Bush, L.A. & Schein, H.K. (1989). Book review of A thinking student's guide to college. Cahn, Victor L. NACADA Journal, 9(2), 122-124.

Bush, L.A. & Schein, H.K. (1989). Book review of How to grade your professors. Neusner, Jacob. NACADA Journal, 9(2), 122-124.

Schein, H.K. (1988). Book review of Responding to the needs of today's minority students. Wright, Doris J., ed., NACADA Journal, 8(2), 87-89.

Schein, H.K. (1988). Book review of Helpful hints for advising and counseling minority students in predominantly white colleges and universities. Jackson, George A., NACADA Journal, 8(2), 87-89.

Schein, H.K. (1988). Book review of College is only the beginning: A student guide to higher education. Gardner, J.N. and Jewler, A. J. eds., NACADA Journal, 8(1), 115.

Schein, H.K. (1987). Book review of Careerism and intellectualism among college students. Katchadourian, H.A. NACADA Journal, 7(1): 91-92.

NEWSPAPER COLUMN

Schein, H.K. & Laff, N.S. (1984-1985). The Academic Advisor, A 30 part weekly series of articles in the Daily Illini, the student newspaper at the University of Illinois.

THESES

M.A. Reproductive Behavior of the Central American Cichlid Fish, Cichlasoma spilurum, 1966.

Ph.D. Agonistic Behavior of the Big-Clawed Snapping Shrimp, 1974.

SEMINARS AND PAPERS PRESENTED

The Power of Partnerships: Some things I've learned in the past 30 years. 2007 Conference on Living Learning Programs and Residential Colleges, St. Louis, October, 2007.

A Liberal Education at Living/Learning Programs. with Laura Haber. Eight Conference on Living Learning Programs and Residential Colleges, Bloomington, IN. November 2004.

Four Seasoned LLC Administrators Share Their Thoughts: Where have we come from and where can we go. with David Schoem, Carl Zeigler, Nancy Shapiro. Seventh Conference on Living Learning Programs and Residential Colleges, Columbus, OH. November 2002.

The Critical Junction: Where Student Affairs & Academic Affairs Meet. Annual Conference on Residential Colleges and Living/Learning Centers, Tempe, AZ. April, 1997.

Student groups as a feature of living-learning centers. Annual Conference on Residential Colleges and Living/Learning Communities, Charlottesville, VA. March 1995. (presented with 8 students)

Living/Learning Centers: Mature Models. Annual Conference on Residential Colleges and Living/Learning Centers. Kirksville, MO. March, 1992.

Smart Students, Random Choices, Scholars' Convocation, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa. September, 1991.

Writing/Publishing Workshops for New Advisors and Others, Pre-conference Workshop. The National Academic Advising Association Annual Conferences on Academic Advising, with Ed Danis, 1989. Marilyn Zagora, Anaheim, 1990. Elizabeth Creamer and John L. Bennett, Louisville, 1991. Elizabeth Creamer and John L. Bennett, Atlanta, 1992, Elizabeth Creamer and John L. Bennett, Detroit, 1993; Elizabeth Creamer and John L. Bennett, Las Vegas, 1994; Elizabeth Creamer and John L. Bennett, Nashville, 1995.

Beyond course selection: Advising through educational programming, with Robert Copeland and John Fiore. The National Academic Advising Association 12th Conference on Academic Advising, Miami, 1988.

Minority Focused Programs in Residence Halls: Making Programs Work, with Lenita Epinger and Barbara Stewart. Meetings of the American College Personnel Association, Miami, 1988.

The Self-Directed Student Confronts the Myth of the Academic Major, with N.S. Laff. Meetings of the American College Personnel Association, Chicago, 1987.

The Myth of the Academic Major: A model for combining academic and student affairs in the advising arena, The National Academic Advising Association 10th Conference on Academic Advising, Seattle, 1986.

An Advising Column in a Student Newspaper, and An Academic Advising Referral Handbook, Idea Exchange Presentation, The National Academic Advising Association 10th Conference on Academic Advising, Seattle, 1986.

Producing and Using Campus Video Capabilities as a Student Affairs Tool: Orientation and Education, with Tom Seals. Meetings of The American College Personnel Association, New Orleans, 1986.

The Use of Residence Halls in the Academic Advising Process, Meetings of the American College and University Housing Officers - International, Milwaukee, 1985.

Using Residence Halls in the Academic Advising Process, Midwest Conference of Academic Affairs Administrators, Terre Haute, IN, 1985.

Utilizing University Residence Hall Systems in the Academic Advising Process, with D. Biggers and V. Reese. The National Academic Advising Association, 8th Conference on Academic Advising, Philadelphia, 1984.

Advising Undergraduates at the University of Illinois, a workshop for undergraduate advisors, sponsored by the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. Program co-coordinator. Urbana, IL, 1984.

Student Perceptions of Student Problems, Meeting of the Big-Ten Counseling Centers, Ann Arbor, MI, 1984.

Unit One: A Model for Living/Learning Centers, Illinois ACUHO, Monticello, IL 1982.

Minority Concerns in Today's Residence Halls, with L. Epinger. Meetings of the American College and University Housing Officers--International, Tampa, l982, and Meetings of Illinois ACUHO, 1982, 1983, 1984.

Problems Associated with Interdisciplinary Study, Illinois Environmental Education Conference, Urbana, IL

An Analysis of the Agonistic Behavior of the Big-Clawed Snapping Shrimp, Alpheus heterochaelis, National Meetings of the Animal Behavior Society, Urbana, IL, 1974.

COURSES TAUGHT

The College Experience
Major Myths of Undergraduate Education: The University’s Structure, Its Function, and You
Survey Research in Student Development
Program Development for Resident Advisors
Survey Research in Psychology
Decision-making and Evaluation
Introductory Biology
Introductory Zoology
Animal Behavior
Laboratory in Animal Behavior
Ceramics

OUTSIDE INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES

Swimming
Backpacking, River running, Camping
Studio Pottery