Full Professor Promotion Case

Narrative • Teaching Details • Professional Writing Scholarship • Poetry Performance
University Service Details • Professional Service Details • Community Service Details

Professional Service Details

Randy M. Brooks, Ph.D.
August 15, 2002

Introduction & Offices & Committees & Professional Consulting & Other Professional Service


Offices & Committees—provided leadership, conference planning and ongoing editorial service for the Society for Technical Communication, the Haiku Society of America, the American Haiku Archives, and provided assistance with other organizations such as National Council for Teachers of English and the National Center for Supercomputing

Professional Consulting—provided webmaster training, grant writing assistance, police candidate communication testing, and web site design consulting services to 22 organizations

Other Professional Service—often served as national or international judge and nominating committee for awards and officers

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Offices & Committee Service

Web Master, American Haiku Archives, (Sacramento, CA), 2000-present.

• served on the advisory board
• developed the web site including profiles of honorary curators
• proposed and developed electronic archives of out-of-print haiku publications

Education Committee, Haiku Society of America, 1999-present.

• helped develop a haiku teaching resource packet for teachers K-12
• wrote introduction & teaching objectives for education packet

Executive Planning Committee, Haiku North America Conference, 1999-2001.

• helped develop mission statement
• reviewed conference development handbook & support strategies

Professional Development Workshop Leader, Central Illinois Chapter of the Society for
Technical Communication, 2002.
Executive Board, Central Illinois Society for Technical Communication, 2000.
Vice President, Central Illinois Society for Technical Communication, 1999-2000.

• planned and coordinated guest speakers for monthly meetings
• promoted member services and membership growth
• served on executive board

Midwest Regional Coordinator, Haiku Society of America, 1998-2000.

• organized poetry readings and promoted events and news for Midwest haiku writers
• organized Midwest Haiku Contest in collaboration with the Japanese Consulate for the

Midwest region and the Japan Society of Chicago (September 2000)

• presented awards and represented HSA at Madoka Mayuzumi's lecture in Chicago

Global Haiku Festival Host, sponsored by The Haiku Society of America with representatives from the British Haiku Society, Haiku Society of Germany, Haiku International Association, Haiku Canada, and the Tanka Association of America, Millikin University, April 2000.

Midwest region and the Japan Society of Chicago (September 2000)

• co-chair of Global Haiku Festival at Millikin University (Spring 2000)
• organized and hosted Midwest Haiku Writer’s Retreat (Summer 1999)

Advisory Board Member, Illinois Community Network Project by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Sponsored by the Partnership Illinois Council at the University of Illinois, (Champaign-Urbana, IL), 1997-1999.
Program Review Committee, Education and Training Stem, Society for Technical Communication International Conference, (Toronto, Canada) May 1997

Special Interest Group (SIG) on Service Learning and Writing, National Council of Teachers of English and the Conference on College Composition and Communication, 1996-1977

Hosted Chapter Presentation, “Animated Online Help Systems and Tutorials” sponsored by the Central Illinois Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication, Millikin University, November 12, 1996.

Coordinated and Hosted Workshop, “Chapter Leadership Development” sponsored by the Central Illinois Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication, Millikin University, March 16, 1996.


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Professional Consulting 1995-2002

Communication Skills Testing, Decatur Police Department, City of Decatur Human Resources, (Decatur, IL), March 17, 2002.

Video Production, “The Case of the Missing Dog.” for the 2002 Communication Skills Test, Decatur Police Department, City of Decatur Human Resources, (Decatur, IL), March 17, 2002.

Web Site Designer & Webmaster Tutoring. Mt. Zion District Library, (Mt. Zion, IL), November 2001-2002. http://www.mtzion.lib.il.us/mtzion/

Webmaster Tutoring. ProEmp, Inc, (Decatur, IL), September-October 2001. http://www.proemp.com

Webmaster Tutoring. Pathologists of Central Illinois, (Decatur, IL), January 2001-2002. http://www.paciandcpci.com

Web Site Designer & Webmaster. Heartland Agriculture, LTD, (Forsyth, IL), May 2000-2002. http://www.hagltd.com

Web Site Designer & Webmaster. Baby TALK, (Decatur, IL), May 1997-August 2001. http://www.babytalk.org Excellence Award in Outstanding Web Site Design Category, Master Communicator Awards, Central Illinois competition, October, 1998.

Web Site Design and Webmaster Tutor. Macon County Decatur Chamber of Commerce, (Decatur, IL), November 1999-December 2000. http://www.decaturchamber.com/

Web Site Design and Webmaster Tutor. Lyle Campbell and Son, (Decatur, IL), July 2000-Nov. 2000. http://www.lylecampbell.com/

Nominating Committee. Masaoka Shiki International Haiku Award, (Matsuyama, Japan), 2000.

Community Development Grant Editor. “The Consolidated Action Plan 2000-2004.” submitted to the Department of

Housing and Urban Development, City of Decatur Department of Neighborhood Services, (Decatur, IL), February, 2000.

Leader and Webmaster. Central Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Web Site Development, (Decatur, IL) April 1997-June 2000. http://www.cccdisciples.org

Police Department Sergeant Promotion Communication Skills Testing, City of Decatur Department of Human Resources, (Decatur, IL), February 5, 2000.

Webmaster Tutor. Decatur Housing Authority, (Decatur, IL), February-August 1999. http://www.decaturhousing.com

Web Site Designer. Millikin University Inaugural Web Site, July 1999.

Webmaster Tutor. Soy Capital Bank & Trust Company, (Decatur, IL), Feb. 1999.

Police Officer Candidate Communication Skills Testing, City of Decatur Department of Human Resources, (Decatur, IL), July 18, 1999

Web Site Design Consultant. Decatur Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, (Decatur, IL), August 1996-1999. http://www.decaturcvb.com

Web Site Design Consultant. ESI Eichenauer Service, Inc., (Decatur, IL), December 1998-present. http://www.esiquality.com

Web Site Design Consultant. Millikin Institute, (Decatur, IL), July-December, 1998. http://institute.millikin.edu

Web Site Design Consultant (with Ken Brumbaugh), Associated Colleges of Illinois & Ameritech, The Faculty Technology Development Web Site, Illinois, August 1997-1998. http://www.millikin.edu/aci

Police Sergeant Promotion Communication Skills Testing, City of Decatur Department of Human Resources, (Decatur, IL), June 20, 1998.

Web Site Design Consultant, Blue Mill Restaurant, Featured Decatur Area Dining Web Page, Decatur Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, March 1998.

Police Applicant Communication Skills Testing, City of Decatur Department
of Human Resources, (Decatur, IL), July 27 and October 5, 1997.

Book Proposal Reviewer, St. Martin’s Press, (New York, NY) 1996-present.

Police Applicant Communication Skills Testing, City of Decatur Department of Human Resources, (Decatur, IL), July 27 and October 5, 1997.

Other Professional Service

Judge. 2001 Nicholas Virgilio Memorial Haiku Competition for High School Students, Nichols Virgilio Haiku Association (Camden, NJ) and Haiku Society of America, April 2001.

Judge. 2000 Penumbra Poetry & Haiku Competition, Tallahassee Writer’s Association (Tallahassee, FL), July 2000.

Official Delegate for the Haiku Society of America, International Haiku Conference, (Tokyo, Japan) April 19-20, 1997

Officers Nominating Committee, Haiku Society of America, 1996

Judge, National Merit Book Awards for Books Published in 1995, Haiku Society of America, January–October 1996.

Judge, NCTE Achievement in Writing Awards, Midwest Region, National Council of Teachers of English, June 1996.

© Randy Brooks • last updated August 27, 2002