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CURRICULUM VITA
(Abbreviated)
Kurtis S. Meredith, Ph.D.
University of Northern Iowa
Office of Education for Democracy
104 Seerley Hall
Cedar Falls, IA 50614
Phone: (319) 273-6022, 6077
E-mail: kurt.meredith@uni.edu
CURRENT POSITIONS
Co-director Orava Project/Assistant Professor 1994 - present
Director - Office of Education for Democracy
Co-director Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking
University of Northern Iowa
ACADEMIC HISTORY
University of Iowa Ph.D. School Psychology August 1993
James Madison University Ed. S. School Psychology 1983
M. Ed. School Psychology 1978
University of Southern Maine B.A. Philosophy 1975
A.B.A. Business Administration 1970
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Co-director Orava Project 1994- present
Co-director RWCT 1997-present
School Psychologist, Counseling and Assessment Services
1992-1994
Private Consultant 1984-present
Adjunct Faculty University of Northern Iowa 1990 to 1994
Certified School Psychologist Area Education 1988-1989
Southern Prairie Area 1979-1988
SELECTED RECENT GRANTS
Grants Awarded
Meredith, K. S. & Steele, J. L. (2001). Orava Project Continuation
Grant, 2001-2002. USAID, Washington, D. C. $100,000.00
Meredith,
K. S., & Steele, J. L., (2000).
Orava Legacy Initiative Grant. United States Agency for
International Development. Washington,
D.C., $300,000.00.
Meredith, K., Kollasch,
M. & Steele, J. (1999). Sk.
Libris: Slovakia Free
Flow of Information Project, U.S. State Department, $50,000.00.
Meredith, K., Steele, J. Orava Project
Continuation Grant, 1999-2000, $100,000.00.
Meredith, K., Steele, J., Temple,
C., & Walter, S. RWCT
Continuation Grant, 1999-2000, $350,000.00. (Total RWCT Grant Value 1997-2001 $10,000,000.00.)
Meredith, K. S., Kollasch, M.,
& Steele, J. L. (1998). Slovak
Free Flow of Information Grant. United
States Information Agency, Washington, D.C. $110,000.00.
Meredith, K. S., Steele, J. L.,
Temple, C. T., & Walter, S. (1997). Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking Project, Open
Society Institute, New York, New York, $3,600,000.00.
Meredith, K. S., &
Steele, J. L. (1996).
The Orava Project: A
Slovak Republic/University of Northern Iowa Collaborative National
Education Restructuring Extension and Expansion Program, United States
Agency for International Development (USAID), $2,800,000.00.
Meredith, K. S., & Steele, J.
L. (1996). Open
Society Fund, Technology Support Grant, $13,000.00.
Meredith,
K. S., & Steele, J. L. (1995).
The United States Information Agency (USIA), Washington, D.C.
for $11,500.00 to support delivery of the educational leadership
component of the Orava Project.
Meredith, K. S.,
& Steele, J. L. (1994). United
States Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington, D.C.
$1,630,000.00. A grant to support the Orava Project for the University
of Northern Iowa and Comenius University.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Meredith,
K. S., Steele, J. L. & Kikusova, S. (June 2002). Critical Issues: Democracy,
Community, Self, Literacy and the Value of Global Conversation.
Journal of Literacy
Research. National
Reading Conference.
Meredith,
K. S., & Steele, J. L. (2001).
The Critical Thinking
Teacher in Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking/Lithuania,
Penkauskiene, D. (Ed.), The Modern Didactics Center, Vilnius,
Lithuania.
Meredith,
K. S., (2000). The
historical context for educational reform in Eastern Europe and the
former Soviet Union. In
D. Klooster, J. Steele, & P. Bloem (Eds.), Ideas
Without Boundaries: International
reform through reading, writing and critical thinking.
International Reading Association, Newark, DE.
Meredith,
K. S., & Steele, J. L. (2000).
Education in Transition: Trends
in Central and Eastern Europe. In
Handbook on Reading Research:
Volume III, M. Kamil, P. Mosenthal, P.D. Pearson, R. Barr
(Eds.), Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Mahwah, N.J.
Beach,
S., Steele, J. L., Meredith, K. S., Lorinczova, K., Melvin, M., &
Maslova, M., (1999). Stories about literacy, democracy, and teaching:
Where have we been? Where
are we going? National
Reading Conference Yearbook 1998, Shannon, T., & Rodriguez –
Brown (Eds.)
Meredith,
K., & Steele, J. (1999). Building
Teacher Leader Capacity. Reading
and Writing for Critical Thinking, K. Poom-Valickis (Ed.), Open
Mind Institute, Tallinn, Estonia.
Steele, J.
L., Meredith, K. S., & Temple, C. T. (1999). A
Framework for Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum.
Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations translated version
for 24 nations.
Steele, J.
L., Meredith, K. S., & Temple, C. T. (1999).
Promoting Critical
Thinking, International Reading Association, Newark, DE (English
version); Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations translated
version for 24 nations.
Temple, C.
T., Steele, J. L., & Meredith, K. S. (1999).
Further Strategies for
Promoting Critical Thinking.
International Reading Association, Newark, DE (English
version); Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations translated
version for 24 nations.
Temple, C.
T., Steele, J. L., & Meredith, K. S.
(1999). Writing
Workshop: From
Self-expression to Written Arguments. International Reading
Association, Newark, DE (English version); Open Society Institute and
Soros Foundations translated version for 24 nations.
Meredith,
K. S., & Steele, J. L., Temple, C. T.
(1999). Creating
Thoughtful Readers. International Reading Association, Newark, DE
(English version); Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations
translated version for 24 nations.
Meredith,
K. S., Steele, J. L., & Temple, C. T. (1999). Cooperative
Learning. International Reading Association, Newark, DE (English
version); Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations translated
version for 24 nations.
Temple, C.
T., Steele, J. L., & Meredith, K. S.
(1999). Reading, Writing,
& Discussion in Every Discipline. International Reading
Association, Newark, DE (English version);
Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations translated version
for 24 nations.
Temple, C.
T., Steele, J. L., & Meredith, K. S.
(1999). Lesson Planning
& Assessment. International Reading Association, Newark, DE
(English version); Open
Society Institute and Soros Foundations translated version for 24
nations.
Meredith,
K.S., & Steele, J. L., (1998).
Të shkruarit si njëmjet për të perforcuar të menduarit kritik.
In MPREHTESI, No. 1, Tirana, Albania.
Meredith,
K. S., & Steele, J. L. (1998). Multilevel Reform of
the Albanian Education System: Obstacles and Opportunities.
A comprehensive evaluation of Albanian education submitted to
the United States Agency for International Development, Washington,
DC.
Steele, J. L., & Meredith, K.
S. (1998). Multilevel
Reform of the Albanian Education System:
Project Design. A
systemic education restructuring design submitted to the United States
Agency for International Development, Washington, DC.
Meredith, K. S.
(1997). Albania
Adrift. Des Moines Sunday
Register. April 17
Section C page 1, Des Moines, Iowa.
SELECTED RECENT PRESENTATIONS
International
2001,
January. Keynote Address. International
Programs and the Problems of Democratic Societies. International
scientific and practical conference.
Kiev, Ukraine.
2000,
August. Keynote Address. Creating
Democratic Schools. Second
Annual Pan-Baltic Conference on Education.
Roosta, Estonia.
2000 February, Keynote Speech, Teacher Education in the 21st Century, International
Conference Developing Critical Thinking and Teacher Training in the
XXIst Century – Opportunities for Change, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2000 February, Building Capacity
of Second Generation Teacher Trainers. A two-day
workshop for Lithuanian educators, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2000 February, Presentation to the
Education Committee of the Lithuanian Parliament, Vilnius, Lithuania.
1999 November, Presentation to
University Teacher Educators, Moscow, Russia.
1999 June, Higher
Education in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, a
week-long institute for 100 educators from 20 countries, Opatija,
Croatia.
1999 June, Reading
and Writing for Critical Thinking (RWCT) Institute. A week-long institute for first, second and third year
countries from the 20 RWCT countries, Kerepesi, Hungary.
1998 June.
Meredith, K. S., Steele, J. L., Temple, C., & Walter, S. Reading and Writing for
Critical Thinking Institute.
A week-long institute for 100 educators from 14 nations.
Matrahaza, Hungary.
1998 February. Meredith K. S. Major
Speaker. Instructional practice
and school change. A three day seminar on classroom instructional
practices and school change. Lake Sevan, Armenia.
National/Regional
2000 April.
Pre-Convention Institute. Critical
Perspectives on Literacy: Text,
Power and Curricular Possibilities, 45th Annual
International Reading Association Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana.
2000 May.
Featured Symposium. Democracy Building Through Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking in
Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, 45th Annual
International Reading Association Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana.
1999 December.
Symposium. Stories of Critical Literacy and Democracy, National Reading
Conference.
1998 May.
Meredith, K. S., Steele, J. L., Temple, C., & Walter, S. Reading and Writing for
Critical Thinking Reunion Meeting Institutionalizing Reform.
A week-long seminar for 50 educators from twelve nations.
Alexandria, VA.
RECENT AWARDS
2000 Awarded the Medal of St. Gorazd, the highest award of the Slovak Ministry of Education for meritorious service for the betterment of Slovak education.
SERVICE
Professional
Graduate Program Development-Pedagogy 1998
Tallin Pedagogical University, Tallin, Estonia
Evaluator - Learning to Learn Program, Tallin 1998
and Tartu, Estonia Open Estonia Istitute
Graduate Thesis Committee, Comenius University 1998
Graduate program in Educational Leadership
Consulting Editor, International Review of Education. 1994 - Present
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