Curriculum vitae
CONTACT INFORMATION
University of Washington • Box 354695 • Seattle, Washington 98195-4695 • phone: (206) 695-6737 • FAX: (206) 685-3872 • e-mail: kjhall@u.washington.edu
EDUCATION
Graduate student, Department of Communication, University of Washington (entered PhD program autumn 2001).
Master of Communication degree, University of Washington, 1985.
BA, Journalism, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1971.
EMPLOYMENT
Senior Editor. University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, February 1999-present, Seattle, Washington, managing the department's publications, Web sites, and other communication projects.
Communications specialist. King County Department of Transportation, 1993-1999. Wrote and edited print and Web publications; developed communication strategies; facilitated and planned public meetings. Products included newsletter for transit oriented development, publications for the six-year transit development plan and road improvements, and stories for the department's employee newsletter, In Transportation.
Technical editor. Shapiro and Associates, Inc., 1990-1993. Developed style manual and quality control process for environmental consulting firm. Edited internal newsletter and environmental impact statements for land-use, water, and wetlands projects.
Media experience. Reporter or copy editor for: King County Journal, Kent, Wash. (1988-1990); The Herald, Everett, Wash. (1987-1988); Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, NM (1985-1986); Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, Wash. (1984-1985); Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich. (1978-1983); Daily News, Greenville, Mich. (1974-1976); South Fulton Neighbor, Atlanta, Ga. (1972-1974).
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Research Projects
Content analysis project for a study of the implementation of the Washington State Ergonomics Rule, funded under a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This involves analyzing trends in ergonomics coverage in trade and labor publications and Web sites before and after adoption of a state rule.
Contributor to evaluation of a pilot project based on the premise that family reinforcement is important in changing worksite behaviors toward safety and health practice, particularly hearing loss among construction workers. This work was done under a state Labor & Industries grant to the Building and Construction Trades Labor Management Organization.
Delivered Papers
"Occupational Safety & Health Online: University as Information Center," Best Practices in Occupational Safety and Health Education, Training and Communication: Ideas that Sizzle, sponsored by the International Commission on Occupational Health. Baltimore, MD, October 2002.
"Nontraditional Communication about Health Risks: Hired Farm Laborers," presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Society for Technical Communication, May 2001, Chicago, Illinois.
"Pesticide Communication," presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2), May 2001, Vancouver, BC.
Panel Chair/Discussant
Convened a health conference panel for the biennial convention of the Coalition of Labor Union Women's in Seattle in October 2003, focusing on workplace violence and musculoskeletal (ergonomic) injuries.
Skill Sets for Successful Scientific Communication, Society for Technical Communication Region 7 conference, November 2002, Vancouver, BC .
Chair and Discussant, panel on Communicating with Nontraditional Audiences, the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Society for Technical Communication, May 2001, Chicago, Illinois.
Chair, panel on Regulatory Writing, the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Society for Technical Communication, May 2001, Chicago, Illinois.
Participant
Focus on Dissemination of Occupational Safety and Health Information, NIOSH workshop, Cincinnati, July 2001.
Posters
“Occupational safety & health online: University as an information center,” American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November 2003.
“ Journalists and trauma: How newsroom norms can hurt” (with Roger Simpson and Ian Stewart, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November 2003.
PUBLICATIONS
Newsletters
Senior editor, Environmental Health News, University of Washington Department of Environmental Health, 1999-present.
Copy editor, Smoke, Dust & Haze, EPA Northwest Research Center for Particulate Air Pollution and Health, 2000-present.
Editor, ES&H News, Environmental Safety and Health Communication Special Interest Group, Society for Technical Communication, 2000-2003. I am still a contributing writer.
Reports
Silverstein B, Foley M, Pollisar NL, Neradilek B, Morris SL, Camp J, Brooner B, Galvin K, Hall K (2004). Washington State Ergonomics Rule Final Report, SHARP Technical Report 73-1-2004, Washington State Department of Labor & Industries.
TEACHING
Lecturer and group mentor, ENVH 584, Occupational Health and Safety: Policy and Politics, Spring 2004.
Instructor, continuing education course, Tools and Techniques to Improve Your Safety Training Program, UW's Northwest Center for Occupational Safety and Health, February 2004.
Co-director, continuing education course, Technical Writing Skills for Safety and Health Professionals, UW's Northwest Center for Occupational Safety and Health, March 2003.
Consultant on communication planning and Web site development, Central American Institute for Studies on Toxic Substances (IRET), Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica, November 2002 to present.
Committee member for Miriam Kennedy, UW master's student in Technical Communications, degree awarded spring 2002.
Staff adviser to Environmental Health 511 summer 2000, winter 2002. Assist students with Web and poster projects as part of their course requirements. Small-group and lecture settings.
Graduate teaching assistant, University of Washington School of Communications, 1983-1985, leading laboratory section of introductory writing course, CMU 315, and quiz sections of communication history course, CMU 201.
FELLOWSHIPS
Nate Haseltine Memorial Fellowship, National Association of Science Writers, 1983.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member, International Communication Association, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, American Association for the Advancement of Science and American Public Health Association.
Society for Technical Communication, online manager and newsletter editor for Environmental Safety and Health special interest group (SIG), 2000-present.
International Association for Public Participation (IAP2), vice president and chapter liaison, Puget Sound chapter 1994-present.
Reader for annual Literary Contest, adult nonfiction category, sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Writers Association, 2001.
Toastmasters International (public speaking and leadership), Advanced Toastmaster Gold certification, former club president and area governor.
PROFESSIONAL HONORS
"Best of Show," International Technical Publications Competition, Society for Technical Communication (STC) for 2001-2003 Biennial Report, Department of Environmental Health.
2000/01 Staff Outreach Award, Department of Environmental Health ($1,000 stipend).
Nominated for the School of Public Health and Community Medicine staff service award, 1999-2000 and 2002-2003, University of Washington.
International award of excellence in the Technical Publications Competition, Society for Technical Communication, 1999 for newsletter, Environmental Health News.
STC Puget Sound Chapter awards: distinguished award 2002-2003, Biennial Report, Department of Environmental Health; distinguished award 1999, Environmental Health News; award of excellence, 2000, 1997-99 Biennial Report, Department of Environmental Health; award of excellence, 2000, What is Environmental Health?
Innovations in American Government Competition, 2000, member of communications team for the Metro Transit Commute Partnerships program that won this competition sponsored by the Ford Foundation and Harvard University.