Curriculum Vitae

Christijan Draper
ijantje(at-sign)gmail.com
Current Instructional Psychology and Technology PhD Student at Brigham Young University

I believe learning should be a holistic and life-long endeavor. Education cannot be compartmentalized into school time only. Learning pervades everything we do, unless we deliberately reject it.

Some of my skills include audio-visual productions, web development, and visual design. I have a background in communications, visual arts, and an advanced degree in youth and family recreation. It's an eclectic mix that gives me a broad perspective.

Education

PhD Student -- Brigham Young University
Advisor: Andrew Gibbons

M.S. -- Youth and Family Recreation, Brigham Young University, 2009
Committee chair: Patti Freeman

Thesis:  Exploring Calvin and Hobbes: Comic Strip Illuminates Issues Surrounding Family Recreation
B.A. -- Communications, Visual Art minor, 2001

Contact

Cell -- 801-753-8453
ijantje[atsign]gmail.com

Academic honors

Outstanding graduate student 2007-2008 in RMYL Department ($1,000 scholarship)

Current and past professional association

Association for Educational Communications and Technology
National Recreation and Park Association

Work experience

Web Developer, BYU Graduate Studies, Provo, Utah
I use PHP/MySQL to create Web applications for use by both students and our department. I use both Linux and Windows for development and our server is a LAMP virtual server, which it is my responsibility to maintain. I also host a podcast, film and edit video, and create multimedia presentations. I am proficient in the Adobe Creative Suite and other graphical, audio, and video software.

Instructor, BYU, Provo, Utah
Taught three semesters of Research Methods and Evaluation course and one term of Leisure in Contemporary Society course and will continue to teach in the future.

Publications Intern, BYU Graduate Studies, Provo, Utah
Did graphic design, editing, and a variety of other tasks as assigned, including video, photography, and writing.

News Director, KHNS Radio, Haines, Alaska
I created a daily newscast for local radio station, including news gathering, editing (CoolEdit Pro), producing, recording, etc. I also did a few live on-air shows.

Graphics Editor, The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho
Led redesign of weekly features section into tabloid format. Created illustrations, graphics, maps, and other news graphics for daily newspaper.

News Editor/Copy Desk chief, The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho
Managed copy desk of five employees. Led redesign of portions of the newspaper. Managed selection of national/world news content for daily newspaper.

Layout/Graphic artist, The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho
Edited articles, photos, captions and laid out sports, news, and features pages for daily newspaper. Drew occasional local political cartoons -- won  regional award for two of them. Wrote monthly outdoors column and other occasional articles of local interest. One article on winter outdoor activities was picked up by the Associated Press.

Published Peer-reviewed Articles

Taniguchi, S., Widmer, M., Duerden, M., & Draper, C., (2009). The attributes of effective field staff in wilderness programs: Changing youths' perspectives of being "cool". Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 43(1), 11-26.

Published Abstracts

Taniguchi, Stacy, Widmer, Mark, Duerden, Mathew, & Draper, Christijan (2008). Field staff attributes in wilderness programs: Link to Positive Psychology. Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education 2008 Research Symposium Abstracts. Whitmore Lake, MI: AORE Publications

Taniguchi, Stacy T., Freeman, Patti A., & Draper, Christijan (2007). A call for theory: moving leisure research beyond description. 2007 Leisure Research Symposium Abstracts, National Recreation and Park Association, Ashburn: VA, 212-216.
Professional Presentations

Taniguchi, Stacy T., Freeman, Patti A., & Draper, Christijan (2007). A call for theory: moving leisure research beyond description. Presented at the Leisure Research Symposium held in conjunction with the National Recreation and Park Association, Indianapolis, Idiana.
(For this presentation, Dr. Taniguchi and I split the presentation duties)
Other details or prior employment information available upon request

Service to the university


Served on Information Architecture group charged with preparatory work of university site redesign
Served on Engineering group charged with implementation of university site redesign


Service to the community

Currently serving in presidency of men's ecclesiastical organization with membership of 90


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