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JENNIFER A. KRAMER 170 Summer St #8 • Arlington, MA 02474 • 802.257.2657 • [email protected] • www.jenkramer.org

EDUCATION M.S. Internet Strategy Management, Marlboro College Graduate School,

Brattleboro, VT, 2001. B.S. Biology, with honors, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,

NC, 1992.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2015-present Lecturer, MLA Information Technology, Concentration in

Digital Media Harvard University Extension School, Cambridge, MA extension.harvard.edu

2006-2011 Program Director, Masters of Science in Information Technologies

Marlboro College Graduate School, Brattleboro, VT www.marlboro.edu/academics/graduate

2006-2011 Member, Academic Oversight Committee

Marlboro College Graduate School, Brattleboro, VT www.marlboro.edu/academics/graduate

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2012-present Consulting services offered, including professional classroom

training and individual training in web design and development. Freelance web design services. www.jenkramer.org

2015-2016 Senior Staff Author, O’Reilly Media, Sebastopol, CA.

www.oreilly.com 2008-2015 Author, lynda.com, Carpinteria, CA.

www.lynda.com 2008-2012 President, 4Web Inc., Keene, NH.

Website design and development, specializing in highly customized Joomla websites. 3 employees www.4webinc.com


2000-2009 President, Focused Consulting LLC, Keene, NH. Freelance website design and development, mostly static HTML websites.

2005-2006 Senior Interface Developer, Lucidus Corp, Keene, NH.

www.lucidus.net

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Harvard University Extension School (2015-present), Graduate and Undergraduate, Lecturer

These courses were offered wholly online with no synchronous component or in-person as noted. I also provide student advising. I was ranked in the top 20% of instructors for the Spring 2016 (DGMD E-25 and DGMD E-27) and January 2016 terms, based on student feedback and course size. extension.harvard.edu

DGMD E-20 Modern and Mobile Front-End Web Design 1

4 credits Wholly online

Fall 2015, Fall 2016

DGMD E-27 Modern and Mobile Front-End Web Design 2


Spring 2016, Spring 2017

DGMD E-25 Introduction to Web Content Management Systems Site Development


Spring 2016, Spring 2017

DGMD E-599 Capstone Design Studio

4 credits Wholly online, optional hybrid weekend

Fall 2015, Fall 2016

DGMD E-23 Website Planning and Design

4 credits In-person only

January 2016, January 2017 3-week session


Harvard University Extension School (2016-present), Graduate and Undergraduate, Teaching Assistant

extension.harvard.edu

Harvard University Extension School (2012-2015), Graduate and Undergraduate, Adjunct Instructor

These courses were offered wholly online with no synchronous component or in-person as noted. extension.harvard.edu I was ranked in the top 20% of instructors for the Fall 2013, Spring 2014, January 2015, and Spring 2015 terms, based on student feedback and course size.

CSCI S-12 Fundamentals of Website Development

4 credits In-person, reverse classroom model

Summer 2016 7-week session

CSCI E-14/ DGMD E-20 Understanding and Developing Interactive Media


Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014

CSCI E-30/ DGMD E-25 Introduction to Web Content Management Systems Site Development


Fall 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015

DGMD E-27 Beyond the Basics of Front-End Web Design

4 credits In person

January Term 2015 Summer Term 1 2015 (as DGMD S-27) 3-week session

Digital Media Graduate Thesis advising

As needed 2 students

Fall 2014, Spring 2015


National University (2013-2015), Undergraduate These courses are one month in length and were offered wholly online with optional online office hours. www.nu.edu

Community College of Vermont (2001-2014), Undergraduate These courses were offered once a week in person, with no online component in between classes, or they were offered wholly online as noted. www.ccv.edu Website Design and Management

3 credits In person

Summer 2001, Spring 2003

Microcomputer Applications II

3 credits In person

Summer 2001, Fall 2001

Intro to Web Analytics


Fall 2012

Intro to Web Marketing


Spring 2013, Spring 2014 (2 sections)

MUL 300, Convergence Media

4 quarter units March 2013, July 2013, February 2014, February 2015

MUL 399, Emerging Technologies

4 quarter units March 2014

MUL 430, Advanced Design Project

4 quarter units May 2014

MUL 345, Applied Web Design

4 quarter units August 2014, August 2015

MUL 370, Digital Interactivity

4 quarter units September 2014, September 2015


Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University, Waltham, MA (2010-2013), Certificate

CDIA offers non-credit certificates in web development and other related areas. Each class is one full week, with 32 hours of hands-on instruction, or part-time, broken into eight 4-hour classes over the course of several weeks. www.cdiabu.com

Marlboro College Graduate School (2001-2011)

Undergraduate Courses Marlboro’s BS-MIS program is taught fully online.

WDV 301, Joomla! and Content Management

Full-time program December 2009

WDV 303, Customizing Joomla

Full-time Program January 2010

WD 101, Intro to XHTML/CSS Part 1

Full-time Program February 2013

WD 102, Photoshop & Fireworks for the Web


WD 103, Intro to XHTML/CSS Part 2

Full-time Program February 2013

WD 104, Web Standards Design with Dreamweaver

Part-time Program July-Aug 2012, October 2012, February 2013

WD 105, Usability, Accessibility, and Information Architecture


WD 106, Advanced Web Design

Part-time Program August 2012, March 2013

WD 206, Web Design Portfolio

Full-time Program August 2012

WD 207, Web Design Portfolio

Full-time Program August 2012

Web Infrastructures 3 credits Fall 2002, Winter 2003, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2008

Website Design 1 3 credits Fall 2002, Winter 2003, Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Winter 2004


Graduate Courses Marlboro’s graduate courses are taught in a hybrid format, with 7 class meetings (one three-hour class every two weeks) and intensive online work between classes.

Website Design 2 3 credits Winter 2003, Fall 2003, Winter 2004

Website Design 3 3 credits Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Winter 2004, Spring 2004, Spring 2007

Marketing 2.0 3 credits Spring 2009

Web Application Development

3 credits Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011

Open Source Content Management Systems

3 credits Spring 2008

Technical Fluency 3 credits Fall 2007

Designing Educational Materials Online 1

3 credits Spring 2005, Fall 2006

Designing With Web Standards

3 credits Winter 2005, Winter 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007

Designing Educational Materials Online 2

3 credits Fall 2004, Fall 2005

Web Infrastructures 3 credits Winter 2004

Independent studies Most are 3 credits Advise students on an independent study project, generally consisting of advanced web design work. 2004-2011, 6 graduate students and 1 undergraduate student advised.


Champlain College (2002-2006), Undergraduate These courses were offered wholly online, in either a 14 week or a 7 week format. www.champlain.edu

Open Source Training (2010-2013), Commercial training Taught day-long courses in beginning and intermediate Joomla, as well as creating custom templates in Joomla. www.ostraining.com

PUBLICATIONS

Instructional Videos Kramer, J. and O’Neill, H. (2016). Planning Successful Products. Sebastopol, CA:

O’Reilly Media, Inc. Kramer, J. (2016). Structuring and Organizing HTML5 Forms. Boston, MA: Aquent

Gymnasium. Kramer, J. (2015). Getting Started with Sass: Making CSS Fun Again. Sebastopol, CA:

O’Reilly Media, Inc. Kramer, J. (2015). Joomla 3.3 Essentials: Modules, Components, Extensions, and Templates.

Carpinteria, CA: lynda.com, Inc. Kramer, J. (2015). Joomla 3.3 Essentials: Working with Content. Carpinteria, CA:

lynda.com, Inc.

Capstone advising 6 credits Advise students individually for their master’s thesis project. 2002-2011, 12 graduate students and 1 undergraduate student advised.

Designing Media for the Web

3 credits Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2004, Fall 2005, Spring 2005, Fall 2006, Spring 2006

Internet, Information, and Business

3 credits Fall 2004


Kramer, J. (2014). Migrating from Joomla! 2.5 to Joomla! 3.3. Carpinteria, CA: lynda.com, Inc.

Kramer, J. (2014). Installing and Running Joomla! 3: Local and Web-Hosted Sites.

Carpinteria, CA: lynda.com, Inc. Kramer, J. (2014). Customizing Bootstrap 3 with LESS. Carpinteria, CA: lynda.com, Inc. Kramer, J. (2014). Up & Running with Foundation 5. Carpinteria, CA: lynda.com, Inc. Kramer, J. (2014). Bootstrap 3: Adding Interactivity to Your Site. Carpinteria, CA:

lynda.com, Inc. Kramer, J. (2013). Up & Running with Bootstrap 3. Carpinteria, CA: lynda.com, Inc. Kramer, J. (2013). Foundation 4: Incorporating Sass and Compass. Carpinteria, CA:

lynda.com, Inc. Kramer, J. (2013). Web Semantics. Carpinteria, CA: lynda.com, Inc. Kramer, J. (2013). Up and Running with Foundation 4. Carpinteria, CA: lynda.com, Inc. Kramer, J. (2013). Bootstrap 2: Adding Interactivity to Your Website. Carpinteria, CA:

lynda.com, Inc. Kramer, J. (2013). Templating with Joomla! 3 and Bootstrap. Carpinteria, CA: lynda.com,

Inc. Kramer, J. (2012). Joomla! 3: Essential Training. Carpinteria, CA: lynda.com, Inc. Kramer, J. (2012). Up and Running with Bootstrap 2. Carpinteria, CA: lynda.com, Inc. Kramer, J. (2012). Joomla! 2.5 Essential Training. Carpinteria, CA: lynda.com, Inc. Kramer, J. (2012). Migrating from Joomla! 1.5 to Joomla! 2.5. Carpinteria, CA:

lynda.com, Inc. Course retired on March 19, 2015. Kramer, J. (2011). Joomla! 1.7 & 2.5 Access Control Lists In Depth. Ventura, CA:

lynda.com, Inc. Kramer, J. (2011). Joomla! 1.6 & 1.7 Essential Training. Ventura, CA: lynda.com, Inc.

Retired from the lynda.com website, March 19, 2015. Kramer, J. (2011). Joomla!: Creating and Editing Custom Templates. Ventura, CA:

lynda.com, Inc. Retired from the lynda.com website, March 19, 2015. Kramer, J. (2010). Joomla! 1.6 Beta Preview. Ventura, CA: lynda.com, Inc. Retired from

the lynda.com website, 2011. Kramer, J. (2009). Web Site Strategy and Planning. Ventura, CA: lynda.com, Inc.

Retired from the lynda.com website, March 19, 2015.


Kramer, J. (2009). Preparing CMS Web Graphics and Layouts Using Open Source Tools.

Ventura, CA: lynda.com, Inc. Retired from the lynda.com website, March 19, 2015.

Kramer, J. (2008). Joomla! 1.5: Styling with CSS. Ventura, CA: lynda.com, Inc. Retired

from the lynda.com website, March 19, 2015. Kramer, J. (2008). Joomla! 1.5: Creating and Editing Custom Templates. Ventura, CA:

lynda.com, Inc. Retired from the lynda.com website, March 19, 2015.

Books Kramer, J. and O’Neill, H. (2017). Planning Successful Websites and Apps. Sebastopol,

CA: O’Reilly Media, Inc. In preparation. Kramer, J. (2011). Joomla! 24 Hour Trainer. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley Publishing, Inc.

Includes a DVD demonstrating techniques discussed in the book. Kramer, J. (2010). Joomla! Start to Finish: How to Plan, Execute, and Maintain Your Web

Site. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley Publishing, Inc.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Slides for many of these presentations are available at www.slideshare.net/jen4web

CSS Grid: True Layout Finally Arrives. Contao Conference, Potsdam, Germany. (June

2017). Picasso, Computers & Hack School: Defending an Academic Education. Part of a panel

presentation, “Interactive Media: Teaching & Design Strategies that Beat the Buzz.” Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, NV. (April 2017).

Technical Talks: The Effective, The Unbearable, and It’s Not About You. Women

Techmakers Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada. (April 2017). CSS Grid: True Layout Finally Arrives. Boston CSS, Boston, MA. (December 2016). CSS4 Grid: True Layout Finally Arrives. CSSConf, Cambridge, MA. (September 2016). CSS4 Grid: True Layout Finally Arrives. Full-Stack Fest, Barcelona, Spain. Invited

speaker. (September 2016). CSS4 Grid: True Layout Finally Arrives. Design4Drupal, Cambridge, MA. (July 2016). Understanding How Personas Drive UX Design. Part of a panel presentation,

“Storytelling and UX Design: Engaging Web and Mobile Users Through Storytelling.” Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, NV. (April 2016).


Up & Running with Bootstrap 4. ConFoo Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (February 2016).

Flexbox: Coming to a browser near you. ConFoo Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

(February 2016). Sass: The learning bridge between HTML/CSS and JavaScript. HTML5 Developer

Conference, San Francisco, CA. (October 2015).

Up and Running with Bootstrap. ConFoo Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (February 2014).

Comparing Bootstrap and Foundation. ConFoo Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

(February 2014). Up and Running with Twitter Bootstrap. The Ultimate Developer Event, Boston, MA.

(November 2013). Comparing Bootstrap and Foundation. True North PHP Conference, Toronto, Ontario,

Canada. (November 2013). Comparing Bootstrap and Foundation. JavaScript Summit 2013, online. (November

2013). Strategic Website Planning for Non-Profits. Hands-On Tech Boston, Cambridge, MA.

(October 2013). Comparing Bootstrap and Foundation. HTML5 Developer Conference, San Francisco,

CA. (October 2013).

Comparing Bootstrap and Foundation. Web & PHP Conference, San Jose, CA. (September 2013).

Berzerk for Frameworks: Comparing Bootstrap and Foundation. Northeast PHP

Conference, Cambridge, MA. (August 2013). Strategic Website Planning for Non-Profits. Hands-On Tech Boston, Cambridge, MA.

(May 2013). Reactive Technology, keynote presentation. CMS Expo 2013, Evanston, IL. (May 2013). Get Responsive! CMS Expo 2013, Evanston, IL. (May 2013). Web Curriculum in Higher Education. CMS Expo 2013, Evanston, IL. (May 2013). Introduction to Twitter Bootstrap. Refresh Boston, Cambridge, MA. (January 2013). Website Strategy & Planning. Northeast PHP Conference, Cambridge, MA. (August

2012). Universities and Their Web Curriculum, CMS Expo 2012, Evanston, IL. (May 2012).


Trick My Template: Create Custom Joomla Templates. CMS Expo 2012, Evanston, IL.

(May 2012). Become a Sitebuilding Samurai, Using Joomla CMS. CMS Expo 2012, Evanston, IL. (May

2012). e-Learning and Content Management Systems, invited keynote speaker. Joomla Day

Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala. (February 2012). Website Strategy & Planning. Joomla Day Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala.

(February 2012). Joomla 2.5 Access Control Lists. Joomla Day Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala.

(February 2012).

Joomla 1.7 Templates. Joomla Day Midwest, Milwaukee, WI. (November 2011). Website Strategy & Planning. Joomla Day Austin, Austin, TX. (September 2011). Joomla 1.7 Access Control Lists. Joomla Day Chicago, Chicago, IL. (August 2011). Women in Open Source and in Joomla, J & Beyond, Kerkrade, The Netherlands. (May

2011). Tour of Joomla, CMS Expo 2011, Evanston, IL. (May 2011). Joomla Site Builder 1, CMS Expo 2011, Evanston, IL. (May 2011). Joomla Site Builder 2, CMS Expo 2011, Evanston, IL. (May 2011). Joomla! 1.6 Access Control Lists. Joomla Day New York City, New York, NY.

(December 2010). Website Strategy and Planning. Joomla Day Washington DC, Washington, DC.

(October 2010). Joomla Site Builder 1, CMS Expo 2010, Evanston, IL. (May 2010). Joomla Site Builder 2, CMS Expo 2010, Evanston, IL. (May 2010). Joomla in Action, CMS Expo 2010, Evanston IL. (May 2010). Track Leader, Joomla, CMS Expo 2010, Evanston, IL. (May 2010). Beginning Joomla, JoomSki training workshop, Brattleboro, VT. (March 2010). Joomla Templates, Joomla Day New York City, New York, NY. (October 2009). Joomla Templates, Joomla Day New England, Brattleboro VT. (May 2009).


Joomla Templates 1, CMS Expo 2009, Evanston, IL. (May 2009). Joomla Templates 2, CMS Expo 2009, Evanston, IL. (May 2009). Website Planning 101, CMS Expo 2008, Denver, CO. (December 2008). Website Planning 201, CMS Expo 2008, Denver, CO. (December 2008). Joomla Graphics Basics, CMS Expo 2008, Denver, CO. (December 2008). Joomla KickStart, CMS Expo 2008, Denver, CO. (December 2008).

WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS

Roll Your Own Responsive Design. Contao Conference, Potsdam, Germany. (June 2017). This is a full-day hands-on workshop.

Getting Started with Sass. MinneWebCon, Minneapolis, MN. (April 2017). This is a 3-

hour hands-on workshop. Responsive Design with Bootstrap. MinneWebCon, Minneapolis, MN. (April 2016). This

is a 3-hour hands-on workshop. Website Planning and Strategy. O’Reilly Fluent Conference, San Francisco, CA. (March

2016). This is a two-day hands-on workshop, presented with Heather O’Neill.

Getting Started with Sass. Joomla User Group Bay Area, San Francisco, CA. (October

2015). This is a full-day hands-on workshop. Roll Your Own Responsive Design. HTML5 Developer Conference, San Francisco, CA.

(October 2015). This is a full-day hands-on workshop. Getting Started with Sass. HTML5 Developer Conference, San Francisco, CA. (October

2015). This is a full-day hands-on workshop. Responsive Design with Bootstrap. HTML5 Developer Conference, San Francisco, CA.

(October 2015). This is a full-day hands-on workshop. Introducing Sass. O’Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON), Portland, OR. (July

2015). This is a 3-hour hands-on workshop. Roll Your Own Responsive Design. O’Reilly Fluent Conference, San Francisco, CA.

(April 2015). This is a 90-minute demonstration workshop. Roll Your Own Responsive Design. HTML5 Developer Conference, San Francisco, CA.

(October 2014). This is a full-day hands-on workshop. Two sections were offered due to the popularity of this workshop.


Responsive Design with Foundation. HTML5 Developer Conference, San Francisco, CA. (May 2014). This is a full-day hands-on workshop.

Responsive Design with Bootstrap. HTML5 Developer Conference, San Francisco, CA.

(May 2014). This is a full-day hands-on workshop. Responsive Design with Bootstrap. General Assemb.ly, Boston, MA. (April 2014). This

is a 3-hour hands-on workshop. Bootstrap Workshop. O’Reilly Fluent Conference, San Francisco, CA. (March 2014).

This is a 90-minute demonstration workshop. Responsive Design and Custom Templating with Bootstrap and Joomla 3. Joomla User

Group San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco, CA. (March 2014). This is a full-day, hands-on workshop.

Up and Running with Bootstrap. The Women’s Coding Collective, Cambridge, MA.

(February 2014). This is a 3-hour hands-on workshop. Up and Running with Bootstrap. General Assemb.ly, Cambridge, MA. (October 2013).

This is a 3-hour hands-on workshop. Up and Running with Foundation. HTML5 Developer Conference, San Francisco, CA.

(October 2013). This is a full-day hands-on workshop, co-taught with Matt Kelly of ZURB.

Up and Running with Bootstrap. HTML5 Developer Conference, San Francisco, CA.

(October 2013). This is a full-day hands-on workshop. Up and Running with Bootstrap. Web & PHP Conference, San Jose, CA. (September

2013). This is a 3-hour hands-on workshop. Up and Running with Bootstrap. Northeast PHP Conference, Cambridge, MA. (August

2013). This is a 3-hour hands-on workshop. Introduction to Twitter Bootstrap. O’Reilly Fluent Conference 2013, San Francisco, CA.

(May 2013). This is a 3-hour hands-on workshop.

CONFERENCE ORGANIZER Conference co-organizer for the Northeast PHP 2014 conference, a two-day conference covering PHP and user experience. I organized the UX track. September 2014. Organized and managed Joomla Day New England, a one-day conference on the Joomla content management system, in May 2009, June 2010, April 2011, and March 2012.


PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS Adobe Dreamweaver 8 Certified Developer (2007) Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 Certified Developer (2004) Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Certified Developer (2003)

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