Colin E. Suchland

Experience:

Adjunct Professor (Sociology & English) — St. Louis Community College — St. Louis, Mo.
August 2008 — Present

• Taught introductory sociology and social problems (in-person & on-line sections)
• Taught introduction to college writing
• Proficient with Blackboard instructional software.
• Designed and implemented original course content for first-of-its-kind Internet class.

Adjunct Professor (Sociology) — University of Missouri Columbia — Columbia, Mo.
August 2008 — Present

• Taught Media and Society.
• Proficient with Blackboard instructional software and Microsoft Outlook.
• Designed and implemented original course content for first-of-its-kind Internet class.

Web Clerk (and sometime photographer) — The Columbia Daily Tribune — Columbia, Mo.
September 2006 — July 2008

• Edited and published daily Web content for publication, including html pages, photos, graphics and HTML tables.
• Built and posted Web-exclusive slide shows for University of Missouri sports and Columbia community events.
• Proficient with FrontPage software and familiar with DreamWeaver.
• Served as a fill-in photographer, making and editing digital images for publication.

Staff Photographer — The Fulton Sun — Fulton, Mo.
October 2004 — August 2006

• Contributed news, feature and sports photography for daily publication.
• Edited digital photographs and compiled company archives.

Reporter — The Fulton Sun — Fulton, Mo.
January 2002 — August 2006

• Researched and wrote news and feature articles for daily publication.
• Copy edited for the newsroom with a focus on headline writing.
• Contributed weekly literary reviews (2003).

• Designed bi-weekly layout for the student newspaper of Culver-Stockton College.
• Researched and wrote news articles, album and concert reviews, and editorials.
• Shot, developed and printed black-and-white photographs.

On-Air Personality, Producer — Quincy, Ill.
STARadio, Inc.: July 2000 — April 2001
Taylor Broadcasting: November 1998 — July 2000

• Conducted live, in-studio and remote broadcasts as disc jockey for five-station group:
  KZZK, KGRC, KCOY, WQCY, WTAD.
• Produced commercial copy and station promos using digital-editing software.
• Produced live broadcasts of local high school basketball.

Education:

University of Missouri-Columbia — Columbia, Mo.
August 2006 — Present

• Graduated with a Master of Arts in Sociology (August 2008), accepted to PhD program
• GPA: 4.0
• Researched, wrote, edited copy and contributed photos for the annual department newsletter.
• Contributed phototgraphy to Mosaics, the magazine of the College of Arts and Science, University of Missouri

Culver-Stockton College (C-SC) — Canton, Mo.
January 1998 — May 2001

• Graduated with honors, a Bachelor of Arts in Communication/Journalism.
• Cumulative GPA: 3.74
• Served as Entertainment Editor/Photographer for Megaphone campus newsletter

Additional Technical Training:

University of Missouri IT Training — Columbia, Mo.
July 2007 — Present

• Flash 8:               12  hours
• XHTML code:     9  hours
• Dreamweaver 8:  6  hours

• Outstanding Adjunct Instructor, 2010 — St. Louis Community College at Meramec
• Best News Photograph, 2006 — Missouri Press Association
• Best Sports Photograph, 2006 — Missouri Press Association
• Best Photo Illustration, 2006 — Missouri Press Association
• Feature Writing, 2006 — Missouri Associated Press Managing Editors
• Headline Writing, 2006 — Missouri Associated Press Managing Editors
• Best News Story, 2004 — Missouri Press Association
• Community Affairs, 2003 — Missouri Associated Press Managing Editors
• Best Coverage of Rural Life and Agriculture, 2003 — Missouri Press Association