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CURRICULUM VITA

JONI DICKINSON MINA, Ph.D.

Contact Information Work: Div. of Business, Technology & Service Home: 715 S.E. High St. Lewis-Clark State College Pullman, WA 99163 500 8th Ave. Email: [email protected] Lewiston, ID 83501 Phone: 509.334.7511 (home) Phone: 208.792.2809 509.432.6967 (cell) Email: [email protected]

Education

Washington State University

Pullman, WA 99164

Ph.D. Education, 2002 (higher education emphasis; counseling psychology cognate) Dissertation: “Developing and Piloting the Higher Education Leadership Instrument (HELI): 'Bootstrapping' Theory and Measurement”

Chair: Mimi Wolverton B.A. General Humanities, 1976

Wenatchee Valley College Wenatchee, WA 98801

A.A. General Studies, 1973

Professional Experience Associate Professor Spring 2003-

Legal Support Programs Present Division of Business, Technology & Service Lewis-Clark State College 500 8th Ave. Lewiston, ID 83501

Responsibilities: Develop and teach courses in legal ethics and professional responsibility, beginning and advanced legal research and writing, introduction to law, beginning and advanced civil litigation/procedure, tort law, real estate law, business law, business organizations, legal terminology, and paralegal fundamentals. Advise students, place students in internships and co-ops, serve on division and college committees and perform other college-related service.

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Adjunct Instructor Spring 2003 Dept. of Educational Leadership & Counseling Psychology Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164

Responsibilities: Taught a senior-level course in policy development in sport organizations. Subjects included policy analysis and development, organizational behavior and culture, managerial decision-making, structure of sport organizations.

Research Associate July 2001 - Office of Student Affairs Research December 2002 Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164

Responsibilities: Post-doctoral faculty appointment; conducted and reported research projects at the direction of the Vice Provost for Enrollment Management and Director of Student Affairs Research. Projects included the 2001 Graduate Survey, Fall 2001 Capture Rate Study, and weekly admission reports. Also provided consultation to other Student Affairs units on their research projects; administered and reported a data audit test protocol for the National Clearinghouse for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) (WSU was one of 8 U.S. institutions of higher education selected to participate in this project, the results of which are a "toolkit" that NCHEMS markets to universities for conducting their own data audit).

Freelance litigation paralegal (part-time) 2000-2005

Irwin, Myklebust, Savage & Brown, P.S. Pullman, WA 99163

Responsibilities: Develop personal injury plaintiff and defense cases for trial and/or alternative dispute resolution. Investigate cases; research and draft briefs, pleadings, demands, and discovery. Employment continues to fulfill Idaho post-secondary certification professional development requirement. Also provide in-house consulting services in litigation and ethical issues.

Research Assistant 2000-2001

Dept. of Educational Leadership & Counseling Psychology Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164

Responsibilities: Performed research and other related responsibilities under the direction of Mimi Wolverton, associate professor. Projects included development of a graduate course database used for planning and scheduling, and continued research in conjunction with the National Study of Academic Deans.


Research Associate 1997-2000 Center for Academic Leadership Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164

Responsibilities: Conducted research, wrote, presented, and published reports with respect to the 1997 National Survey of Academic Deans under the direction of Mimi Wolverton and Walter H. Gmelch, co-directors of the center. Our research team produced one published monograph, presented several papers, and published one article in the Review of Higher Education.

Adjunct instructor 1993

Division of Office and Business Technology Lewis-Clark State College 500 8th Ave. Lewiston, ID 83501

Responsibilities: Taught a law office management course to third-year paralegal students. Subjects included ethical practice, communication, human resource management, paralegal practice, legal team dynamics, and stress management.

Office manager/Litigation paralegal 1976- 2000

Irwin, Myklebust, Savage & Brown, P.S. Pullman, WA 99163

Responsibilities: Administered policies and procedures in this 8-lawyer, 10-support staff firm; responsibilities included managing day-to-day personnel and fiscal matters, facilities, and production in the main and satellite offices. Developed personal-injury cases (plaintiff and defense) for trial. Investigated cases; researched and drafted settlement demands, pleadings, discovery. Presented guest lectures on legal teams and law office management at the University of Idaho College of Law.

Scholarly Activities Publications Mina, J. (October 2013). “Strategic Planning: Devising the Way of U.S. Higher Education Institutions.”

In Li, Q. and Gerstl-Pipin, C. (eds.) Survival of the Fittest: The Shifting Contours of Higher Education in China and the U.S. Berlin & Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag Publishing.

Montez (Mina), J., Wolverton, M., & Gmelch, W.H. (November, 2002). The Roles and Challenges of

Deans. Review of Higher Education (26)2, pp. 243-268. Wolverton, M., Gmelch, W. H., Montez (Mina), J. & Nies, C.T. (2001). The Changing Nature of the

Academic Deanship. ASHE-ERIC Report Series 28(1). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.


Presented Papers Mina, J.D. (2009). “Enhancing Power by Denigrating the Contract: LCSC Faculty's Position Opposing the

SBOE Amendments.” White paper presented to the Idaho State Board of Education, December 10, 2009.

Montez (Mina), J. (2003). Building a Theory of Higher Education Leadership from the Ground Up. Paper

presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, November, 2003, Portland, OR.

Montez (Mina), J. (2003). Developing an Instrument to Assess Higher Education Leadership. Paper

presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Division J, April, 2003, Chicago, IL.

Montez (Mina), J. (2003). Web Surveys as a Source of Nonresponse Explication. Paper presented at the

Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Survey Research Special Interest Group, April, 2003, Chicago, IL.

Montez (Mina), J. & Wolverton, M. (1999). The Challenge of the Deanship. Paper presented at the

Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association, New Orleans, LA. ERIC document no. ED442445.

Wolverton, M., Guillory, R., Montez (Mina), J., & Gmelch, W.H. (2002). Developing the Executive

Mindset for Minority and Women Deans. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA, April 2002.

Wolverton, M., Montez (Mina), J., & Gmelch, W.H. (2000). The Roles and Challenges of Deans. Paper

presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Sacramento, CA. ERIC document no. ED 449743.

Wolverton, M., Montez (Mina), J., Guillory, R. & Gmelch, W.H. (2001). Deans, Affective Commitment,

and Optimizing the Workplace so they Stay. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Richmond, VA.

Unpublished Dissertation/Manuscripts Montez (Mina), J. (2002). Developing and Piloting the Higher Education Leadership Instrument (HELI):

“Bootstrapping” Theory and Measurement (unpublished dissertation). Washington State University: Pullman, WA.

Montez (Mina), J. (1997). Psychologists and Malpractice Suits. Paper prepared for ethics course for

counseling psychologists; currently part of course materials in CoPsy 515, Ethics, Department of Educational Leadership & Counseling Psychology, Washington State University.

Montez, J.M. (1998). Asian/Pacific American Women in Higher Education Administration: Doubly

Bound, Doubly Scarce. Issues in Policy, no. 9. Washington State University. ERIC document no. ED430423.


Supreme Court Opinions/Guidelines WSBA Character & Fitness Committee Rules Task Force. (2006). Amendments to the Admission to

Practice Rules (APR) no. 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25. Approved by the Board of Governors of the Washington State Bar Association and the Washington State Supreme Court in September, 2006.

Montez (Mina), J. (2004). In Re Hamad: Recommendations, Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law.

Unpublished decision of the Character and Fitness Committee of the Washington State Bar Association, filed in and affirmed by the Washington State Supreme Court, September, 2004.

Montez (Mina), J. (2003). In Re Shin: Recommendations, Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law.

Unpublished decision of the Character and Fitness Committee of the Washington State Bar Association, filed in and affirmed by the Washington State Supreme Court, September, 2003.

Book Reviews

Mina, J. (2008). Review of the book The Essential Academic Dean: A Practical Guide to College

Leadership, by Buller, J.] Teachers College Record, April, 2008. Textbook Reviews. To date, I have reviewed the following paralegal textbooks for West Publishing Co.

and McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.

o Long, J. (2008). Administrative Procedures for the Legal Professional. West Legal Studies: New York.

o Long, J. (2008). Substantive Law for the Legal Professional. West Legal Studies: New York.

o Tow, A. (2009). The Paralegal Professional. McGraw-Hill: Boston, MA.

Montez (Mina), J. (2004). [Review of the book Pursuing Excellence in Higher Education: Eight Fundamental Challenges, by Ruben, B.D.]. Review of Higher Education (27)4, 586-87.

Montez (Mina), J. (2002). [Review of the book Effectiveness and Efficiency in Higher Education for

Adults: A Guide for Fostering Learning, by Keeton, M.T., Sheckley, B.G., and Griggs, J.K.]. ASHE Newsletter, Winter ed.

Montez (Mina), J. (2002). [Review of the book Tenure in the Sacred Grove: Issues and Strategies for

Women and Minority Faculty, by Cooper, J.E., & Stevens, D.D. (eds.)]. ASHE Newsletter, Fall ed. Montez (Mina), J. & Poch, S. (2001). [Review of the book Practical Approaches to Using Learning Styles

in Higher Education, by Dunn, R., & Griggs, S. (1999).] Journal of Staff, Program & Organizational Development (__) __, pp. ___.

Workshops and Seminars “Understanding Torts through Case Facts and Common Sense” (April 8, 2011), Lewiston, Idaho This was

a presentation made at the statewide conference of the Idaho Association of Legal Professionals.


“Ethics, Professional Responsibility, and Legal Staff” (May 2, 2011), Lewiston, Idaho. This was a presentation made at the statewide conference of the Idaho Association of Legal Professionals.

“Ethics in the Workplace” (October 10, 2008), Pullman, Washington. This is an in-house seminar that I

was asked to present to legal support staff from various area law firms to discuss professional ethical requirements.

Course Development Online Course Development. In spring 2012, I received a Distance Learning Grant to develop a fully

online business organizations course (LAWPT 341) that was piloted in spring 2013.

Special Topics Short Courses: I am developing a special topics course that includes the following modules:

o Law office management o Modern technology in a law practice o Contract and property law for legal assistants

This course comprises modules to update the students’ knowledge about the topics listed before they graduate to better prepare them for the state of the legal practice before embarking on employment. More modules will be added to this short course as needs require.

Online Course Development. In spring 2008, I received two Distance Learning Grants funding from

LCSC’s Distance Learning Division to develop the following online courses. The courses will target paralegals in the work force.

o LAWPT 492A: Court Rules (3 credits) o LAWPT 492B: Litigation Support Modules (4 credits)

Legal Terminology Online Course. I developed LAWPT 219, a “hybrid” (in-class and Blackboard

delivery of material) legal terminology course offered in fall semester 2005 at LCSC. This course was funded by an ITIG grant received Fall 2004 and provided students with the opportunity to learn the language of law, while progressing at their own pace. The course will continue to evolve to incorporate other technologies (video, sound clips, distance delivery) to reach a broader audience.

Development of Advanced Civil Litigation Course. In fall, 2006, I developed and taught LAWPT 324:

Civil Litigation II, an advanced course that continues the work of LAWPT 323: Civil Litigation I. The development of this course involves expanding upon the subject of litigation and civil procedure to provide students with broader substantive and hands-on coverage of trial work.

Legal Support Short Courses. I am in the process of developing more for-credit short courses for

currently employed legal support staff. I believe this is an untapped market which, I believe, will ultimately bring more students to our program. Many people already in the field have stated they are not interested in enrolling in a formal program but would definitely take short courses to enhance or upgrade their knowledge in the workplace. A feasibility study is currently underway to determine whether attorney employers are willing to fund the professional development of their employees.


CLA Examination Prep Course. I am developing a “crash course” for paralegals who want to sit for the Certified Legal Assistant examination. This is a course that is not presently offered through the LCSC program but I plan to teach it in my free time. I am offering it because I believe that certification will enhance paralegal students’ success in the workplace.

Works in Progress The following are current papers/projects that I am working on either solely or in collaboration with others. Textbook Proposal: Civil Procedure for the Legal Assistant. This book project is long in the making;

it is designed to provide paralegal students with a hands-on approach to learning how the rules of civil procedure tie to the various processes in litigation.

Research: Faculty Senate Chairs and Hard Economic Times. A paper in the works about the trials and tribulations of faculty senate chairs from various higher education institutions, particularly as they relate to the economic recession and cutbacks in public funding. This paper is a joint effort with Raphael E. Guillory, Associate Professor, Eastern Washington University.

Research: Ethics Across the Curriculum. I am researching/writing a paper on ethics taught in legal support programs. I expect to submit it for presentation at the Pacific Regional Conference of the American Association for Paralegal Education.

Research: Paralegal Licensure. I am currently researching the issue of paralegal licensure in the U.S. This topic of debate is fueled by the increase in paralegal-attorney unauthorized practice of law (UPL) suits. The information that I am gleaning from this work informs the topics of study in my legal ethics class as well as my work with the Disciplinary Board of the Washington State Bar Association. I anticipate submitting a manuscript of this writing to a law review journal or a national paralegal association publication.

Research: Trends in Lawyers’ Misconduct. A project still in its conceptual stages, Justice Mary

Fairhurst of the Washington State Supreme Court and I are currently designing a meta-analysis of cases that have been adjudicated by the Character & Fitness Committee of the Washington State Bar Association. Because the cases that come before this committee necessarily involve misconduct through crimes or acts of moral turpitude, we will examine the range of such misconduct and its relationship to bar examination passing rates, and subsequent disciplinary action and/or malpractice claims. We believe this is vital information for lawyers as well as undergraduate and law students as they plan their careers in law; we expect to submit an article on the study to a law review journal.

Publication Submittal: “The Utility of Web Surveys in Explicating Nonresponse Error.” This is a

revision of my paper entitled “Web Surveys as a Source of Nonresponse Explication” which was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in April 2003 in Chicago, IL. The paper describes the unintended consequence of capturing data from nonresponders to the HELI who offered their reasons for not responding to it. The phenomenon of capturing direct communication for explaining nonresponse is not usually observed in survey research and so this study sheds light on one way to do so.


Publication Submittal: “A Systematic Approach to Building a Theory of Higher Education Leadership

from the Ground Up.” This is a revision of my paper “Building a Theory of Higher Education Leadership from the Ground Up,” which was presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education in November 2003 in Portland, OR. This paper describes the methodology employed in systematically constructing the Higher Education Leadership Instrument (HELI), formulated as part of my doctoral study, by relating its theoretical underpinnings.

Research: Women in Leadership Development (WILD) Project. I am a member of a team of 7

researchers from universities across the U.S. currently conducting a national study of women in leadership positions across disciplines (law, business, education). The project seeks to expand the scope of knowledge about women in executive leadership positions through case studies and focus groups. We are currently interviewing subjects and coordinating publication production.

Research: Women and Executive Leadership. A collaborative effort in its conceptualization phase

is an article and/or book to be written with Mimi Wolverton that compares the insights of Asian Pacific and Caucasian women in executive leadership positions throughout the U.S. The data will come from the WILD Project described above and we expect to formulate the structure of the writing in the near future.

Research: Nomological Nets of Constructs. A project still in the planning phase, Marvin Wolverton,

who directed my dissertation research, and I will collaborate on a paper/article on the process of developing the nomological net of constructs (the systematic relating of elements of a construct) in survey instruments. Dr. Wolverton has had considerable experience in the development of surveys for business, finance and real estate and, we believe, this paper will be a helpful and practical guide to survey methodologists in business and education alike.

Research: U.S. and China Faculty Policy. I am collaborating with Qi Li, associate professor in the

College of Educational Administration, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P.R. China, on a paper that compares faculty recruitment and retention policies in the U.S. and P.R. China. This effort is still in its developmental stage, as our work is slowed by our geographic distance and cultural separation.

Professional and Honorary Associations 2008-Present American Association of University Professors (AAUP) 2006-Present National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA) 2004-Present American Association for Paralegal Educators (AAfPE) 2002-Present Association for Institutional Research (AIR) 2002-Present AERA Survey Research Special Interest Group 1998-Present American Educational Research Association (AERA) 1998-Present AERA Strategic Change Special Interest Group 1999-Present AERA Stress & Coping Special Interest Group 1998-Present Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) 1997-Present Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society


Professional Activities 2013-2014 Member, LCSC Faculty Senate Member, Administrative Procedures Committee Advisor, Association of Legal Support Students 2012-2013 Member, LCSC Strategic Planning Steering Committee Member, LCSC Policy & Procedures Manual Committee Advisor, Association of Legal Support Students Hearing Officer, LCSC Hearing Board 2011-2012 Chair, Standing Promotion Review Committee Faculty Member, LCSC Hearing Board 2010-2011 Past-Chair, LCSC Faculty Senate Chair, Administrative Procedures Committee 2009-2010 Chair, LCSC Faculty Senate Chair, LCSC Budget Liaison Committee Member, LCSC Compensation Review Committee 2008-2009 Member and Chair-Elect, LCSC Faculty Senate Chair, LCSC Faculty Affairs Committee Faculty Member, LCSC Foundation Board Member, LCSC Budget Liaison Committee Member, LCSC Compensation Review Committee Member, LCSC NWCCU Accreditation Standards Subcommittee Member, LCSC Policy & Procedures Revision (PG 55) Committee Advocate Trainee, Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse 2007-2008 Member, LCSC Faculty Senate Member, LCSC Administrative Procedures Committee Member, LCSC NWCCU Accreditation Standards Subcommittee Member, LCSC Policy & Procedures Revision (PG 55) Committee Member, Disciplinary Board, Washington State Bar Association

2006-2007 Member, LCSC Faculty Senate Member, LCSC Administrative Procedures Committee Member, LCSC School of Technology Scholarship Committee Member, LCSC WebCT Task Force


Member, Disciplinary Board, Washington State Bar Association 2005-2006 Member, LCSC Faculty Senate Member, LCSC Alumni Golf Tournament Committee Member, LCSC Library Advisory Board Secretary, Leadership Committee, LCSC Division of Business, Technology & Service 2004-2005 Member, Scholarship Committee, School of Technology, Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, ID Member, Academic Dishonesty Task Force, LCSC Program Section Co-Chair, Division J—Governance, Management, Policy, and Politics—Annual

Meeting of the AERA, April 2005, Montreal, Quebec Member, Disciplinary Board, Washington State Bar Association

Appointed to one of four citizen member positions by the Washington State Supreme Court for a three-year term; this Board serves as the appellate body for cases adjudicated under the Rules for Lawyer Discipline

Paper reviewer, Annual Meeting of the ASHE, November 2004, Kansas City, MO Paper reviewer, Stress & Coping Special Interest Group (SIG). Annual Meeting of the AERA, San

Diego, CA 2003-2004 Member, Character & Fitness Committee Rules Task Force, Washington State Bar Association

Appointed by the WSBA Board of Governors to serve on a task force of 5 legal professionals—3 attorneys, the Washington State Supreme Court Chief Justice, and one nonlawyer—to draft revisions to the Admission to Practice Rules to direct the work of the Character & Fitness Committee

Member, Leadership Committee, Division of Business, Technology & Service, LCSC Revision of Faculty Promotion in Rank Policy, LCSC. As a member of our division’s Leadership Committee, I helped to craft the division’s professional-technical faculty promotion criteria to comport with the directive of LCSC’s Provost.

Session Program Chair—“Challenges in Community College Leadership,” ASHE 2003 Conference, Portland, OR

Paper reviewer, Organization and Administration Division, ASHE 2003 Conference, Portland, OR Invited Panelist, Women & Leadership Forum, “Gender Equity: 30 Years Later,” Washington State

University, Pullman, WA Session Program Chair, Strategic Change Special Interest Group (SIG), 2003 AERA Annual Meeting,

Chicago, IL Paper reviewer, Stress & Coping SIG, 2003 AERA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL

2002-2003 Women in Leadership and Development (WILD) Project Research Team

Member of a team of 7 researchers from universities across the U.S. currently conducting a national study of women in leadership positions across disciplines. The project seeks to expand the scope of knowledge about women in executive leadership positions.

Session Program Chair, Strategic Change SIG, AERA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA Paper reviewer, Stress & Coping SIG AERA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA


2001-2002 Member, Character and Fitness Committee, Washington State Bar Association

Appointed to a three-year term by the Washington State Supreme Court to one of three nonlawyer positions; this committee is the adjudicating body for applications that raise issues of an applicant's character and fitness to practice as an attorney in the state of Washington.

Session Program Chair, Strategic Change SIG, AERA Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA Session Program Guest Chair and paper reviewer, Stress & Coping SIG, AERA Annual Meeting,

Seattle, WA Pre-2001 2001: Board of Directors, Pullman Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) 1999-2004: Notables column editor and contributing author, ASHE Newsletter 1997-1998: Mentor, APA Graduate Student Association, Washington State University 1986-1990: Publishing Coordinator, Washington State Bar Association Litigation Section Newsletter

Grants/Awards/Honors

2012 LCSC Online Course Development Grant

A grant to develop a business organizations course (LAWPT 341), which has been offered previously as an in-class course. The course was offered in spring, 2013.

2008 LCSC Online Course Development Grants (2)

Two grants ($1,500 and $2,000) to develop two courses for the Legal Support Programs at Lewis-Clark State College. The first course is LAWPT 492: Litigation Support Refresher, which covers four modules on legal ethics, legal research and writing, court rules, and civil procedure. The other is LAWPT 492: Court Rules, which is a three-credit, in-depth review of the rules of civil procedure at the state and federal levels.

2004 Idaho Technology Incentive Grant (ITIG) Idaho Board of Education

A $1500 grant awarded for the development of an online legal terminology course offered in Legal Support Programs at Lewis-Clark State College

2002 Bobby Wright Dissertation of the Year Award Association for the Study of Higher Education

This award is given by ASHE to the dissertation that serves as an exemplary model of methodological excellence and topical significance.

2001- Post-doctoral research appointment 2002 Office of Student Affairs Research & Assessment, Washington State University 2000- Research assistantship 2001 Department of Educational Leadership & Counseling Psychology, WSU 1998 Dorothy Cook Scholarship Department of Educational Leadership & Counseling Psychology, WSU


1997, George B. Brain Scholarship 1999 Department of Educational Leadership & Counseling Psychology, WSU 1997 Multicultural Scholarship College of Education, WSU

References Mimi Wolverton, Ph.D. Professor (Retired) 3502 Bachelor Gulch Leander, TX 78641 512.260.0094 Email: [email protected]

David W. Savage, Attorney Irwin, Myklebust, Savage & Brown, P.S. P.O. Box 604 Pullman, WA 99163 509.332.3501 Email: [email protected]

Wallis W. Friel (Retired Judge) 900 S.E. Robin Place Pullman, WA 99163 509.332.8248 Email: [email protected]

Susan Poch, Ph.D. Associate Vice President Office of Student Achievement Lighty Student Services Pullman, WA 99164

Fran Hermanson Associate Director, Institutional Research Washington State University 122C French Administration Building Pullman, WA 99164 509.335.3942 Email: [email protected]

509.335.6307 Email: [email protected]

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