Casey Yu
Florida State University
College of Communication and Information, School of Library & Information Studies
140 Collegiate Loop
Tallahassee, FL 32306
510-827-0439 | 850-583-1410
cyu2(AT)fsu{dot}edu | casey{dot}yu(AT)gmail.com
EDUCATION
- Doctoral Student, Florida State University, Information Studies, Tallahassee, FL. Committee: Michelle Kazmer (chair), Lorri Mon, Andy Opel (outside member). August 2010 – present
- Master of Education, James Madison University, Department of Psychology, Harrisonburg, VA. Program: Counseling Psychology; Concentration: College Student Personnel Administration. Advisor: David Barnes, Zebulun Davenport. August 1998 – May 2000.
- Bachelor of Arts, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA. Major: Political Science; Minor: Modern Foreign Languages (concentration: French). Advisor: Scott J. Hammond. August 1995 – May 1998.
EXPERIENCE
Spring 2012
Lead Graduate Instructor, Florida State University, School of Library & Information Studies. LIS 3353: Technology Foundations. Create syllabus, present content to students; create and administer learning assessments to students.
Fall 2011
Teaching Assistant, Florida State University, School of Library & Information Studies. LIS 3353: Technology Foundations. Assist in grading, administrative details, presenting course content to students, proctoring exams and quizzes, and other duties as assigned by the instructor.
Research Assistant & Photographer, Habitat Tracker Project. Photographed and edited still images and video of live animal exhibits for use in the iPad and iPhone apps.
Summer 2011
Teaching Assistant, Florida State University, School of Library & Information Studies. LIS 5484: Introduction to Networking. Assisted in grading and administrative details.
Research Assistant & Photographer, Habitat Tracker Project. Photographed and edited still images and video of live animal exhibits for use in the iPad and iPhone apps.
Spring 2011
Teaching Assistant, Florida State University, School of Library & Information Studies. LIS 5472: Digital Libraries and LIS 5703: Information Organization, master’s level courses. Assist in grading, administrative details, and other duties as assigned by primary instructors.
Fall 2010
Teaching Assistant, Florida State University, School of Library & Information Studies. LIS 5916: Introduction to Information Technology and LIS 5203: Assessing Information Needs, master’s level courses. Assisted in grading, administrative details, and other duties as assigned by primary instructors. For LIS 5916, I taught a class session on social media, instructing students on the use of social media, including blogging, social bookmarking, Facebook and Twitter.
Spring 2010
Teaching Assistant, Florida State University, School of Library & Information Studies. LIS 3706 – Information Systems and Services. Assisted in grading, holding virtual office hours (using Elluminate) and proctoring exams.
August 2009-present
Photographer, Casey Yu Photography. Specializing in lifestyle portrait and wedding custom photography.
July 2007 – August 2009
Assistant Director, Facilities & Operations, University of San Francisco, Office of Residence Life, San Francisco, CA. Coordinated roommate assignment process, furniture ordering process and installation, served as a liaison between Residence Life and other campus programs, coordinated check in and check out of all residential facilities, planned long-term facility projects, served in an on duty rotation for the entire campus community.
July 2004 – July 2007
Assistant Director, Operations & Technology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Coordinated all facilities issues in residential units, supervised Master’s level professionals and undergraduate students, all mail service in the residence halls, maintained website, served in on-campus emergency duty rotation, administered campus-wide student satisfaction survey for residential units.
July 2003 – July 2004
Residence Director, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. Supervised students in all-female residential community, coordinated programming, developed programming model, adjudicated student conduct cases, and coordinated room selection and assignments.
July 2000 – July 2003
Area Coordinator/Assistant Director, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT. Supervised multi-unit residence halls, implemented community programming, developed programming model, adjudicated student conduct cases, and coordinated senior housing selection and room change processes.
August 1999 – May 2000
Graduate Assistant, Center for Multicultural and International Student Services. James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA. Advised multicultural groups and Black Greek organizations, coordinated campus-wide programming, created content for and published monthly newsletter for office.
May 1999 – August 1999
ACUHO-I Intern (Association for College and University Housing Officers – International), University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK. Supervised, trained, and evaluated students in campus housing for summer conferences. Served in on-campus duty rotation for summer conference operations.
August 1998 – May 1999
Graduate Residence Hall Director, Office of Residence Life, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA. Supervised, trained and evaluated six undergraduate students in a co-ed first year residence hall, adjudicated student community conduct issues, and co-taught a 1 credit hour RA preparation course through the Psychology department.
PRESENTATIONS
- Don’t Say Cheese! Photography Tips For Moms. Ecological Babies, Tallahassee, FL. August 2010.
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator – Type & Team Dynamics. Residence Life Training, University of San Francisco, CA. October 2008.
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator – Type & Team Dynamics. Division of Student Affairs Conference, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. June 2006.
- World Wide What? Student Leadership Conference, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; April 2005 and 2006.
- Oh, The Places You’ll Go! New England Association of College and University Housing Officers RA Conference; Danbury, CT; November 2000.
- Develop Your Staff and Watch Them Grow! Virginia Association of Student Personnel Administrators and Virginia Association of College and University Housing Officers Conference; Wintergreen, VA; November 1999.
- You Mean I Can Get Paid For This? A Guide to CSPA Programs.VACUHO RA Conference; Fredericksburg, VA; November 1998.
- Working With Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Students. VACUHO RA Conference; Harrisonburg, VA; November 1998.
SERVICE
- American Society for Information Science & Technology – Special Interest Group: Social Informatics, Programming Coordinator; and Special Interest Group: Visualization, Images & Sound: Website Coordinator.
- Journal of Education for Library & Information Science – reviewed journal articles, December 2010
- University Safety & Security Committee, University of San Francisco, 7/07 – 8/09
- Residential Security Project, Northwestern University, 11/06 – 7/07
- Residence Director Search Committee, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1/04 – 7/04
- Area Coordinator Search Committee, Wesleyan University, 1/01 – 5/03
- Member, Northeast Association of College and University Housing Officers; 7/00 – 7/04
- Member, ACPA – College Student Educators International
PUBLICATIONS
- Yu, C., & Baeg, J.H. (2012). The evolution of a discipline: A fractal representation of information science. Poster prepared for iConference 2012 in Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Yu, C. (2010). Selling yourself as a professional photographer, part 1. Retrieved from http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2010/10/13/selling-yourself-as-a-professional-photographer-part-1/
- Yu, C. (2010). Selling yourself as a professional photographer, part 2. Retrieved from http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2010/10/14/selling-yourself-as-a-professional-photographer-part-2/
PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Photographer
Highly skilled in creative portraiture, use of natural and artificial studio lighting, use of high-end professional and prosumer dSLRs, and editing RAW photographs in Adobe Photoshop CS3+ and Lightroom 2+.
Blogger
Created content for personal and professional blog using WordPress, ability to edit CSS and HTML to create personalized web presences for clients, knowledgeable in search engine optimization for greater website presence
Computer Skills
Ability to create websites and pages using (X)HTML, CSS, and limited use of PHP; WordPress installation and management; highly skilled in Web 2.0 software: Twitter, Facebook, Delicious.com, Flickr.com, LinkedIn.com, Prezi.com; expertise in the Mac OS X and Windows XP-7 platforms, including productivity programs like the Microsoft Office suite (both platforms),
CERTIFICATIONS
- Qualified Administrator of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Instrument, Center for Applications of Type; Chicago, IL, April 2005
- Safe Space Program for LGBT Concerns; Northwestern University, February 2005
- Straight But Not Narrow Network; Northwestern University, December 2004 – July 2007
- Sexualized Violence Educator; University of Massachusetts Amherst, October 2003
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