General Information
Biography
Dr. Kim Gangwish is the IDEAS Room and LiveText Coordinator for the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences. She teaches courses for Teacher Education in the Instructional Technology Leadership program.
Teaching Interests
School LibrariesCultural CompetenceEducational Technology
Research Interests
School LibrariesCultural CompetenceEducational Technology
Education
EDD, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE, Educational Leadership, 2017
MA, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE, Communications, 1996
BA, Kearney State College, Kearney, NE, Education, English, Speech and Theater, 1987
Scholarship/Research/Creative Activity
Selected Publications
Gangwish, Kimberly. 2018. Doing More With Less, School Library Connection, 24.
Gangwish, Kimberly. 2018. Finding Balance This Summer, School Library Connection.
Gangwish, Kimberly. 2015. Deaf ≠ Silenced: Serving the Needs of Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Students in School Libraries, School Library Connection, 1, 2, 49-51.
Gangwish, Kimberly. 2016. Cultural Diversity and Library Collections.
Gangwish, Kimberly, Churchill, Sara, Schnabel, Stephanie. 2014. Banding Together: A Look Back at Collaboration Between Public and School Libraries, Nebraska Libraries, 2, 2, 11-12.
Service
Department, College, and University
CACREP Accreditation, Other, I met with a member of the CACREP accreditation team to discuss the role of LiveText in the counseling department., 09/15/2015 - present
Formal Admissions Key Assessment committee, Committee Member, Work on developing the new assessment for formal admissions into the graduate program., 01/01/2016 - 01/31/2016
Professional
AASL CAEP Coordinating Committee, Committee Member, To work with AASL and the ALA Office of Accreditation (OA) staff to coordinate the responsibilities associated with ALA’s participation in the CAEP accreditation process., 07/01/2017 - present
American Association of School Libraries, Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Member of the AASL Beyond Words Grant Jury, 05/01/2016 - 05/31/2016
Partners And Donors committee, NLA/NSLA Conference, Committee Chair, Worked on gaining partners and donors for the annual state conference., 01/01/2016 - 01/31/2016
School Library Journal Leadership Summit, Other, Served as ESSA translator for the School Library Journal Leadership Summit. The position involved taking discussion results and wording them into a format consistent with ESSA language and goals., 10/15/2016 - present
Nebraska School Librarians Association, Officer, Other Officer, 08/01/2010 - 08/31/2010
Community
Nebraska Talking Books, Other, 08/01/2015 - present