Patty Bradley
Profile
I am a web programmer and web-database application developer passionate about emerging technologies, web standards and making websites accessible to people with disabilities. Having spent over 20 years at the University of Michigan, I feel lucky to have spent the last seven years as a web developer at the UM School of Public Health.
Education
Washtenaw Community College – Ann Arbor, MI INTERNET PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM
Technical Mastery Certificate, completed December 2002
UNIX/Linux Systems Certificate, completed April 2002
The University of Rochester – Rochester, NY, 1986 Masters of Arts in Political Science University scholarship and fellowship, teaching assistantship, co-authorship
Michigan State University – East Lansing, MI, 1983 Bachelor of Science in Social Research Additional majors in Political Science and Anthropology
Career
Informatics & Computing Services, School of Public Health (SPH), The University of Michigan.
- Administer the SPH website and Intranet
- Provide general Web Services and expertise to SPH faculty and staff
- Develop websites and web-database applications as needed for the School
Manager of Data Collections/Database Administrator, April 1988 – March 2002 The University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research, Survey Research Center, Youth and Social Issues Program, Monitoring the Future Study.
University titles held: Senior Procedures Analyst, April 1993 – March, 2002 Research Associate I, September 1990 – April, 1993 Research Assistant II, August 1989 – September, 1990 Research Secretary II, April 1988 – August, 1989
Skills
Web Languages/Technologies:
- Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)
- Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
- ColdFusion
- DOM Scripting
- Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
- MySQL
- PHP Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP)
- Structured Query Language (SQL)
- Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML)
Web Methodologies:
- Information Architecture
- Relational Database development
- Search Engine Optimization
- Technical Documentation
- Usability Testing
- Web Application Development
- Web Accessibility Standards
- Web Database Development
- Web Programming
- Web Standards
- Writing and Editing
Operating Systems
- Mac OS X
- UNIX
- Windows
Memberships
- Member, Social Media Club Ann Arbor, since November, 2009.
- Member, UM Social Media Tech and Trends Group, since September, 2009.
- Member, UM Web Accessibility Coordinator Hiring Committee, February 2008 – April, 2009.
- Member, IT Accessibility and Usability Group, Committee on Institutional Cooperation, since December, 2007.
- Facilitator, University of Michigan Web Accessibility Working Group, since August, 2007.
- Senior Vice President, Ladies Auxiliary, Amvets Post 269, October, 2007 – April, 2008.
- Trustee, Ladies Auxiliary, VFW Post 2408. Member since June, 2006
- Vice President for Communication, Association for Women in Computing, Ann Arbor chapter, July, 2004 – June, 2005. Served as Vice President for
the Website July 2003 – June 2004. - Michigan State University Alumni Club of Washtenaw County, since July, 2002.
- UM Worldwide Web Special Interest Group, since 1998
- The Michigan State University Alumni Association, since 1998
Honors and Awards
- October, 2008 Recipient: Certificate of Appreciation from the UM Council for Disability Concerns.
- May, 2004 Recipient: Recognizing Excellence in Staff Service Award.
- May, 1998 Recipient: The University of Michigan’s 1998 Workplace 2000 Honor Roll for Exemplary Team Award. The Research Administrators Forum was nominated for this award for creating a networked spreadsheeting system that is now the primary mechanism for grant proposal budget preparation at ISR.
- August, 1993 Recipient: Supplementary Salary Payment for Extraordinary Performance, Survey Research Center, The University of Michigan. My department nominated me for this award given to only seven SRC staff members.
Teaching Experience
Accessible Website Design, UM Enriching Scholarship, May 8, 2007 and May 9, 2006
Introduction to Hypertext Markup, UM Enriching Scholarship, May 10, 2007 and May 8, 2006
Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), UM Enriching Scholarship, May 10, 2007 and May 11, 2006
One Day Seminar: Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets. For the Association for Women in Computing, November 12, 2005.
ITZone Talk: Website Visibility. For the Association for Women in Computing, June 9, 2005.
One Day Seminar: Introduction to HTML and XHTML. For the Association for Women in Computing, January 15, 2005.
Part-Time Instructor, September 2003 – August, 2004 INP 150, Web Coding I Internet Professional Program Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
One Day Seminar: Introduction to Relational Databases with Microsoft Access. For the Association for Women in Computing, January 24, 2004.
Part-Time Instructor, January, 2004 – March, 2004 WEB111A, HTML Programming Web Design Program Baker College, Allen Park, Michigan.
I teach the following workshops for the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan:
- Dreamweaver: Basics
- Dreamweaver: Cascading Style Sheets
- Dreamweaver: Web Forms
- Dreamweaver: Accessible Web Sites
- Introduction to Microsoft Access
- Introduction to the UM Computing Environment (for Academic Previews)
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Political Science, The University of Rochester, fall and spring, 1984. Lectured, proctored and graded exams.
Publications
The Effect of Community Congressional District Congruity on Knowledge of Congressional Candidates. Co-authors: Richard Niemi, Lynda Powell and Patty Bicknell. Legislative Studies Quarterly, (February, 1986).
Personal Interests
Cats, web development, social media, gardening, football, cooking, physics, evolution, the Rolling Stones and Star Trek.
