Timothy Pasch

1. REGULAR ASSIGNMENTS AND CONTINUING EDUCATION

• COMM 103 Information, Technology and Social Change Fall 2013, Spring 2014
• COMM 204 Graphic Design Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012 
• COMM 206 Digital Communication: Fundamentals  Fall 2014, Fall 2015 
• A&S 252 Introduction to Canadian Studies Spring 2013, Spring 2014.  
• COMM 305 Audio Production and Broadcast Summer 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2021
• COMM 310 Media and Diversity Spring 2010, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2021
• COMM 319 Digital Imaging Spring 2010, Summer 2014, Fall 2015
• COMM 329A Convergent Digital Newsroom (App Development). Spring 2014
• COMM 339 Digital Video Production Fall 2019, Summer 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2021
• COMM 345 Social Media Strategy Spring 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2018, Summer 2018
• COMM 354 Electronic Field Production, Spring 2011
• COMM 402 Intercultural/International Communication, Fall 2017, Summer 2018
• COMM 405 Social Implications of the Information Society Fall 2012, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2018
• COMM 406 Future of Communication Technology Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Fall 2020 
• COMM 499 Special Topics in Communication Spring 2018
• COMM 501 Theoretical Perspectives in Communication, Fall 2009, Fall 2018, Fall 2020
• COMM 505 Quantitative Methods in Communication, Fall 2011, Fall 2013
• COMM 507 Media Technology and Society, Fall 2010, Spring 2012
• COMM 514 Digital Research Methods, Summer 2012
• COMM 550 International and Global Communication Fall 2017
• COMM 570 Seminar in Communication, Spring 2020  

Dr. Timothy Pasch - Professor and Principal Investigator

Dr. Timothy J. Pasch, Ph.D. (PhD Communication, University of Washington, Seattle, 2008) is Tenured Full Professor of Communication at The University of North Dakota, UND ARCTEK Research Lab Director and Co-Director of the UND AIR (Artificial Intelligence Research) Institute. Pasch has been active in Arctic research since 2007. He is a dual US/Canadian citizen fully fluent in French and Japanese with some Inuktitut (Inuit) language ability.

Pasch is UND Co-PI for the DoD Appropriations Initiative Defense Resiliency Platform Against Extreme Cold Weather. (DRP). Virginia Tech (Lead PI), Stonybrook University (Co-PI), University of North Dakota (Pasch, T; Co-PI), University of Minnesota (Co-PI). Funded. UND budget $4,073,868.89 across 2021-2025. As part of this research, UND is collaborating with UCSB/NCEAS on cyberinfrastructural development for the platform/portal visualizing project data in CESIUM. 

Pasch served as PI for NSF Office of Polar Programs initiative #1758781 Developing and Testing an Incubator for Digital Entrepreneurship in Remote Communities, $306,043. Collaborative Proposal (UND $166,322); Co-PI with the University of Minnesota Duluth ($139,721). This research focused on the goal of diversifying and strengthening Alaska's economy aligning strongly with U.S. Arctic Policy for national security and economic development. Pasch and Kuhlke published in Routledge/Taylor & Francis’ Research in Polar Regions series, in the volume Renewable Economies in the Arctic. Their chapter: Arctic Broadband Connectivity and the Creative Economy: Access, Challenges and Opportunities in Nunavut and Alaska reflects work and insight developed from collaborations and community engagement in this project in Alaska and Nunavut (Arctic Canada). 

Pasch’s research focuses on National Defense, Resiliency and Sustainability in the North American Arctic (US and Canada) and Circumpolar North both from Geoscientific and Social Scientific perspectives. Leveraging on-site and cloud-based high-performance computing for physical scientific data gathering and analysis, the UND ARCTEK lab provides Arctic Knowledge Based Systems (A-KBS) providing real-time solutions and tools for high-level Arctic-focused strategic decision-making and predictive visual analytics. Over nearly 20 years Pasch has also developed personal networks and collaborators across Arctic regions collaborating on projects. 

Our lab’s publications focus on Arctic research leveraging a combination of geoscientific, high performance computation, remote sensing, Arctic digital communication, Arctic human-centered communities and networks.

Our lab collaborates across Colleges and Departments at our institution with research members in Communication, Computer Science, Geology, Physics, and Office of VP for Research (VPRED) with the Computational Research Center. In collaboration with UND Aerospace (RIAS), we specialize in Arctic remote sensing leveraging DoD Blue List Certified aircraft with sensors including LiDAR, EO/IR, UAS-flown GPR, and multispectral data. Pasch is certified as a Remote Pilot under FAA Part 107 and collaborates with RIAS lead pilots Jordan Kruger and Zach Reeder in summer and winter Arctic campaigns and other pilots. 

Dr. Pasch has received research support from the US Department of Defense, US National Science Foundation, US Department of Education Title VI (FLAS), The Government of Canada (Embassy of Canada Grants and Program Support Grants. He lived with an Inuit family in Inukjuaq, Nunavik (Arctic Québec) for his doctoral dissertation research and has worked in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut and the Alaskan Tanana Chiefs Conference on digital research initiatives. Dr. Pasch has led international research teams to Canada, Japan and the North American Arctic (Nunavut and Alaska), engaging in other Arctic initiatives in Finland. Pasch's research focuses on Arctic and Remote Region Communication Networks, North American and Circumpolar Arctic Physical and Digital Security, Virtual, Mixed and Augmented Reality Data Visualization,  predictive visual analytics of permafrost, linguistic and sociocultural resiliency in Arctic communities, and Arctic Knowledge Based Systems (KBS).

PUBLICATIONS: JURIED/REFEREED 

Ahajjam, A.; Putkonen, J.; Pasch, T.J.; Zhu, X. Short- and Mid-Term Forecasting of Pan-Arctic Sea Ice Volume Using Variational Mode Decomposition and Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory. Geosciences 2023, 13, 370. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences13120370

Putkonen, J., Ahajjam, M. A., Pasch, T., and Chance, R.: (2023) A hybrid VMD-WT-InceptionTime model for multi-horizon short-term air temperature forecasting in Alaska, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-10726, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-10726.

Applying CARE: Documenting Ethical Research Practices and Sensitive Data at the Arctic Data Center. Chavez, NH; Jones, MB; Budden, A;  Clark, J; Virlar-Knight, D; Pasch, T; Johnson, N: AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago,  https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022AGUFMIN53A..05H/abstract

Zhu, X., Pasch, T. J., Ahajjam, M. A., & Bergstrom, A. (2022). Environmental Monitoring for Arctic Resiliency and Sustainability: An Integrated Approach with Topic Modeling and Network Analysis. Sustainability, 14(24), 16493. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142416493

Pasch, T., Kuhlke, O. (2022). In Natcher, D, and Koivurova, T; Arctic Broadband Connectivity and the Creative Economy: Access, Challenges and Opportunities in Nunavut and Alaska. Chapter #2 in Beyond Resource Extraction: The Renewable Economies of the Arctic. Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group SDWG. Routledge. ISBN 9781032000305

Ahajjam, Mohamed Aymane; Pasch, Timothy; Zhu, Xun, (2022) Multi-Horizon Multivariate Arctic Sea Ice Volume Forecasting Using Vmd-Bilstm Model. SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4303208 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4303208

Timothy Pasch, Olaf Kuhlke, and Renee Linton. 2021. Remote-Region Interior Alaska Community Survey with Two Statistical Measures: Arctic Indigenous Entrepreneurial Readiness (ER); and Remote-Region Digital Technology Needs and Skills (DT). Arctic Data Center. https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/doi%3A10.18739%2FA20R9M54S

Kuhlke, Olaf, & Pasch, Timothy. Tanana Chiefs Conference Rural Digital Entrepreneurship Workshop (Complete Instruction Materials), Fairbanks, Alaska, November 15-19, 2021. https://doi.org/10.18739/A2FJ29F1H

Timothy Pasch and Olaf Kuhlke. 2021. Arctic Broadband Connectivity and the Creative Economy: Access, Challenges and Opportunities in Nunavut and Alaska. Arctic Data Center. doi:10.18739/A2W08WH93

Kuhlke, O, Pasch, T., (2021) Teaching Entrepreneurship on Ice: Building an Incubator for Digital Entrepreneurship in the Arctic. Invited Paper, Arctic FROST Research Coordination Network: The Role of Education in Sustainable Development in the Arctic. Springer (In Press). 

Zhu, X., Pasch, T. J., & Bergstrom, A. (2020). Understanding the structure of risk belief systems concerning drone delivery: A network analysis. Technology in Society, 62, 101262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2020.101262

Pasch, T and Kuhlke, O (2019). Arctic Unmanned Aerial Video (UAV) 4K footage demonstrating topographical factors in Huslia, Alaska. NSF Arctic Data Center. https://search.dataone.org/view/doi:10.18739%2FA2W37KW0M

Pasch, T. J., Bjerklie, D. (2017). Technology For All: Wi-Fi Around the World. In David Bjerklie (Ed.), Technology for All: WIFI Around the World. (vol. 1). New York, NY: TIME Magazine 

Pasch, T (2015). Journal of Specialized Translation, Towards the Enhancement of Arctic Digital Industries in the Canadian North: “Translating” cultural content to New Media Platforms. Invited Article for January 2015 special edition Translation and the Contemporary Survival of Languages and Culture. http://www.jostrans.org/issue24/art_pasch.php

Conway, K and Pasch, T. (Eds.) (2013). Beyond the Border: Tensions across the Forty-ninth Parallel in the Great Plains and Prairies McGill/Queens University Press. Cloth/Paper release ISBN:  9780773541306 http://goo.gl/yNNwOh

Walton, S and Pasch, T (2012) Generator, Aggregator, Curator—The Changing Roles of Online Communicators. PR Strategist 2012 (3). Cover article . 

Pasch, Timothy J. (2010) Starting Fire with Gunpowder Revisited: Inuktitut New Media Content Creation in the Canadian Arctic. Inuit Studies/Études Inuit, vol. 34(2), Special Ed. on Creative Inuit Technologies http://goo.gl/CMMbFc

Pasch, Timothy J. (2009) Cloud Communication: A Daoist Perspective. Book Chapter. In N. Van Leuven & A. B. Chan (Eds.), The Dao of communication (pp. 221-244). Toronto: Ginger Post Imprints. 

Pasch, Timothy James. (2008) Inuktitut Online in Nunavik: Mixed-Methods Web-Based Strategies for Preserving Aboriginal and Minority Languages. University of Washington. Proquest UMI Dissertation Database. http://goo.gl/TVn8F6

PUBLICATIONS: NON-JURIED/NON-REFEREED

Pasch, T; Blythe, Jonathan; Budden, Amber; Curty, Renata; Hill, Erica; Johnson, Noor; Jones, Matthew; Petrov, Andrey (2022). Walking on Thin (Arctic) Ice: Negotiating the Digital Landscape of Protected and Sensitive Arctic Social Science Research Data. In development for peer-reviewed submission https://polar-data-forum.org/event/polar-data-forum-iv/

Jones, M., Pasch, T., Johnson, N., Budden, A., McLean, E. (2020). Supporting Preservation and Reuse of NSF Arctic Social Science Data. National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (Ed.), NSF Arctic Data Center workshop report. Data Repository for the Arctic section of the National Science Foundation https://arcticdata.io/social-scientific-data-workshop/ 

PUBLICATIONS: INVITED 

Pasch, T; Review of Manuscript of Hale, G., & Anderson, G. (2021). Navigating a Changing World: Canada’s International Policies in an Age of Uncertainties. University of Toronto Press. (Pasch review quoted on back cover)

Pasch, T; Carsons, S. (Eds.) (2014). NDQ Special Issue: “What is Digital Art?”. North Dakota Quarterly. 

Pasch, T; Partridge, T; Jack S; Richardson, S; (2013). Socio-Economic Impact of Translating Ubuntu to Inuktitut” Government Research Report developed for the Kativik Regional Government (‘KRG’), Nunavut; and Nordicity; Ottawa, Canada. 

Pasch, T; Review of Manuscript of Wrench, J. S., Thomas-Maddox, C., Richmond, V. P., & McCroskey, J. C. (2012) Quantitative Research Methods for Communication: A Hands-On Approach (Pap/Cdr ed.). Oxford University Press

OTHER: DIGITAL PUBLICATIONS, PERFORMANCES, AND ELECTRONIC SCHOLARSHIP 

App Development in XCode for IOS. Super Shamou: Atii Healthy Choices for Nutrition and Wellness in the Canadian Arctic. Commissioned Digital Development in conjunction with Nunavut Arctic College and the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre, Iqaluit/Arviat Nunavut, Canada 2015. https://bit.ly/3zYS7Ax

Digitization and Archival of the Crawford Michif Language Collection: Digitization, metadata embedding, tagging and optimizing for upload to the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Language Archive, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. http://tla.mpi.nl/

Kona/Tioga: Original Electronic Music Composition: Composed entirely from samples taken from the Man Camps in the Bakken Oil Fields of North Dakota. Original samples provided by UND colleague Bill Caraher.

Commissioned Endangered Languages Audio Installation: A part of the international Endangered Languages project, Pasch composed this audio installation that was first created/performed in conjunction with Champlain College, Vermont. The piece was commissioned by Tim Brookes, Director of the Professional Writing Program at Champlain College, and founder of the Kickstarter initiative for Endangered Alphabets. https://www.endangeredalphabets.com/

Contribution of Inuktitut (Inuit language) translation to Tooth: a creative theatrical work written by Cherokee playwright Diane Glancy, created at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage and first performed at Now Festival of New Writing, University of California, San Diego, October 14, 2011

Pasch, T, and Zaccardi, N (2011). QR Quest: Incentivizing Campus Engagement with QR Codes. Whitepaper report and digital campaign for Chief Information Officer, University of North Dakota. 

Endangered Language Poem Sculpture: Contributed the Inuktitut Syllabic Text for internationally recognized sculpture recognizing the importance of endangered languages and cultures. www.endangeredalphabets.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Second-poem-board.jpg

Mitchif Language Portal: Creation of a Métis/Michif-language portal incorporating field recordings and translations from Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, and the Union Metisse Nationale, Manitoba, Canada

University of North Dakota Institute for Borderland Studies. Co-chair for the UND Institute for Borderland Studies conference, and creator of a website for the event and future initiatives of the Institute (2013).

Psychology Department, University of North Dakota. Proposed and collaborated on initial implementation of the SONA system for online experiment management in the Psychology Department of the University of North Dakota. http://undpsych.sona-systems.com/ This system is now an integral part of the Psychology and Communication Departments. (2009-Present)

Experimental Education Unit, Department of Education- Web Designer and Multimedia Engineer for an NICHD Federal Grant for the NW Center for Excellence in Media Literacy, University of Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Department of Education. 09/2008-05/2009  www.nutritionandmedia.org

Pasch, T. (2009). Digital Whitepaper: Language Loss and Global Response. Prepared for Nunasoft Corporation, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Nunasoft 

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

1. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Pasch, T 09/2021.“Walking on Thin Arctic Ice: Negotiating the Digital Landscape of Protected and Sensitive Arctic Social Science Research Data”. PDF IV: Fourth Polar Data Forum. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) and the European Polar Board (EPB). https://polar-data-forum.org/

IARPC Federal Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee. Arctic Data Collaboration Sub-Team Meeting. Invited  introductory presenter prior to Dr. King (Harvard University): Towards a Data Driven Quantitative Social Science”. 11/20 

Pasch, T. Co-lead for NSF Arctic Data Center Arctic Social Scientific Data Workshop (04/20) and data workshop participant (10/2019), NSF Arctic Data Center. UCSB/National Center for Ecological Synthesis and Analysis 

Pasch, Timothy; Zhu, Xun. NSF Big Data Hub/Missouri University of Science and Technology Research and Technology Development (RTD) Conference, Big Data Visualization with the Microsoft Hololens: Towards VR-Enhanced Three-Dimensional Social Network Analysis. 09/2018

ArcticNET Scientific Symposium (Network of Centres of Excellence of Canada). Winnipeg Manitoba, December 5-9 2016. Invited Paper: ArcticIDEA: Nunavut Broadband and Digital Entrepreneurialism. Presented with David Bjerklie and Mark Trahant. Authorship includes Dr. Olaf Kuhkle, Ph.D, University of Minnesota, Duluth. 

University of the Arctic Congress, St. Petersburg, Russia. University of North Dakota proposal, vote and acceptance as member institution of University of the Arctic. September 2016. http://www.uarctic.org/congress2016

Invited talk for Arviat Film Society, Workshop on Digital Journalism, Videography and Storytelling. With David Bjerklie (TIME Magazine). Arviat, Nunavut, Canada. June 2016.

National Science Foundation, Invited panelist: Arctic Social Sciences in the 21st Century: Integrating Theories, Data and Methods to Ascertain Local, National and International Relevance. University of Northern Iowa, Cedar falls, IA March 14-16, 2016

Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS). Biennial Conference. Arctic Panel Chair and Presenter. Invited Talk: Towards the enhancement of Arctic digital industries: ‘Translating’ cultural content to new media platforms. Las Vegas, NV. October 14-17, 2015

Invited Keynote Speaker: Government of Greenland. e-learning symposium held for the Greenlandic Sekretariatsleder, Head of secretariat/Naalakkersuisut / Grønlands Selvstyre. 02/2015

Inuit Studies Conference. Université Laval (Quebec). Invited Panel with Frank Tester (UBC Social Work) and Shirley Tagilik (Nunavut Arctic College). Focus on culturally convergent digital media development for healthful choices and social/cultural wellness and sustainability in the Canadian Arctic. October 2014. 

UAS Summit (June 2014). UAS and the Canadian Arctic Situational Awareness: Challenges and Opportunities. Arranged Speaker with the assistance of the Canadian Consulate General: Darach McDonnell, Canadian Department of National Defence (Ret’d). 

Qualtrics Insight Summit Developer Conference (February 2014). “Marrying Qualtrics with Social Media”. Invited Talk, Salt Lake City, Utah. http://goo.gl/XGoPMJ

2014 Political Studies Students' Conference – Canada and the Arctic: Challenges and Opportunities. University of Manitoba. http://goo.gl/EZcGvK

Science, People & Sustainability in the Canadian Arctic: From the 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition to the 2013 Arctic Council Chairmanship. 11/5/13. Conference co-organizer in partnership with the Canadian Consul General in Minneapolis and Nunavut Arctic College. With the Will Steger Foundation, Canadian Arctic Council members, researchers from the University of Manitoba. http://ow.ly/psvg

Arctic Inuit and the Digital Humanities: Leveraging New Media Convergence for Enhanced Sociopolitical Cyberengagement in the North. Invited Talk, Nunavut Research Institute, Arviat Research Support Center, Nunavut Arctic College, Arviat, Nunavut; June 19th, 2013. 

DJing language: “Elastic” audio for clip-based language documentation and conservation. Invited Electronic Paper Presentation. International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC). University of Hawaii at Manoa/East-West Center. February 28-March 3, 2013

The Canada-U.S. Beyond the Border Action Plans: What do they mean for North Dakota? Co-chair of scholarly/governmental event with the Canadian Consulate in Minneapolis, and with speakers from the Canada Border Services Agency, Government of Canada, Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corporation, North Dakota Chamber of Commerce, North Dakota Trade Office, U.S. Consulate, Winnipeg, MB, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of Justice. http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/minneapolis/BeyondtheBorder.aspx?view=d

 Analytics for Learning Management Systems: Invited Faculty Track Cohort. Blackboard World, New Orleans Conference Center, July 9-12, 2012. 

Enhancing Arctic Social Network Analysis for Cultural and Linguistic Preservation: a Cross-Border Perspective (presentation in French). Invited talk, Laval University, November 15 2011. 

“Multitouch and Cultural Overlays: Enhancing Inuktitut Syllabics in Social Networking. (2011)” Timothy J. Pasch, Ph.D., University of North Dakota. 21st Biennial ACSUS Conference in Ottawa and moderator of Arctic panel.

“Arctic Discourse: Social Network Analysis of Inuit Online Communication”. Invited by the Canadian Consul General and Will Steger Foundation to speak at The Changing Arctic: International Cooperation and Development. University of Minnesota, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, October 27, 2011. 

“The Mechanics of Developing Competitive Proposals”. Montana State University, August 16-18, 2011. National Science Foundation, Science and Engineering Alliance.

Building User Trust: The Key to Special Libraries’ Renaissance in the Digital Era. ICoASL International Conference of Asian Special Libraries, United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan. 02/2011.

The Great Plains, the Prairies, and the US/Canadian Border. Alerus Center, Grand Forks, ND. (June 2010). Served as co-chair for this international, interdisciplinary conference focused on the role played by the US- Canadian border in the American Great Plains and the Canadian Prairies.

Teaching Canada in the Classroom- Concepts and Resources. Washington State Council for Social Studies, Lake Chelan, WA. Saturday March 14 2009. 

Roundtable on Inuit Governance and Culture. Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, May 2008. 

Focus the Nation 2008 National Conference Panelist, Burke Museum, University of Washington, January 31 2008. 

Crossing Arctic Borders: A computer-based analysis of disparities between American, Canadian and Inuit conceptualizations  of the Northwest Passage . 49th Western Social Sciences Association Conference, Calgary Alberta, April 11-16 2007. 

Atlas.ti in International Communication Research. Invited Lecture, Graduate Seminar, COM597 Digital Media and Globalization. University of Washington, Fall 2006 

Google, Power, and the Fallacy of Search Engine Innocence , Invited Talk, University of Washington Graduate Conference for Interdisciplinary Studies Faith, Knowledge and the Interface of Epistemologies. May 4-5, 2006. 

Québec in Question: Multidisciplinary Explorations of Contemporary Québec Society 

Co-Chair of Conference, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle. March 4 2005. 

Inuktitut-the Language of the Inuit. Presented at the Washington State High Schools Student Language Training Seminar, University of Washington, Seattle. Friday, March 3 2006. 

Satellite Broadband In Nunavik as Catalyst for Inuit Web-Commerce, Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, St. Louis, Missouri. November 16-20 2005. 

Arctic Cyberspace: Empowering Nunavik Inuit. International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society. University of California at Berkeley, Friday February 19th, 2005. 

Project CONNECT Invited Scholar. Conference in Ottawa. Sponsored by the Government of Canada, SUNY Plattsburgh/University of Vermont. July 2005. 

Toward Inuit financial autonomy in Québec/Nunavik- Internet as Freedom? University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall, School of Law, Thursday February 17, 2005. 

1. REGIONAL 

National Science Foundation Workshop on Cyberinfrastructure for Polar Sciences, University of Minnesota. September 2013. http://www.pgc.umn.edu/meetings/cyber2013/main

Midwest Association for Canadian Studies (MWACS) Conference. Co-organizer of 2012 MWACS scholarly conference at the Grand Forks Alerus Center. Saturday October 6th, 2012. http://www.mwacs.org

Research Presentation and Methodology Discussion with Native Researchers. Cankdeska Cikana Community College, Fort Totten, ND. March 2 2010. 

1. LOCAL

Computer-Mediated Communicative and Mobile Application Strategies for Endangered Language Learning. Linguistics Department Invited Talk, University of North Dakota June 13 2013. 

The Evolution of the Scholarly Journal: Digital Convergence and Broader Impacts. Invited Talk: Dean’s Lecture. University of North Dakota Scholarly Forum, for delivery to the campus community and online streaming on March 6 2013.  http://goo.gl/NcrbCC

Collaborative Workstations in the Graduate Classroom and Beyond. Online Teaching Showcase, Senate Continuing Education Committee, University of North Dakota. October 5 2010. 

Inuktitut Online in Nunavik: Communication Technologies for Cultural Preservation. Wacipi Time-Out Week. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks. April 14, 2010

PASCH TECHNICAL SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE

Digital Measures/Applitrack/PeopleSoft/Blackboard/Moodle/Canvas/Campus Connection/Qualtrics/ImageNow/Starfish/

SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) and AMOS (Structural Equation Modeling)

Atlas.ti/Nvivo for qualitative and data mining research and analysis.

Instructor-level ability in Adobe Creative Cloud (Acrobat/Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign)

Blended/hybrid and distance learning, synchronous/asynchronous tools 

Blackboard/Moodle/Angel/WebCT Learning Management Systems, Building Blocks

Audio Production- Ableton Live, Podcasting, Internet radio broadcasting, Mastering

Video Production- Final Cut Pro, Screenflow, Motion, Adobe Premiere and AfterEffects

Web Design- CSS/SQL/PHP/Java/Flash/AJAX. Dreamweaver, Rapidweaver, Coda, Transmit, Browser-based design 

XCode, Cocoa, iOS, Licensed Apple Developer (OSX, iOS and Safari). Unity

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS)

Merlot- Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online EDUCAUSE (Information Technology in Higher Education)

Midwest Association of Canadian Studies (MWACS)

Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)

Social Behavioral Training Protocol Certified CITI-Institutional Review Board

National Communication Association (NCA)

International Communication Association (ICA)

Western Social Science Association

Apple Developer Network

Peer-reviewer for numerous scholarly journals in Digital Communication and related fields 

University of Washington Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity

PRSA- Public Relations Society of America

Alumni Associations of UNC-Chapel Hill, Universities of Hawaii and Washington

Japanese Association of Canadian Studies (JACS)

LANGUAGES

Fluent in English (Native-Level Spoken and Written)

Fluent in French (Native-Level Spoken and Written)

Fluent in Japanese (Fully Fluent Spoken)

Reading Comprehension in Latin, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese.  

Intermediate Inuktitut (Nunavut and Nunavik)

Basic Dutch.

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Outdoor activities, cycling, camping, hunting, snowshoeing

Photography: shallow depth of field, low-light and underwater/video production

Japanese Martial Traditions (Aiki Jujutsu/Kenjutsu/Kyudo)

Technical Scuba Diving Instructor PADI IDC Staff #469292/IANTD Certified (International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers) 

Piano Performance. Royal Conservatory of Music Grade 8, University of Toronto

Audio recording and mastering, electroacoustic performance and post-production

Additional academic references and information available upon request.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Ph.D.  University of Washington at Seattle. Communication

Degree Awarded December 2008 

MDP Management Development Program, Harvard University Graduate School of Education, 2017 

M.A.  University of Hawaii at Manoa

International Communication, French/Japanese Language and Linguistics 

Degree Awarded May 2004 

B.A. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Global Studies & International Affairs. 

Degree Awarded August 1996 

Université de Montpellier Paul Valery III Institut des technosciences de l’information et de la communication, 

(Institute of Technological Computation and Communication sciences).  Certificat Pluridisciplinaire 1995. 

Timothy J. Pasch, Ph.D.

University of North Dakota

Department of Communication

TEACHING PHILOSOPHY

I believe that the best teaching goes beyond the unidirectional concept of a professor transmitting information to students. In my estimation, the purpose of an educator in the discipline of Communication is to create a stimulating intellectual environment for the exchange of information, with continual awareness of applicability to the student’s career path and future demands of industry. In my experience, motivation suffers when students are required to study material with which they feel little affinity, or that contains no applicability to their personal and professional learning goals. In order to link theory to student experience and employability, my course design continuously strives to demonstrate a relationship between theory and practice.

Accomplishing this goal is a continual work in progress, and I work to implement creative and innovative ways to relate student learning to new technological and social developments. The essence of my teaching philosophy is to require student participation not only as active learners, but also as teachers and sharers of their own experiences. In my courses, students are encouraged, and often required to actively participate in their learning communities, preparing assignments (often digitally), that are designed to educate, persuade, and hone their content creation skills in a professional, respectful and rigorous learning environment.

In addition to active student participation, a hallmark of my classes is the high quality of external, professional speakers I recruit to present to the students.  Some examples of speakers whom have visited my classes include Alumni from our Department now active in industry, guests from technology firms including Microsoft, Amazon, DigiKey and other media industry professionals. Most recently, professional graphic designers spoke to my students and gave demonstrations of their software workflows. Visits to the Skalicky Technology Incubator here at UND exposed student learners to real-world applications of their areas of study. When teaching a large-format (over 120 student) undergraduate Communication class, I have brought guest speakers into our room digitally using virtual/augmented reality technology, while streaming content simultaneously to online students. I have also enabled this type of communication with guests engaging with our students from international locations, which the students found to be truly engaging.

When students see the applicability of the theories and technologies they study to the careers they seek, their motivation is never a concern, and their passion and desire for excellence increases dramatically. I am proud of the fact that my course evaluations at the University of Washington were commended by both my Department Chair and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences there, and that my evaluations at the University of North Dakota have demonstrated similar commentary from students and  Distinguished Teaching Awards/UND Spirit Award. With this said however I certainly cannot take full credit for these accolades, as so much of my past evaluation is related to the fact that the students in my classes also learn from each other and teach me in the process. I consider myself primarily a facilitator of knowledge rather than its sole source in the classroom.

As an information and communication technologist, I realize that knowledge of advanced computer software packages is essential for success in communication industries. That said, a focus solely on the complexity of technology (without understanding the underlying theories) can certainly detract from the learning experience. My teaching involves the incorporation of technologies designed to enhance the teaching and learning component of the course material without obscuring course content.

In the past years, I have been increasingly using advanced technologies such as collaborative workstations and virtualization to enhance student learning of the Adobe Creative Cloud, Qualtrics, Citrix, SPSS, and other software packages. My training in scholarly research database and citation software proves its value during my courses as I work with students and resolve software concerns related to qualitative and quantitative data analysis, international/intercultural communication, social network strategy, data visualization, and video and audio production among other areas from an expanding list that continues to grow as my own knowledge, capabilities of industry, and student demands evolve. I am fully aware that many students will have less experience in technological areas than others, and I work to adapt my teaching to specific student requirements.

In my graduate courses, students participate in Blackboard forums, blogs and virtual discussion groups in order to stimulate discussion and debate among their peers, and to use their newly-assimilated theoretical and methodological knowledge to prove their hypotheses. Students additionally access peer-reviewed academic journal articles to hone their perspective, while simultaneously improving their database query and information retrieval skills. When creating their final projects, or working in teams, students in my classes use digital technologies to present their information. In past courses these presentations have ranged from simple Powerpoint or Keynote presentations, through advanced digital portfolios with streaming video and audio. The range and scope of the tools employed will depend on student skill and interest, and I strive to be available for consultation and assistance in these areas.

Positivity is an essential component of my teaching philosophy, and I am rigorous with my positivity: meaning that I continually strive to perceive challenges as opportunities, and treat student questions with respect and intellectual consideration. I endeavor to continually remind myself that any question asked, no matter how seemingly elementary, has value; and that the act of asking such questions takes initiative and courage. I believe that the relationship between educator and student is a relationship of trust, and that the effectiveness of the educator is more than simply the quantity of information shared in the classroom, but rather, should be measured as a continuum that extends through into pedagogical acumen, approachability, professional decorum, and personality as well.

I have been told at times in the past that I am an effective teacher, however I do not believe this to be entirely due to my own efforts. I believe rather that my greatest asset in the classroom lies in my ability to listen. Through active listening to students, and understanding intuitively to the best of my ability the communication that the student is seeking to impart, I strive to create a professional, academically rigorous, and emotionally satisfying learning environment. It is within such an optimal learning environment that each student might take their knowledge and skill to a higher level, preparing them for success in the field of their choosing.

Published and currently visible on the UND website as one of the major “Leaders in Action” student exposés, the link below showcases top student experiences at UND selected by the Marketing Council and UND Web Team. I received letters of congratulation from the Dean, University President and Provost regarding this article and my innovative teaching after its appearance on the University’s website. The article appears below. Respectfully, Timothy J. Pasch, Ph.D.  

https://und.edu/leaders/new-skills-in-a-digital-age.html

New skills in a digital age

Since arriving at UND as a transfer student for basketball, Jafar Kinsey has adopted the “North Dakota mentality.”

“It’s a lifestyle,” Kinsey said. “For a student-athlete, being able to do our schoolwork, our on-court work and combining that, it’s a grind and mentality – whenever you have time, you have to get things done.”

“The lifestyle is crazy,” agreed Mason Bennett, a defensive end for UND football. “We’re up at 6 a.m. and going until 6 p.m. every day.”

That on-the-go lifestyle inspired them to reflect on their student-athlete roles for a new assignment in their Communication 405 class. Professor Timothy Pasch’s course “Social Implications of the Information Society” examines the implications of today’s modes of communication. In the Department of Communication, Pasch wants students to learn a variety of skills that are useful in the digital age.

So, he had his students create a podcast.

“I didn’t even know what a podcast was before I was in professor Pasch’s class,” Kinsey said.

Their camaraderie as student-athletes brought them together. Pasch assigned them to create 10 episodes, as well as track and analyze the dissemination of their work online.

As part of a class assignment, Jafar Kinsey and Mason Bennett would plan each podcast episode.

Students needed to record, edit and upload podcasts as they learned digital storytelling techniques.

The podcast brought in a variety of guests, including hockey player Christian Wolanin, who recently joined the Ottawa Senators after three seasons at UND.

“It’s pretty cool having somebody on our show who’s played at the collegiate level and now plays professionally,” Bennett said.

“The quality of the guest speakers that Mason and Jafar have invited to their shows, the thoughtfulness of their arguments, the significant personal experience that they both bring to the discussions, and the sophistication of the digital broadcast have resulted in work of exceedingly high quality,” Pasch said.

By creating a podcast, students gain insight into what it takes to reach a global audience. They syndicated their podcasts through iTunes, Google Play, Spotify and SoundCloud and learned how to use both hardware and software to enhance their work.

“Now that students have been successful in seeing their own work appear in Apple’s podcast searches on their iPhones, they know that this skill set can also be of significant value to an employer or other organization of their choice,” Pasch said.

When asked what he enjoys most about the process, Bennett says it’s having both a voice and a mode of expression.

“It’s different than going out in the field and talking about it or texting someone,” he said. “Everybody can listen to it, and it’s an easy way to get our ideas out.”

Both Kinsey, who graduated this year, and Bennett have their minds set on sports after college, but now they have some extra tools for future endeavors – no matter where they end up.

“Obviously, every football player’s dream is to play in the NFL,” Bennett said. “But football will come to an end at some point and, hopefully then, I can pursue a career in marketing. I want to see how sports and social media marketing can come together and develop my own ideas. The communication courses I’m in right now are helping me reach those goals.”