Curriculum Vitae
(Formatted for the web)
RENETTA
GARRISON TULL, Ph.D.
An effective administrator with research interests in speech related applications to medicine, engineering and technology.
Interests
and work include the areas of speech technology for people with vocal
pathologies, multimedia technology, and linguistics.
Diverse
work and leadership skills are demonstrated through experience with
universities, technology councils, Fortune 500 and start-up
companies,
medical facilities, and government projects.
EDUCATION
University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
Anna Julia Cooper Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of
Communicative Disorders, 2000
Research: The Impact of Vocal Pathologies on Speech
Technology
Northwestern University, Evanston,
Illinois
Ph.D., Speech Science, 1999.
Dissertation: Acoustic Analysis of Cold-Speech:
Implications for Speaker Recognition Technology and the Common Cold.
Northwestern University, Evanston,
Illinois
M.S.,
Electrical Engineering, 1994.
Thesis: Analyses
of Geriatric Laryngectomized Voice for Alaryngeal Speech Enhancement
Howard University,
Washington, D.C.
B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1991.
Academic Administration,
Corporate, and Start-up Experience
PROGRAM DIRECTOR (April 2003
– Present)
PROMISE: Maryland’s Alliance for Graduate Education & the Professoriate
(AGEP), UMBC
Lead Institution, Balt., MD
Director of Maryland’s National Science
Foundation funded AGEP for the three public research universities in Maryland:
University of Maryland Baltimore
County (UMBC), University of Maryland Baltimore, and University of Maryland
College Park. Direct
interaction with administrators, faculty, staff,
and students to facilitate graduate student retention, successful graduation,
and
transition to the professoriate. Founder of PROF-it, the PROMISE Professors-in-training
program.
VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS (April 2000
– April 2003)
DVIP Multimedia Incorporated, Rockville,
MD; Evanston, IL
In charge
of daily business operations, consulting, procurement of funding, university
alliances, and business relations; Initiated
medical applications focus and multimedia technology research. Planned and directed DVIP's operational policies, objectives, and initiatives.
Helped to secure $260,000 in early seed and
angel funds.
FOUNDER
AND DIRECTOR - Speech Technology Laboratory (STL)
at Madison (1999-2001).
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Department of Communicative Disorders
Assistant
Professor (Aug. 2000 – Aug. 2001), Honorary Fellow, Research Associate -Waisman Center
(1999-2001);
Research
Affiliate - Trace Research & Dev. Center, College of
Engineering (1999-2001);
Initiated
models for disability enabled speech technology software and speech technology
avoidance; Developed computerized speech
technology
solutions via Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems for the disability
community (e.g. vocal pathologies, deaf speech);
Employees
ranged from high school diploma to graduate level education; advocated
Human-Machine-Interaction (HMI) awareness.
ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR (Sept. 1996
– June 1997)
Northwestern University, Searle
Center for Teaching Excellence (SCFTE)
Coordinated and analyzed faculty summative and formative
data for the American Association for Higher Education’s (AAHE)
Peer Review Project.
Initiated and developed a program to enhance classroom teaching through
the use of telecommunications technology.
Eastman Kodak Company, Kodak
Research Laboratories (1992), Multimedia Division, CD
Imaging/Advanced Development,
Product Software Engineering (1991), Rochester,
NY.
Assisted
in the design, production and implementation of the audio phase of the Photo CD
Project.
Produced
the first audio Photo CD for Photokina,
(Germany, 1992). Designed a program to
interface
lens data from the Optikos MTF 120 lens bench with Microsoft Excel worksheets
for frequency observation.
General Electric Aerospace, Military
and Data Systems Operations, Springfield, VA
Conducted and evaluated tests and
analyses for support operations of future communications hardware
applications.
SECURITY
CLEARANCE E.B.I.
DATA ANALYST (June 1989
– Aug. 1989)
General Electric Aerospace, Military
and Data Systems Operations, Valley Forge, PA
Performed communications/electronics
evaluation testing of a special applications system, support calibrations, and
alignments of system hardware
using software applications.
SECURITY
CLEARANCE E.B.I.
ENGINEERING INTERN (June 1988 – Aug. 1988)
General Electric Aerospace, Facilities
Division, Valley Forge, PA
Integrated data
communications software for analysis of energy efficiency, modified facilities
to include
passive infrared
detectors/pyroelectric sensors.
Academic Research, Teaching, and Service
LECTURER (Oct. 2003 – present)
University
of Maryland College Park, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences (HESP)
Research focus: Quality of life enhancement for people with
vocal pathologies through evolving speech technologies,
linguistic constructs in automatic
speech recognition systems, accommodating voice-related disabilities through
Voice XML
programming in speech recognition
grammars.
ASSISTANT
PROFESSOR (Aug. 2000 – Aug. 2001)
University
of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Communicative Disorders (CSD)
Conducted research in voice perturbations;
impacts of laryngeal pathology on outcomes of speech technology, and
effects of the common cold on
voice quality. Studied effects of
disease and disabilities on speech and subsequent
impacts on automatic speech and
speaker recognition systems.
RESEARCHER (March 1997
– Aug. 1999)
University of Wisconsin- Madison (1998-99), Northwestern
University, Dept. of CSD, (1997)
Researched aspects of
‘cold-speech’ (1998-99), Analyzed children’s vowel/consonant durations (1997).
FACULTY-STUDENT LIAISON (Sept. 1995
– June 1996)
Northwestern University, Dept. of
CSD, Speech Pathology Program
Coordinated and led meetings with
senior and junior level faculty and graduate students,
implemented faculty surveys,
coordinated departmental correspondence, coordinated and
managed academic schedules and
departmental networking activities.
LABORATORY COORDINATOR - RESEARCH
ASSISTANT (Jan. 1996 – June 1996)
Northwestern University, Dept. of
Communicative Sciences and Disorders, Speech Perception
Laboratory, Speech Physiology
Laboratory, Voice Laboratory, Stuttering Laboratory.
Analyst – UNIX system
administration team, Author/creator of “Welcome to Babble” (version 1.0,
2/96) pamphlet
for the Lab’s SUN workstation, and
“Speech Perception Lab Handbook and Tech Notes” (version 1.0,
5/96).
Wrote specialized signal analysis
MATLAB scripts for laboratories to assist in transformed auditory feedback
research efforts and to study
spasmodic dysphonia patient data. Created an Airflow Toolbox of MATLAB
routines.
Compiled and organized data for
adult efficacy studies (1996); provided analyses for Yaruss, J.S., LaSalle,
L.R., & Conture, E.G. (1995,
November). “One Hundred children who
stutter”: Revisiting their clinical records”.
Seminar presented at the Annual
Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Orlando, FL.
RESEARCH ASSISTANT (Sept. 1992
- June 1996)
Northwestern University, Dept. of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS),
Digital Speech and Audio Signal
Processing Laboratory. Conducted
acoustic analysis research on
alaryngeal speech, information
theoretic constructs of female laryngectomee speech, and mel-cepstra
generation from cold-speech. Analysis software: ESPS waves, MATLAB.
COORDINATOR (Sept. 1995
– Dec. 1995)
Northwestern University, Dept. of
CSD, Speech Pathology Program
Coordinated Illinois
Speech/Hearing Assoc. (ISHA) School Survey report for 1996 state conference.
RESEARCH INTERN (June 1994
– Aug. 1994)
Rutgers University Computer Aids
for Industrial Productivity (CAIP), Multimedia, Piscataway,
NJ
Conducted cepstral analyses with
synthesized parameters for speech and speaker recognition
research used in the work: Lin, Q., “CEPSTRAL
ANALYSIS OF SPEAKER VARIABILITY”, DoD SUMMER
WORKSHOP
ON ROBUST SPEECH RECOGNITION, CAIP, PISC, NJ AUG. 1994.
Innovative
Programs
Co-DEVELOPER
and Co-Instructor (With Dr. Damon L. Tull, August 2003)
Original
Course – SMART: Super
Math and Reasoning Training
Introductions to binary, cellular
technology, logic, and speech processing. Three classes: grades K-5, 6-12, and
senior citizens.
DEVELOPER
and Instructor (June – Aug. 1996, June – Aug. 1995)
Northwestern
University, National High School Institute (NHSI): Engineering and Science Division and Middle School Math/Science
Program
Original
Course - SLaM: Speech,
Linguistics, And Math—The Essence of Speaker Recognition
Technology
NHSI High School Program: Combined neurology, speech pathology and
physiology, phonetics and phonology, calculus,
and digital signal processing to
create an advanced course for accelerated high school students. The course included lectures,
laboratory demonstrations,
breakfast discussion sessions, electronic newsgroup discussion, web use,
library research, films,
and articles from textbooks,
renowned journals, magazine and newspaper articles, corporate white papers and
press releases.
National Science Foundation Middle
School Program: Weekday sessions
included lectures, films and computer exercises.
Saturday sessions were
project-oriented involving creating brain models, incorporating student’s
favorite songs into linguistic
exercises, and using life
experiences in mathematics examples.
FOUNDER (Sept. 1988
– June 1991)
“The AE Club: Motivations for Academics Excellence”, “Adopt-
a-Sibling”, “The NSBE Times”
The National Society of Black
Engineers (NSBE)
Developed
methods and programs to aid and assist students in attaining and surpassing a
3.0 G.P.A.
The AE Club was
successfully implemented at 27 colleges and universities throughout PA, MD, VA,
NC, SC, and Washington D.C.
The success
of the program extended beyond the engineering and science students;
“Adopt-a-Sibling” was a successful
community
outreach program for undergraduate engineering students. The NSBE Times newsletter was one of the
innovative
NSBE
programs that received awards leading to National Committee Chairperson of the
Year (1991) and National NSBE Member of the Year (1990).
PRESS:
Television/magazine/Newspaper articles/invited lay papers
“BET Nightly News” (Minority Technology
Businesses), May 29, 2002
“Q&A” (Implementing speech in
assistive situations), Speech Technology
Magazine, July/August 2001
“Software Finds Speech Patterns
Hard to Decipher”, The Daily Cardinal, April 30, 2001
“Faint Recognition”, The Dallas
Morning News, Dec. 9, 1996
“Speaker Recognition: Who Goes There?” Science &Technology, The Economist, Vol.
339, No 7969, pp.87-88, 1996
“Don Your Armor! Protect Your Research from Computer Hackers”, In
Chemistry, Vol. 8, No. 2 Nov. /Dec. 1998.
“Cold-affected Speech and Speaker Recognition”, Media lay paper, American Institute of Physics
(AIP), May 1996
“Investigating the Common Cold to
Improve Speech Technology”, Media lay paper, AIP, Dec. 1996.
Publications: (Mentored students in bold)
R.G. Tull, M. Jackson, and J. C.
Rutledge, “The PROMISE of a Better Graduate School Community”, In Chemistry,
November/December, 2003.
S. A. Bass, R. G. Tull, J. C.
Rutledge, M. Jackson, and M. F. Summers, “Paving the Pathway to the
Professions:
Institutional Practices to
Facilitate the Success of a Diverse Doctoral Student Population”, Journal
of Higher Education Strategists, Vol. 1, No. 3, 2003.
R.G. Tull, “Communications Sciences
TA’s" in Norman, J.K. (ed.) “Helping New TA’s Teach Successfully:
A Collection of Workshops for New
Teaching Assistants’. Vol. 1, Searle
Center for Teaching Excellence, Northwestern University, Fall 1995.
Science, Technology, and Engineering
R.G. Tull, E. Molin, M.
Lindstedt, and J. Dykstra, “Integrating Voice-Related
Disabilities and Voice-Enabled Technologies”,
Proceedings of AVIOS Conference on
Speech Technology Applications, pg. 217-222, April 2001.
R.G. Tull, J. Dyskstra, M.
Lindstedt, and E. Molin, “Evaluating Consonant Errors in Speech
Recognition Programs”,
Journal of the Acoustical Society
of America (JASA), Vol. 109, No. 5, Pt. 2, May 2001.
J. Dykstra, M. Lindstedt,
E. Molin, R. G. Tull, “Assessment of Speech Recognition Software”,
STL
Working Papers, Dec. 15, 2000 (unpublished).
P. Y. Chung and R. G.
Tull, “Alternative and Augmentative Communication Devices:
A Preliminary report on companies
who sell them and the inadequate information/research provided
for potential buyers and current
clients”, STL Working Papers, Dec. 15, 2000 (unpublished).
R. G. Tull and N. Mizelle,
“Toward Determining Factors of Speech Technology Avoidance (STA)”,
The ASHA Leader, American Speech
and Hearing Association, Vol. 5, No. 16. 160Bd12, pg. 95, August 29, 2000.
P. Brown and R. G. Tull, “Improving
Spoken English of Deaf Speakers Using Automatic Speech Recognition”,
The ASHA Leader, American Speech
and Hearing Association, Vol. 5, No. 16, 88Bd10, pg. 82, August 29, 2000.
P. Y. Chung and R. G.
Tull, “Technology Use among Teens and Young Adults with Autism and Related
Disabilities”,
ASHA Augmentative and Alternative Communication SID 12
Newsletter, August 2000.
P. Brown, R. G. Tull, J.
Dykstra, M. Lindstedt, and E. Molin, “Deaf Talkers and
Automatic Speech Recognition Performance Errors:
An Analysis Report”, UW-Madison
Speech Technology Lab Working Papers, Results reported and acknowledged in
presentation:
“Spoken Communication Assessment
and Instruction using Automatic Speech Recognition Technology”,
International Congress on
Education of the Deaf, Sydney, Australia, July 2000.
R. G. Tull, “Pathologies Not
Included: Survey of Pre-Millennium Speech Recognition Software”,
Acoustical Society of America,
Spring Meeting Proceedings, Atlanta, GA., May 2000.
R.G. Tull, J.C. Rutledge, and C.
R. Larson, “Cepstral Analysis of
‘Cold-Speech’ for speaker recognition:
A Second Look”,
Journal of the Acoustical Society
of America, Vol. 100, No. 4, Pt. 2, 4aSC23, October 1996.
R.G. Tull, J.C. Rutledge, “Analysis
of ’Cold-Affected’ Speech for inclusion in speaker recognition systems “
Journal of the Acoustical Society
of America, Vol. 99, No. 4, Pt.2, 4aSC20, April 1996.
R.G. Tull, J.C. Rutledge, J.J.
Mahlar, “Female Alaryngeal Speech Enhancement for improved Speaker
Identification Using Linear
Predictive Synthesis”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol.
97, No.5, Pt.2, 1aSC28, May 1995.
R.G. Tull, Q. Lin, C. W. Che, J.C.
Rutledge, “Cepstral Analysis of Speaker Variability”,
WORKING REPORT (unpublished), CAIP
Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, September 1994.
R.G. Tull, J.C. Rutledge, “Explorations
in Pitch Enhancement of the Alaryngeal Female Voice Using Linear Predicative
Synthesis”,
Proceedings of the E&A ’94
Annual Symposium, Vol. 2, March 1994.
R.G. Tull, J.C. Rutledge, “Linear
Predicative Synthesis of Vowels for Pitch Enhancement of Female Geriatric Esophageal
Speech”,
Proceedings of the 15th
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology
Society, Vol. 3, October 1993.
R.L. Garrison, “Face to
Face: Three dimensional Real-time Video
Communication”,
Proceedings of the 8th
Annual National Technical Association Student Symposium – NASA Langley, VA,
April 1991 (v. 3);
Proceedings of the 1st
Annual EE Symposium, Howard Univ., Wash. DC, Apr. 1991 (v.2);
Proceedings of the 2nd
Annual IEEE Symposium on CSA, Expert Systems and ASIC VLSI Design, Vol. 1,
Greensboro, NC, March 1991 (v. 1).
R.L. Garrison, “Technology
Trends in Telecommunications”, Howard Engineer Magazine, Fall 1990.
Selected Presentations
"MIRTHE, AGEP, & BD - Directed Graduate Student Recruitment, Retention, and Training"
Mid-Infrared Technologies for Health and the Environment (MIRTHE)
NSF Engineering Research Center Site Visit, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, November 14, 2006
"Understanding Both the Current and the 'New' GRE"
American Indian Science and Engineering Society Conference, Detroit, MI, Nov. 4, 2006
"Preparing for the New (Revised) GRE"
Graduate Horizons Conference, UMBC, October 20, 2006
"Preparing for the Current and the New/Revised GRE"
Graduate School Preview Day, University of Maryland College Park, October 6, 2006
"From Ideas to Actions: Implementing Plans for Multi-ethnic Faculty Recruitment and Retention" (Keynote)
Office of Social Equity Seminar, West Chester University, October 5, 2006
"A Path to Leadership" (Keynote)
Model Institutions of Excellence Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Juan, Puerto Rico, September 16, 2006
"Your Preparation for the GRE"
Summer Research Program Seminar Series, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, July 11, 2006
"Expecting and Achieving Excellence in Building a Multi-ethnic Graduate Student Population" (Keynote)
Graduate Studies Diversity Conference, West Chester University, April 21, 2006
"The Changing World of Advising Graduate Students: Trends and Best Practices"
Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools Conference, Portsmouth, NH, April 7, 2006
"AGEP & IGERT: Supporting and Funding Your Graduate Education"
[Included input from Sandra Thomas, NSF, IGERT]
National Society of Black Engineers Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, March 20, 2006
"Retention and Progress to the Ph.D: Centralized Mentoring and Programming
Encourages Students to Commit to Success"
NSF AGEP Second Evaluation Capacity Building Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 27, 2006
"PROMISE: Maryland's AGEP: Programming Yields Progression"
(Poster)
(Poster Contributors: Renetta G. Tull, Janet C. Rutledge, Johnetta G. Davis, Jordan Warnick,
Gloria Anglon, and LaTisha Jones),
NSF
AGEP Second Evaluation Capacity Building Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, January
27, 2006
"Mentoring vs. Advising, and Assessing Campus Climates"
Alliance for Graduate Education in Mississippi (AGEM) Conference, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Jan. 20, 2006
"Confidently
Developing Competitive Graduate School Applications"
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), Orlando, FL, January 6,
2006
"The Importance of Being a Good Citizen in Your Ph.D. Department: Graduate School Politics
and its Effects on Your Successful Completion of the Ph.D."
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), Orlando, FL, January 4, 2006
"An Introduction to the GRE",
American Indian Science and Engineering Society, Charlotte, NC, November 2005
"Graduate Student Involvement in MIRTHE: PROMISE: Maryland's AGEP and UMBC's Bridges to the Doctorate"
Mid-Infrared Technologies for Health and the Environment (MIRTHE)
NSF Engineering Research Center Site Visit (Funded, 2006)
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, November 15, 2005
"Tools for Doing Well on the GRE" , UMBC Graduate Horizons, Baltimore, MD, October 29, 2005
"Elements of the Graduate School Application",
UMBC Graduate School Fair, Baltimore, MD, October 19, 2005
"Strategies for Taking the GRE"
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, October 7, 2005
"Popularity in the Department"
Emerge Conference, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, September 23, 2005
"Tenure, Promotion, and Mentoring"
(Panel: Renetta G. Tull, Marilyn Demorest, Patrice McDermott, and Katherine Seley Radtke),
National Science Foundation UMBC ADVANCE Faculty Horizons Workshop for Aspiring STEM Faculty,
Baltimore, MD, July 16, 2005.
"Career Choices and Transitions"
(Panel: Renetta G. Tull, Michael Smith, Johney Green Jr., and Eric Sheppard),
7th Annual Future Faculty Professional Sumpoisum, National GEM Consortium Conference,
Boston, MA, July 1, 2005
Students Through an Alliance-Wide Weekend Retreat"
(Abstract Authors: Renetta G. Tull,
Janet C. Rutledge, Jordan Warnick, Johnetta G. Davis, and Jill Pegues)
(Poster Contributors: Renetta G.
Tull, Janet C. Rutledge, Johnetta G. Davis, Jordan Warnick, and Jill Pegues)
“An Inclusive Approach to Stimulating Underrepresented Ph.D. STEM Student Retention and Progression,”
(Abstract Authors: Renetta G. Tull, Janet C. Rutledge,
and Scott A. Bass)
2nd
Annual Bouchet Conference, Yale University, New Haven, CT, April 2, 2005.
“Graduate
school 101: An Introduction to Preparing COMPETITIVE Applications",
National
Society of Black Engineers National Conference, Boston, MA, March 2005 .
“How to Prepare a Competitive Graduate School Application”
Society
of Hispanic Professional Engineers, National Conference (NTCC), Dallas, TX,
January 2005
"Visualize Your Future with
a Ph.D.,” (Keynote)
“In Pursuit of the Professoriate”
Hampton
University, Hampton, VA, November 2004
“Expand Your HORIZON, Conquer
the GRE ”
Fall
Horizons, UMBC, Baltimore, MD, October 2004
“Know What Graduate Schools
are Looking For”
Undergraduate
Research Symposium, Universidad Metropolitana, San Juan, Puerto Rico, October
2004
“McNair Scholars,You WILL Score
Well on the GRE”
McNair
Conference, UMBC, Baltimore, MD, September 2004
“Graduate Schools’ PROMISE,
Graduate Students’ Success,”
Northeastern Association of
Graduate Schools Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, April 16, 2004.
“PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP;
Institutional Change via Holistic Approaches to Graduate Education” (poster),
National Science Foundation Human
Resource Development PI Meeting, Crystal City, VA, March 29, 2004.
“Collective Responsibility: A Sample of Graduate School
Alliances that Prepare Graduate Students of Color for the Professoriate,”
Faculty of Color Network Workshop,
National Society of Black Engineers Annual Conference, Dallas, TX, March 18,
2004
“A New PROMISE in
Maryland: A Profile of Maryland’s AGEP” (poster),
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
AGEP Evaluation Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jan. 20, 2004.
“Every Minute Counts”, “Practice Makes Perfect”,
TA Training Workshops, Northwestern University, September 1995.
“Preparing for Leadership”,
NSBE National Leadership
Institute, North Carolina State University, June 1995.
“Choose Graduate School”,
Tennessee State University, October
1993.
“Toward Linguistic Constructs for
Advancing Assistive Technology Within Automatic Speech Recognition Systems”,
Hearing
and Speech Department, University of Maryland College Park, November 2003.
“Digital Camera Technologies”, (information
session, with D. Tull and N. Doudoumopoulos),
Mid-Atlantic Venture Association
Capital Connection, Washington, DC, May 2002.
“Mobile Speech Applications: A Focus on Vocal Pathology Accessibility”,
SpeechTek 2001, New York, New
York, October 2001.
"IBM and Accessibility: Integrating Voice-Related Disabilities and
Voice-Enabled Technologies",
IBM Thomas J. Watson Laboratories
Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, November 2000.
“Speech
Recognition Technology in the New Millennium”,
Communicative Disorders PROSEM, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, September 8, 2000 (with J. Dykstra, J., M. Lindstedt, and E.
Molin).
“Accessibility: Provisions for Vocal Pathologies
within Speech Technology Software”,
Information Technology Access Rehabilitation
Engineering Research Center (RERC) Advisory Committee, Madison, WI, April,
2000.
“Melding: Speech Disorders and
Emerging Technologies”,
National Institute on Disability
and Rehabilitation Research, Grant Review, Ultra Tec Labs, Madison, WI. June
1998.
“Examining Acoustic Properties
Pertinent to the Study of ‘Cold-Speech”,
American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association (ASHA) 7th Annual Research Symposium, Boston, MA,
November 1997.
“Exploring Elements of
‘Cold-Speech’: Characteristics of Speech Affected by the Common Cold”.