Timothy Seid

Experience

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  Brown University

  Jan 1986 - Jan 1996

  Freelance typesetting and computer programming

  I worked on many different projects while attending Brown University Graduate School.For many years I generated the camera-ready copy of the white pages section of the Brown University phone book using scripts designed by Allen Renear to print to a postscript printer from the university's mainframe computer.Sabol, Andrew J. Four Hundred Songs and Dances from the Stuart Masque. Providence: Brown University Press, 1978. I created the camera-ready copy including the paste-up of the musical scores after Prof. Sabol printed them with a special typewriter.I created a concordance program using Apple's HyperCard to handle a long Yiddish poem about King Arthur.Cook, Albert Spaulding. The Stance of Plato. Lanham, Md: Littlefield Adams Books, 1996. "I am grateful to Timothy Seid for his skilled and expeditious help with computer preparations of the final text."Sullivan, Robert. A Matter of Faith: The Fiction of Brian Moore. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1996. "Without the computer wizardry of Tim Seid of Brown University the manuscript would not only have taken much longer to produce, but would have been in much poorer shape."Index of catalog holdings for the John Carter Brown library at Brown University. The project involved creating a computer program to sort the bibliography based on the index subjects and produce a printed catalog.Lindheim, Sara Helaine. Voices of Desire: The Ventriloquized Letters of Ovid's Heroides. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Brown University, 1995, 1995. I converted a dissertation from the Classics department from the mainframe to Microsoft Word. I created programs on the mainframe in Rexx to do some file conversion and then ran it through a HyperCard stack I created that would take a tagged text (pre-HTML tag set based on concepts of SGML) and produce a fully-formatted Microsoft Word RTF file (with paragraph and character styles, footnoting, Greek text, chapter divisions, and table of contents). Show less

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  Telco Communications, Seekonk, MA

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1994

  Typesetter & Graphic Artist

  Telco did fundraising with police and fire departments around the country by producing an advertising booklet. It was a fast-paced production of various sizes of ads with some paste-up.

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  Kinko's (now FedEx Office Print & Ship Center )

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1996

  Computer Services Specialist

  Part-time position creating resumes, flyers, posters, business cards, and other office-related documents.

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  Smith Neck Friends Meeting

  Jan 1996 - Jan 2000

  Pastor

  Part-time pastor of programmed Quaker meeting.

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  Kinko's (now FedEx Office Print & Ship Center)

  Jan 1997 - Jan 1999

  Computer Services Manager

  I managed the computer services department, mainly doing document creation for resumes, flyers, posters, booklets, programs, brochures, etc. I frequently assisted customers using the self-service computers. I managed two or three people in the department.

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  Digital Learning Group

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2000

  Course Developer/Content Expert

  I worked freelance writing glossary and profile items for an online textbook in Religion. I also contributed content for interactive modules on such topics as the comparison of the Gospels and about the Jerusalem temple in Jesus' day.

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  Scholarly Technology Group, Brown University

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2000

  Visiting Scholar

  Research in the paleography and textual criticism of Greek New Testament manuscripts for “Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts web.” http://legacy.earlham.edu/~seidti/iam/interp_mss.html

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  Earlham School of Religion

  Jan 2001 - Oct 2018

  Associate Dean & Assistant Professor of New Testament Studies

  My primary role at ESR is the distance learning program ESR Access. I assist teaching faculty in the development and deployment of course sites using Moodle, an open-source course management system. Other administrative duties include the ESR web site, Student Services, and the managing of major institutional publications. My position includes one-third teaching, meaning I teach two classes per year. These are upper-level exegesis and seminar courses related to the study of the New Testament.- Student Services: Work with new students during the Fall semester. Work with graduating students during the Spring semester to prepare them for baccalaureate and commencement. Responsible for student complaints.- Web site: Maintain ESR's web presence. Drupal is our CMS. I also maintain and service additional sites, the Leadership site and the Quaker information Center.- Distance Learning: my primary role in the beginning was the ESR Access program. I work with the ESR Access students and assist instructors in the creation and deployment of course sites in Moodle.- Digital library: I directed the creation of the Digital Quaker Collection as a digital library encoding texts in XML in compliance with the Text Encoding Initiative.- Video editing: I edit special events video and upload them to ESR's site on Vimeo.- Institutional publications: I create and maintain institutional publications (ESR Reports, Educational Opportunities, introductory and program brochures, View book, Student Handbook, and Course Catalog) as well as manage their updating and printing.- ESR books: I have formatted and designed several books ESR has published.- Acting Dean: During the dean's sabbaticals I have twice functioned as Acting Dean. Show less

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  Salem Friends Meeting

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2008

  Pastor

  Part-time pastor of programmed Quaker meeting.

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  American Academy in Rome

  Jul 2008 - Jul 2008

  Visiting Scholar

  I was selected to participate in this National Endowment in the Humanities Summer Seminar, "Identity and Self-Representation in the Subcultures of Ancient Rome" led by Eleanor Leach (Ruth N. Halls Professor of Classical Studies at Indiana University) and Eve D’Ambra (Professor and Chair of the Department of Art at Vassar College). The seminar focused on the ever-controversial matter of personal identity by considering ways in which Roman citizens throughout the Mediterranean world used word and image to represent themselves both as individuals and as members of communities. Show less

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  Bethlehem Bible College

  Sept 2008 - Dec 2008

  Visiting Professor

  During a sabbatical in 2008 i lived in Bethlehem at the Bethlehem Bible College. I taught a course on the NT book of Hebrews. Also during that time I traveled with a private tour guide and visited such places as Jerusalem, Jericho, Qumran, and Herodion, I also attended an annual Sabeel Conference.