Ernest (Ernie) Colantonio

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Ernest (Ernie) Colantonio
He/Him
Senior Faculty Research Assistant II
ernest.colantonio@oregonstate.edu
541-737-7233

Burt Hall 176
2651 SW Orchard Avenue
Corvallis, OR 97331
United States

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Education

  • M.S., Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994
  • B.S., Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1981

Technical Skills

  • High-level web development (Drupal, WordPress, Squarespace)
  • Low-level web development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Bootstrap)
  • Newsletter design and email list management (Mailchimp, GNU Mailman)
  • Social media account management (LinkedIn)
  • Graphics editing and asset management (Photoshop, Bridge)
  • Google Analytics and Google Maps Platform API
  • Web server administration (Apache)
  • Database design, implementation, and programming (SQL, PHP/MySQL)
  • Operating systems (Windows, MS-DOS, Mac OS, Unix/Linux)
  • Programming/scripting languages (PHP, C/C++, Pascal, BASIC, Fortran, 80x86 assembler)

Professional Development

  • DrupalCon Portland 2024 (May)
  • Social Justice Education Initiative Tier 2 Next Level, “Implicit Bias,” March 2022
  • Social Justice Education Initiative Tier 2 Next Level, “Microaggressions,” January 2022
  • Social Justice Education Initiative Tier 2 Next Level, “Being Good,” November 2021
  • Monsido Web Accessibility Training, February 2021
  • HighEdWeb Annual Conference in Milwaukee, WI, October 2019
  • Social Justice Education Initiative Sessions 1 and 2, May 2018
  • Conversational Skills, April 2015
  • Journey Into Leadership, March 2013
  • Accessibility Basics for the Web Workshop, November 2012

Awards

  • 2021 CEOAS Outstanding Faculty Research Assistant Award

Presentations

Service

  • CEOAS Science Communicator search committee, December 2016-March 2017
  • CEOAS Floor Monitor, Burt Hall first floor, February 2015-present

Work Experience

  • Senior Faculty Research Assistant, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 2018-present
  • Faculty Research Assistant, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 2011-2018
  • Information Technology Manager, Graduate School, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 2008-2011
  • Web Systems Analyst, Academic Technology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, 2006-2008
  • Senior Information Manager, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001-2006
  • Information Manager, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994-2001
  • Computer textbook author, self-employed, 1987-1994
  • Research Associate, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1983-1987
  • Research Assistant, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, IL, 1982-1983
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-
    Champaign, 1981-1982

Selected Publications

  • Colantonio, E., 2010, Web-based Technologies for Online Labs. In D.A. Cancilla and S.P. Albon (Eds.), Moving the Laboratory Online: Situating the Online Laboratory Learning Experience for Future Success (pp. 223-235). Newburyport, MA: Sloan Consortium.
  • Shiflet, A.B., Allex, C.F., Colantonio, E.S., and Ts'ao, H., 1995, Instructor's Manual to Accompany Problem Solving in C Including Breadth and Laboratories. Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Company.
  • Colantonio, E.S., 1992, Microcomputer Concepts and Special Applications. Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath and Company.
  • Slotnick, D.L., Butterfield, E.M., Colantonio, E.S., Kopetzky, D.J., and Slotnick, J.K., 1990, Computers and Applications with BASIC: Second Edition. Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath and Company