Ann E. Keeling

Ann E. Keeling, has over thirty years of experience in the field of Cooperative Education. She is a tenured Professor in the Division of Professional Practice, the office that administers the Cooperative Education Program at the University of Cincinnati. She is responsible for teaching students enrolled in the "Introduction to Cooperative Education" course on issues related to the four learning modules (organizational culture, technology, ethics, and theory & practice), self-assessment, interviewing techniques, resume preparation and other subjects. She advises students in the disciplines, Accounting, Finance, & Economics regarding their immediate and long-range career goals.

Activities involved: developing professional development strategies and offering advice during the implementation of individual career plans; maintaining close communications with active and potential employers of students participating in the Professional Practice Program; scheduling regular visitations to business offices, industrial offices, industrial organizations, agencies and institutions to develop meaningful co-op opportunities for students; evaluating practice experiences for students; and implementing programs to meet new and different demands of the marketplace. Prior to returning to a full-time tenured faculty position in the Division, Ann served in a variety of administrative roles.

Much of Ann's professional visibility has been in the field of cooperative education and related work with multiethnic students. Most recently she authored an article entitled, How To Design A Marketable Resume & Cover Letter which appeared in The Black Collegian, First Semester Super Issue (October) 2002. She co-authored chapter 13, College–to-Career Transition Programs for Multiethnic Students in The Senior Year Experience - Facilitating Integration, Reflection, Closure & Transition (Gardner, et.al., 1998).

She has served as consultant to the U.S. Department of Education, Division of Institutional and State Incentive Programs, Cooperative Education Branch in Washington, D.C.; State of New Jersey; Program External Evaluator for Project CAP - a Career Advancement Plan for undergraduate minorities and women at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.; Training Advisory Council for the Midwest Center for Cooperative Education at the University of Detroit; and the Advisory Board for the Kalamazoo College Cooperative Education demonstration project entitled, Cooperative Education Marketing, Inc.

Before joining the University of Cincinnati, Ann was the Associate Director of the Cooperative Education Program at Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. She also served as Assistant Director of the Center for the Advancement of Cooperative Education in Developing Institutions, Cooperative Education Department, Central State University. The Center was a training program conceived and administered by Wilberforce University and Central State University.

Ann received her B.S. degree in Elementary Education with Certification in Special Education – MR from Norfolk State University; M.S. degree in Special Education – MR from Ferkauf Graduate School, Yeshiva University; and Dual Specialist Certificates in Learning Disabilities and Mental Retardation from Yeshiva University, New York, New York..

Ann is one of the founding members of Black Career Women, is Sr. Vice President & Treasurer. For over thirty-years, she has assisted Black Women, students, and others across the country to overcome barriers of racism and sexism in their careers while striving for professional or higher level responsibilities in the career marketplace.