Diana L. Ascher Curriculum Vitae 02/01/15 UCLA Department of Information Studies GSE&IS Building, Box 951520 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1520 Phone: 310.825.8799 Email: [email protected] http://linkedin.com/in/dianaascher/ 10501 Wilshire Blvd. #1402 Los Angeles, CA 90024 Phone: Web: http://dianaascher.com Email: [email protected] @dianaascher EDUCATION 2016 Ph.D. (anticipated), University of California, Los Angeles; Information Studies; Dissertation topic: Effects of Time Orientation on Information Practice in Multinational Corporations (Leah Lievrouw, advisor) 2004 M.B.A., Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University; Leadership, Marketing, Strategy focuses 1993 B.A., Duke University, Public Policy Studies; International Policy and Journalism concentrations PUBLICATIONS Academia Ascher, D. L., & Ascher, W. L. (In press). Inducing better stakeholder searches for environmental information relevant to coastal conservation. In Proceedings of the Coastal Zone Canada 2014 Conference. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Proprietary Corporate Media Content, data, and analysis articles; training materials and workshops, Vice President of Content & Analysis, Industry Intelligence Inc., Los Angeles, CA Educational, marketing, and training materials on a range of investment and financial planning topics for three disparate target audiences in print and online formats, as well as custom, on-thefly publishing and multimedia interactive presentations, Writer, Capital Group, Los Angeles, CA On Investing, a custom-published magazine, Managing Editor, Bloomberg, Princeton, NJ (samples available on request) Angel Advisor, a custom-published financial news magazine, Bloomberg, Princeton, NJ (samples available on request) Global breaking news articles (including coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attack), TOP News Editor, Bloomberg, Princeton, NJ Interactive audio-visual content incorporating live data analytics, Multimedia Producer, Bloomberg, Princeton, NJ Marketing and distance education websites and course presentations, Manager of Distance Learning Education, Executive Education, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, NC Ascher CV2 AWARDS AND HONORS 1989 Benjamin N. Duke Leadership Scholarship, Duke University, Durham, NC 1989 Durham Herald-Sun Front Page Award in Journalism, Durham, NC CONFERENCE ACTIVITY/PARTICIPATION 2015 How Is She? Information and the Surgical Waiting Lounge. Conference poster, 2015 AAAS Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA. 2014-15 Facilitator, UCLA Department of Information Studies Colloquium Speaker Series, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 2014 A Time Analytic Framework for Information Practice. Conference presentation, ASIS&T 2014 Annual Meeting SIG-USE, Seattle, WA 2014 Inducing Better Stakeholder Searches for Environmental Information Relevant to Coastal Conservation. Conference presentation, Society for Policy Scientists Annual Institute 2014, Providence, RI 2014 Coastal Zone Canada 2014 Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 2013 Sponsored participant, Behavioral Science Summer Workshop, Behavioral Insights Group, Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA 2013 Society of Policy Scientists Annual Institute, Philadelphia, PA 2008 Presenter, Retirement Planning Communications Strategy, Capital Group American Funds Annual Conference, Chicago, IL TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2014 Instructor, Recordkeeping and bureaucracy, transparency, accountability, and democracy. IS431 American Archives and Manuscripts, Fall term, week 3 class session, UCLA 2014 Special Reader, American Archives and Manuscripts, UCLA 2014 Teaching Assistant, Managerial Decision Making, UCLA Anderson Executive MBA 2014 Teaching Assistant, Managerial Decision Making, UCLA Anderson 2003-10 Corporate lectures on financial planning, data analysis, and strategy 1988-89 Instructor, Journalism I, C.E. Jordan High School, Durham, NC 1988 Curriculum Designer, Journalism I and Journalism II, C.E. Jordan High School, Durham, NC RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Corporate research on financial, medical, and technology topics Academic research in behavioral science, information behavior, psychology, and public policy COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT/OUTREACH 2010-present Director of non-profit HeartBass, Inc., which provides dance instruction to at-risk public elementary school children in Los Angeles WORK EXPERIENCE 2013-present Director of Information, Behavioral Science & Policy Association, Los Angeles, CA Responsible for strategic information production, design, and distribution; establishment of West Coast office at UCLA; strategy formulation and implementation of multimedia marketing; and networking across academic, government, and public audiences Ascher CV3 2010-2012 VP, Content & Analysis, Industry Intelligence Inc., Los Angeles, CA Areas of responsibility included generation and maintenance of real-time news, data, analysis, opinion, commentary, and multimedia content; presented strategy, benchmarks, projections, and results to investors; inspired creative brainstorming, out-of-the-box thinking, and innovation in product and process 2009-present CEO, Artemis Editing, Los Angeles, CA Writing, editing, proofreading, indexing, and graphic design services for corporate and academic publications 2006-2009 Writer, Capital Group/American Funds, Los Angeles, CA Developed, wrote, and edited copy for educational and marketing pieces on a range of investment and financial planning topics, including brochures, thought pieces, white papers, presentations, email communications, letters, investment commentaries, website content, webinars, video/audio scripts, talking points, fact sheets, and position papers 1997-2002 Managing Editor, TOP News Editor, Multimedia Producer; Bloomberg, Princeton, NJ Responsibilities included generating story ideas, managing freelance writers, editing copy for content and style, consulting on magazine design and layout, maintaining relationships with clients, writing feature stories, conducting interviews and forging ongoing relationships with industry experts and business leaders, copy editing, fact checking, and coordinating magazine content distribution on the Internet among cross-functional global groups. Generated new business and launched new magazines, developing a core knowledge base in angel investing and venture capital. Also served as TOP News Editor covering global breaking news and Multimedia Producer creating state-of-the-art audio-visual content that included detailed data analysis 1994-1997 Manager, Distance Learning, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, NC Designed and maintained websites for marketing and distance learning, as well as course presentations; coordinated and facilitated computer business simulations; conducted training for faculty in new technology LANGUAGES English excellent verbal and written Spanish good verbal and written PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/AFFILIATIONS Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIST) International Communication Association (ICA) Behavioral Science & Policy Association (BSPA) Society for Judgment & Decision Making (SJDM) Society of Policy Scientists (SPS) Beta Gamma Sigma REFERENCES Available on request