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DePaul University, Chicago ILL, - 1985
Post graduate coursework in marketing.

Webster University, St. Louis MO., - M.A. Management - 1983
Masters of Arts in Management and Human Relations.
Thesis: Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT) and it's application to a record company start-up.

American Management Association (AMA), 1982
Seminar studies in management.

Army Personnel School, Ft. Harrison IN., 1980
Diploma, Personnel and Organizational Administration courses.

Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA., 1979
Graduate coursework in music composition.

Army School of Music, Norfolk VA., 1978
Diploma, Performance - bass.

Berklee College of Music, Boston MA., 1976
Bachelor of Music in Composition.

Private Instruction - Boston Mass., 1975
Studies with Dr. Hugo Norden - Counterpoint; Michael Gibbs, Jazz Composition.

COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO, Music Department, Associate Professor  2010 - Present

Coordinator of Assessment
Student Convocation Coordinator
Instruction include: "Black and Blues Power" - on-line course on Jimi Hendrix (developed).
Instruction include: "Introduction To Black Music" - on-line (developed)
Instruction include: "Popular Contemporary Music" - on-line (developed)
Instruction include: "Fundamentals of Music Literacy" - on-line (developed)
Instruction include: Ensemble Performance
Introduction To Music Theory 

COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO, Arts Entertainment & Media Management Department, Associate Professor, 1996 - 2010.

Coordinate the music business concentration to include supervising fourteen instructors.
Coordinate the departments (AEMMP) Semester In Los Angeles music production program.
Coordinate the AEMMP Summer Institute High School Program.
Develop and coordinate the Computer Uses For Managers curriculum to include interviewing and hiring part-time instructors.
Teach music production and music business classes.
Advise undergraduate and graduate students to include development of graduate thesis.
Teach undergraduate and graduate music business and production classes. Accomplishments:
Through meetings with part-time faculty, revised the multi-section production curriculum and the multi-section Computer Uses For Managers. Managed curriculum to insure consistency across sections.
With faculty input, rewrote cross-sectional syllabi's for production curriculum and Computer Uses For Managers course.
Through redesign of course curriculum in music production, increased the total number of music business students to be the highest by concentration in the college for the first time.
Taught the AEMMP Records Grad/Undergrad student-run record company, receiving media attention from the New York Times Develop the first on-line course for Music Marketing
Created and installed a portable ProTools Digital Recording environment within a classroom environment. Saved the college $30,000.00 per year in outside studio costs.
Created Semester In Los Angeles course for music production students.
Developed and implemented the first department Web page. Developed and wrote/revised curriculum/syllabus for the following courses.

• Music Supervision
  
• Hip Hop Beat Production
  
• Music Industry Seminar (graduate Course)
  
• Foundations of Music Production for 
• High School Institute Summer Program.
  
• Record Industry Think Tank
  
• Decision Making in the Music Business (graduate course)
  
• AEMMP Records
  
• Art and Business of Recording
  
• Urban Inspirational Music

Developed course concept for, and taught, Computer-Based Sound Production (Sound Department).
Instructor of Introduction to Management (AEMMP).

COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO, Arts Entertainment & Media Management Department, Radio and Sound Department, 1996-1997 (Artist-in-Residence).

Wrote curriculum/syllabus and taught:

• Studio Production for Musicians curriculum.
  
• Computer Music Printing (Finale) course.
  
• Music Theory For Engineers course.
  
• Demo Production. 

Department Coordinator for the multi-section Music Workshop freshman classes.    
Instructor of; Harmony and Ear Training, Orchestration (developed syllabus) and Music Theory. 
Revised syllabus and taught Introduction to Music Theory.

SHERWOOD CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, Chicago, Illinois. (Part Time Faculty), 1987-1989

Music Instructor/Jazz & Commercial Music Coordinator.
Private instructions - Guitar, Jazz Harmony, Jazz History.
Creator and Director of the Sherwood Conservatory of Music Jazz ensemble program.
Accomplishments:
Recruiting: Through on-site personal communications with high school band directors, recruited students from New Trier High School, Curry High School and other Chicago Public Schools, to participate in the Sherwood Jazz ensemble. The Sherwood Jazz Ensemble was the first student ensemble to play as part of the National Academy of Record Arts and Sciences (NARAS) Grammy In The Schools Program.
Rehearsing/Conducting: Composed, arranged and conducted jazz, rock/pop and seasonal music for the jazz ensemble.
Community Service: The Sherwood Jazz Ensemble performed for community based organizations to include performances at commercial banks.
Founded and developed the curriculum for Commercial Music Studies.
Purchased and installed an eight stationed music synthesizer lab.
Instructor of MIDI Concepts for Beginners, MIDI for Educators (for Chicago Public School teachers), Music Printing with Finale and Demo Production

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, Skokie, Illinois. (Part Time Faculty), 1984 

Developed and taught courses in Jazz Harmony.

BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC, Boston, Massachusetts. (Part Time Faculty), 1976- 1977

Taught jazz harmony and ensemble performance.

– Williams, JK (2018).   The Veteran and Societal Expectations - Symposium with the Shepherd University community. Erma Ora Byrd Auditorium March 23, 2018 Shepherdstown, WV.

– Williams, JK (2017). Expressing Experiences Through Composition -  In-school presentation in consort with Symphony For The Sons of Nam performance. Vanguard School of The Arts. Colorado Springs, Colorado. 

– Williams, JK (2016). Me, My Guitar, My M16-Developing Core Values Through Adversity -  Presented a multimedia talk connecting The Vietnam War experience to music and the development of core values. Peoria, Illinois Library.

– Williams, JK (2012). Me, My Guitar, My M16-Developing Core Values Through Adversity  -  Presented a multimedia talk connecting The Vietnam War experience to music and the development of core values. University of Wisconsin at Madison. 

– Williams, JK (2012). Me, My Guitar, My M16-Developing Core Values Through Adversity - Presented a multimedia talk connecting The Vietnam War experience to music and the development of core values. Center For American Values. Pueblo, Colorado. 

– Williams, JK (2011). Me, My Guitar, My M16-Developing Core Values Through Adversity - Presented a multimedia talk connecting The Vietnam War experience to music and the development of core values. University of Wisconsin at Madison. 

– Williams, JK (2010). Music Production and Recording Master Class -  Presented a Master Class as part of a 2010 Fulbright Specialist Program. Hue, Vietnam. 

– Williams, JK (2010). Women Entrepreneurs and The Business of Music -  Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities. Beijing, China.

– Williams, JK (2009). Service as Citizens - Keynote Address to Rotary One Chicago. Chicago, Illinois.  
– Williams, JK (2008). Entreprenuerism and The Business of Music - Paper presented at the 8th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Business. Honolulu Hawaii.
– Williams, JK and Hogarth, T. (2007). Jazz and the Art of Improvisation: An American Indigenous Art Form - Workshop presented at the Ho Chi Minh Conservatory of Music. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

– Williams, JK (2007). Preparing Our Children to Overcome Obstacles  - Keynote Address at the 141st Anniversary Reunion of The 9th and 10th Calvary Association Buffalo Soldiers. Tucson, Arizona. 

–Williams, JK (2007). Careers in the Music Industry - Class Presentation - Leilehua High School. Wahiawa, Hawaii.

– Williams, JK (2006). Catharsis Through Composing - Invited presentation prior to performance of Quiet Shadows (String Quartet) at the 1st International Hue Composer's Symposium. Hue, Vietnam.

– Williams, JK (2004). The African American Composer -  Invited presentation in consort with symphony performance. University of Wisconsin at Whitewater.  

– Williams, JK (2004). Expressing Experiences Through Composition - In-school presentation in consort with symphony performance. Denver School of the Arts. Denver, Colorado. 

– Williams, JK and Colaiuta, V (2003). Concepts of The Jazz Ensemble Through Composition.
Invited to present a Master Class for music students. University of Wisconsin. Whitewater, Wisconsin.

– Williams, JK (2003). Applied Marketing in the Music Industry: An International Perspective -
Workshop presented to Interstudio Continuing Education Program. St Petersburg, Russia. 

– Williams, JK and Van Nam, N. (2002). Traditional Music of Vietnam -
Developed and moderated presentation by Dr Nguyen Van Nam, composer from Vietnam. Columbia College Chicago. Chicago, Ill.

– Williams, JK (2001). The Essence of the American Composer - Public presentation in consort with symphony performance at the Ho Chi Minh Conservatory of Music. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

– Williams, JK (2001). Music and Composition - Public school in-class presentation in consort with symphony performance. Oak Park, IL. 

– Williams, JK (1998 - 2001). Music of Great Composers - Pre-concert presenter Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Chicago, Ill. 

– Williams, JK (1995 -2001). Anyone Can Compose Music - Developed and taught in-schools workshops for the Ravina Festival. Highland Park, Illinois

– Williams, JK (2001). Careers in the Music Business - Panelist for NARAS's Grammy's In The Schools Program. Columbia College Chicago, Ill.

– Williams, JK (2000). Hip Hop Powershop 2000 - Invited by Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney as a panelist to discuss Hip Hop and its place in the Music Industry. Emory University.  Atlanta, Ga.
– Williams, K. (1999). Ea Sola Recital.
Moderator/Interviewer for presentation by Vietnam artist Ea Sola at the Chicago Cultural Center. Chicago, Ill. 

– Williams, K. (1999) Anyone Can Be a Composer - In-school presentation in consort with symphony performance. Lancaster, PA.

– Williams, K. (1998). The Concepts of American Music. Viet Nam.
Lectures at the Ho Chi Minh Conservatory of Music and the Hanoi Conservatory of Music in Viet Nam.

Williams, K. (1998). Music and Composition. Indianapolis, Indiana.
In school presentation in consort with symphony performance. Public Schools, Indianapolis, Indiana.

– Williams, K. (1998). Music and Composition. Atlanta, GA.
Invited presenter as part of National Public Radio's '"A King Celebration", in consort with symphony performance. Spellman College, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA public schools. 

– Williams, K. (1997 - 1998). Dissecting African Portraits. Chicago, Ill.
Pre-concert presentation at Symphony Hall and in-school presentations for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's production of Lukumbe's African Portraits Symphony.

– Williams, K. (1996). The Music of William Grant Still. Chicago, Ill.
Pre-concert presentation with The Andersen String Quartets' performance. North Park College.

– Williams, K. (1996). Composition and Improvisation in World Music. Chicago, Ill.
Invited Panelist for the Chicago Humanities Institute symposium with Bruno Nettle. University of Chicago. 

– Williams, K. (1995). The Evolving American Symphony Orchestra: Creating An Atmosphere of Inclusiveness. Chicago, Ill.
Developed and moderated an Symposium for The Columbia College; Cultures, Communities and The Arts, Building Bridges Through Collaboration. Panelist included Henry Fogel, Hale Smith, Tania Leon, Joan Harris and Yong Yan Hu. 

– Williams, K. (1994). Society and The Artist. Chicago, Ill.
Moderator/panelist for the The Columbia College Conference: Cultures Communities and the Arts: Exploring the Impact of Cultural Diversity in Chicago.

– Williams, K. and Freeman, P. (1994). Minorities In Classical Music. Chicago, Ill.
Invited guest on Fox TV's "32 This Week" with Wanda Wells.

– Williams, K. (1994). The African American Composer. Detroit Michigan.
Invited presentation in consort with symphony performance. Unisys African-American Composers Forum and Symposium.

– Williams, K. (1992). NAACP ACT-SO. Chicago, Ill.
Judge national composers competition. 

– Williams, K. and Hailstork (1991). The African American Composer. Savannah , Georgia.
Invited presentation in consort with symphony performance.

– Williams, K. (1990). Careers in the Music Industry. Chicago, Ill.
Panelist/Moderator, DePaul University - NARAS Grammy's In The Schools.

– Williams, K. (1989). Careers in the Music Industry. Chicago, Ill.
Panelist/Moderator and developed through the NARAS education committee, the first NARAS Grammy's In The Schools.

Purpose Prize Fellow , 2015
Honored as 2015 Purpose Prize Fellow, Recognizing Social Innovators Over 60

Fulbright Specialist, 2015-2020
Develop international program on American Popular Music and improvisation and it relations to Cultural Identity. 

Faculty Development Award. 2013
Columbia College Chicago

Fulbright Specialist, 2007-2012
Develop international program on American Jazz History and improvisation and it relations to Cultural Identity.

Chicagoan of The Year, 2007
Chicago Magazine.

NEA Continental Harmony Project, 2001
Winner of Oak Park IL., composer commission. Composed, A Symphony of Place (2001).

Detroit Symphony, African American Composers Competition, 2000
Winning composition; Buffalo Soldiers .

Lancaster Symphony Composers Award, 1999
38th recipient for contributions to American Music.

Illinois Arts Council, 1999
Composer Fellowship Award.

Dictionary of Black Composers, 1999
Inclusion: 978-1-884964-27-5, Samuel Floyd - Published by: Rutledge.

Columbia College Chicago, 1998
Faculty Development Award.

African American Academy of Arts and Letters. 1996
Inducted

Teacher of the Year, Columbia College Chicago, 1996
Nominated by students.

Detroit Symphony, African American Composers Symposium, 1994
Panelist.

Detroit Symphony, Black Composers Competition, 1993
Winning composition; Symphony For The Sons of Nam.

Savannah Symphony,- Black Composers Competition, 1991
Winning Composition; Symphony For The Sons of Nam.

League of Black Women The Black Rose Award, 1989
For service to the community.

Fort Sheridan Photography Contest, 1983  
Won first and second prize.

Bandmaster Commander. United States Army, 1989-1994
Reserve Warrant Officer and Commander of the 85th Division Reserve Band at Fort Sheridan IL.

Captain. US Army-1980-1989
Administration Corps.

Marketing Officer, 1983-1986.
For the Chicago Recruiting District of the US Army Recruiting initiatives:
Responsibilities included developing marketing strategies, evaluating advertising efforts and recommending alternative advertising to include media buys for specific markets.

US Army Bandsman, 1978-1980
Performed on guitar, electric bass and percussion as a musician for the US Army.

Viet Nam Veteran, 1970
Combat Engineer Received Vietnam Cross of Gallantry awarded by the Vietnam Government and a US Army medal for work as a music performer for troops stationed in remote fighting locations.