Profile

Jeff Karon, Ph.D., owner and founder of The Honorable Classroom, has been a university professor, college instructor, high school teacher, tutor, and reading coach. He is a published scholar, practicing writer, editor, and martial artist.

Drawing on his background in the martial arts, he has developed

an innovative training and tutoring approach that builds

a culture of honor in classrooms and workplaces through constant,

strategic awareness in the pursuit of excellence.

His teaching has included:

· Technical Writing

· Professional Communication

· Research Writing for MBA Students

· Composition

· Creative Writing

· Study Skills and Test Preparation

· Critical Thinking and Logic

· Philosophy, Ethics, and Rhetoric

He has designed several Web-enhanced courses, including an experimental critical thinking course in which students gain decision-making skills that can be applied to both their personal and professional lives. He also is an experienced technical writer and editor who has researched, written, and edited reports, articles, brochures, grant proposals, curriculum proposals, textbooks, testing manuals, and training manuals.

He has presented workshops and seminars to traditional and non-traditional students, community groups, co-workers, and professionals at the local, state, national, and international levels. His presentations have included:

· Ethics in the Workplace and Classroom

· Strategies for College-Bound Students

· Strategies for High School and College Teachers

· Literature and Psychology

· Creativity in the Workplace

· Writing and Speaking in the Workplace

· Technology and Writing

· The History of Strategic Fighting

Sample Workshops and Presentations

Myths About the Millennials: What Really Is Needed in the Workplace?, Rotary Club, Tampa, Florida, October 29, 2008.

The Honorable Classroom: Helping Students (and Colleagues) Communicate with Strength Every Day, Florida Council of Teachers of English Conference, Orlando, Florida, October 17, 2008.

Honor, Reputation, and Profit in the Workplace, Sertoma Club, Tampa, Florida, August 11; Optimists Club, Tampa, Florida, June 16, 2008.

The Five Secret Strategies for Succeeding in Your First College Semester, Borders Books, Tampa, Florida, July 15, 2008.

The Creative Life: An Arts and Creativity Workshop for Hillsborough County Magnet school administrators, Lyon’s Eye Institute, Tampa, Florida, June 22, 2007.

College Strategies for Advanced Placement High School Seniors, Blake High School for the Arts, Tampa, Florida, May 13, 2008.

Writing and Performance Workshop, Trinity Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida, February 2006.

The Honorable Classroom: A Workshop for Creating and Maintaining Excellence (co-presenter), The Florida Council of Teacher’s of English, Orlando, Florida, October, 2005.

The Ethics of Deception: East Versus West, 19th Annual International Conference on Literature and the Visual Arts, Atlanta, Georgia, October, 2004.

The Good Liar: Notes toward a New Theory of Deception, The International Conference on Literature and Psychology, The University of Greenwich, England, July, 2003.

The Hope and Failures of Technology: Dignity in First-Year Composition, College English Association Conference, St. Petersburg, Florida, April, 2003.

Deception in the Classroom: Re-Thinking the Ethics of Deception, Florida College English Association Conference, Sanford, Florida, October 2001.

Writing Intensive Revisited, Faculty Workshop, The University of Tampa, March, 2001.

Going to Hell in Hyperspace: Nastiness in the Networked Classroom, 14th Computers and Writing Conference, Gainesville, Florida, May 1998.

Technical Writing Workshop for Institutional Research and Planning, University of South Florida (presenter), September December, 1996.

True Ease: A Writing Workshop for Artists, The Arts Council of Hillsborough County and the Tampa YMCA Writer's Voice, March 1996.

Where's Waldo?: Giving the Professional Writer a Face, Hillsborough County Summer Institute for English Teachers, June, 1995.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., M.A., English

(Rhetoric and Composition)

Dissertation: The Ethics of Writing

University of South Florida