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Associate ProfessorBilly O'Steen, III

Associate Professor

School of Leadership and Professional Practice

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  • Associate Professor
    School of Leadership and Professional Practice
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RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • community/university engagement
  • design and measurement of impact
  • experiential education
  • innovative curriculum design
  • service-learning

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Measuring the Impact of Culturally Immersive Field Trips to Samoa ($30,000)
    UC Faculty of Education1 Jul 2024 - 31 Dec 2025
    From 2003-2019, several hundred UC staff and students went on 9 culturally immersive field trips to Samoa. This grant is measuring the impact of those on hosts and participants.
  • GRANT
    Creating a Virtual Zipline Experience that is Accessible and Inclusive ($15,000)
    University of Canterbury1 Apr 2021 - 31 Dec 2023
    This grant was to support research into designing and implementing a virtual zipline experienced in an ecologically important area in Rotorua that is accessible and inclusive.
  • GRANT
    From the Motor City to the Garden City: Lessons on Community Engagement ($18,000)
    U.S. Embassy in New Zealand1 Mar 2020 - 31 Mar 2020
    This US Embassy in New Zealand grant supported the visit by two community leaders in Detroit, Richard Feldman and Janice Fialka, to visit Christchurch and engage with community leaders about urban renewal and resilience.
  • GRANT
    High Impact Community Projects ($2000)
    Z Energy1 Jul 2019 - 30 Sep 2019
    This grant from Z Energy supported three student-led community engagement projects within the CHCH101: Strengthening Communities through Social Innovation course.
  • GRANT
    Helping out in your neighbourhood: How can you make things better in our ward? ($5000)
    Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board1 Jul 2017 - 1 Jul 2018
    This grant from the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board supported student-led community engagement projects within the CHCH101: Strengthening Communities through Social Innovation course.
  • GRANT
    Service and Leadership Experience in Vanuatu ($15,000)
    US Embassy in New Zealand15 Sep 2016 - 31 Dec 2017
    This US Embassy in New Zealand grant supported the visit of 5 UC staff and students following Cyclone Pam. The UC delegation delivered technology workshops to teachers who had received computers following the cyclone.
  • GRANT
    Pay It Forward Dragon's Den: Enterprising Kids Project
    Riccarton-Wigram Community Board1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2016
  • GRANT
    Student and Resident Relationship Enhancement Programme
    Riccarton-Wigram Community Board1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2016
  • GRANT
    Creating a Model Learning Environment
    United States Embassy in New Zealand1 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2015
  • GRANT
    Second Tertiary Community Engagement Summit
    United States Embassy in New Zealand1 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2015
  • GRANT
    Scholarships for Community Engagement Courses
    Tribal Educational Softward1 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2015
  • GRANT
    Reflection Collection: Digitally Capturing Studentsﾒ Products from Earthquake-Related Courses at UC
    University of Canterbury1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2012
  • GRANT
    Ako Aotearoa: Applying the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative (CWSEI) model within the New Zealand tertiary environment
    Tertiary Education Commission5 Jul 2010 - 5 Jul 2012
  • GRANT
    Engaging Teachers and Learners Through Service-Learning
    Ako Aotearoa1 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec 2010
  • GRANT
    Making it Personal: Using Relevance and Formative Feedback to Enhance Personalized Learning in a Large Clas
    Ako Aotearoa1 Jan 2008 - 31 Dec 2009
  • GRANT
    Marketing Theatre: A Cooperation with the Arts to Teach Marketing Students Improvisation Skills
    University of Canterbury1 Jan 2008 - 31 Dec 2008
  • GRANT
    Review of the Effectiveness of Educational Tools for Teaching Telehealthcare
    Ako Aotearoa1 Jan 2008 - 31 Dec 2009
  • GRANT
    Inquiry-Based Learning in Undergraduate Education: Demonstrating and Sharing Good Practice
    New Zealand Ministry of Education1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2008
  • GRANT
    Canterbury cases of inquiry-based learning
    University of Otago1 Dec 2006 - 30 May 2008
  • GRANT
    Enhancing tertiary teacher development through the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL)
    Auckland University of Technology1 Dec 2006 - 31 Dec 2007
  • GRANT
    Unlocking Student Learning: The Impact of Teaching and Learning Enhancement Initiatives on First Year University Students
    New Zealand Council for Educational Research1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2009
  • GRANT
    Middle Data: A North Carolina Consortium to Prepare Future Teachers to Become Middle Grades Technology Transfer Leaders
    US Department of Education1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2005