Maryann P. DiEdwardo, e-Portfolio

ePortfolio

Maryann P.DiEdwardo

Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)

Education

Graduate of Pennsylvania State University 1975

Graduate of Lehigh University 1980

Graduate of California Coast University 2004

Research Interests

Pairing Music and Linguistic Intelligences, Literacy, Metacognition, Pedagogy, Social Justice, Student Directed Learning, Stage History, Writing as Therapy

Case Study Research

In 2004, statistical results of case study research suggest that pairing music and linguistic intelligences in the college classroom improves students’ grades and abilities to compose theses statements for research papers in courses that emphasize reading and writing skills (DiEdwardo 2004).   In initial study in 2003, Maryann refined Howard Gardner’s (1993) definition of music as a “separate intellectual competence” and compared music intelligence to linguistic intelligence. Furthermore, through acknowledgement of MI Theory, educators infuse cognitive abilities of students by helping them “think”.

Teaching Experience

 

Lehigh University                                                                1976, 2007-present    Fellowship 1976; English 1 Freshman Writing; English 2 Composition and Literature; CSE Research Methodologies and Tools Writing Coach; Orientation Mentoring; Volunteer Alumni Association and Lehigh University Art Gallery

University of Maryland University College                                2010-present Adjunct Associate Professor Engl364 African American Authors; WRTG101, ENGL102 Composition and Literature; ENGL240 Introduction to Poetry, Fiction, Drama; ENGL281, ENGL384 Advanced Grammar and Style; ENGl386, ENGL310 Renaissance Literature; ENGL354 American Women Writers, ENGL485 Seminar in Creative Writing, Poetry; “DeCog” Course Design Modern Novel, History of the English Language and Standard English Grammar; designer of course objectives, curriculum development, Learning Objectives

Penn State University, Lehigh Valley                                 2007-2008 English 2, Computer-Enhanced Composition and Literature

Lehigh Carbon Community College      2005-2007 Basic Writing, Yoga, English 2  Traditional and Online, Course Designer   English 2 Online Curriculum

Northampton Community College           1975-1979, 2003-2008 English 1  English 2  Traditional and Online  Community Theatre Arts  ESL Conversation

DeSales University               1980-81 and 1989-1990,2001-2003 English 1  Introduction to Drama,  American Literature, Colonial-Romantic

Maryann DiEdwardo Correspondence Distance Learning and Pennsylvania  1993-2003

Homeschoolers Accreditation Agency          1993-2002  Advanced Placement English Online  Advanced Placement English Literature Online

Awards

  • 2016 University of Maryland University College Professional Achievement Award
  • 2016 College English Association Karen Lentz Award for scholarship in Profession for Single Paper and Presentation, Composition and Rhetoric, Popular Culture, Pedagogy:
    Creation of Dystopian Architecture in Ready Player One: Semiotic Praxis. Maryann P. DiEdwardo, Editor, is 2016 recipient of the College English Association Karen Lentz Madison CEA Award for Scholarship, an annual award for a presentation at our annual conference by an adjunct or contingent faculty member who contributes significantly to the corpus studiorum in English.
  • 2014-2016 Vice President Northeast Modern Language Association CAITY Caucus, Contingent, Adjunct, Independent and Two-Year.
  • Honorable Winner. “Hurry.” 2015. Allpoetry http://storywrite.com/contest/2649758-Talk-Geese;
  • Award Nominations at University of Maryland University College in 2012 include a nomination for the 2012 UMUC Stanley J. Drazek Teaching Excellence Award (Drazek award) and the UMUC Teaching Recognition Award (TRA), two important awards in the UMUC Faculty Award and Recognition Program.
  • Published Honorable Mention American Poetry Anthology, National Library of Poetry
  • Honors International Society of Poets
  • “Growing Toward Death”  semi-finalist, first appeared in The International Library of Poetry 2002
  • Independent Publishing Poynter Celebrity Author Award for Write a Book of Haiku and Trees
  • Northampton Community College Project Aware Outstanding Service Award 1978

Professional Organizations; Leadership in Profession Reviewer for Lilly Conference and Scholarly Teacher Blog; Northeast Modern Language Association; Reviewer for Sloan Consortium renamed (Online Education) Conference 2014-present; The Forum, International Journal Published by Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group; Editorial Advisory Board (2004-2007) and Book Reviewer (2007-2012) for the International Honors Society in Education, Kappa Delta Pi; Appointed to The National QiGong Association Board and NQA Research and Education Committee (Terminology Task Force) 2011-2014, Lehigh Valley Hospital Women’s Auxiliary; Palette Club;  Academy of American Poets; Modern Language Association; Lifetime Member College English Association (CEA), Pennsylvania College English Association (PCEA); Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United State (MELUS); Yoga Alliance; Experienced Registered Certified Yoga Instructor E-RYT500; National QiGong Association.

  • Presenter (modified list)
  1. Recap Education and Technology Conference. West Chester, PA. “Blog and Wiki Journaling and E-Portfolios about Themes of Nature and Place Memory to Engage Student Voices”
  • 2016 College English Association Conference, Denver, CO. Dystopian Architecture in Ready Player One: Semiotic Praxis. Semiotic praxis creates multiple fields for readers to use to base our visit to the fictional work. Dystopian places breed self doubt.  The creation of the place of dystopian architecture lies within the substantive study of the semiotic basis for the setting by Cline. His characters move within the digital and real world with trepidation. Creation of place eventually demands characterization and other devices such as dialogue and dramatic effect within the dystopian world. Let us define that creative process and relate to the use of both literature and architecture as a semiotic vision.
  • 2016 Northeast Modern Language Association Convention. Hartford, Conn. Chair Women and Gender Studies Panel: presenter of study on the use of place as a sign in “Black Death” by Zora Neale Hurston and “Unassigned Territory” by Stephanie Powell Watts. Also Roundtable speaker for Technology and Innovative Pedagogical  Frameworks.
  1. Northeast Modern Language Association. Selected for Panel Event Leader and Designer. Women and Gender Studies. 2016 Hartford Convention.
  • “Zombie Archetypes Enliven Creative Non-Fiction Writers and Poets.” NeMLA. Conference. 2015. Toronto. Presenter for Panel as well as  presentation entitled “Adjunct Life” for a Roundtable.
  • “Poetics, Zora Neale Hurston and Chinua Achebe.” College English Association. 2015. Presenter. Moderator. Indianapolis.
  • Online Lecturer Education. Open Simulator. November 9, 2014. Sunday. “Metacognition, Prezi, Research, and the 21st Century Scholar”.  http://conference.opensimulator.org/2014/program/research-education/
  • Pennsylvania College English Association. Fall 2014. Lecture on “Zombies as Archetypes”. The Pennsylvania State University.
  • 2014 Lilly Spring International Conference, Bethesda Maryland in June 2014. “Metacognition”
  • College English Association 2014 Baltimore – I will present  “Metacognitive Pedagogical Models for Literature Study in Higher Education.”
  • NeMLA Dr. Maryann DiEdwardo, Lehigh University, University of Maryland University College, will present at the 45th Annual NeMLA Convention. 9.23 “The Short Story in the African American Literary Tradition and Authentic Assessment”9.23 The Composition Classroom (Roundtable)
  1. Teleconference Presentations Monthly from July 2012-present. As Health Educator and Scholar, Appointed to Board of the National QiGong Association 2013.
  • National QiGong Association Conference. Four Hour Lecture. Philadelphia, PA. The Efficacy of QiGong. July 26, 2013. I will present a case study on one patient, myself, in a theoretical study
  • Annual Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching – Bethesda, May 30 – June 2, 2013. “Writing as a Learning Community to Promote Student Authentic Assessment and Transformation” 40 minute presentation
  • Pennsylvania College English Association 2013. Gettysburg, PA “Poetry of Landscape of  Gettysburg: Wild Imaginative Musings of War and Death” for 2013 Pennsylvania College English Association Conference, March 14-16
  • College English Association in Savannah, Georgia, 2013. The Nature of Gender Study.
  • Lehigh Valley Hospital Health Network  January 2013. Taiji for Parkinson’s Patients. Demonstration and Lecture.

Articles, Book Reviews, Books (modified list)

DiEdwardo, Maryann. “Student Voices.” The Educational Forum. 27, June 2012. Vol. 76. Issue 3. July 2012, pages 398-399.

DiEdwardo, Maryann. Department of English. Lehigh University. The Pocahontas Archive, History on Trial.  “Pocahontas as Christy Girl.” 2008.

“http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/trial/pocahontas/essays.php?id=2”http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/trial/pocahontas/essays.php?id=2

DiEdwardo Maryann. “Religion in Schools.” Book Review. The Educational Forum.  Volume 74, Number

DiEdwardo, Maryann. “The Need for Redistribution of Wealth.” Book Review. The Educational Forum. Volume 74. Number 2, 2010.

DiEdwardo, Maryann.”Cultural Diversity and the Empowerment of Minorities.” The Educational Forum. Volume 73. Number 3, 2009. Book Review.  Kappa Delta Pi, 2009.

DiEdwardo. “Pairing Music and Linguistic Intelligences.”  Record, Vol. 41, No. 3, Spring 2005.   Kappa Delta Pi, International Education Honors Society.

Books and E-Books (modified list)

Diedwardo, Maryann. Editor and Contributor. American Women Writers, poetics and the nature of gender study. England: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2016.

 

Forgotten. Amazon Kindle. Ebook, 2016; Teaching Writing Based on Journaling Concepts of Thoreau. Amazon. Kindle. Ebook, 2015; Rhetorical Analysis and Metacognitive Pedagogy. Amazon. Kindle. E-Book. 2014; The White Curtain. Amazon. Kindle. E-Book. 2014; Adjunct Life. Amazon. Kindle E-Book. 2014; The Poetry of Landscape after War and Death. Amazon. E-Book. Kindle. 2013; Restorative Yoga, QiGong, and Tai Chi. Amazon. E-Book. Kindle. 2013; The Fourth “R” A Book to Promote the Journey through Hispanic American Literary History to Develop Language Skills. Bloomington, Indiana: Authorhouse, 2008. Hard copy and E-Book;  Music Transforms the College English Classroom. Hard copy and E-Book; The Legacy of Katharine Hepburn, Fine Art As A Way of Life. Hard copy and E-Book; Pennsylvania Voices Book IX journaling, blog, wiki, tools for writers; Pennsylvania Voices Book X Writing Based on History: Techniques to Teach Writing through History.

Honorable Winner. “Hurry.” 2015. Allpoetry http://storywrite.com/contest/2649758-Talk-Geese; Brown Bagazine 4.  “Like the Snow.” Spring 2008. Tucker, Georgia: Gypsy Daughter. Editor, Amy Lynn Hess. www.gypsydaughter.com    “Spring Wind” “Cloud Shadow” “Gentleness” “Friend Frog” “Nutritious Fun” “Anointing” “Daffodil” “Dances” “The Gate” “Soar” were in a book co-authored and illustrated by Maryann Pasda DiEdwardo entitled Write a Book of Haiku that was recognized by Dan Poynter and first appeared in 1994. “Joseph” won Honorable Mention, first appeared in American Poetry Anthology Volume VI, Number 1, Spring 1986. “Growing Toward Death”  semi-finalist, first appeared in The International Library of Poetry 2002.“Like the Snow” first appeared in Pennsylvania Voices Book Three co-authored and illustrated by Maryann Pasda DiEdwardo 2006. “Rivers” first appeared in Pennsylvania Voices Book Three co-authored and illustrated by Maryann Pasda DiEdwardo 2006. “The Day the Trees Spoke” first appeared in The Art of Trees co-authored and illustrated by Maryann Pasda DiEdwardo 2006.