Curriculum Vitae
Denise De Vito
Assistant Professor Education Division
University of Arizona South 9040 South Rita Road Suite 2260 Tucson, AZ 85747
Phone: 520-626-2074 fax: 702-626-1794
dldevito@email.arizona.edu www.drdevito.com
Fall 2011
EDUCATION
Dates Institution, Degree, Major
2004 University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Ph.D.
Major: Curriculum & Instruction
Minors: Ethics and Policy; Education Technology
1994 University of Nevada, Las Vegas, M.Ed.
Major: Curriculum & Instruction
Teaching Endorsement: English/Language Arts, Literature, Social Studies,
Computer Applications, 7-12.
1989 University of Nevada, Las Vegas, M.A.
Major: English
Magna Cum Laude
1987 University of Nevada, Las Vegas, B.A.
Major: English
Minors: Philosophy & History
Magna Cum Laude
Doctoral Dissertation and Director
De Vito, D. (2004). Secondary English language arts teachers’ perceptions and implementation of change. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Martha Young, Ph.D., director.
Major Fields:
Research on sequential art and adolescent literacy acquisition; e-learning environments and pre-service educators; curriculum ethics, policy implementation, and the political sociology of the curriculum.
EMPLOYMENT
Dates Position, Employer, Location
2006 – present Assistant Professor; Program Director, Masters of Education in Secondary Education; Graduate Student Advisor, Education Division, University of Arizona South
2004-2006 Assistant Professor of Literacy Education; Secondary English Language Arts Student Advisor; Middle and Secondary Education Department,
University of Maine at Farmington
2004 Fall Assistant Professor of Literacy Education; Field Supervisor Fall 2004
Middle and Secondary Education Department, University of Maine at Farmington
2003 – 2004 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Instruction & Curriculum,
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2000 – 2003 Lecturer/Instructor, Department of Instruction & Curriculum, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2000 – 2003 Project Facilitator, Federal WAN (Wide Area Network), Chaparral High School, Clark County School District, Las Vegas Nevada
1997 – 2000 Lecturer/Instructor, English Department, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
1997 Research Assistant, Dr. Robert K. Dodge, Professor, Department of English University of Nevada Las Vegas
1994 – 2003 Teacher, Clark County School District, Las Vegas, Nevada
1989 -1995 Lecturer/Instructor, English Department, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
1987-1989 Teaching Assistant, Department of English, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
HONORS, AWARDS
Awards – Travel Grants
2011 Travel grant, University of Arizona South $750
2010 Travel grant, University of Arizona South $750
2008 Travel grant, University of Arizona South $700
2007 Travel grant, University of Arizona South $750
2006 Travel grant, University of Maine at Farmington $1500
Initiated Membership
1987- present Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Honorary Bibliographic Citations
2001- present Who’s Who in American Education: Owings Mills, MD, The National Reference Institute
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2010 Elluminate for moderators webinar, May.
2009 Society for information technology & teacher education international conference. March. Charleston, South Carolina.
2008 Society for information technology & teacher education international conference. March. Las Vegas, Nevada.
2007 Arizona Summit 21st Century Skills Conference. 26 October. Tucson, Arizona.
2007 E-learn world conference on e-learning in corporate, government, healthcare, and higher education. 15-19 October. Quebec City, Canada.
2006 The Learning Conference. 22-25 June. Montego Bay, Jamaica.
2005 Diversity & scholarship at the turn of the 21st century. University of Maine System Faculty Conference on Diversity. Farmington, Maine.
2004 Diversity & Interdisciplinarity: A Conference for Faculty of the University of Maine System. The Forks, Maine.
2004 Maine Association of Middle Level Educators Annual Conference. Sugarloaf, Maine.
SERVICE AND OUTREACH
Outreach: Agencies, and Organizations
2010 Professional Development Seminar Creator Lead Facilitator – Arizona Cooperative Extension and Arizona 4-H. The basics of lesson development and state objective(s) alignment. 12-13 November 2010. Tucson, Arizona.
2010 Professional Development Seminar Creator; Lead Facilitator – University of Arizona and Pima County school districts. Lesson plan development using UA LessonLink resources. 22 May, 2010; 25 August, 2010;
6 November, 2010, Tucson, Arizona.
2010 Summer Professor Exchange, University of Sonora Department of Education, Dr. Sofia Cota. May –June 2010.
2007 Session facilitator – E-learn world conference on e-learning in corporate, government, healthcare, and higher education. 15-19 October. Quebec City, Canada.
EXTRAMURAL SERVICE
Professional Memberships and Offices Held
Southwest Region and Arizona
2006-present Arizona Reading Association
2006-present The Association for Women Faculty
National
2010 –present National Association for Alternative Certification (NAAC); member, state representative, scholarship selection committee
2004-present National Council of the Teachers of English (NCTE)
2004-present Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
2004-present Society for Women in Philosophy
2004-present National Association of Professional Women
International
2004-present American Education Research Association (AERA)
2004-present International Reading Association, (IRA)
2004-present International Society for Technology and Education
2004-present Society for Information Technology & Teach Education (SITE)
2004-present Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
2004-present International Network of Philosophers in Education (INPE)
Editorial Advisory Boards
2010- present Journal of the National Association for Alternative Certification (reviewer)
2007-present Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy (occasional reviewer)
Publisher Reviewer
2009 Ozkan, B. (ed.) Free and open source software for e-learning: Issues, successes and challenges. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Conference Program Reviewer
2008-present Society for Informational Technology and Teach Education, Various SIGS
2007-present American Education Research Association, Various divisions and SIGS
Laboratory and Agency Reviewer
2007 Co-coordinator, Teaching in a Bi-national World. Fall Speakers Series for the Master’s in Education program. Sponsored by the Teacher Education Program, University of Arizona South and Title V cooperative grant. University of Arizona South. Sierra Vista, Arizona.
2007 Co-coordinator, Conexión con la Comunidad (Connection with the community),Spring Speakers Series for the Master’s in Education program. Sponsored by the Teacher Education Program, University of Arizona South and Title V cooperative grant. University of Arizona South. Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Program Author
2011 Author – Undergraduate B.S. in secondary education B.S. documents. State Institutional Review
2009 -2010 Author- University of Arizona South undergraduate B.S. in secondary education, University of Arizona South
2007 Author – Masters in Education, Secondary Education documents. State Institutional Review
2006 M.Ed. in secondary education, University of Arizona South
INTRAMURAL SERVICE
Education Division
Dates Name, Purpose
2010 Chair, Search Committee, Technical expert (student mentor) search. Resulted in the hiring of Thad Dugan
2009-2011 Member – M.Ed. Student Teaching Disposition Committee
2009-2011 Member – M.Ed. Pre-professional Interview Committee
2009 -present Member – Outstanding Senior Selection Committee
2009 Chair, Search Committee, Technical expert (student mentor) search. Resulted in the hiring of Chuck Adams
2008 Chair, Search Committee, Technical expert (student mentor) search. Resulted in the hiring of Alison Ammon
2007-present Advisor, Master’s in Education, Secondary Education
2007-2011 Member, Master’s in Education, Secondary Education, capstone action research advisory board
2007-2011 Member, Master’s in Education, Secondary Education, capstone portfolio advisory board
2007 Chair, Search Committee, Technical expert (student mentor) search. Resulted in the hiring of Daniel Zweiner
2007 Member, Faculty Search Committee, Teacher Education Division, Field Supervisor search. Resulted in the hiring of Dr. MaryAnn Winslow
2007 Author, Masters in Education, Secondary Education program handbook.
2007 Masters in Education, Secondary Education documents. State Institutional Review
University of Arizona South
2010-present Member, Graduate Advisory Board
2010 Member, Faculty Search Committee, Education Division, Educational Technology search. Resulted in the hiring of Dr. Chris Johnson.
Fall 2009 Chair, Curriculum Committee
2009 Member, Outstanding Senior Selection Committee University of Arizona
2008-present Member, Technology Committee (ad hoc)
2007 Member, Search Committee, Academic Advisor search. Resulted in the hiring of Kristie Bowen
2007 Member, Faculty Search Committee, Liberal Studies Division, Psychology search. Resulted in the hiring of Dr. Laura Lunsford
2007 Member, Faculty Search Committee, Liberal Studies Division, English search. Resulted in the hiring of Dr. Wendy Weis
2007 Member, Faculty Search Committee, Teacher Education Division, Field Supervisor search. Resulted in the hiring of Dr. Stephen Arnold
2007 Author, Title V summative report on Conexión con la Comunidad (Connection with the community),Spring 2007 Speakers Series for the Master’s in Education program. Sponsored by the Teacher Education Program, University of Arizona South and Title V cooperative grant
2007 Member, Faculty Search Committee, Teacher Education Division, special education search
2006- 2008 Member, Curriculum Committee
2006-present Program Director, Master’s in Education, Secondary Education
University of Arizona
2009 – present Member, Graduate Grievance Committee
2006-2007 Member, Undergraduate Council
2006-2007 Member, Curriculum/Policies Subcommittee Undergraduate Council
SCHOLARSHIP
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Electronic portfolios in teacher education: Does sequence matter? (22-24 April 2009). V International Conference on Multimedia and ICT in Education full paper conference proceedings. Lisbon, Portugal. Second author with S. Arnold, co-author.
Assessing teacher educators instructional technology needs. (2-6 March 2009). Society for information technology & teacher education international conference annual. Charleston, South Carolina. First author with B. Ozkan, co-author.
What do secondary teacher education students think about second life? (2-6 March 2009). Society for information technology & teacher education international conference and conference annual. Charleston, South Carolina. Second author with B. Ozkan, co-author.
A place at the literary table: Graphic novels in the secondary English language arts classroom. (April 2008). Arizona Reading Journal.
How non-traditional graduate students react to online courses in one teacher education program in southern Arizona. (3-7 March 2008). Society for information technology & teacher education international conference annual. Las Vegas, Nevada.
The gap between the real and the ideal: The right to an education amidst fiscal equity
legislation in a democratic culture. Ethics and education. 2(2), 173-180. 2007.
How technology serves non-traditional students in one teacher education program in southern Arizona. (15-19 October, 2007). Proceedings of e-learn. Quebec City, Canada.
What’s the big deal about graphic novels? (Autumn 2005). Middle Link: Maine Association for Middle Level Learning.
INVITED PUBLICATIONS
Teacher’s Manual for Peace Party Comics. (2008). http://www.bluecorncomics.com/.
Literacy activities for reading revolutions. (2005). Public School Supplementals for the Reading Revolutions lecture series sponsored by the Remnant Trust and the University of Maine at Farmington. (http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Reading_Revolutions/ 2005).
PROGRAM AUTHOR
2008 Teacher’s Manual for Peace Party Comics. http://www.bluecorncomics.com/.
2007 Author – Title V summative report on Conexión con la Comunidad
(Connection with the community), Spring 2007 Speakers Series for the Master’s in Education program. Sponsored by the Teacher Education Program, University of Arizona South and Title V cooperative grant.
2005; 2006 Reading women’s lives (2005; 2006). Boston, Ma.: Pearson Custom Publishing.
Works In Progress
Graphic novel literacy: Decoding the grammar (book, original research)
Decoding graphic novels for literacy acquisition in the secondary classroom: Skills for teacher and student. (original research)
American born Chinese and the eleventh grade homogeneous classroom: A graphic novel literacy study. (original research)
An evaluation of the views of secondary English language arts teachers towards curriculum change policy. (original research)
Ideopolitical shifts and changes in education curricula/policy in the United States. (original research)
REFEREED SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS
Conferences
Lessonlink: A Fellowship of Best Practices in Lesson Planning Relationships. (11 March 2011) National Association for Alternative Certification. Chicago, Illinois.
LessonLink: University of Arizona k-12 resources at your fingertips. (2 June 2010). FA+IR for Educators. Tucson, Arizona.
Cell phone: A Web 2.0 life-line to Gab[cast] about science. (17-19 June 2009). Sloan-C Emerging Technology Applications. San Francisco, California. Second author with S. Arnold, co-author.
Electronic portfolios in teacher education: Does sequence matter? (22-24 April 2009). V International Conference on Multimedia and ICT in Education. Lisbon, Portugal. Second author with S. Arnold, co-author.
Assessing teacher educators instructional technology needs. (2-6 March 2009). Society for information technology & teacher education international conference and conference proceedings. Charleston, South Carolina. First author with B. Ozkan, co-author.
What do secondary teacher education students think about second life? (March 2009). Society for information technology & teacher education international conference and conference proceedings. Charleston, South Carolina. Second author with B. Ozkan, co-author.
How to read a graphic novel and comics for secondary classroom use: resources and literacy activities. (19-20 September 2008) Arizona Reading Association 2008 Fall Conference. Glendale, Arizona.
How non-traditional graduate students react to online courses in one teacher education program in southern Arizona. (3-7 March 2008). Society for information technology & teacher education international conference. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Secondary English language arts teachers’ perceptions and curriculum reform policy. (26 January 2008). Arizona literacy teacher educators’ third annual conference. Tucson, Arizona.
How technology serves non-traditional students in one teacher education program in southern Arizona. (15-19 October, 2007). E-learn world conference on e-learning in corporate, government, healthcare, and higher education. Quebec City, Canada.
When policy hits the classroom door. (22-25 June, 2006). The Learning Conference. Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Young adult literature and significance to student development. Maine Association for
Middle Level Education Annual Conference, 14 October 2004. Sugarloaf, Maine.
Plant Symbolism in Hawthorne’s The Blithedale Romance. Popular Culture Association American Culture Association. Far West Popular Culture Convention. Las Vegas, Nevada. January 1991.
Of Bitches and Bastards: Love as Power in Dorothy Parker’s Short Fiction. Popular Culture Association American Culture Association. National Popular Culture Association Convention. San Antonio, Texas. April 1991.
Elvis Speaks: Elvis as a Christ Figure. (January 1990). Popular Culture Association American Culture Association. Far West Popular Culture Las Vegas, Nevada.
INVITED SPEAKER
Differentiation strategies for indigenous secondary classrooms. (15 March 2011). University of North Carolina at Pembroke College of Education. Pembroke, North Carolina.
Sequential art: Decoding the grammar for secondary language arts classrooms. (6 November 2010). Tucson Comic Convention. Tucson, Arizona.
Mary Wollstonecraft: A blueprint for human change. (9 November 2005). Reading Revolutions Great Books Series.http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Reading_Revolutions/Wollstonecraft.html
GRANTS
| Dates | Position/Name/Description/Funding Source | Amount |
| 2009 -2010 | Associate Faculty (Alex Rivera, Principal Investigator) “K-12 LessonLink.” University of Arizona. | $42,446 |
| 2009 | Associate Faculty (F. Simon & Justin Dutram, Principal Investigators) “Arizona Educator Proficiency Assessment Preparation Program.” University of Arizona South. | $100,000 |