Curriculum Vitae

Denise De Vito

 

Professional Preparation

 

June 2004             Ph.D., Curriculum & Instruction, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

                            Cognates: ethics and policy; education technology

Secondary english language arts teachers’ perceptions and implementation of change. (2004).

1994                     Certification for Secondary Teaching (English, Literature, Social Studies, Computer Applications)

1989                     MA English, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Magna Cum Laude

1987                     BA English, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. minors: Philosophy & History, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Kappa Phi

Appointments

Academic Employment  

University of Arizona South

Assistant Professor

Program Coordinator, Masters of Education in Secondary Education program

Graduate Student Advisor

Teaching and Teacher Education, 2006 - present

 

University of Maine at Farmington 

Assistant Professor of Literacy Education

Secondary English Language Arts Student Advisor

Field Supervisor Fall 2004

Middle and Secondary Education Department, 2004-2006

 

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Visiting Assistant Professor

Department of Instruction & Curriculum, 2003-2004

 

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Lecturer/Instructor

Department of Instruction & Curriculum, 2000-2003

   

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Lecturer/Instructor

English Department, 1989-1995, 1997-2000

 

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Teaching Associate

Department of English, 1987-1989

 

Related Employment

Clark County School District, Las Vegas, Nevada

English, Computer Applications, Social Sciences Teacher, 1994 - 2003

 

Chaparral High School, Clark County School District, Las Vegas Nevada

Project Facilitator, Federal WAN (Wide Area Network), 2000-2003

 

Dr. Robert K. Dodge, Professor, Department of English University of Nevada Las Vegas

Research Assistant, 1997 

Scholarship  

Publications

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).

 

Other Publications

 

Reading women’s lives (2005; 2006). Boston, Ma.: Pearson Custom Publishing.

 

Dodge, R.K. A topical index of early u.s. almanacs, 1776-1800. (1997). Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. (Research Assistant).

 

Scholarly Presentations

 

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.

 

Beyond the boundaries: Interdisciplinary videoconferencing across the curriculum. Computer Using Educators, Inc. National Spring CUE Conference, 9 May 2002.  Anaheim, Ca. 

 

Students teaching students. Kids Who Know and Do. PBL Seventh Annual Conference on Project Based Learning. 23-25 April 2002.  San Francisco, CA.

 

Beyond the boundaries. Computer Using Educators, Inc. of Southern Nevada. Regional  Spring CUE Conference, 13-15 April 2002. Las Vegas, Nevada.

 

The Political Escalation of High-Stakes Testing in America. Doctoral Colloquium. November Doctoral Colloquium for College of Education. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. November 2001.

 

Beyond the boundaries. An interdisciplinary/inter-curriculum videoconferencing project. Clark County School District, Las Vegas, Nevada. Yearly in-servicing and training 2000-2003.

 

Masks: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Chaparral High School. March 1998 Teacher In-service. Las Vegas, Nevada.  Fall 1997, Spring 1998.  

 

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

 

Mary Wollstonecraft An 18th century thinker with revolutionary ideas for the 21st.

Invited Speaker, Remnant Trust Great Books lecture series, University of Maine at Farmington, November 9, 2005. Farmington, Maine. (available online at http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Reading_Revolutions/ ).

 

Work in Progress

 

Visions of Vygotsky for the secondary classroom. (book; co-authored with L. Putney).

 

Graphic novel literacy for every secondary classroom. (book)

 

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)

Grants, Awards, and Honors

 

Travel grant. University of Arizona South. Sierra Vista, Arizona, 2008. $700

Travel grant. University of Arizona South. Sierra Vista, Arizona, 2007. $750

Travel grant. University of Maine at Farmington. Farmington, Maine, 2006. $1500.

Who’s Who in American Education, 2001-2008.

 

Professional Development

 

Society for information technology & teacher education international conference. (March 2009) Charleston, South Carolina.

Society for information technology & teacher education international conference. (March 2008) Las Vegas, Nevada.

Arizona Summit 21st Century Skills Conference. (26 October 2007). Tucson, Arizona.

E-learn world conference on e-learning in corporate, government, healthcare, and higher education. 15-19 October, 2007 Quebec City, Canada.

The Learning Conference. 22-25 June, 2006 Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Diversity & scholarship at the turn of the 21st century. University of Maine System Faculty Conference on Diversity. Farmington, Maine. 2005.

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. 2004. 

Other Professional/Scholarly Activity  

Reader – American Educational Research Association (AERA), Division B, Curriculum Studies, special interest group, 2008

Reader – American Educational Research Association (AERA), Division K, Teacher and Teacher Education, special interest group, 2008

Reader - Society for Informational Technology and Teach Education (SITE), Teacher Education Special Interest Group. 2008

Reader - Society for Informational Technology and Teach Education (SITE), Technological, Pedagogical And Content Knowledge Special Interest Group. 2008

Reader – American Educational Research Association (AERA), Division L, Education Policy And Politics, 2007 -2008.

Reader – Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. 2007- present.

Reader – American Educational Research Association (AERA) Philosophical Studies in Education, special interest group, 2007.

Reader – American Educational Research Association (AERA), Research in Reading and Literacy, special interest group, 2007.

Session facilitator - E-learn world conference on e-learning in corporate, government, healthcare, and higher education. 15-19 October, 2007 Quebec City, Canada.

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, Fall 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, Spring 2007.

Co-coodinator, Global Warming and Environmental Health Conference. University of Maine at Farmington. Farmington, Maine, May 5, 2006.

Editor and creator Maine Multicultural Online Journal. University of Maine at Farmington. Farmington, Maine, 2005.

Reading Revolutions panel member, participant, and public school consultant, University of Maine at Farmington. Farmington, Maine, 2005.

Penpoints Editorial Board. University of Nevada Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada, 1988, 1989.

 

Membership in Learned Societies

 

Member, American Education Research Association (AERA)

Member, International Reading Association, (IRA)

Member, National Association for Alternative Certification

Member: Society for Information Technology & Teach Education (SITE)

Member: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)

Member, Arizona Reading Association

Member, The Association for Women Faculty

Member, National Council of the Teachers of English (NCTE)

Member, International Network of Philosophers in Education (INPE)

Member, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

Member, Society for Women in Philosophy

Member, National Association of Professional Women

Current Areas of Scholarly Research Expertise and Teaching  

Scholarship interests

Adolescent literacy acquisition

Graphic fiction

Policy implementation

Education policy

Change process

Ethics

Philosophy of education

Political sociology of curriculum

Critical pedagogy

History of educational ideas

Equity issues

 

Teaching Competence

Content Literacy

Young Adult Literature
Secondary Classroom Management

History and Philosophy of American Education

Valuing Cultural Diversity
Teaching Secondary Foreign Languages
Managing the Secondary Classroom
Teaching Middle and Secondary English Language Arts

Teaching Literature in Secondary Schools

Teaching Writing in Secondary Schools
Women’s Studies and Literature

Literary Theory and Criticism

Modern and Contemporary World Literature

Survey or introduction to “Western masterpieces” (from the ancient world to the modern era), Medieval, and Renaissance (including Shakespeare) literature

Rhetoric and Composition

Courses Taught and Developed

Managing the Secondary Classroom

Methods and Models of Teaching

Adolescent Development and Learning

Secondary School Internship

Elementary Classroom Processes and Instruction
Introduction to Teaching
Young Adult Literature

Content Area Literacy in a Multicultural School

Content Literacy in Middle and Secondary Schools

Graduate Content Literacy

Teaching Literature in Secondary Schools

Writing and the Teaching of Writing

History and Philosophy in Education

Introduction to Women’s Studies

Introduction to Women’s Studies cross collaboration with the Komi Pedagogical Institute, Syktvkar Russia

Perspectives in Secondary Teaching
Teaching Secondary Foreign Languages
Teaching Literature in Secondary Schools
Valuing Cultural Diversity

 

Department and University Service

 

Member – Graduate Grievance Committee, University of Arizona, 2009 - present

Member- Technology Committee (ad hoc), University of Arizona South, 2008

Member –Search Committee, Technical expert (student mentor) search, University of Arizona South, 2007. Resulted in the hiring of Alison Ammon, 2008.

Member –Search Committee, Technical expert (student mentor) search, University of Arizona South, 2007. Resulted in the hiring of Daniel Zweiner, 2008.

Member –Search Committee, Academic Advisor search, University of Arizona South, 2007. Resulted in the hiring of Kristie Bowen.

Member – Faculty Search Committee, Liberal Studies Division, Psychology search, University of Arizona South, 2007. Resulted in the hiring of Dr. Laura Lunsford.

Member- Faculty Search Committee, Teacher Education Division, Field Supervisor search, University of Arizona South, 2007. Resulted in the hiring of Dr. MaryAnn Winslow, 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. University of Arizona South.

Author – Masters in Education, Secondary Education program handbook. University of Arizona South, 2007.

Author – Masters in Education, Secondary Education documents. State Institutional Review, 2007.

Member – Faculty Search Committee, Liberal Studies Division, English search, University of Arizona South. Resulted in the hiring of Dr. Wendy Weis, 2007.

Member – Faculty Search Committee, Teacher Education Division, special education search, University of Arizona South.

Member – Faculty Search Committee, Teacher Education Division, elementary literacy search, University of Arizona South, 2007. Resulted in the hiring of Dr. Stephen Arnold, 2007.

Member – Curriculum Committee, University of Arizona South, 2006- present.

Member - Undergraduate Council, University of Arizona, 2006 - 2007.

Member - Curriculum/Policies Subcommittee Undergraduate Council, University of Arizona South, 2006 - 2007.

Member – Faculty Search Committee, Department of Middle and Secondary Education, University of Maine at Farmington. Resulted in the hiring of Dr. Grace Ward 2005.

Member – Faculty Search Committee, Department of Elementary Education, University of Maine at Farmington, 2005.

Member - Sabbatical Committee, University of Maine at Farmington, 2005 – 2006.

Member – International Studies Committee, University of Maine at Farmington, 2005-2006..

Member - Four credit feasibility committee, University of Maine at Farmington, 2004 – 2006.

Advisor - middle and secondary English education majors, University of Maine at Farmington. 2004- 2006.  

Member – Reading Revolutions committee, University of Maine at Farmington, 2005.

Member - Remnant Trust steering committee, University of Maine at Farmington, 2005.

Member - Textbook Committee, Freshman Composition, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; 1987-1995, 1997-2000.