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 21^st 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 21^st 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