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Curriculum Vitae
Denise De Vito

Professional Preparation

June 2004             Ph.D., Curriculum & Instruction, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
                             Cognates: ethics and policy; education technology
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
Director, 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

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. Conference Proceedings. 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). E-learn world conference on e-learning in corporate, government, healthcare, and higher education. Conference Proceedings. Quebec City, Canada.

What’s the big deal about graphic novels? (Autumn 2005).Middle Link: Maine Association for Middle Level Learning.

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).

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

Secondary english language arts teachers’ perceptions and implementation of change. (2004). Unpublished doctoral dissertation. University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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

Scholarly Presentations

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.

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/ ).

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.

Grants, Awards, and Honors

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, 2002.
Who’s Who in American Education, 2001.

Professional Development

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), Research in Reading and Literacy, special interest group, 2007.
Reader – American Educational Research Association (AERA), Division L, Education Policy And Politics, 2007.
Reader – American Educational Research Association (AERA) Philosophical Studies in Education, 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: Society for Information Technology & Teach Education (SITE)
Member: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
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
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

Methods and Models of Teaching
Adolescent Development and Learning
Secondary School Internship
Elementary Classroom Processes and Instruction
Introduction to Teaching
Content Area Literacy in a Multicultural School
Young Adult Literature
Content Literacy in Middle and Secondary Schools
Graduate Content Literacy
Teaching Literature in Secondary Schools
Writing and the Teaching of Writing
Managing the Secondary Classroom
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
Managing the Secondary Classroom
Teaching Literature in Secondary Schools
Valuing Cultural Diversity

Department and University Service

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.