Maureen T. Matarese

1. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2001-present, 2. Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée (AILA) 2001-present, 3. TESOL 2002-present, 4. American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2007-present, 5. Discourse and Narrative Analysis in Social Work and Counseling 2007-present, 6. Communication, Medicine, and Ethics (COMET) 2007-present, 7. International Society for Language Studies (ISLS) 2008-present, 8. NYS TESOL 2008-present

Institutional linguistic ethnography examining how “reading” and “literacy” are discursively positioned by professors and students in two community college developmental literacy classrooms. (in IRB proposal stage for Spring/Summer 2011 data collection), Co-investigator on sociolinguistic project Ghanaians in New York City: Language use and resources with Dr. Mabel Asante, examining the use of Ghanaian churches in NYC for bilingual language maintenance., Co-investigator on qualitative project exploring possible benefits of taking a Language & Culture course for students also taking college-level developmental skills courses. (2010-2011, to be presented at AAAL 2011), Dissertation Research:, Institutional linguistic ethnography exploring the one-on-one discourse between six shelter caseworkers and sixteen homeless clients in a New York City shelter over nine months, particularly in light of new NYC policies that consequently shaped practice and the talk used in practice.

Maureen Matarese is a tenure-track Assistant Professor at Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY. A graduate of Teachers College, Columbia University with a doctorate in International Educational Development (Language, Literacy, and Technology), she has focused her work around issues of sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, and literacy in multicultural, institutional settings. She has taught on the graduate level at Teachers College and at Long Island University, teaching courses in Sociolinguistics, TESOL, and Bilingual Education, and on the undergraduate level she taught Freshman Composition at North Carolina State University, and she teaches Academic Critical Reading and Language & Culture (LIN100/ANT115) at BMCC. She also taught ESL, Literacy, and GED Preparation in a transitional homeless shelter in Washington Heights, where she worked for many years. Professor Matarese's research focuses on sociolinguistics and discourse analysis. She has conducted sociolinguistic research in North Carolina, West Virginia, the Bahamas, and in New York City, and she has conducted qualitative research on teacher response techniques (particularly when students use nonstandard dialect features in their writing). Discourse analysis, and specifically institutional linguistic ethnographies, are her area of expertise. In this vein, she has conducted research on caseworker-client interaction in a New York City shelter. That study speaks to the ways in which institutional hierarchies and their policies are enacted in everyday practice by street-level bureaucrats who negotiate between the needs of the client and the needs of the administration/policy. This research additionally speaks to the ways in which language diversity (Spanish language) were addressed in everyday practice by individual caseworkers. This research has implications for both policy and practice, as well as for street-level bureaucrats of other institutional types (e.g. school teachers). She is currently working on a linguistic ethnography in Academic Critical Reading classrooms. Professor Matarese has published within and outside the field of (socio)linguistics and has presented at many national and international academic conferences where her work has been well received. In all facets of her work, she has worked with linguistic minorities (and/or minoritized languages/dialects), and she continues to be interested in exploring the relationship between institutions, talk, policy, and practice.

Richard Kenneth Alistair White

Suzanne England

Narrative Inquiry, Negotiating Whiteness, Families, Illness and Social Policy, Long Term Care

As a critical gerontologist my interest is in cultural meta-narratives and archetypes of aging, old age, Alzheimer’s Disease and caregiving and how the language of dependency, loss and diminishment negates value, selfhood and embodiment—thus producing and reinforcing inequalities in access and care. I draw from literary interpretation and feminist sociology, focusing on plots, metaphors, and figurative language where policy and practice relevant issues arise.

Catherine O'Mahony

Broadening public into science policy - Science Shop (Community based research), Science Cafá (Community engagement with science), and PERARES (public engagement with research, research engagement with society)

Catherine O'Mahony completed a BSc in Biochemistry in University College Cork and an MSc in Science Communication in Dublin City University and Queen's University, Armagh. She then worked as a freelance science journalist prior to working with WWF's European Policy Office, Brussels, as their Communications Coordinator. She returned to Ireland to pursue a Doctorate of Science in UCC investigating innovative ways to broaden public input into science policy decision-making and she has recently submitted her doctoral thesis. Catherine began work with the National Academy in 2009 and helps coordinate NAIRTL's events, press and communications, as well as researching and coordinating details relating to the Supervisor Support working group.

Dr. Susan McGowan

Dr. McGowan is a professor of Education at Longwood University where she trains teachers to implement technology in a pedagogically conscientious manner.

Janice McKendrick

Prior Learning, Assessment, Recognition., Island Studies, Rural & Urban, Literacy & Education, Global Issues, Law and Public Policy

Ms. Janice McKendrick is the founding Director for the Centre for Public Policy & Knowledge, and a Sessional Professor at the University of Prince Edward Island. She has presented research papers for professional organizations such as the Association for Donor Professionals (ADRP) and the International Small Islands Association (ISISA) Academically, Ms. McKendrick completed a Bachelor of Arts with first class distinction in both English and Political Studies in 2002. She earned a diploma in public administration at the University of Prince Edward Island in 2001. She went on to become the first student to complete the Master of Arts degree in Island Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island in 2006. Following the completion of her M.A., Ms. McKendrick continued to perform much needed recruitment and community development services in her health care profession. In 2008, Ms. McKendrick began teaching adult learners how to acquire academic credit for prior learning in the workplace using PLAR processes at the University of Prince Edward Island. This pioneer University 193 course transitions adult learners into the University of Prince Edward Island Bachelor of Integrated Studies degree program. As well, Ms. McKendrick’s certification as an ISTP trainer has led to her comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the theoretical principles and methodology associated with teaching adults workplace skills in professional and clinical environments. In previous teaching positions, Ms. McKendrick taught numerous small business development and accounting courses. As an Adult Training Instructor responsible for curriculum development, program revisions and course delivery in a broad range of learning environments and subjects, she acquired considerable experience teaching workplace training skills to adults from disadvantaged groups, graduate and undergraduate students, community volunteers and adult learners entering the workforce either for the first time or after an extended absence. For a pilot program she co-initiated, she taught intellectually and physically disabled adults how to read and write. She was a member of the Steering Committee responsible for publishing “Stepping Forward: Including Volunteers with Intellectual Disabilities” in 2006. As well, Ms. McKendrick served as a researcher for the Prince Edward Island Task Force on Student Achievement, a report that resulted in $13 million in funding for new K-12 projects. She has completed considerable research in public policy and legislation, making numerous presentations to Standing Committees and Legislative Hearings. She spearheaded the implementation of Freedom of Information and Privacy legislation in Prince Edward Island in the early 1990’s, and, as an elected Director for Parents Opposed to Government Waste in Education, reversed the government imposed, mandatory Textbook Fee. Another significant accomplishment for which Ms. McKendrick was primarily responsible was the changing of the Health Care Identification system from the previously used Social Insurance Numbers to numerical identifiers specific to healthcare. Ms. McKendrick’s current project involves writing a book entitled, “When Inspiration Whispers: The Mantra of the Academy.” Ms. McKendrick is particularly proud of her five adult children and eight grandchildren.

Barbara Taranto

SAA, Metropolitan Library Association, IEEE, DLF, CNI, code4Lib, Intranet Professionals, SLA

Repository Development, Future Information Environment, Cloud Computing - DuraCloud

Iain MacLaren

Higher Education Academy, Royal Society of Arts, Institute of Physics

Student Engagement and Active Learning, Civic Engagement, Technologies in Higher Education

Director (CELT) at the National University of Ireland, Galway

Thomas C. Hilde

Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA), American Philosophical Association (APA), Society for Philosophy and Technology (SPT), Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy (SAAP), UNESCO Global Ethics Observatory

Pragmatic Cosmopolitanism: Reconstructing Institutions between Philosophy and Policy. Forthcoming., Editor, Pragmatism and Globalization (Rodopi), Editor, On Torture (Johns Hopkins University Press), Venezuela exchange project, Various papers and book chapters on philosophy and public policy

Tom Hilde teaches and writes in the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy. He is the editor of The Agrarian Roots of Pragmatism, and the forthcoming Pragmatism and Globalization (Rodopi) and On Torture, as well as a monograph on cosmopolitanism.

Seb Schmoller

Association for Learning Technology, Institute for Learning

Association for Learning Technology, Various commercial consultancies

Executive Secretary of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT)

matthew green

I recently received approval for a New Media focused wiki, What's New Media located at newmedia.wikia.com

Matthew Green will complete his MA in New Media Studies from DePaul University in August of 2006.

Denise Troll Covey

Amercian Library Association (ALA) - LAMA, ACRL, Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), Digital Library Federation (DLF), NISO Standards Development Committee, EDUCAUSE

Analysis of Copyright Office notice of inquiry regarding orphan works (comments + reply comment + public hearing transcripts), Research in acquiring copyright permission to digitize and provide open access to books, Chair of NISO initiative on digital rights, member of Carnegie Mellon's Web Forum leadership committee, Co-chair of Carnegie Mellon's Web Forum committee to select a content management system, coordinator of Carnegie Mellon's institutional repository initiative

Denise Troll Covey is Principal Librarian for Special Projects at Carnegie Mellon.