Maureen T. Matarese

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.

Sociolinguistics, Discourse Analysis, Institutional talk, Intersection between policy and practice, education, literacy, social work

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.

Mary M Pringle

Learning design, particularly learner support and applying research results to learning activity and assessment design.

Mary Margaret Pringle is a learning designer at Athabasca University.

LaRoi M. Lawton

Tales from the Dark Side:, Organization & Management of CUNY, Media Centers: Past, Present &, Future Challenges. Spring 2007, Professional Staff Congress-City University of New York, Award #68029-00-37 $2960, The Library Association of the City University of New York: It's Past, Present and Future Impact on CUNY Libraries. March 2008

I am currently a tenured Assistant Professor and Deputy Chief Librarian at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York, in charge of the Gerald S. Lieblich Learning Resources Center, the media unit of the Library Department. I was also the President-Elect of the Library Association of the City University of New York, (LACUNY) for 2005-2006, and currently of member of its Executive Council. I am also a prt-time Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Queens College Graduate School of Library Science and Information Studies. I teach GSLIS 701-Introduction to Information Science and GSLIS 705- Organization & Management of Libraries.

Brian Hill

Hill, Brian Eugene, music publishing executive, horn player; b. Los Angeles, Oct. 26, 1950; s. John Sherman and Genevieve (Bastean) H. Student, University of Southern California School of Music, 1968-70; A.B., Grinnell College, 1972; student fellow, Associated Colleges of the Midwest Newberry Library Seminar, 1970-1; student, New York University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, 1974-5. Studied horn with Waldemar Linder, 1964-70; theory with Morten Lauridsen, 1968-70; musicology with James Haar, 1974-5. Principal horn (served to SP5), First New York United States Army Band, 1973-5. With Oxford University Press, N.Y.C., 1976-2008. Bd. dirs. Music Publishers’ Association of the United States, 1990-2003; Sec. 1993-2003. Mem. Music Library Association / Major Orchestra Librarians’ Association / Music Publishers’ Association Joint Committee, 1988-2002; Music Library Association Development Committee, 1991-3; American Association of Museums, 1998--; American Federation of Musicians (Local 802), 2000--; Bohemians, 2001--. Performances with the NYU Concert Band (principal horn), the Brooklyn College Conservatory Wind Ensemble (principal), the Greenwich Village Orchestra (sometime principal), the New York Repertory Orchestra (principal, 1994-2007; section, 2008--), the Centre Symphony Orchestra, the Dicapo Opera Theatre, Regina Opera of Brooklyn, the New Amsterdam Symphony, the Broadway Bach Ensemble, The Urban (née Palisades) Brass Quintet, the Music Festival of the Hamptons, the Riverside Orchestra, Hellgate Harmonie, and Wind Quintet Harmattan. Other performances under Leo Arnaud, Hans Beer, Les Besser, Lawrence Christianson, Ingolf Dahl, Lukas Foss, Eckart Preu, William Schaefer, Paul Shelden, Tara Simončič, and Barbara Yahr. Coaching with Leon Fleisher (Harvard), Bonnie Hampton (Ia.), Ann Ellsworth (N.Y.C.), Robert Marsteller (Los Angeles), Mitchell Lurie (Los Angeles), Jane Taylor (N.Y.C.). In 2005 led master classes at the Northeast Iowa School of Music and played the Concertino for Horn & Strings by Lars-Erik Larsson with the Dubuque String Orchestra. Performed live on NTDTV at the Hammerstein Ballroom and Radio City Music Hall. Volunteer East Harlem Tutorial Program, 1990-1999. Home: 535 W 141 St New York NY 10031 212.475.1457.

Jill Jameson

Trust and Leadership (2009-10), JISC Users and Innovations Critical Friends (2008-09), Director of the JISC eLIDA CAMEL Project (2006-08), Director of the JISC eLISA Project (2005-07), Greenwich Lead for the JISC infoNet CAMEL project (2006-07), Principal Investigator for the Trust and Leadership Centre for Excellence in Leadership in the Learning Skills Sector project (2007-08).

Educational research, Education, Leadership, e-Learning, leadership in education, post-compulsory education, lifelong learning, trust and leadership, collaborative leadership, social networking, qualitative analysis, English Literature.

Dr Jill Jameson is the Director of Research and Enterprise at the School of Education and Training, University of Greenwich.

Adelina Soco Velayo

Violin Class., Active member of other recent activities.

Is interested in Music, English, Science and Math and professional related subjects., But not in CLE so far.

Adele S. Velayo is faculty member of Woodridge School-Cebu, Teaching is indeed a very challenging job. It is because the welfare of your students are in your hands and it is your responsibility to instill knowledge in them. Yet, no matter how demanding the responsibilities of a teacher are, this is one of the most rewarding jobs found in the world today. The efforts of teachers do not only lie in educating children but these also contribute in huge circumstances such as training future leaders. WHAT IS A PROFESSION? When most people talk about the professions, they are unknowingly using the ideas of two early sociological theories: trait models and structural-functionalism. Since the public continues to use these ideas long after sociologists have abandoned them, it is important that we take a moment to examine what these two theories say, and why they are wrong. While expecting on something on the next few years. My days shall be made worthy and I have to assure that I will be under the strong management school so I can fully develop my skills and teaching ability. Thank you, Teachers!

Karen Gutowsky-Zimmerman

Karen Gutowsky-Zimmerman Professor of Art-Visual Communication Design Seattle Pacific University

Eileen E. Brennan

AAEEBL Global Conference, July 2011, Program Committee creating new thread "K -12", "The I/Eye" of the Visual in Digital Story Telling

Learning Across the Domains, e-Portfolios, Visual Knowledge, Digital Story Telling, Assessment

an Assistant Professor of Education at Mercy College; Chair, Assessment Committee, Member, MePort Cohort Organizational Team, Member, Faculty Learning Community, Member of NYS Council for Exceptional Children Executive Board.

Sheri Stahler

Hayley Ashby

Library web site redesign, mobile technology integration, lecture capture, assessment

Information Competency instruction, copyright, digital rights management, mobile technologies, web design, instructional technology, assessment of library SLOs and SAOs

Hayley Ashby is a Network & Multimedia Librarian and an Associate Professor at Riverside City College.

Robert Paterson

Development of Master Technology Plan, Five year budget forcasting, Technology reorganization

Management, Simulations, New teaching models, Habitat diversity

Robert Paterson is Vice President of Information Technology, Planning and Research at Molloy College, on New York's Long Island.

Diane K. Lofstrom Miniel

Service Learning, African American and Asian Literature, Literary Journalism, Digitized Audio Commentary (on student essays), media composition, postsecondary reading.

Diane K. Lofstrom Miniel recently obtained her MFA in Creative Writing, Creative Nonfiction, and Certificate of Advanced Study in Composition from CSU Fresno. As of fall 2010, she will be teaching English Composition at the University of Nevada, Reno as a term lecturer. While a graduate student, she was the past president of Students of English Studies Association and the San Joaquin Literary Association. She was the creative nonfiction editor for the 2005 issue of the San Joaquin Review. She also served on the Campus Advisory Fees Committee and Task Force for Graduate Culture. Her essay "Mystery Spot" aired on local Fresno radio station KVPR's Valley Writers Read, 89.3 FM, on Jan. 7, 2009 and is available online.

Sue Beckingham

Sue Beckingham is an Educational Developer at Sheffield Hallam University

Christopher Watts

collaborative, interdisciplinary, arts, multimedia, music, composition

Christopher Watts is Director of the Newell Center for Arts Technology and Assistant Professor of Music at St. Lawrence University.

David S. Goldstein

Fred Mindlin

digital storytelling: We All Have Stories to Tell!; the Digital Mirror: student voices from the Central Coast; Sharing the Rainbow, an arts integration project

authentic writing, social justice, arts integration advocacy

Fred is passionate about digital storytelling. He taught in public schools for 17 years in Watsonville CA & now consults with schools & non-profit organizations on authentic writing. He is also a web designer, social justice advocate, and arts education activist. He especially loves to tell string game stories.

Dr. Linda Kvamme Cirocco

MUSE Conference: The Measuring Unique Studies Effectively conference, or MUSE, hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design, is designed to build a community of art and design professionals who share an intellectual curiosity about student learning and are committed to facilitating continuous improvement at the program, classroom and institutional levels., Critical and Creative Thinking, A Collaboration, Chair: Kristie Bruzenak, Savannah College of Art and Design, Dr. Linda Kvamme, Savannah College of Art and Design, Defining Art and Design Education: Creative and Critical Thinking, Joel Varland, Savannah College of Art and Design, Creativity: Alternating Modes of Perception and Location Within the Body, Cheri Jacobs and Nancy Emmeluth, Savannah College of Art and Design, What Relationships Exist Between Critical and Creative Thinking?, Laura Ng, Savannah College of Art and Design, Measuring Creative Thinking – The Roles of the Critic the Critique and Context, Mary Lou Davis, Savannah College of Art and Design, The Challenge of Developing Creativity

Linda Kvamme Cirocco is the director of innovative teaching and learning at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

chanda velayo

Gail Matthews-DeNatale

Storytelling in the Age of the Internet, MCC (Culture Matters), College of Arts and Sciences, Simmons College, A Liberal Arts Approach to Fluency in Information Technology, College of Arts and Sciences, Simmons College, Learning About Learning Online Faculty Institute (hybrid format), Simmons College

Intercultural learning, diversity, equity, Ethnography, community-based experiential learning, Formative and authentic assessment, Social networking and fostering community-building online

GAIL MATTHEWS-DENATALE works with faculty and administrators on strategic plans for teaching and learning with technology across the curriculum. She has a Ph.D. from Indiana University and over ten years of experience developing, implementing, and assessing online educational projects. Previously, she was a faculty member with George Mason University's Institute for Educational Transformation, Projects Manager for Northeastern University's EdTech Center, and Learning and Technology Specialist for an NSF-funded online Masters in Science Education degree program developed in collaboration by TERC and Lesley University. Her interests include: culturally-responsive teaching, intercultural learning, qualitative research, formative assessment, and fostering learning communities online.

Rob Lancefield

museum information work, standards, metadata, information architecture, digital preservation, digital media development, interaction design, usability

Rob Lancefield is Manager of Museum Information Services at the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University; he currently serves as Past President of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu).