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Scott Simkins
POD, International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (IS-SOTL, American Economic Association
Scott Simkins is Director of the Academy for Teaching and Learning and Associate Professor of Economics at North Carolina A&T State University.
Todd Bryant
Language Program Administrator
Dickinson College
Silvia-Adriana Tomescu
Bucharest University
Letters Faculty
PHD Humanities Magna cum laude
Peter J. Taylor
Critical Thinking and Reflective Practice, especially about Social Analysis of Ecological Change and Analyses of Human Life-course Development, Science, Technology and Society
Peter Taylor is a Professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston where he teaches and directs undergraduate and graduate programs on critical thinking, reflective practice, and science-in-society. His research and writing focuses on the complexity of environmental and health sciences in their social context, incl. Unruly Complexity: Ecology, Interpretation, Engagement (U. Chicago Press, 2005).
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
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.
Paula Cancro
Paula Cancro is an Instructor and writing tutor at The College of Westchester in White Plains, NY.
Elizabeth Romero
Dr. Elizabeth Romero is an electronic engineer from Universidad National Autónoma de México. She holds a master in computer science from Tecnológico de Monterrey, a master in education from Western Kentucky University, and a Ph.D in Organizational Development from the University of Louisville, USA. From 1995 to 2003, she was the director of the Virtual University at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City Campus. For the last eight years, she has been a Senior Instructional Designer in the Office of Distance Learning at Western Kentucky University (WKU) where she provides consultation and training to faculty in developing online courses. Additionally, she teaches technology-related graduate level courses in the School of Teacher Education at WKU.
Amy E. Hays
Christopher Lyon
art writer and editor; Museum of Modern Art (10 years), then trade publishers including Bulfinch Press, Rizzoli, Abbeville, Prestel, and currently The Monacelli Press. Author of Nancy Spero: The Work (Prestel, 2010).
Signe M. Anderson
Spanish language - particularly sociolinguistics and phonology, English phonology, Language education
Signe Anderson is a Visiting English Professor at the University of Costa Rica (ACM)
LaRoi M. Lawton
American Library Association (ALA) 1989 - Present, Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) New York Chapter 1995 to Present, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) 1994 to Present, Black Librarian's Caucus (BLC-NY) 1999 to Present, Consortium of College & University Media Centers (CCUMC) 1994 to Present, Consortium of College & University Media Centers (CCUMC) Member-at-Large, Publications, Advisory Board July 2006 to June 2009, Computer Security Institute (CSI) 2004 to Present, Library Association of the City University of New York (LACUNY) Member 1994 to Present, Vice-President, 2004-2005; President, 2005-2006, LexisNexis Academic Content Advisory Committee, 2004 to Present, Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) Library Services Technical Act (LSTA), Advisory Council - 2000 to Present, Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) Professional Advisory Council - 2004 to Present, New York State Defenders Association (NYSDA) 1990 to Present
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.
Winona Wynn
American Studies Association, Native American Indigenous Studies Association, National Indian Education Association, National, Council of Teachers of English
American Studies (equity in representation for historically marginalized populations), Anthropology (Ethnographic interviewing and researcher positioning), Indigenous Studies (Mexican immigrant and Native American identity constructs; the concept of historical and contemporary allies in the context of advocacy), Criminal Justice (women in prison--local and global human rights issues and education)
Winona Wynn earned her Ph.D. in American Studies from Washington State University. She currently serves as Chair of English and Humanities. Her research interests include indigenous identity constructs, Native American education and retention, ethnographic work with at-risk girls and women in prison. From her house, she can hear both train whistles and church bells.
Sandra Holllin Flowers
Academuic writing, digital design, African American literature, African American and American history.
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Elize du Toit
Librarian at The Open Window Schoof of Visual Communication in South Africa
Fred Moody
Fred Moody is program officer for libraries and scholarly communication at the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE). Previously, Mr. Moody served as Editor-in-Chief of Rice University Press, a digital academic publishing experiment operated at Rice University in 2007-10. His prior experience in the publishing industry spans nearly 35 years and includes editing, book production, writing, reporting, and research.
After graduating with a degree in English Literature from Fairhaven College in 1972, then earning his master’s degree in Library and Information Science at the University of Michigan in 1975, Mr. Moody worked as a manuscript and acquisitions editor at Ardis Publishers, a University of Michigan-affiliated press that published works by suppressed Soviet writers in Russian and in English translation. Ardis also published Russian Literature Triquarterly, the leading journal of Russian literary studies at the time.
Mr. Moody subsequently worked as a reporter and writer in the Pacific Northwest, chronicling the rise of Microsoft, Amazon, and assorted other high-technology companies during the Silicon Rush of the 1990s. He worked as a freelance writer, then a staff writer, news editor, and managing editor of the Seattle Weekly, eventually steering that publication onto the Internet. He also taught nonfiction writing at the University of Washington Extension from 1989 through 1992.
Reporting during the 1980s and 1990s for the Seattle Weekly, abcnews.com, and various national magazines and newspapers, Mr. Moody wrote on such subjects as education, higher education, publishing, culture, professional and college sports, business, social issues, media, and technology. He began writing exclusively on technology in 1991, with a series of articles on the Microsoft Corporation. He started writing and publishing books on the technology industry and its effect on culture in 1994 with the publication of his I Sing the Body Electronic: A Year with Microsoft on the Multimedia Frontier (Viking Penguin), which was a New York Times notable book that year. Since then, he has written, spoken, and consulted on technology issues extensively, focusing on the impact of technology on business, education, culture, and publishing. His other books include The Visionary Position (Random House/Times Books, 1999) and Seattle and the Demons of Ambition: A Love Story (St. Martin’s, 2003).
Ray Tolley
Hon Fellow, Educational Institute of Desigh, Craft & Technology (1988), Associate Member of the Chartered Quality Institute (1997), Member of the British Institute of Learning Developers (2008), Fellow of the National Association of Advisors in Computer Education (2008)
Ray Tolley is an ardent promoter of e-Portfolios for all ages in the UK.
see: www.maximise-ict.co.uk/eFolio-01.htm
Jill Jameson
Fellow of the Institute for Learning, National Convenor for the Society for Research in Higher Education HE-FE Network, Editorial Board Member for AACE Journal, Editorial Board Member for the Open Education Journal, Member of the SRHE Research Committee, Member of the UCET Research Committee, Member of BERA, BELMAS, AACE, SRHE, LSRN (National) and LSRN LSE.
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.
Sandra Sinfield
Sandra Sinfield is University Teaching Fellow at London Metropolitan University and a member of the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education. With Tom Burns, she has produced teaching and learning resources since working with Learning Curve Productions(their video 'Take Control' won the 1998 IVCA gold award for education). Currently they are producing the third edition of their textbook: Essential Study Skills: the complete guide to success at university for Sage publications, London, England.
Catherine O'Mahony
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.
Eileen E. Brennan
EIfEL, European Institute for Electronic Learning, AAEEBL Association for Experiential, Evidenced-based Learning, Council for Exceptional Children
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.
