Maryann Pasda DiEdwardo Ed.D. Speaker, Educator, Author, Independent Scholar, recipient of the 2017 UMUC Stanley J. Drazek Teaching Excellence Award (Drazek award), UMUC Professional Achievement Awards 2016 and 2017; College English Association Professional Achievement Award 2018 and 2017 CEA Karen Lentz Award

Research Interests

Hermeneutics, Pairing Music and Linguistic Intelligences, Literacy, Metacognition, Pedagogy, Social Justice, Student Directed Learning, Stage History, Writing as Therapy

Case Study Research

In 2004, statistical results of case study research suggest that pairing music and linguistic intelligences in the college classroom improves students’ grades and abilities to compose theses statements for research papers in courses that emphasize reading and writing skills (DiEdwardo 2004). In initial study in 2003, Maryann refined Howard Gardner’s (1993) definition of music as a “separate intellectual competence” and compared music intelligence to linguistic intelligence. Furthermore, through acknowledgement of MI Theory, educators infuse cognitive abilities of students by helping them “think”.

Zora Neale Hurston Digital Archive 2016 research credit – American Women Writers, Poetics, and the nature of gender study, Maryann P. DiEdwardo Editor. Chapter on Zora Neale Hurston and Stephanie Powell Watts