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Maryann Pasda DiEdwardo, Editor, Author of a new book with Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Maryann DiEdwardo is the editor and contributor of a new book called American Women Writers, Poetics and the Nature of Gender Study. Other scholars who contribute are Jill Kinkade, James McAdams, Patti Pasda, and Joseph A. DiEdwardo. http://www.cambridgescholars.com/american-women-writers-poetics-and-the-nature-of-gender-study The book is a collection of scholarly essays about historical, cultural and societal foundations as well as…
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Maryann Pasda DiEdwardo Presents Papers for International Conferences in 2017 for NeMLA and CEA
Dear Colleagues:On March 25, I will present a paper on “Metacognition in Hybrid and Distance Learning Composition Classrooms” for the Northeast Modern Language Association Conference in Baltimore; additionally, on April 1, 2017, I will present a paper for the College English Association Conference, Hilton Head Island, SC. My paper for CEA continues my research in…
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Dr. Maryann DiEdwardo Editor Maryann is the author of more than 35 books and articles. Since 1976, Dr. DiEdwardo has taught English, literature, and research in Pennsylvania colleges and universities; she co-founded Pasda Studios School of Art and co-facilitated Fine Art programs for students of all ages for thirty-two years. In 2004, results of her case study research suggested that the integration of music in the college classroom improved students’ grades and abilities to compose thesis statements for research papers in courses thatemphasize reading and writing skills. In her initial study, Dr. DiEdwardo refined Howard Gardner’s 1993 definition of music as a separate intellectual competence. She currently teaches at University of Maryland University College where she was awarded the 2016 Faculty Professional Achievement Award. She also teaches at Lehigh University.She was awarded the 2016 Karen Lentz Awardby the College English Associationfor Adjunct or Contingent Faculty Presentation; she was also recipient of the Northampton Community College Project Aware Outstanding Service Award 1978; in 2016,Northeast Modern Language Association.Selected her for Panel Event Chair,Women and Gender Studies.The french director Bertrand Tessier is developing a series of 52 minutes documentaries about mythical couples in Hollywood for french television OCS, a channel dedicated to Hollywood movies.One of the documentaries will be about:Spencer Tracy/Katherine HepburnMy book on Katherine Hepburn is a reference.Research Interests include Pairing Music and Linguistic Intelligences, Literacy, Metacognition, Pedagogy, Social Justice, Student Directed Learning, Stage History, Poetics, American Women Writers, Immigration, African American Literature, Poetry, Drama, Health Writing, and Writing as Therapy.
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Maryann Pasda DiEdwardo is a2016 University of Maryland University College Professional Achievement Award Recepient and the 2016 College English Association Karen Lentz Award for scholarship in Profession for Single Paper and Presentation, Composition and Rhetoric, Popular Culture, Pedagogy:
Creation of Dystopian Architecture in Ready Player One: Semiotic Praxis. Maryann P. DiEdwardo, Editor, is 2016 recipient of the College English Association Karen Lentz Madison CEA Award for Scholarship, an annual award for a presentation at our annual conference by an adjunct or contingent faculty member who contributes significantly to the corpus studiorum in English.…