SPEECH COMMUNICATION | INTRODUCTION TO LIBRARIES & BOOKS | EDU 443 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, Spring 2001 | CIMTE 443 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Class Collection, Spring 2001 | EDU 238 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, Spring 2001 | EDU 238 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Class Collection, Spring 2001 | CIMTE 443 Children's Literature Class Collection Summer 2002 | EDU 443 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Course, Fall 2003 | CIMTE 443 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Class Collection, Fall 2003 | LLSS 538 READING IN THE CONTENT AREAS, Spring 2004 | EDUC 538 READING IN THE CONTENT AREAS, Spring 2005 | EMLS 551 YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE, Summer 2005 | LLSS 315 EDUCATING LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE STUDENTS, Fall 2006 | NAT AM NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN'S LITERTURE Class Collection, Summer 2005 | CIMTE 590 RESEARCH SEMINAR | CIMTE 501 PRACTITIONER RESEARCH | LLSS 443 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, Spring 2007 (WebCT)

Resume' of Frances K. Vitali, Ph.D.

FARMINGTON, NM | fvitali@unm.edu

EXPERIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO-FARMINGTON | | Farmington, NM | 505.566.3480 | January 2005-Present

Full-time faculty (Lecturer III) in the UNM Teacher Education Program at San Juan Center responsible for teaching undergraduate and graduate education courses, also serving as graduate program coordinator and clinical supervisor.

FARMINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY | | Farmington, NM | 505.566.2200 | July 2003 - Present

Children's Librarian responsible for youth services staff, collection development, programming, computer instruction, reference and patron services. Although my position has ended, I continue to participate in library programming on special projects.

DINE' COLLEGE - CROWNPOINT | | Crownpoint, NM | 505.786.7391 | 1998-Present

Adjunct faculty of courses: Methods & Materials in Indian Education, Speech Communications, Children's Literature, and Books and Libraries.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO | Farmington/Gallup, NM | 1994-Present | 505.863.7613

Part-time faculty of courses: Creative Drama, Children's Literature, Music for Elementary Teachers & Reading in the Content Fields.

FREE-LANCE | 1981-Present

Performer presenting educational workshops, storytelling, and performances for children and adults.

LAKE VALLEY NAVAJO SCHOOL | Lake Valley, NM | 1989-1995; 2000-2003 | 505.786.5392

Librarian and media specialist for grades K-8; Coordinator of GIFTED & TALENTED EDUCATION PROGRAM (GATE); Writer/Coordinator of Indian Education Grant Programs; Workshop presenter for National Diffusion Network Programs; Learning Record Assessment Coach; Technology instructor; Creative Drama, Library and Music ClubFacilitator.

KSU LIBRARIES | Manhattan, KS | 785.532.7470 | 1995-1999

Graduate Multicultural Intern Fellows at the Hale Library Multicultural Research & Resource Center at Kansas State University.

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY PROGRAM | Philadelphia, PA | 215.787.8326 | 1984-1989

Instructor in the CHILDREN'S MUSIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM providing music, creative drama and movement experiences for children 12 months to 4 years of age (based on the music learning theory of music educator, Dr. Edwin Gordon).

Administrative Associate directing 200 students (preschool through high school), plus 30 faculty and staff members in the COMMUNITY MUSIC PROGRAM provided private lessons, orchestral and musicianship experiences for students who could not otherwise afford music lessons.

MOONSTONE, INC. | Philadelphia, PA | 1983-1989

Composer of children's musicals: "PETER PAN", "WINNIE-THE-POOH", "THE BEGINNING OF "ARMADILLOS ", THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS" and "ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS".

SOCIETY HILL SCHOOL OF MUSIC & ART | Philadelphia, PA | 1979-1983

Music/Art/Drama/Movement Specialist developing and implementing language arts and art curriculum for pre-school children.

PEACE CORPS | Kosrae, Micronesia (Eastern Caroline Islands) | 1977- 1979

Instructor of Music, English, Writing, and Journalism at KOSRAE HIGH SCHOOL and the COLLEGE OF MICRONESIA as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Recipient of the Kosraen Legislature 1979 Citation Award.

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Scholar for PRIME TIME FAMILY READING TIME, created by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, a unique intergenerational family reading, storytelling and discussion program led at libraries and other sites throughout Louisiana and the US.

Core Development member, consultant, and certified coach for the Center for Language in Learning Assessment.

Producer of oral dramatic reading of Navajo Creation Story, "River of Separation" performed at the Farmington Public Library, November 2003.

K-State University Library Service Co-Presented a panel discussion, "The Academic Library: A Center for Diversity and Multiculturalism" at the College and University Libraries Section Fall Conference of the Kansas Library Association in Manhattan, Kansas, October 17, 1997.

Co-Presented a round table session, "The Academic Library: At the Center of it All" at the Michael Tilford Conference on Diversity and Multiculturalism, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, October 27, 1997.

Presented at MOKANE "The Creative Art of Learning" Workshop by invitation of KSU Educational Support Programs, Kansas City, April 17, 1997.

Member of the KSU President's Commission on Multicultural Affairs and Tilford Group charged by the Kansas Board of Regents Conference on Diversity and Multiculturalism in the preparation, planning and implementation to bring about diversity and multiculturalism within the university.

Facilitator of the KSU Libraries Multicultural Research and Resource Center's sponsored Brown Bag Student Dialog on issues of race and diversity on campus (1996-1997).

Webmaster for the KSU Libraries Multicultural Resource and Research (MRRC) Center's Home Pages (1996-1997).

Community Service

Collaborative member of Take a Stand (a collaborative partnering and promoting of Manhattan organizations and KSU art networks for social change) presenting programs for exhibits of the Underground Railroad and the Santa Fe Studio School Exhibit.

Performed in the "Kansas Rural Child Welfare Project: Child Abuse and Neglect Module", an educational videotape and computer software module for social workers in the state of Kansas.

Presented language arts lesson in video, "Masks, Dance and Character" with Rosalie Jones, artistic director of Daystar Dancers, and produced by the Southwest Cultural Arts Series, 1993.

Gates Center for Technology Access Pilot Project computer lab monitor at Lake Valley Chapter House, NM and consultant Computer Trainer, 1998-2003.

Research

Coordinated panel "Teacher Practitioner Research: Honoring Navajo Culture and Language" at the 16th Annual Navajo Studies Conference (UNM, November 2006

Co-published "Navajo Cyber-Covereignty" journal article for IWGIA (Summer 2003).

Co-presenter of Digital Diné at the 11th Annual Navajo Studies Conference (Northern Arizona University, AZ 2001).

Panelist member presenting Overview of New Mexico State Library and Bill & Melinda Gates Partnership in the Eastern Navajo Agency at the Navajo Studies Conference (Diné College, Tsaile, AZ 2003).

Completed dissertation: “Navajo Cyber-sovereignty: Digital Diné Weaving the World Wide Web into an Oral Culture, 2000 (Emporia State University, Kansas). Preparing book based on dissertation for University of New Mexico Press for 2005 publication.

Presented ethnographic research (Visitng Scholar) at the University of Northern Texas School of Information Science (Denton, Texas, October 2000).

Co-presenter at the Digital Council Fires sponsored by National Indian Telecommunication Institute (NITI) (Albuquerque, 1999).

Professional Membership and Awards

  • Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (2005-2006)
  • Consultant for the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Native American Library Services Technical Assistance Grants (2002-present)
  • Consultant and Trainer with the Center for Language in Learning
  • Storytellers of New Mexico
  • American Association of University Women (AAUW)
  • American Library Association
  • American Indian Library Association
  • Native American Libraries Special Interest Group
  • New Mexico State Library Association
  • American Alliance for Theater and Education
  • Northwest New Mexico Arts Council
  • International Reading Association
  • Northwest New Mexico Arts Council
  • New Mexico San Juan Basin Reading Chapter
  • Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

Professional Licensure

New Mexico Department of Education License #: 219330

Level 2 | Type 200

Endorsements: Music (90) | Library/Media (07)

Expiration: June 30, 2015

EDUCATION

EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY | Emporia, KS


1995-2000   	PhD in Library & Information Management	     	
1993-1995	MLS in Library  & Information Management      
		  (Albuquerque, NM Distance Learning Program)      	

1999 Two Thousand Notable American Women 1993 H. W. Wilson Scholarship Award 1995 Sauder Alumni Scholarship 1996 Kansas Board of Regents Graduate Minority Fellowship

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO | Albuquerque, NM

1991   		Library/Media Specialist Endorsement
1993   		Fulbright Summer Scholar - Finland/Baltics

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY | Philadelphia, PA


1988	        Masters in Music Education
1985	        Bachelor of Arts in Music Education

1984 Outstanding Young Women of America 1985 Outstanding Young Women of America 1981 Leopold Schepp Foundation Scholarship Award

NATIONAL-LOUIS UNIVERSITY | (Formerly NATIONAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION) | Evanston, IL

1976    	Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education- Music Major

1976 Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities 1975 Lloyd Cousins Music Award 1975 Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society 1975 Student Senate William Sutherland Honor Award 1975 Eva Grace Long Award 1974 Resident Assistant Award

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