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)
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
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.
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.
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
Professional Licensure
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 Education1984 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 Major1976 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