About RJ

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Just a country gal at heart, graduated from Notre Dame HS in 1963

Played MS, HS, and College basketball

Graduated BA English & Secondary Education Moravian College MA and Ph.D. program at Lehigh University in 18th Century British Literature, Medieval Literature, & Gender criticism [degree incomplete]

Joined the Salisbury Learning Community in 1967; taught students in grades 7-12 English; Co-coordinator of Graduation Project

Divorced Husband #1, 3 years later married Husband #2, adopted his 2 children, and sadly he died 2 years later.

Raised our children, now thirty-something, and my cats. Newest feline addition is Maggie.

Married daughter Debi and husband Bart, both ex-marines, had a first child, Jacob Cyril, born December 1, 2002

Married son Andy and wife Clare have a lovely family

Met Mickey through my horses and am [finally] living "happily ever after"

Love life on the farm and the new barn

Conferences: *Scholarship to T + L2 in Denver, CO, courtesy of Discovery Educator Network PA [October 2005 *Presenter at IU8 Leadership Academy (Technology Integration in Multidisciplinary Project-Based Learning) [July 2005] *Presenter at NECC: "Coming of Age: Testing Our Limits?" (Decades Project) [June 2005] *Presenter at PETE&C: "The Perfect Family: Can It Be?" (Decades Project) [February 2005] *Presenter at 16th Annual High School That Work Conference: "No Textbook? No Problem!" and "What's for Lunch?: An Integration Unit" [July 2002] *Attended 15th and 14th Annual HSTW Conferences [July 2001-2000]

Membership: *PAECT [Pennsylvania Association for Educational Communications and Technology] *ISTE [International Society for Technology in Education] *Discovery Educator Network [September 2005] *Keystone Technology Integrator [May 2004]

Publications:
*A History of the World by... [Jane Austen Juvenalia w/ Dr. Jan Fergus]
*Conference Papers in Boston and Seattle
*PP&L Energy Conservation Unit

Fellowships:
*National Endowment for the Humanities in Independent Study: British Library [London 1993]
*Lehigh University Lucy B. Moses Teaching Fellowship

Acknowledgements: *Jason DeRoner [Class of 2004]: Website Design *Michele Cotugno: Website Uploads (done frequently and patiently) *Chris Smith: Technologist and Troubleshooter

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