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Mary E. Weems, Ph.D. [email protected] [email protected] 216-215-0541 (cell) Education: PH.D. Education (Social Foundations). University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 2001. M.A. English (Creative Writing). Cleveland State University. 1996. B.A. English. Cleveland State University. 1994. Research Interests: Social foundations of education, using the language arts to facilitate imagination- intellectual development in k-12 and college classrooms, literacy, racism, interculturalism, lived experience-based qualitative research expressed in auto/ethnographic performance texts, poems, plays, and multi-genre forms. Courses Taught: Education - Education and Diversity, Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society, School and Society (Under/Grad Split), School and Society (Undergrad), Multicultural Education and Counseling, Foundations of Education (Graduate), Social Structure and Change in Education (Graduate Course), Teaching Strategies (Undergrad), Introduction to Education (Undergrad). English - Composition (Undergrad), Introduction to Poetry (Undergrad), Creative Writing for Teachers (Undergrad/Grad), Introduction to Short Fiction (Undergrad), Playwriting and Performance (Undergrad), Creative Writing (Undergrad). Blogs: Haiku U and Other Stuff. Cleveland Poetics Blog for Poets. 2007-2008 The Paulo and Nita Freire International Project for Critical Pedagogy. Collaborative Blog with Adah Ward-Randolph, Historian, Associate Professor, School of Education. Ohio University. “The Freire Project is dedicated to building an international critical community, which works to promote social justice in a variety of cultural contexts. We are committed to conducting and sharing critical research in social, political, and educational locations.” Joe L. Kincheloe (Deceased) Founding Project Leader, Shirley R. Steinberg, Academic Director. 2008-Current. PAGE 1 Radio/Podcasts: Heights Arts Radio Show. Heights Arts Podcast. April, 2007 - April 2009. (Note: Program began as part of WJCU but was switched to a podcast format due to scheduling conflicts). As Poet Laureate I have my own segment titled “Open the Lines of Communication.” This year I have completed segments with former Laureates Loren Weiss and Meredith Holmes, myself and musician and teacher Aaron Hoke, singer and professor of English and Applied Linguistics Elaine Richardson, poet and singer Bree Van Guten, poet and photographer Jim Lang, and professor and poet Phil Metres. Publications NOTE: Acceptance Rate for pertinent tenure-track years noted when provided at end of each pertinent publication. Also, after an extensive search, all page numbers located are noted below. Books: Weems, Mary E. and Oatman, Michael, eds. Say It Loud! Poems about James Brown. Whirlwind, Press. Camden, NJ. September, 2011. Panza, John and Mary E. Weems, eds. Awake at the End: A Heights Arts Poet Laureate Anthology. Huron, Ohio: Bottom Dog Press, December, 2008. An Unmistakable Shade of Red and The Obama Chronicles. Bottom Dog Press, Huron, Ohio, September, 2008. Cleveland Poetry Scenes: A Panorama & Anthology. Co-editor with Nina Gibans and Larry Smith. Bottom Dog Press, Huron, Ohio. SMALL PRESS REVIEW magazine (Dustbooks) has selected this anthology as one of the 10 "Choice Picks" for July/August, 2008 issue of the magazine. April, 2008. Poetry Power. Silver Moon Press. New York, NY. 2003. Public Education and the Imagination-Intellect: I Speak from the Wound in my Mouth Peter Lang, New York, N.Y. 2003. Working Hard for the Money: Stories and Poems of America’s Working Poor. Co-Editor w/ Larry Smith. Bottom Dog Press, Firelands College. Huron, Ohio, 2002. Off the Page. Co-editor w/Patricia Harusame Leebove. Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, 1995. Poetry Chapbooks: Closure. Kattywompus Press. Cleveland Hts., Ohio. 2011. PAGE 2 Tampon Class. Pavement Saw Press. Columbus, Ohio. 2005. (2nd Printing) white. Wick chapbook Winner. Kent State U P. Kent, Ohio. 1997. Fembles. The Heartlands Today: The Mythic Midwest. Bowling Green, Ohio. 1996. Blackeyed. Burning Press. Cleveland, Ohio. 1994. Book Chapters: * = Peer Reviewed **= Editor Reviewed **Radical Love, Intellectual Enthusiasm, Restless. (By Invitation). In: The Mentoring and Teaching of Joe Kincheloe. Rochelle Brock, Curry Mallot, Leila E. Villaverde, editors. Poems operate as Windows to Book Sections. See: Correspondence from Rochelle Brock dated 6-12-2010 which articulates her invitation to write a poem to begin each section of the book. Peter Lang: New York, NY. Book Received November, 2011 *21 Questions by White Folks for People of Color. Let's Get Real. Lee Mun Wah (ed.). 2011 per e-mail from editor dated 1-14-11. Note: Book format required the disbursement of segments of the piece throughout the book. Editor unable to provide acceptance rates or exactly how much of the work will be in the book. Book has been published per e- mail dated 10-19-11 from Lee Mun Wah, Editor. StirFry Seminars & Consulting: 2011. (65, 99, 103, 108, 115, 140, 154, 162, 168). *Don't Be Afraid to FLY: Using Drama to Inspire Self-Esteem. Book Chapter. In: Teaching drama in the classroom: A toolbox for teachers. Dowdy, Joan. J.K. & Kaplan, S. (Eds.) (By Invitation). November, 2009. October 8, 2010 e-mail from editor confirming status. Tentative Publication date: December 2010. Update: Book remains In Press, expected publication date is February, 2011 per e-mail from editor dated 1-6-11. Sense Publishers: Rotterdam, the Netherlands, June 2011. (145-149). Book Received July, 2011. (145-148). *“The E in Poetry Stands for Empathy.” Prendergrast, Monica (et. al. eds.) In Poetic Inquiry: Vibrant Voices in the social sciences. Sense Publishers: Rotterdam, The Netherlands. August, 2009. [acceptance rate: 20%] (133-146). *“Heartbeats: Exploring the Power of Qualitative Research Expressed As Auto/Ethnographic Performance Texts.” (First Author with Carolyne J. White, Clarence Shelley, Patty Alvarez McHatton, Lois Melina, Phoenix deCarteret, Ruth Brown, Jonathan Wyatt, Jackie Goode, Tim Bond, and Lois Ann Scheidt. Qualitative Research & the Politics of Evidence. (Left Coast Press, June, 2008). [acceptance rate: 7.5%] (271- 287). PAGE 3 Gap This! Contesting Empire, Globalizing Dissent: Cultural Studies after 9/11. Michael Giardina and Norman K. Denzin, eds. Paradigm Publishers. Boulder, CO 80301 U.S.A. 2006. (206-212). C.H.A.O.S. In Shirley R. Steinberg, Priya Parmar, Birgit Richard (eds.) Contemporary Youth Culture: An International Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. Greenwood Press, London/Westbrook: CN. 2006. (626-637). The Politics and Poetics of Space in Urban School Reform. In S. Hood, R. Hopson, & H. Frierson (eds.) The Role of Culture and Cultural Context: A Mandate for Inclusion, the Discovery of Truth and Understanding in Evaluative Theory and Practice. Burney, N., White, C.J. & Weems, M.E. Information Age Publishing, Greenwich: Connecticut. 2005. (145). Selections from I.D. Papers. The Future of Educational Studies. Ch.18 in G. Noblit and B. Hatt-Echeverria (Eds.) New York: Peter Lang. 2003. (285-298). I Speak from the Wound in my Mouth: From Catalyst, to Creation, to Conference Presentation.” American Education Studies Association (AESA). Futures in Education, Peter Lang, New York: New York. 2002. Plays: *Numbers. Qualitative Inquiry, 12:2, 2006. (389-397). Performance Texts/Poetics: * = Peer Reviewed ** = (Editor Reviewed) **Till the Well Runs. Qualitative Inquiry. 16:9 (November 2010). (742-746). **Echoes: A X-Cultural Response to Guy Senese’s Throwing Voices. xcp:Cultural Poetics, No. 20, October, 2008. College of St. Catherine. Mark Manowak, Editor. (153-160). *Voodoo Formula. Qualitative Inquiry, 14:6 (September 2008). (1093-1094). *The Color of Fear. Cultural Studies: Critical Methodologies, 7:4 (November 2007). [acceptance rate: 6.5%] (355-356). Collateral Damage. Qualitative Inquiry, 12:1. 2005. (DOI) is 10.1177/1077800405276765. ( 28-29). Not in our Name. Co-authored with Mike Giardina. Qualitative Inquiry, 10:4. 2004. (481-492). PAGE 4 “Windows” (Windows (Series), Smoke Signals, This Evolution will not be Televised, Under the Trees, Rosewood, Hell, Future Dinosaurs). The Qualitative Inquiry Reader. Sage: Thousand Oaks, CA. (167). “My Tuesdays with Morrie.” Cultural Studies: Critical Methodologies. 1:1, February, 2001. Urbana, Illinois. (62-69). “The Universe is a one-line poem.” Studies in Symbolic Interaction. Vol. 25, 2002. (349-361). “Windows.” Qualitative Inquiry. Sage: Thousand Oaks: Ca. Volume 6, March, 2000. (152-163). Essays: Comin’ off the Top:” Welcoming the Art of Freestyling and Rap into the Classroom. Black Praxis: Special Edition Spoken Word in the 21st Century. Department of African American Studies, Ohio University. Athens, Oh. May, 2004. Food and Fellowship. Cleveland Food Memories. Gail Bellamy, Editor. Gray & Co. Publishers, Cleveland, Ohio. November, 2003. (104). Twilight Time. Urban Dialect Newspaper. Issue #2, April, 2003. Articles: * = Peer Reviewed **Editor Reviewed *** = Blind Peer Reviewed *Race is 'not' an Additive. Special Issue. Cultural Studies <> Critical Methodologies. 1- 27-11. E-mail 5-11-11, Proofs Received. 11(4) 406-409. August, 2011. *Speak Truth and Shame the Devil: An Ethnodrama in Response to Racism in the Academy. Mary E. Weems and Adah Ward Randolph. Qualitative Inquiry. Revised copy re-submitted August 1, 2008. Written notification of receipt and re-distribution for review received August 6, 2008. Second Revision in process. Deadline for resubmission was October 1, 2009. Revised copy Re-submitted October 1, 2009. Accepted for