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MARY DEANE SORCINELLI
Dr. Mary Deane Sorcinelli is Associate
Provost for Faculty Development, Associate Professor of Educational Policy, Research, and Administration,
and founding Director of the award-winning Center for Teaching
at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (1988-2006). Prior to
joining UMass Amherst, she served as director of the Office of
Faculty Development at Indiana University Bloomington (1983-88).
Mary Deane has numerous published articles
and book chapters. Selected co-edited books include
Developing New and Junior Faculty (1992), Assigning and
Responding to Student Writing Across the Disciplines (1997),
Developing a Teaching Portfolio (2000), Heeding
New Voices: Academic Careers for a New Generation (2000),
and Creating the Future of Faculty Development (2006).
Mary Deane has directed a range of
grant-funded projects including the Lilly Endowment, the Fund
for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Whiting
Foundation. Currently, she is the co-principal
investigator of a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to
support the campus-wide Mutual Mentoring Initiative. The
initiative was awarded a 2008 Innovation Award from the
Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in
Higher Education.
In addition, Mary Deane served
as Senior Scholar to the American Association for Higher
Education (AAHE) from 1999-2001, and as President/Executive
Board Member of the POD Network from 2000-04. In 2006 she was
honored with the Bob Pierleoni Spirit of POD Award for
outstanding lifetime achievements and leadership in the
enhancement of teaching, learning, and faculty development.
Under Mary Deane's leadership, the
Center For Teaching at the University of Massachusetts at
Amherst was cited as one of the top four Model Faculty
Development Programs in the U.S. and Canada (2006), was
awarded a 2002 Innovation Award from the POD Network and a 2000 Hesburgh
Award for Faculty Development to Enhance Undergraduate Teaching
and Learning.
Mary Deane has worked in international settings that include
Canada, England, Germany, Greece, Taiwan, and Egypt and was
awarded a Whiting Foundation Fellowship to Ireland.
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