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LeeAnn Derdeyn

Clinical Associate Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation

Email: Leeann.Derdeyn@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of Texas at Dallas, 2015
    Major: Arts & Humanities, Studies in Literature,
  • MA, University of Dallas, 2009
    Major: Literature. 20th C. American Poetry and Irish Literature
  • BA, University of Dallas, 1992
    Major: Constantine Scholar in Medieval Literature and Spirituality

Professional Positions

    Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Clinical Associate Professor,, The University of North Texas,. The University of North Texas,. (2022 - Present).
  • Instructor,, Dallas College Dual Credit at Gilliam Collegiate Academy. Dallas College Dual Credit at Gilliam Collegiate Academy. (2020 - 2022).
  • Lecturer,, The University of Texas at Dallas. The University of Texas at Dallas. (2010 - 2021).
  • Lecturer,, Southern Methodist University,. Southern Methodist University,. (2014 - 2020).

Licensures and Certifications

  • How You Can Use AI - Microcredential, UNT. (2024 - Present).
  • AI Fundamentals: Demystifying AI Microcredential, UNT. (2024 - Present).
  • Certification in Holocaust Studies and German/Jewish Literature, The Ackermann Center for Holocaust Studies. (2015 - Present).

Professional Memberships

  • American Conference for Irish Studies. (January 2020 - Present).
  • Modernist Studies Association. (January 2017 - Present).
  • The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment. (January 2015 - Present).
  • American Literature Association. (January 2014 - Present).
  • International Society of T. S. Eliot Studies. (January 2014 - Present).
  • The Ezra Pound Society. (January 2014 - Present).

Development Activities

  • Self-Study Program, Interpersonal Communications Skills, Linked In Learning. Online,Online,United States of America. (July 2023).
  • Seminar, PBLWorks Power Up Series / Real Talk - The PBL Classroom, PBLWorks Power Up Series / Real Talk - The PBL Classroom Virtual. Frisco,Texas,United States of America. (September 26, 2024 - September 26, 2024).
  • Seminar, Teaching Controversial Topics, ACUE (Association of College and University Educators). Online,Online,United States of America. (July 16, 2024 - July 16, 2024).
  • Self-Study Program, Ai Fundamentals, Pt 2: How You Can Use AI, UNT Linkedin Learning Microcredential administered in Canvas. Frisco,Texas,United States of America. (July 7, 2024 - July 8, 2024).
  • Self-Study Program, AI Fundamentals, Pt. 1: Demystifying AI, UNT Linkedin Learning Microcredential administered in Canvas. Frisco,Texas,United States of America. (July 4, 2024 - July 5, 2024).
  • Seminar, AI in the Literature Classroom, UNT Dept of English. Denton,TX,United States of America. (April 12, 2024 - April 12, 2024).
  • Self-Study Program, Responding to Student Mental Health Issues or Sexual Misconduct Abroad, UNT Study Abroad Office. denton,tx,United States of America. (April 5, 2024 - April 5, 2024).
  • Workshop, 1st Year Writing Faculty Workshop, ENGL Dept. Denton,TX,United States of America. (August 17, 2023 - August 17, 2023).
  • Seminar, Inclusive Reading Group (Dr. Bracey-Scot's program), UNT. Frisco,TX,United States of America. (November 2022 - May 2023).
  • Self-Study Program, Faculty First Flight Canvas assigned reading and writing, The University of North Texas, DSI Clear. Richardson,TX,United States of America. (September 2022 - December 2022).
  • Workshop, 1st Yr Writing Worshop, ENGL dept UNT. Richardson,TX,United States of America. (August 25, 2022 - August 25, 2022).
  • Workshop, UNT First Flight Orientation Week for new faculty, UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (August 17, 2022 - August 18, 2022).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • BAAS 3000 - Pathways to Civic Engagement, 2 courses.
  • ENGL 1310 - First Year Writing I, 5 courses.
  • ENGL 1320 - First Year Writing II, 8 courses.
  • ENGL 2331 - World Literature, 2 courses.
  • ENGL 2341 - Forms of Literature, 2 courses.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Journal Article

  • Derdeyn, L. (2022). Out of This Nettle: T. S. Eliot's "Little Gidding III" And The Environment of What Grows. 29 (3) 495-518. Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University Press.

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • Derdeyn, L. (Author & Presenter), Osher Lifetime Learning Institute, My First Year With Bees, UNT, The Groves Senior Center, Frisco, TX, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Derdeyn, L. (Author & Presenter), Osher Lifetime Learning Institute (OLLI), "My First Year With Bees", UNT, The Grove at Frisco Senior Center, United States of America. (2024).
  • Derdeyn, L. (Author & Presenter), OLLI, Modern Irish Music & Literature, Pt. 2, UNT, The Grove at Frisco Senior Center, United States of America. (2024).
  • Derdeyn, L. (Author & Presenter), OLLI, Modern Irish Literature & Music, Pt. 1, UNT, The Grove at Frisco Senior Center, United States of America. (2024).
  • Derdeyn, L. (Author & Presenter), OLLI, Modern Irish Literature & Music, UNT, The Point at CC Young Senior Center, United States of America. (2024).
  • Aggarwal, A. (Presenter), Dumaine, D.L. (Presenter), Derdeyn, L. (Presenter), DMI Lunch and Learn, Experiences at SoTL (Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Conference. May 2023), CACS, Frisco Landing, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Derdeyn, L. (Presenter), DMI Lunch & Learn, Academic Integrity and AI, CACS, Frisco Landing, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Derdeyn, L. (Author & Presenter), Bridge Week, Academic Citations and AI Use, UNT FL, Frisco, United States of America. (2023).
  • Derdeyn, L. (Presenter), Bridge Week, “Intellectual Property Theft, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), and The Cyber Spy Network of Academia: i.e., Know Your Citations!”, PDA New College - Dianne Gravely, UNT Frisco Hall Park A, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Dumaine, D.L. (Author & Presenter), Derdeyn, L. (Author & Presenter), McKay, M.M. (Author & Presenter), Ranieri, E.N. (Author & Presenter), PBL Workshop, A Humanities-Based Approach to PBL, CACS/DMI, Frisco, United States of America. (2024).
  • Derdeyn, L. (Panelist), Trusting and Distrusting the Digital World in Imaginative Literature, How to Be Healthy: Human and Digital Relationships in Ali Smith’s Autumn and Winter, Infliltrated by ChatGPT, University College Dublin (UCD) Literature Department, Dublin, Ireland (Republic of), Ireland. (2023 - 2023).
  • Derdeyn, L. (Presenter), American Literature Association Annual National Conference, I will arise and go now – Eliot’s “What The Thunder Said,” Yeats’s “Lake Isle of Innisfree” and The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, American Literature Association, Boston, MA, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Dumaine, D.L. (Author & Presenter), Reis, A.E. (Author & Presenter), Derdeyn, L. (Author & Presenter), Ranieri, E.N. (Author & Presenter), The Lilly Conference, Interdisciplinary Core-Compliant Teaching with Project-Based Learning: Building A Culture, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Ranieri, E.N. (Presenter), Dumaine, D.L. (Presenter), Derdeyn, L. (Presenter), 2023 IDEA Equity and Diversity Conference, Interdisciplinary Core-Compliant Project-Based Learning Education: Building a Culture of DEI, UNT, Denton Campus, United States of America. (2023).
  • Derdeyn, L. (Author & Presenter), The International T. S. Eliot 43rd Annual Meeting--The Waste Land Centenary, I can neither stand nor lie nor sit, so I will arise and go now – Eliot’s “What The Thunder Said” as Modernist Perversion of Yeats’s “Lake Isle of Innisfree”, The International T. S. Eliot Society, Stl. Louis, MO (Washington University), United States of America. (2022 - 2022).

    • Paper

  • Derdeyn, L. (Author & Presenter), International T. S. Eliot Society Annual Conference, Finding What is Wanting, or "Surviving The Waste Land", International T. S. Eliot Society, St. Louis, MO, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Service

  • Scott-Bracey, P.K. (Principal), Stanaland, L. (Co-Principal), Derdeyn, L. (Co-Principal), "UNT Mentoring Grant," sponsored by UNT Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2024 - 2025).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, DMI PBL Symposium. (December 2023 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Student Conduct Committee, Provost's Office. (October 20, 2023 - Present).
  • Student Org Advisor (Non-Professional Org), UNT FL Nature Club. (August 15, 2023 - Present).
  • Other (UNT at Frisco Open House and Orientation station host), Frisco Landing Open House - New Building Student Orientation. (January 11, 2023 - Present).
  • Attendee, Meeting, APDA Y2 Excelsior Dynamics Kick-off Mtg via zoom. (September 12, 2024 - September 12, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Teaching Demo - Christopher Rivera, Shared Toulouse Interdisciplinary Candidate. (March 5, 2024 - March 5, 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Fall 2023 Peer Research Lunch Presentations (Sammer) & Lunch & Learn Development (Melissa). (September 2023 - December 2023).
  • Attendee, Meeting, PDA Cohort 5. (August 2023 - December 2023).
  • Guest Speaker, CACS / DMI Lunch and Learn. (September 27, 2023 - September 27, 2023).
  • Faculty Mentor, North Texas Now!. (September 14, 2023 - September 14, 2023).
  • Faculty Mentor, NTN! Y1. (September 14, 2023 - September 14, 2023).
  • Attendee, Meeting, English Department 1st General Meeting. (August 25, 2023 - August 25, 2023).
  • Guest Speaker, Bridge Week Fall 2023. (August 15, 2023 - August 15, 2023).
  • Faculty Mentor, NTN! Student Orientation. (August 15, 2023 - August 15, 2023).
  • Faculty Advisor, Frisco Fall Orientation. (August 4, 2023 - August 4, 2023).
  • Other (Invited Lecturer), Osher Lifetime Learning Institute (OLLI). (July 10, 2023 - July 21, 2023).
  • Other (Invited Lecturer), Osher Lifetime Learning Institute (OLLI). (June 24, 2023 - July 7, 2023).
  • Committee Member, Recruitment & Retention 2023. (February 2023 - May 2023).
  • Committee Chair, DEI Provost's Moving Forward Together Initiative. (September 2022 - May 24, 2023).
  • Attendee, Meeting, PDA Various Cohorts Final Zoom Projects. (May 10, 2023 - May 11, 2023).
  • Faculty Mentor, NTN! Y1 Field Trip to Denton. (April 30, 2023 - April 30, 2023).
  • Attendee, Meeting, New Hire Applicant Interview Attendance. (January 2023 - April 30, 2023).
  • Faculty Mentor, NTN! Y1 Food Pantry Pitches. (April 27, 2023 - April 27, 2023).
  • Faculty Advisor, NTN! Y2 Shark Tank. (April 27, 2023 - April 27, 2023).
  • Faculty Mentor, NTN! Y1 New Recruit Signing Day. (April 26, 2023 - April 26, 2023).
  • Faculty Advisor, UNT Spring Preview. (March 4, 2023 - March 4, 2023).
  • Faculty Mentor, Frisco Landing New Building Student Open House. (January 11, 2023 - January 11, 2023).
  • Attendee, Meeting, PDA and APDA Cohort Mock Interviews (or whatever their final project presentations were to their partners). (November 2022 - December 2022).
  • Faculty Advisor, North Texas Now! Y1 Education Fair. (December 5, 2022 - December 8, 2022).
  • Student Recruiter, New College. (September 18, 2022 - September 18, 2022).
  • Faculty Mentor, Bridge Week Fall 2022. (August 22, 2022 - August 26, 2022).

Public Service

  • Member, Credo Community Choir. Richardson, tx. (August 2021 - Present).
  • Program Coordinator, St. Cecilia's Catholic Church. Dallas, TX. (August 2000 - Present).

Professional Service

  • Other (Professional obligation of courtesy to prior students), Gilliam Collegiate Academy (Dallas ISD). Dallas, TX. (August 15, 2022 - Present).