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LeeAnn Derdeyn

Title: Clinical Associate Professor

Department: Multidisciplinary Innovation

College: College of Applied and Collaborative Studies

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

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

Current Scheduled Teaching

ENGL 1320.571First Year Writing IISpring SDC 2026 Syllabus
ENGL 1320.572First Year Writing IISpring SDC 2026 Syllabus
ENGL 1320.575First Year Writing IISpring SDC 2026 Syllabus
APMG 2041.510Project Workshop: BeginnerSpring 2026 Syllabus
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

ENGL 2341.581Forms of LiteratureFall SDC 2025 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2341.585Forms of LiteratureFall SDC 2025 Syllabus SPOT
BAAS 3000.703Pathways to Civic EngagementFall 8W2 2025 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1320.501First Year Writing IISpring 2025 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1320.571First Year Writing IISpring SDC 2025 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1320.575First Year Writing IISpring SDC 2025 Syllabus SPOT
BAAS 3000.700Pathways to Civic EngagementSpring 8W2 2025 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2341.581Forms of LiteratureFall SDC 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2341.585Forms of LiteratureFall SDC 2024 Syllabus SPOT
BAAS 3000.704Pathways to Civic EngagementFall 8W2 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1320.571First Year Writing IISpring SDC 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1320.575First Year Writing IISpring SDC 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2331.581World LiteratureSpring SDC 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2331.585World LiteratureSpring SDC 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.511First Year Writing IFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.571First Year Writing IFall SDC 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.575First Year Writing IFall SDC 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1320.501First Year Writing IISpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1320.510First Year Writing IISpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1320.571First Year Writing IISpring SDC 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1320.575First Year Writing IISpring SDC 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.571First Year Writing IFall SDC 2022 Syllabus
ENGL 1310.575First Year Writing IFall SDC 2022 Syllabus
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Derdeyn, L.J. (2022). Cantos 64–66. Readings in the Cantos. 129-150. Clemson, SC, Clemson University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2qnx5bf.16

    • Journal Article

  • Derdeyn, L. (2022). Out of This Nettle: T. S. Eliot's "Little Gidding III" And The Environment of What Grows. Other. 29 (3) 495-518. Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Derdeyn, L. (2018). Trauma and the Anthropocene: Fear and Loathing in Helen Macdonald’s H is for Hawk. Other. 25 (4) 767-785. Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/isle/isy059

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Derdeyn, L. (Principal), "Strategic AI Improves Students’ Hands’-On Project-Based Learning Outcomes," sponsored by DMI Professional Faculty Development Grants, University of North Texas, $2500 Funded. (2026 - 2026).
  • Derdeyn, L., "“Little Gidding II” The Haunting of The “familiar compound ghost”: Yeats, Bergson, and Eliot - DMI Faculty Professional Development Award," sponsored by Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation, University of North Texas, $2500 Funded. (2025 - 2025).
  • Derdeyn, L. (Principal), "Travel as Trouble: Leontia Flynn’s “The Furthest Distances I’ve Travelled”: DMI Faculty Proessional Development Award," sponsored by Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation, University of North Texas, $2500 Funded. (2024 - 2025).
  • Derdeyn, L. (Principal), "Finding What is Wanting or “Surviving The Waste Land” - DMI Faculty Professional Development Award," sponsored by Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation, University of North Texas, $2500 Funded. (2024 - 2024).
  • Derdeyn, L. (Principal), "the American Literature Association National Conference - DMI Faculty Professional Development Award," sponsored by Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation, University of North Texas, $1750 Funded. (2024 - 2024).
  • Derdeyn, L. (Principal), "How to Be Healthy: Human & Digital Relationships in Ali Smith’s Autumn & Winter: DMI Professional Development Award," sponsored by New College (Dept of Multidisciplinary Innovation), University of North Texas, $2000 Funded. (2022 - 2023).
  • Derdeyn, L. (Co-Principal), "Team Teaching with Project-Based Learning: Building a Culture, DMI Professional Development Award," sponsored by The Department of Multidiplinary Innovation (New College), University of North Texas, $2500 Funded. (2023 - 2023).
  • Derdeyn, L. (Principal), "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 - DMI Faculty Professoinal Development Award," sponsored by Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation, University of North Texas, $1500 Funded. (2023 - 2023).

    • 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).
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Overall
Summative Rating		 Challenge and
Engagement Index		 Response Rate

out of 5
out of 7		 %
of
students responded
  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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