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Professional Career

Dr. Jennifer Dail’s professional career includes: English and High School English teacher, assistant professor at The University of Alabama, and young adult literature; digital media and technology Professor at Kennesaw State University. She completed her doctoral studies in English Education at The Florida State University. Her research interests include pre-service teacher preparation in secondary English language arts, technology and literacy instruction, and young adult literature to promote reading with secondary students. She holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction for English, 2004, Florida State University Her recent publications are in the area of young adult literature and focus on engaging students with texts and teachers’ uses in classroom instruction. Her current research focuses on using digital mediums to promote reflectivity in pre-service teachers.

Specializations: Young adult literature; digital media and technology Courses Regularly Taught: ENGL 3241: Technology and Digital Media in English/Language Arts ENGL 3391: Teaching Literature to Adolescents ENED 4414: Teaching of Specific Subject (TOSS), English Language Arts ENGL 7701: Topics in Literature Most Recent or Most Important Publications: Dail, Jennifer S. and Jordan Leonard. “Creating Realms of Possibilities: Mirrors and Windows for Readers through Young Adult Novels with LGBTQ Content.” The ALAN Review 37.2 (2011). Dail, J.S. (2011). Digital storytelling: The story of students’ literary responses and pedagogical approaches. In L. Davis & L. Stewart (Eds.) Teachers as Avatars. Hampton Press. 177-190. Dail, Jennifer S. and Vivian Wright. “Digi-Journeys: Engaging Preservice Enlgish Teachers in Reflective Practice with Digital Storytelling. 30th Annual Proceedings of Selected Papers of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Conference. July 2006, Anaheim: 1. 316-323.

Educational Other

Aside from her lecture duties as a professor at Kennesaw State University Dr. Dail has lectured on female empowerment in literature.Dr. Jennifer Dail also presented, alongside Katherine Mason, in her own session entitled, “Speak Up, I Cant Hear You: Silence as Empowerment for Females in Young Adult Novels.” This session examined female protagonists in popular YA novels and their uses of silences as a means of empowerment. By including novels with empowered women, female students can find a connection to the novel. Again, it comes down to making connections to the literature for readers.

Dr. Dail has also hosted workshop to foster international learning amongst educators.In May of 2009, KMWP director Dr. Dawn Kirby and 2009 Summer Institute director Dr. Jennifer Dail traveled to Quito for a week of workshops, networking, and planning with local teachers. This working trip built a partnership between Kennesaw State University's International Projects and Colegio Menor San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador, an American school just outside the capital. As part of this relationship, two Ecuadorian elementary education teachers have come to Kennesaw each summer to participate in the KMWP summer institute. Dr. Dail has collaborated on a published teacher /mentoring research project.Teacher/mentor: a dialogue for collaborative learning By Peg Graham, Chapter 7-Case Studies of Ourselves and Student Writers.

Publishing and Editing Credits include:

General E The Journal of Interactive Online Learning focuses on providing a venue for manuscripts, critical essays, and reviews that encompass disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives in regards to issues related to higher-level learning outcomes. The Journal of Interactive Online Learning is published by a joint effort of The University of Alabama, the University of Texas at Tyler, The University of Idaho, as well as other faculty from other institutions.This journal of theory, research, and practice in interactive online learning serving all disciplines aims to:
 * Provide a forum for the dissemination of research on interactive online education
 * Disseminate ideas that enhance the practical aspects of interactive online education
 * Further knowledge and understanding of emerging innovations in online education
 * Foster debate about the use and application of online education

Signal Journal (SIGNAL is published twice a year).

Personal Hobbies and Interests

Dr. Jennifer Dail, when she is not molding the ample minds of her pupils in the classroom, is an avid outdoors woman and kayaker. Alongside her husband Garth, a whitewater instructor, Dr. Dail has completed several runs along the Nantahala River. Also Dr. Dail actively volunteers with the Atlanta Whitewater Club, assisting fellow Kayakers along more difficult river runs. Dr. Dail presents a remarkable approach to metaphors and self-empowerment through her American Whitewater article “ Getting my Roll On: Whitewater Kayaking as my Metaphor for Life”.

Outside of Dr. Dail’s adventurous outdoor activities, she enjoys rolling and preparing homemade sushi. A skill that was self taught, and fine tuned to a refined elegance due to her attendance to cooking classes weekly. Dr. Dail is also a very skilled jewelry maker, much of her personal jewelry collection is her own personal work and is stunning in quality and brilliance.

Dr. Dail has a special spot in her heart however, and that is her Love for her Dog Harley. Harley is a congenitally deaf Boston Terrier that Dr. Dail adopted, and has trained on hand signals. This just goes to show that Dr. Jennifer Dail is a truly remarkable educator and human being in every accord.

References / Work Cited

Works Cited

http://www.ncolr.org/jiol/about.html http://www.kennesaw.edu/english/education/Faculty/faculty.shtml http://ksusentinel.com/arts-living/youth-literature-hot-topic-of-english-dept-conference/ http://www.ncolr.org/jiol/issues/viewarticle.cfm?volID=3&IssueID=13&ArticleID=10&Source=2 http://www.kmwp.org/SpecialProjects/KMWPEcuador.aspx http://www.kmwp.org/SummerInstitute/SummerInstituteParticipants19942010.aspx http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04122004-123334/ (Dissertation) http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=2sqmuZeK6E0C&oi=fnd&pg=PA80&dq=dr.+jennifer+dail&ots=ozYRdLEUnX&sig=4Urry6R6Alz7cUHyWWTiYqbxADI#v=onepage&q=dr.%20jennifer%20dail&f=false http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/v35n3/mason.html