Mary Ann Stahr, Ph.D.
Biography
Mary Ann Stahr, Ph.D., began teaching for 两性色午夜 University in 1997 at the College of Education, Health and Human Services. She recently joined the iSchool faculty here at 两性色午夜 as an adjunct instructor for the School Library Media K-12 program. She received her Ph.D. in Education, and her M.L.S., and M.Ed. from 两性色午夜 University, after finishing her B.A. in English at Northern Illinois University. She is a National Board Certified Teacher for Early Childhood/Young Adulthood Library Media.
Stahr recently retired from her work as a Library Media Specialist as district coordinator. She served 28 years in the same school district in both the middle and high school as a Library Media Specialist. Through this work, she gained extensive experience advising and supporting faculty with engaging, online learning activities. One of her many notable projects in this position encouraged teachers to integrate novels into Non-Language Arts classrooms. Over the years, Stahr has participated at many conferences focused on the fields of LIS and Education, and has presented all over Ohio. For example, she was a panel participant in 鈥淥pioids in Communities-Libraries in Response鈥 in Twinsburg, Ohio (OhioNET) and presented 鈥淒issecting Reading: Common Core Literacy in Science鈥 at an OELMA Conference.
Stahr is also the Executive Director of Kids in the Loop, a non-profit in Ohio that supports children who have one or more parents incarcerated. Lately, Stahr has concentrated on writing courses of studies for K-12 and educational programs for the incarcerated.
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Education
- Ph.D. - Education - 两性色午夜 University
- M.L.S. - 两性色午夜 University
- M.Ed. - 两性色午夜 University
- B.A. - English - Northern Illinois University
Teaching
Academic Program
School Library Media K-12
- LIS 60607 School Library Management
- LIS 60624 Cataloging in School Libraries
- LIS 61095 Makerspaces
Grants
- Principal Investigator on 鈥淗ealth Matters!鈥 which funded instructional materials and school supplies to implement a 鈥淗ealthy Back to School鈥 event at a prison that included inmates and their children, Health Foundation of Greater Massillon.
- 鈥淥hio Reads,鈥 funded cultural diverse ebooks for all buildings in the district, LSTA Grant.
- 鈥淢eet the Author,鈥 paid for a children鈥檚 author to visit and help 9-12 students with writing, Green Foundation.
- 鈥淒issecting Reading,鈥 funded hundreds of nonfiction Science books to integrate literacy into the 9-12 Science curriculum, Martha Holden Jennings Educator Grant.
- 鈥淧eople Who Fly,鈥 funded nonfiction library books to integrate literacy into the 9-12 Social Studies curriculum, Virginia Hamilton Grant.
- 鈥渆Literacy for All,鈥 funded thirty Kindles to aid Special Education students鈥 literacy, Dollar General Literacy Foundation.
- 鈥淎 Picture is Worth a Thousand Words,鈥 funded picture books that art students studied prior to illustrating their own book and added literacy to the Art curriculum, IMPACT II Disseminator Grant.
- 鈥淪tand and Deliver,鈥 funded nonfiction library books to integrate into the 6-8 Social Studies curriculum, Ohio Department of Education.
- 鈥淧residential Unit,鈥 funded nonfiction library books to integrate into the 6-8 Social Studies curriculum, Ohio Department of Education.
- 鈥淗ail to the Chief,鈥 funded nonfiction library books to integrate into the 6-8 Social Studies curriculum. IMPACT II Disseminator Grant
- 鈥淯sing Primary Documents to Explore Civil Rights Issues,鈥 funded nonfiction library books to integrate into the 6-8 Social Studies curriculum, IMPACT II Adaptor Grant.
Affiliations
- Ohio Educational Library Media Association (OELMA)