M. Eileen Morelli, Ed.D.

Associate Professor of Education

Westminster College
316 D Old Main
New Wilmington, PA 16172
724-946-6035
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Courses

  • Education 302 - Language Arts and Children’s Literature
  • Education 351 - Reading in the Content Areas
  • Education 601 - Teaching in the Elementary School
  • Reading 830 - Children’s Literature


Education

  • Ed. D. - University of Pittsburgh (Education/Reading and Higher Education Administration)
  • M.Ed. - Valparaiso University (Education/Reading Specialist
  • B.A. - Youngstown State University (Elementary Education –Grades K-8)


Teaching

  • Youngstown State University: Director of Student Teaching and Graduate and Undergraduate Adjunct Reading Faculty
  • Denver Public Schools: Curriculum Supervisor for Reading and Writing and Professional Development for Teachers in Reading and Writing in Middle and High School
  • Allegheny Intermediate Unit – English as a Second Language Grades 1 to 8
  • Community College Allegheny County - Developmental Reading for Freshmen
  • Valparaiso Community Schools - Reading Specialist/Elementary, Henry S. Evans School Grade 2 Hobart, Indiana
  • St. Stanislaus School: Grade 3 - Youngstown
  • St. Columbia School: Grade 1- Youngstown


Professional

  • Manuscript evaluator for Thomson Publishing Company
  • Submitted proposal for a study book for the Praxis Exam: Learning and Teaching
  • International Reading Association-Member
  • National Council Teachers of English-Member
  • Association of Supervision and Curriculum-Member
  • Research interest: Literacy in the Content Area and Literacy Strategies in the College Classroom

Family

  • Paul, husband
  • PJ and Jill, son and daughter in law, Boston, Mass
  • Tom and Noel, son and daughter- in- law, Boston, Mass
  • Mary Lee, daughter and husband, Boulder, Colorado

Hobbies

  • Spending time with our grandchildren
  • Reading
  • Walking our dog, Paige
  • Looking for antiques and other good “junk”
  • Adventures in traveling