Professional of the Year for 2008 in Dyslexic Instruction and Assessment: Mary Dziorny

	Mary Dziorny
Industry	Education
Title	Information Technology Technical Trainer/eLearning Expert
Expertise	Alternative forms of instruction and assessment for dyslexic students in higher education; Educational Gaming, Faculty Education/Development, Instructional/Educational Technology, Alternative Instruction Methods, Technology Integration, Online Course Development; Texas Teacher Certificate, All-Level Music, Lifetime Certification, 1994
Current Organization	University of Texas at Dallas
Type of Organization	University
Major Product	Higher education
Area of Distribution	International
University/Degree	Bachelor of Music, 1993; M.S., Applied Technology, Training & Development, 2003; Ph.D. Candidate, Educational Technology, 2009, Univ. of North Texas
Born	December 6, 1974, Boonton, New Jersey
Published Works	Dziorny M, The Sims Go to College, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference, pp 1362-1366, Orlando FL, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 2006; Dziorny M, DGL and Dyslexia, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference, pp 1189-1197, San Antonio TX, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 2007; Numerous national, state and invited presentations include- Dziorny M, Simpson AB, Migrating to WebCT CE6: A Pilot Program Post Mortem, Impact National WebCT Conference, Chicago IL, 2006; Dziorny M, Simpson AB, Upgrading to WebCT CE6: You Can Survive!, Innovations in Online Learning, Austin TX, 2006
Affiliations	U.S. Distance Learning Association; Texas Distance Learning Association; National Association of Female Executives; Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education; American Association of University Women
Hobbies & Sports	Medieval reenactment, cooking, writing
Work History	Academic-Lab Tutor/Staff Trainer, University of North Texas, Denton; Music Teacher/Choir Director, Irving Independent School District; Technical Trainer and Instructional Technology Coordinator/Faculty Trainer/Instructional Designer and Information Security Trainer/eLearning Expert, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson; Commercial- Traveling Software Trainer/Store Software Trainer, Comp USA; Help Desk Agent, Desktop Support Technician, Global Help Desk, Ericsson Global Information
Spouse	Michael L. Peavy
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