Two Women Named Professors of the Year

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education has named two women Professors of the Year.

Christy T. Price, a professor of psychology at Dalton State University in Georgia was named Baccalaureate Colleges Professor of the Year. Dr. Price has taught at Dalton State since 1992.

Dr. Price is a graduate of Northern Illinois University. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Nebraska at Kearny and earned an educational doctorate at the University of Tennessee.

Lois Roma-Deeley, poet-in-residence and director of the creative writing and women’s studies programs at Paradise Community College in Phoenix, Arizona, was named Community College Professor of the Year. Dr. Roma-Deeley is the author of three collections of poetry including High Notes (Beru Press, 2010), NorthSight (Singularity Press, 2006), and  Rules of Hunger (Star Cloud Press, 2004).

Dr. Roma-Deeley holds a master of fine arts degree from Arizona State University and a Ph.D. in interdisciplinary studies from the Union Institute.

Here is a video of Professor Roma-Deeley reading one of her poems.