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.