Office Phone: 724-847-5002
aaiken@geneva.edu

Disciplines/Field of Instruction

• Reading Specialist
• Chair, Department of Education 
• Program Director, M.Ed. in Reading

Degrees Received

• Ed.D., University of Pittsburgh
• M.Ed., Westminster College
• B.S. El. Ed., Geneva College

Courses Taught

• Language Arts
• Reading Methods
• Reading Program in the Elementary School
• Diagnostic and Remedial Reading
• Children’s Literature
• History & Philosophy of Reading
• Phonics and Orthography of Reading 

Presentation/Publications

• "Finding Virtues in Children's Literature," Beaver County Reading Council, 2013
• "The Heart of a Child", Geneva College, 2009
• Reading Words, Reading Worlds. The Geneva Magazine, spring, 2007
• Postmodernism’s impact on children’s picture books: A faith-based perspective. ICCTE Journal, 2:2 http://www.icctejournal.org, 2007
• “Postmodernism and Children’s Literature,” Thinking Women, Geneva College, 2006
• "Adapting Instruction in Christian Education," Community Ministry Seminar, Geneva College, 2004
• "French as a Second Language and How It Relates to Literacy" Seminar for Elementary Principals, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 2003
• They love words. The Reading Teacher, 56, 68-74.  Teachers implement a spelling-decoding strategy within a first-grade language arts curriculum. (refereed journal), 2002
• "A College Instructor and Third Grade Teacher Exchange Places" PAC-TE Conference, Grantville, PA, 1996

Affiliations, e.g., membership in professional organizations, etc.

• NCTE - National Council of Teachers of English          
• IRA - International Reading Association
• KSRA - Keystone State Reading Association
• Beaver County Reading Council
• PAC-TE - PA Association of Colleges & Teacher Educators

Miscellaneous, e.g., hobbies, sports, personal info, etc.

• Dr. Aiken enjoys reading to her two grandchildren, Laney and Logan.