Deana Mack View All Faculty
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Disciplines/Field of Instruction

  • Special Education
  • Elementary Education
  • Middle-Level Education
  • Chair, Department of Education

Degrees Received

  • Ph.D., Instructional Management and Leadership
  • M.A., Teaching, University of Pittsburgh
  • B.S., Psychology, University of Pittsburgh

Courses Taught

  • EDU 347 – Teaching of Social Studies in PK-4
  • EDU 473 - Behavioral Skill Intervention for Exceptional Children
  • EDU 472- Academic Skill Intervention for Exceptional Children
  • EDU 482 – Academic Skill Intervention for Exceptional Children, Grades 4-12
  • EDU 290 – Educational Technology

Presentations/Publications

  • Distinguished Contributing Author in "Lexicon of Online and Distance Learning" by Lawrence Tomei
  • Editor of Betwixt and Between: Education for Young Adolescents online journal, available at PA Professors of Middle Level Education
  • “Autism Defined & Simple Strategies for Success.” Waynesburg University Education Department Disabilities Ministry Conference, Waynesburg, University, Pennsylvania, November 14, 2015
  • “Autism Defined: Simple Strategies for Success.” Uniquely the Same Conference and Celebration, Monroeville, PA, October 21-22, 2016
  • “Respond to Your Students' Needs, Provide Choice, and Conquer Writing Standards All in One? Yes, It's Possible!” Kappa Delta Pi Convocation, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2017
  • “Middle Level Annual Meeting” Presided over discussion and meeting of Pennsylvania Professors of Middle Level Education, Harrisburg, PA, October 2017

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

  • PA-POMLE – PA Professors of Middle Level Education
  • ATE - Association of Teacher Educators
  • PAC-TE - PA Association of Colleges & Teacher Educators
  • ICCTE - International Christian Community for Teacher Education
  • CEAI – Christian Educators Association International
  • Serves as editor of a professional journal entitled Betwixt and Between: Education for Young Adolescents.

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

  • Dr. Mack enjoys spending time with her six children, husband, extended family, and church family.

Academic Distinctives

Dr. Mack is the editor of a professional journal entintled Betwixt and Between: Education for Young Adolescents, a peer reviewed journal of middle level research and is the offical hournal ofthe Pennsylvania Association for Middle Level Education and the Pennsylvania Professors of Middle Level Education.

Dr. Mack had collaborative research published in the ICCTE journal in October 2022. The article was titled, Best Practices and Biblical Worldvies for Technology Integration. The article was composed alongside colleagues from George Fox and Wheaton.