Design Development

JOAN McGUIRE MOHR, Ph.D.

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San Diego, California 92103

Phone: 619-***-****

email: *******@*****.***

EDUCATION

Ph.D. History University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

M.A. History University of San Diego San Diego, California

B.A. History University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado

EMPLOYMENT

Teacher Training/Design/Instruction - Currently consulting with the Institute for Learning;

Learning Resource and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh, a scholarly research

and development institute (9 years). Design for preparation in the common core standards for

reading and writing across ELA, Math, Science and History/Social Studies. Researching and

design of instructional modules and professional development with institute affiliates throughout

the United States.

• Facilitation of workshops with teachers to model content literacy and academic rigor

designed to enhance student engagement in units and lessons that promote critical

thinking and independent action through reading and writing with the common core

standards.

• Mentoring/coaching teachers, curriculum directors, and administrators in pedagogy and

design in preparation for the delivery of the common core standards.

• Establishing model schools and classrooms to serve as examples of knowledge-building

and best-practices across the school an or district.

Author/Lecturer/Museum Exhibit Design:

• Library of Congress, Washington D.C. Presented published research/book, The

Czech and Slovak Legion in Siberia 1917 to 1921. Documented and lectured on the

movement of Czech and Slovak Legion troops on the Trans-Siberian Railroad during

WWI and the Russian Revolution. October, 2012

• Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, and Russian Embassies, Washington D.C.

Documented and lectured on the movement of Czech and Slovak Legion troops on the

Trans-Siberian Railroad during WWI and the Russian Revolution. October, 2012.

• Czech and Slovak National Museum and Library, Cedar Rapids, Iowa served as

contributing historian for the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library in Cedar

Rapids, Iowa. Researching and preparing exhibit storyboards for WWI era photographs

and material culture. Presented lectures on exhibit topics.

• Iparmuveszeti Muzeum, Applied Arts Museum, Budapest, Hungary. Research

scholar leading groups of American museum curators to Hungarian and Transylvanian

homeland villages for curatorial collections. Focused on social organization and cultural

artifacts of Carpathian Mountain village economies.

• Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA. Coordinated membership services and

funding drives for nationally known art museum.

Archival Research and preservation - Copley Library Archives, University of San Diego.

• Procured and organized archival collections of university department histories for use in

future academic research.

References Provided Upon Request

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