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Diplomas / Degrees

Ed.D. in Art and Art Education, Teachers College, Columbia University (2006)
Goetheanum Diploma in Speech Formation, London School of Speech Formation (1990)
M.A. in Speech Arts and Educational Theater, Adelphi University (1980)
B.A. in English, SUNY Binghamton (1978)

Recent Courses

Assessment And Instruction In Childhood Education
Exploring The Arts Series: Educational Theater
Exploring The Arts: Creative Speech For Teachers
First Year Seminar Self And Society: Becoming Human
Independent Study Creative Drama For Teachers
Independent Study Preformance Assessment
Inquiry And Expression Literacy Across The Curric: Humanities
S/T: Exploring The Arts: Creative Dramatics, Pre-K-6
S/T: Exploring The Arts: Creative Speech For Teachers
S/T: Exploring The Arts: Exploring Teaching Through The Art Of Skakespeare
S/T: Exploring The Arts: Exploring Teaching Through The Art Of Shakespeare

Personal Statement

How can we bring a threefold experience of learning—one that unites thinking, feeling and doing—into our university classrooms so that our students can recreate such integrated learning for their own students? And while bringing such integration, how can we awaken empathy and ignite a commitment to social responsibility and community well-being? What is the role of imagination in teaching and learning? These are some of the essential questions that occupy my teaching practice.

Teaching Specializations / Interests

Educational Theater and Creative Speech
Rudolf Steiner (Waldorf) Education
Arts-Based Learning
Authentic Assessment

Research Interests

Creating and supporting educational partnerships with indigenous communities;
The role of the creative imagination in education;
Michael Chekhov Acting Method.

Grants / Sponsored Research

Faculty Development Grant, Adelphi University, 2006-2007. The $5000 grant was used to create a professional development workshop for Adelphi students, faculty and alumni. The workshop was held at the Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center and Museum on October 13, 2007. The purpose was to examine an authentic model for teacher education that centers indigenous peoples' perspectives and respects them as the generators of their own educational discourses regarding their culture, history and current issues.

President's Grant for Student Research in Diversity, Committee for Community and Diversity (CCD)at Teachers College, Columbia University. 2004 recipient of $3000. grant awarded to initiate an educational partnership with members of the Shinnecock Nation. Funding enabled the co-creation of a professional development workshop for in-service Suffolk County teachers hosted by the Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center and Museum, March 3, 2005 and the creation of a DVD: Teaching and Learning with Long Island's Native Peoples.

Books

Caracciolo, D. & Mungai, A. M. (Eds.). (2009). In the Spirit of Ubuntu: Stories of Teaching and Research.

Exhibitions, Performances, Films

(30 April 2006). Teaching & Learning with Long Island's Native Peoples. The Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center & Museum, In March 2005 the Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center and Museum organized and hosted its first professional development workshop for elementary school educators. The workshop was funded by the President's Grant for Student Research in Diversity, Teachers College, Columbia University. A portion of the grant funded the filming of the workshop. In March 2006 I completed editing the DVD of this film, which can be used for professional development in the areas of diversity & multicultural education, Native Studies, Long Island history and social justice. (The film will by copyrighted as property of the Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center and Museum.)Karola Ritter was the cinematographer of the film.

Book Chapters

Caracciolo, D. (2009). Becoming human. In Caracciolo, D. & Mungai, A. M (Eds.). In the Spirit of Ubuntu: Stories of Teaching and Research. (pp. xi-xv).

Caracciolo, D. (2009). Closing the Distance: Partnering with the Indigenous Peoples on Whose Land We Earn our Living. In Caracciolo, D. & Mungai, A. M (Eds.). In the Spirit of Ubuntu: Stories of Teaching and Research. (pp. 103-116).

Recent Articles

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Caracciolo, D. & Staikidis, K. (2009, 10). Coming of Age in Methodology; Two Collaborative Inquiries with Shinnecock and Mayan Artists. Qualitative Inquiry, 15, 8, 1395-1415

Caracciolo, D. & Wallowitz, L. (2009, 10). Reawakening a sense of play through theater. Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice, 22, 3, 21-25

Caracciolo, D. (2009, 3). By their very presence: Rethinking research and partnering for change with educators and artists from Long Island's Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center and Museum. International journal for qualitative studies in education, 22, 177-202

Caracciolo, D. (2008, 12). Addressing Anti-Indianism in the mainstream curriculum: A partnership model. Multicultural perspectives, 10, 224-228

Caracciolo, Diane. (2008, 9). Strengthening the imaginaton through theater: the contributions of Michael Chekhov. Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice, 1-7

Conference Presentations and Papers

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Caracciolo, D. & Wallowitz, L. (20 November 2009). Teaching the Art of Shakespeare. 2009 NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA

Caracciolo, D. (23 May 2009). In the Spirit of Ubuntu: Stories of Teaching and Research, Part II. Fifth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Caracciolo, D., Feige, D. & Mungai, A. (07 March 2009). In the Spirit of Ubuntu. Celebration on Teaching, Channel 13, NY, NY

Caracciolo, D. (24 March 2008). Glimpses of this Unfamiliar Terrain: Awakening the Artistic Spirit in Teacher Education. American Educational Research Association, NY, NY, 17

Caracciolo, D. (05 May 2007). We can hear the trees falling: An untenured assistant professor in search of the seventh moment. Third International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, 2007, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 18

Other Scholarly / Artistic Work

Caracciolo, D.M. (1999). The Pencil: Memories of Dartington Hall and the English origin of the Michael Chekhov acting method. Introduction (unpublished) to D. H. du Prey, The Actor is the Theatre: A Collection of Michael Chekhov’s Unpublished Notes & Manuscripts on the Art of Acting and the Theatre. (Introduction and archives housed at Harvard University, Adelphi University, Lincoln Center and Dartington Hall, UK.)

Honors and Accomplishments

Recipient, Adelphi University Student Government Association, Women's Recognition Award, March 31, 2005.

Recipient, President's Award for Excellence in Service, 2003-2004, Adelphi University.

Licenses & Certifications

NYS permanent certification in English 7-12 and Speech Arts K-12.