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Cristine Clarke currently teaches psychology for the
North
Carolina School of Science and Math as part of their distance
learning team. Over the past seven years, she has taught for
Meredith College, Duke
University, the University
of Louisiana at Monroe, and DeVry
Denver.
She received her bachelor's degree in Gerontology from King's
College in Wilkes Barre, PA and holds a Masters from New
School University in New York City. She received her doctorate
in instructional technology and distance education from Nova
Southeastern University in December 2002. Cris' research
deals with using distance education technology (like listservs,
e-books software and web pages) to increase discussion in
face-to-face classes.
Cris recently presented two papers from her research at the
annual meeting of the Adult
Higher Education Alliance and at the 2002 meeting of the
Association for Educational Communications and Technology
(AECT). In the new year,
her new research on using email to coach students for continuous
quality improvement will be presented online for the North
Carolina Distance Learning Alliance.
Before beginning her doctoral studies in education, Cris
spent 10+ years leading health care and social service organizations.
She has consulted for managed care companies, private physician
practices, and government social services agencies in the
areas of corporate training, human resources, and grant writing.
In her spare time, Cris enjoys scrapbooking, camping, volleyball,
quilting, and growing a salsa garden. She also collects coffee
mugs from different universities. Cris has two children: Cailey
who is 5, and Eamon who is 7.
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