Lisa Diehl

Lisa Diehl

Part Time Faculty/eCore

Office location Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: English Composition, English Education, Secondary English, and English Literature

Overview

Ms. Diehl is currently working on her dissertation studying the embedded tutoring program she created and implemented at the University of North Georgia. She is an internationally published poet with over ten poetry publications exhibiting her work.

She has earned a Graduate Diversity certificate from the University of North Georgia and has over 5 years of teaching English composition at UNG.

Ms. Diehl is the faculty mentor for the women's golf team at UNG. She is a member of the ACTT (Tutoring) Center Advisory Committee and was recently appointed Secretary of the permanent section "Teaching Writing in College" for the Midwest Modern Language Association (MMLA) Conference for 2017-2018.

In 2017, Ms. Diehl was the UNG nominee for the Governor's Teaching Fellows program.

Ms. Diehl supervises the Embedded Tutoring program at UNG, which places writing center tutors in English composition classrooms to assist first-year students with their writing skills.

Courses Taught

  • English 1101
  • English 1102
  • Literature 
  • English Education
  • Diversity

Education

  • Ed. D., Educational Leadership, Creighton University, 2018 (ABD)
  • MAT, Secondary English, Piedmont College, 2009
  • B.A., English/Writing, University of Tampa, 2009

Research/Special Interests

  • Embedded Tutoring
  • Social Justice
  • First-year Composition
  • Educational leadership
  • Tutoring
  • ESL
  • Learning Support
  • Modern Poetry
  • Non-fiction Writing

Publications

Midwest Modern Language Association (MMLA): November 2017. 59th Annual “Implementing an Embedded Tutoring program in the college composition classroom,” and “Developing and Implementing a Social Justice themed course in a college writing classroom.”

UNG Student Leadership Conference: October 2017. “Understanding ‘White Privilege’ and How It Will Make You a Better Leader.”

Piedmont Educator Renewal Conference (PERC): March 2017. “Embedded Tutoring Implementation in Secondary Education.”

Midwest Modern Language Association (MMLA): November 2016 “Embedded Tutoring Program: Writing across the Curriculum.”

Diehl, L. (2013). “Startled.” Nano Nostrovia! Poetry. 13 Jan 2013. 

Diehl, L. (2013). “Molten Pain.” Nano Nostrovia! Poetry. 13 Jan 2013.

Diehl, L. (2013). “Molten Pain.” Leaves of Ink Journal. 3 Feb 2013.

Diehl, L. (2013). “Startled.” Leaves of Ink Journal. 24 Jan 2013.

Diehl, L. (2013). “Parrot Wishes.” Counterexample Poetics. Jan 2013.

Diehl, L. (2007). “Fading Shells" and "Loss.” The Ugly Tree Poetry Magazine. Issue 14.

Work Experience

2011-present - College English Composition Instructor. University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, Ga.

2011-2012 – Writing/English High School Teacher. Mountain Education Center High School, Toccoa, Ga

2009-2011 - English/Language Arts High School Teacher. Stephens County High School, Toccoa, Ga.

2006-2011 - English Composition Instructor. North Georgia Technical College, Clarkesville, Ga. Gainesville State College, Gainesville, Ga. (part-time).

Personal Information

Ms. Diehl resides in Cleveland, Georgia, where she has lived with her husband, Dan for 20 years. She shares her home with 5 parrots, 6 chickens, a pot-belly pig, and a dog. She has one adult son, Cory, a daughter-in-law named Tanya, and a deceased son named Ryan. She enjoys exercising, fishing, reading, writing, gardening, hiking, and camping. Her favorite sports teams are the New England Patriots and the Boston Red Sox.

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