Educational Specialist, University of South Dakota (in progress)

K-12 Reading Specialist, University of Sioux Falls

Master of Arts in Teaching, Bethel University

Bachelor of Science in History & Political Science, Black Hills State University

 

Michele Maruani joined the Center for Statewide E-learning at NSU in 2016. She has a B.S. degree in history and political science from Black Hills State University, Spearfish, S.D.; M.A. in teaching from Bethel University, St. Paul, Minn.; is a K-12 reading specialist; and is working to earn the title of educational specialist.

 

Ms. Maruani has been a teacher in residence at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian and a national team leader for the National Council for the Social Studies/Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Courses Taught
Sociology
World Geography
World History
Psychology

Research/Areas of Expertise
K-12 Social Sciences
Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings
Literacy Across the Curriculum
Professional Learning Communities

Professional Organizations
National Council for the Social Studies Committee
National Social Studies Supervisors Association

Awards and Other Recognition
United States Department of State Fellow
National Geographic Certified Teacher
2015 CSPAN Educator2015 Constitutional Scholar
2010 Presidential Academy for American History and Civics

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