Mary Elizabeth Hendrix
1300 Riverford Circle Hoover, AL 35216
816-248-0793
I EDUCATION
J.D., Student
Birmingham School of Law (Fall 2011-Present) GPA- 4.0
Ph.D., Instructional Leadership (2007)
Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies College of Education, The University of Alabama
Dissertation research: “Minding” Knowledge: Leaving the Body Behind
Major: Instructional Leadership (Foundations of Education)
Minors: Research (Qualitative and Quantitative) & English
Research Interests: Women in Leadership, Social Foundations of Education, Embodiment Issues
and Body Theory, Social Justice and Education, The Digital Divide and Instructional Technology, Curriculum Theory, Gender Issues and Feminist Theory, Disability Studies, Multicultural Education, Reading and Literacy, Qualitative Research Methods, Phenomenology
Degree Received: Aug. 2007
Master of Arts, Secondary Education, English/ Language Arts
College of Education, The University of Alabama
Research: Multiple Intelligence Theory & Literacy InstructionDegree Received: May 2000
Bachelor of Arts, English & Dance, The University of Alabama
Degree Received: May 1998, Cum Laude (With Honor’s in English)
II WORK EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor, Research
Missouri Western State University (2011to Present)Taught Introduction to Research Methods in Assessment and Literature Review and Case Study On-line
Assistant Professor, Foundations of Education,
Missouri Western State University (2007 to 2011)Taught Introduction to Education and Multicultural Education, developed master’s courses for and taught Introduction to Research Methods in Assessment and Literature Review and Case Study, and supervised pre-service teachers in the field
Graduate Research Assistant/Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Alabama (fall 2003-2007)
Assisted with data collection, research, data analysis, and publications in instructional leadership and foundations; guest lectured in BEF 362 courses, taught BEF 362 courses for 3 semestersLanguage Arts Teacher, Exploring Alabama Outdoors: The Greene County Math and Science Day Camp (June of 2007) Co-taught 5th-7th grade students in Greene County, AL language arts within a science unit focusing on Hurricane Katrina and marine biology
Students were a majority African American and were impoverished (according to the AL standards for poverty).
Coordinator, Central Region, Greater Birmingham Ministries (2005-2006)
Developed, organized, and taught training sessions and town hall meetings for the constitutional reform educational campaign throughout the central region of AlabamaAdjunct English Teacher, Shelton State Community College, (2001-2003) Tuscaloosa, AL
Taught English 101 and Reading 114 Fall 2003, Basic Writing II (English 093) Spring 2003, Reading 114- Assisted the Assistant Dean of Students, Susan Mohun, with Reading 085 and with the dance line Fall 2002, Taught Basic Writing I and II in Fall 2001 and Spring 2002English Teacher, The Capitol School, (2001- 2002) Tuscaloosa, AL
Taught 50 students English at an International School and created lesson plans to reach all learning styles based on Howard Gardner’s “Multiple Intelligences”; assisted 4 students in publishing works
English Intern, Collins-Riverside Junior High, (Spring Semester 2000) Northport, AL
Taught 85 ninth-grade students and created lesson plans to reach all learning stylesGraduate Assistant, Student Employment Services (March - September 1999)
Responsible for Training Reading Tutors and Serving as a Liaison with the Public Schools for the America Reads Challenge ProgramCounselor, American Ballet Theatre, The University of Alabama (summer, 1998)
Escorted ballet dancers around campus and served as a chaperone and dorm mother.
III GRANTS
American Association of University Women Community Action Grant Recipient 2007-2010 (Approx. $10,000 from national office/ Approx. $75,000 total) Co-wrote/ Co-chaired grant to provide programs to promote and train women for elected leadership positions
Worked on a Co-teaching Grant Committee in the MWSU Education Department 2009-Present
American Association of University Women Impact Grant Recipient 2010-2011
(Approximately $1,000 from national office) Co-chaired grant to provide public policy programs and to establish a 2-minute activist on the AAUW of MO state websiteHendrix, E. & Flowers, M. (2011). Educators learning to be socially just 2nd Ed. McGraw Hill
Learning Solutions.
Hendrix, E. & Flowers, M. (2010). Educators learning to be socially just through critical field
experiences. McGraw Hill Learning Solutions.
Hendrix, E. (2005). Permanent injustice: Rawls’ theory of justice and the digital
divide, Educational Technology and Society, 8(1), 63-68.
INVITED PUBLICATIONS
Hendrix, E. (2010). Minding knowledge: Leaving the body behind. Lambert Academic Publishers.
Hendrix, E. (2008). Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural
Foundations of Education.
Hendrix, E. (2008). Madeleine Grumet, Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations
of Education.
Hendrix, E. (2008). Matthew Arnold, Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of
Education.
Hendrix, E. (2007). A teacher’s reach: Ute Winston, my mentor, my moirae, Prairie Lands
Writing Center Website, M.W.S.U., St. Joseph, MO.
Hendrix, E. (2006). Woman-to-woman: Changing the world, AAUW of AL
Fall Daybreak.
PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS
Fall Daybreak.
PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS
Hendrix, E. (future publication). Birthing social justice, Reflections.
Hendrix, E. (future publication). Lopsided or level leadership?
Letseka, M. & Hendrix, E. (future publication). Is education a right or a privilege? A comparative analysis between South Africa and the United States.
Mitchell, D. & Hendrix, E.(future publication). “Justics”: With discipline and justice for all?
V PATENT
Hendrix, E. (2007). Game for Stimulating Reading Interest, Patent Held as of
Jan. 16, 2007, U.S. Patent Application Serial Number 7,163,402. (Patent
Application No. 10/965,395 filed Oct. 14, 2004)
Jan. 16, 2007, U.S. Patent Application Serial Number 7,163,402. (Patent
Application No. 10/965,395 filed Oct. 14, 2004)
VI OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Hendrix, E. (2010). The Power of Public Policy: Show Me the Equity, AAUW of MO’s Missouri in Motion.
Hendrix, E. (2010). Reviving the Root: AAUW’s Saint Joseph Branch, AAUW of MO’s Missouri in Motion.
Hendrix, E. (2010). Educators Learning To Be Socially Just, AAUW of MO’s Missouri in Motion.
Hendrix, E. (2010). God’s family? First Christian Church Dialogue.
Hendrix, E. (2010). Love? First Christian Church Dialogue.
Hendrix, E. (1998). Public Eye?, a poem, Lynx Magazine, May 1.
Hendrix, E. (1995). Walk into modern art, The Crimson White, Oct. 4, 1995.
Hendrix, E. (1995). Sean Curran and Soundance Repertory Company, Writing for Dance Harvard
Hendrix, E. (1995). Sean Curran and Soundance Repertory Company, Writing for Dance Harvard
University Summer School, Boston, Mass. July.
VII PRESENTATIONS
Professional Meetings/Conferences
Letseka, M. & Hendrix, E. (November, 2010). Is education a right or a privilege? National
Association for Multicultural Education 20th Annual International Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
Phillips, R., Hendrix, M. E. (Author Only), Blake, C. (Author Only), Bryant, H. (Author Only)
(January, 2010). National Institute for the Teaching of Psychology, "Tom Cruise is my professor”: Objective evidence that movies enhance learning in abnormal psychology," St. Petersburg Beach, FL. (January 4, 2010).
Hendrix, E. (July 2009). Democracy denied: Paving paths to peace. World Forum, Washington
DC.
Hendrix, E. (June 2009). Birthing social justice. The 8th Annual Hawaii International Conference
on Social Sciences, Honolulu, HI.
Hendrix, E.; Tran, L.; Miura, Y.; Burns, S.; Black, R; & Muhammed, M. (May 2009).
Mad as Hell? Creating a Dialogical Space of Literacy on Identity Politics:
Organizing for Social Justice. 15th Annual International Pedagogy and Theater
of The Oppressed Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Hendrix, E.; Tran, L.; Miura, Y. (May 2009). Mad as Hell! Thinking is Doing, and Doing
by Thinking: Marxianism, Classism, and Teacher Education. 15th Annual International Pedagogy and Theater of The Oppressed Conference, Minneapolis, MN
Hendrix, E. (May 2009). Birthing social justice. 15th Annual International Pedagogy and Theater
of The Oppressed Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Hendrix, E. & Mitchell, D. (Jan. 2009). “Justics:” With discipline and justice for all? Hawaii
International Conference on Education. Honolulu, Hawaii.
Eicher, D., & Hendrix, E. (Nov. 2008). Building bridges to closing the diversity gap. SRATE,
Myrtle Beach, SC.
Hendrix, E. (February 2008). With discipline and justice for all, Applied Learning Conference,
MWSU, Saint Joseph, MO.
Hendrix, E. (February 2008). With discipline and justice for all, SEPES Annual Conference,
Baton Rouge, LA.
Hendrix, E. (June 2007). “Minding” knowledge, The 6th Annual Hawaii International Conference
on Social Sciences, Honolulu, HI.
Hendrix, E. (April 2007). Packing bodies into schools: Policing leakages through containment,
AERA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Hendrix, E. (February 2007). Body theory for the future, SEPES Annual Conference,
Birmingham, AL.
Hendrix, E. (November 2006). Leaving justice and the body behind, AESA 2006 Annual
Meeting, Spokane, WA
Hendrix, E. (November 2006). Eros and education, AESA 2006 Annual Meeting, Spokane, WA
Hendrix, E. (February 2006). “Minding” knowledge: Leaving the body behind, SEPES Annual
Conference, Decatur, GA
Hendrix, E. (January 2006). “Minding” knowledge: Leaving the body behind, QUIG Annual Conference, Athens, GA
Hendrix, E. (January 2006). Body talk and learning: “Mis(s)” education, QUIG Annual Conference, Athens, GA
Hendrix, E. (November 2005). Making (disabled) bodies matter: Embodying educational policy AESA 2005 Annual Meeting, Charlottesville, VA
Hendrix, E. (November 2005). “Minding” knowledge: Leaving the body behind, AESA 2005 Annual Meeting in Charlottesville, VA
Hendrix, E. (November 2005). Cyber-segregation, AESA 2005 Annual Meeting, Charlottesville, VA
Hendrix, E. & Erevelles, N. (April 2005). Making (disabled) bodies matter: Embodying educational policy, AERA Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada
Hendrix, E. (February 2005). “Minding” knowledge, Southeast Philosophy of Education Annual Conference, Orlando, FL
Hendrix, E. (February 2005). Body talk, SEPES Annual Conference, Orlando, FL
Hendrix, E. (January 2005). Body talk and “mis(s)” education, QUIG Conference, Athens, GA
Hendrix, E. (January 2005). Mystic mind readers: An innovative approach with the directed
reading thinking activity, QUIG Annual Conference, Athens, GA
Hendrix, E. (November 2004). Muted margins: Systematic silencing, AESA Annual Meeting in Kansas City, KS
Hendrix, E. (November 2004). Cyber-segregation: The digital divide fifty years after Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka, AESA Annual Meeting, Kansas City, KS
Hendrix, E. (September 2004). Permanent injustice, The Patterson Research Conference, Washington D.C.
Hendrix, E. (April 2004). Multicultural or monocultural?: Multicultural myths and markers in a top ten fine arts school, AERA Annual Conference, San Diego, CA
Hendrix, E. & Briggs, S. (April 2004). Embodied philosophies: Disability, difference, the disruptive body, and voice in education, AERA Annual Conference, San Diego, CA
Hendrix, E. (February 2004). The permanence of injustice and inequalities: Rawls’ theory of justice & the digital divide, SEPES Annual Conference, Tuscaloosa, AL
Hendrix, E. (January 2004). No child left behind: Behind child left, no?, Far Western Philosophy of Education Society Annual Conference, Orem, UT
Hendrix, E. (November 2003). Panoptic pedagogy, power, and the production of norms: (Disability) disrupting dance education, AESA Annual Meeting in Mexico City, Mexico
Hendrix, E. (April 2003). The lies/laws of language— words fail: Rethinking ironic rethinking, UVA Graduate English Conference, Charlottesville, VA
Hendrix, E. (November 2002). The blame game: Gender warfare, AESA Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA.
Invited Presentations
Hendrix, E. (July 2009). Educators Learning To Be Socially Just. MWSU Prairie Lands Writing
Project.
Hendrix, E. (March 2009). Laying the Groundwork for Public Life. Ready to Run Grant
Presentation. Auburn University, Auburn AL.
Hendrix, E. (March 2009). Laying the Groundwork for Public Life. Ready to Run Grant
Presentation. Gadsden, AL.
Hendrix, E. & Wright, C. (April 2008). The Economic Status of Women and Girls in AL, AAUW
of AL State Convention, Florence, AL.
Hendrix, E. (November 2007). Testing tips, MWSU Scanlon Hall 4th Floor, St. Joseph, MO.
Hendrix, E. (October 2007). Ruby Payne, poverty, and public education forum, MWSU, St. Joseph, MO.
Hendrix, E. (September 2007) Banned Book Readings, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, MWSU, St. Joseph, MO.
Hendrix, E. (August 2007). Ready to run, AAUW of AL Leadership Conference, Birmingham, AL.
Hendrix, E. (April 2007). Ready to run, AAUW of AL State Convention, Huntsville, AL.
Hendrix, E. (April 2007). Equity: Pay equity, AAUW’s Birmingham Branch Meeting, Birmingham, AL.
Hendrix, E. (March 2007). Pay equity: Gateway to financial security for women, Women in AL: yesterday & today, Montevallo, AL
Hendrix, E. (October 2006) A.C.C.R.’s grassroots effort & the 1901 AL constitution. AAUW’s Montevallo Branch Meeting, Montevallo, AL
Hendrix, E. (August 2006) Public policy: Opportunity for change. AAUW AL Leadership Conference, Samford University, Birmingham, AL
Hendrix, E. (April 2006). Health care reform in AL, The University of Alabama
Hendrix, E. (April 2006). Alabama students: Our future leaders, American Association of University Women State Convention, Mobile, AL
Hendrix, E. (February 2006) Racism and the AL 1901 constitution, Sumter County Retired Educators Association, Livingston, AL
Hendrix, E. (February 2006). Alabama’s 1901 constitution, Focus on Senior Citizens, Foster Grandparents, Tuscaloosa, AL
Hendrix, E. (January 2006). Constitutional reform forum, Brown Memorial, Tuscaloosa, AL
Hendrix, E. (April 2005). Alabama’s 1901 constitution & human rights, Federation of Child Care Centers of Alabama’s (FOCAL’s) Semi-annual Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative for Economic and Social Justice in Selma, AL
VIII SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS
Phi Delta Kappa International 2009-2010 Class of Emerging Leaders
Top 100 Educators of 2008
Great Minds of the 21st Century
2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century 2008
International Peace Prize from The United Cultural Convention 2009
Excellence in Teaching by a Doctoral Student, College of Education, The University of AL 2007
Who’s Who in the World 2007, 2008, 2009, & 2010
Who’s Who Among Emerging Leaders 2007
Who’s Who in America 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, & 2010
Who’s Who in American Education 2006 & 2007
Most Outstanding Graduate Student in Instructional Leadership in Educational Leadership,
Policy, and Technology Studies, The University of Alabama 2006
Sarah L. Healey Graduate Scholarship Recipient 2005 & 2006
Most Outstanding Graduate Student in Research and Scholarship in Educational Leadership,
Policy, and Technology Studies, The University of Alabama 2005
Alpha Epsilon Lambda Honorary
PINNACLE Honor Society
Merlin Duncan Scholarship Recipient 2003
Phi Delta Kappa, Graduate Education Honor Society
Kappa Delta Pi, International Education Honor Society
The National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Sigma Tau Delta, The International English Honor Society
The Blackburn Institute
Club XXXI, Women’s Honorary
IX SERVICE
University Service
NAME Region 7 Conference Proposal Peer-reviewer 2011
Teachers College Press Case Study Book Proposal Reviewer 2010
Associate Editor, Pedagogy and Theater of the Oppressed International Journal. (June 2010 – Present).
MWSU Education Department Graduate Curriculum Committee Member 2010-2011
MWSU Student Life Director Search Committee Member 2010
MWSU Pride Advisor 2009-2010
MWSU Faculty Senate Secretary 2009-2010
MWSU Faculty Senator 2008-2010
People to People Delegate for Educational Research in South Africa Nov. 2010
Peer Reviewer of Articles for Academy for Educational Studies at Missouri State University
(for Dr. Eric C. Sheffield, Assistant Director) (2008-Present)
Equity Advisory Panel Member for Teacher Licensure
through Pearson (April and July, 2009 and April, 2010 Sessions)
MWSU Master’s Capstone Project Chair 2009
MWSU Master’s Capstone Project Committee Member 2009-2010 (for 6 Students)
Griffon Edge Discussion Leader 2009
McGraw Hill Textbook Reviewer 2009
MWSU Education Department Co-teaching Committee Member (2008-Present)
Chair of Session The 8th Annual Hawaii International Conference
on Social Sciences, Honolulu, HI. June, 2009
Chair of Session Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii,
Jan. 2009
MWSU Co-Chair of Search Committee for Education Department 2008
MWSU Member of Search Committee for the Center
for Advancement in Learning & Teaching 2008
MWSU Faculty Mentor in Scanlon Hall (2007-2010)
MWSU TEARC Member (2007-2010)
MWSU Faculty Senate General Studies Committee (2007-2009)
MWSU Faculty Senate General Studies Sub-Committee 2 + 2 Program (2008-2009)
MWSU NCATE Evidence Committee (2007-2008)
MWSU NCATE Standard 4 Co-author (2007-2008)
MWSU Faculty Advisor (2007-Present)
The University of AL Graduate Student Association Conference Referee, March, 2007.
Student Advisory Board for Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies 2006
Student Advisory Board to the Dean, College of Education 2006
The University of Alabama, Alabama Arise Student Chapter Founder and President 2007
Graduate Student Association Board Member 2006-2007
U.A. SGA Graduate Senator 2005-2007
The University of Alabama Advisory Board for Community Service and Volunteerism (1998)
The Elliott Society (Service-based society) 1996-1998
The Blackburn Institute 1998-Present
Community Service
AAUW of MO Co-chair of Public Policy 2010-2012
First Christian Church Administrative Board Member/Elder 2011-2013
First Christian Church Vice Chair of Outreach 2011
First Christian Church Capital Campaign Committee Member 2010
Wellspring Community Church Prayer Team 2008-Fall of 2009
Wellspring Community Church Nursery Volunteer Summer 2008
AAUW of Alabama Co-director of Grant 2007-2009
The New Eastern Hills Baptist Church Advisory Board 2006-2007
AAUW of Alabama Public Policy Chair (2006-2007)
Lifesouth Blood Drive Organizer (2005-2007)
Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform (A.C.C.R. State Board Member) (2005-2007)
Moundville Native American Festival Volunteer (2005)
AL ARISE Volunteer (Founder and president of U.A. chapter) (2006-2007)
X PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
SIGS: Arts-Based Educational Research, Critical Educators for
Social Justice, Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class, and
Gender in Education, Critical Issues in Curriculum and Cultural
Studies, Disability Studies in Education, Education and the World
Wide Web, Research in Reading and Literacy, Research on
Women and Education
American Educational Studies Association (AESA)
Phi Delta Kappa International
Kappa Delta Pi
National Association of Multicultural Educators (NAME)
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Southeast Philosophy of Education Society (SEPES)
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
AL ARISE
Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform
The Society for International Development
XI ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Languages: English, Spanish
Technology: QSRN 6, NVIVO, BlogSpot, WebCT, SPSS
REFERENCES
Dr. Natalie Adams, Associate Professor and Assistant Dean of The Graduate School
The University of Alabama
Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies
102 Rose Administration Building, Box 870118,
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Dr. Doug McKnight, Associate Professor
The University of Alabama
Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies
Mrs. Audrey Salgado, Former President of AAUW of AL
P.O. Box 383053
Birmingham AL 35238-3053
Ms. Carole Johnson, Former Department Chair
English/Language Arts & Current Arts Instructor
Shelton State Community College
Martin Campus
9500 Old Greensboro Road
Tuscaloosa, AL 35405
(205) 391-2290
