Lois Roma-Deeley Edit Profile

Background

Roma-Deeley, Lois was born on March 5, 1952 in Amityville, New York.

Education

Bachelor, Arizona State University, 1984; Master of Fine Arts, 1988; Doctor of Philosophy, Union Institute and University, 2000.

Career

Lois Roma-Deeley: Poet. Editor. Educator.

Achievements

Lois Roma-Deeley, winner of the Samuel T. Coleridge Literary Prize, is the author of three collections of poetry. Founder; Creative Writing Program/Women's Studies Program. Published poems nationanlly and internationally.

Works

Other Work
- Author: (book of poems) Rules of Hunger, Star Cloud Press, 2004. Editor, peer editor: (textbook) Women's Rights, 1994. Editor, co-poetry editor: Phi Kappa Phi Forum.Contributor chapters to books. Poets-in-research, Paradise Vally Community College.

Membership

Founder and past president, AWP Women's Caucus, (Association of Writers and W Writing Programs, past Poetry Editor Phi Kappa Phi National Forum (10 years), Phi Kappa Phi Society, past president Arizona State University chapter

Connections

Daughter of Louis Frank Senior and Josephine R. Married Peter Michael Deeley. Children: Peter Deeley Junior, Melissa Deeley Rothslisberger.

Father:: Louis Frank Senior
Mother:: Josephine R.
Spouse:: Peter Michael Deeley
child:: Melissa Deeley Rothslisberger

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Born

March 5, 1952
Nationality
American

Education

1984

Arizona State University , Bachelor of Arts
1988 , Master of Fine Arts
Union Institute and University , Doctor of Philosophy

Career

1990 - 1992

Founder and Director, Women's Writers Workshop , Arizona State Univeristy
Tempe, AZ
1993 - 1994

Faculty Assoicate, Women's Studies , Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona, United States
1996

Professor; Poet-in-Residence , English
2001 - 2004

Adjunct Professor, Creative Writing (graduate courses) , Northern Arizona University
2015 - present

Professor Emeritia, Creative Writing , Paradise Valley Community College
Paradise Valley, Arizona, United States

Awards

U.S. Professor of the Yea

In 2012, Lois Roma-Deeley was named the U.S. Professor of the Year, Community College, by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Of the award, The Chronicle of Higher Education writes: "The honor is the nation's most prestigious teaching award, with national winners chosen from four types of institutions: a community college, a baccalaureate college, a master's institution, and a doctoral, research university." Roma-Deeley is the first national winner of this award that Arizona has ever had in any category.

In 2012, Lois Roma-Deeley was named the U.S. Professor of the Year, Community College, by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).

Of the award, The Chronicle of Higher Education writes: "The honor is the nation's most prestigious teaching award, with national winners chosen from four types of institutions: a community college, a baccalaureate college, a master's institution, and a doctoral, research university."

Roma-Deeley is the first national winner of this award that Arizona has ever had in any category.

Samuel T. Coleridge Prize

Benu Press awarded Lois Roma-Deeley The Samuel T. Coleridge Prize for "an outstanding work of literature, written by a contemporary author, that fulfills Coleridge's vision of the artist as a reconciling architect of the imagination. Such a work invites us to examine our understanding of the world, establishing new meaning in a just future transformed by possibility."

Benu Press awarded Lois Roma-Deeley The Samuel T. Coleridge Prize for "an outstanding work of literature, written by a contemporary author, that fulfills Coleridge's vision of the artist as a reconciling architect of the imagination. Such a work invites us to examine our understanding of the world, establishing new meaning in a just future transformed by possibility."

Pacific Regional Faculty

Roma-Deeley was chosen as the 2013 Pacific Regional Faculty Member by ACCT (Association of Community College Trustees).

Roma-Deeley was chosen as the 2013 Pacific Regional Faculty Member by ACCT (Association of Community College Trustees).

"Making a Difference"

In 2008, Roma-Deeley won the "Making a Difference for Women Award" from the Soroptimist International of Phoenix organization.

In 2008, Roma-Deeley won the "Making a Difference for Women Award" from the Soroptimist International of Phoenix organization.

ariZoni Nomination

High Notes, her third poetry collection book forms the basis of a music drama, "The Ballad of Downtown Jake," for which she has written the book and lyrics which was nominated for ariZONI Theatre Award for Excellence Nominee, Original Script—Adult-Play or Musical, 2015

High Notes, her third poetry collection book forms the basis of a music drama, "The Ballad of Downtown Jake," for which she has written the book and lyrics which was nominated for ariZONI Theatre Award for Excellence Nominee, Original Script—Adult-Play or Musical, 2015

Paterson Poetry Finalist

High Notes, her third collection, was chosen as a 2011 Paterson Poetry Prize Finalist.

High Notes, her third collection, was chosen as a 2011 Paterson Poetry Prize Finalist.

Poetry Awards

Roma-Deeley has won numerous awards and honors for her poetry, including awards for the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Competition and the Emily Dickinson Poetry Competition, and recognition as a finalist in the Paumanok International Poetry Contest.

Roma-Deeley has won numerous awards and honors for her poetry, including awards for the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Competition and the Emily Dickinson Poetry Competition, and recognition as a finalist in the Paumanok International Poetry Contest.

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Lois Roma-Deeley Edit Profile

Background

Education

Career

Achievements

Works

Other Work

Membership

Connections

Born

Nationality

Education

1984

Career

1990 - 1992

1993 - 1994

1996

2001 - 2004

2015 - present

Awards

U.S. Professor of the Yea

Samuel T. Coleridge Prize

Pacific Regional Faculty

"Making a Difference"

ariZoni Nomination

Paterson Poetry Finalist

Poetry Awards