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“when I was at home, I was in a better place”

~Touchstone, Shakespeare’s As You Like It

Fortunately for me, then, Blue Ridge is my home — I truly am in a better place.

Here at Blue Ridge CTC, I am an instructor in the Division of Arts (DOA), where I advise Liberal Arts AA degree-seeking students and teach ACFN010 — Introduction to Critical Composition.

I feel fortunate to serve as the College’s representative to the state-wide Advisory Council of Faculty; I am Vice-Chair of that Council. I am also President-Elect of the West Virginia Association of Developmental Education.

In addition, I serve on Blue Ridge’s General Education Advisory Council and the State-Wide Developmental Education Taskforce.

Lifelong learning is my passion and goal. I completed my Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in Education at Shepherd College and am currently at work on a Master of Arts in Special Education. I have studied at Bryn Mawr College, Delaware Valley College, Hagerstown Community College, Shepherd College, West Virginia University, and the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.

Being the best teacher and learner I can be is of utmost importance to me. I am a huge fan of David Gottshall, founder of the Great Teachers Movement, and I am oh-so-thankful to have attended Great Teacher Seminars in three states. Every day, I am thankful for my life – for the opportunity to do what I love each and every day.

I have lived in West Virginia for nearly fifteen years, and I am a true convert. I love these mountains. I live in Shepherdstown with my partner, Kathy Jo, my thirteen-year-old daughter, Tori, and our niece, Caitlin. We share our home with quite a menagerie: Daphne, Reyna, Mango, Hermie, Crabbie, Paddy, Sheldon, and Seymour (two dogs, one cat, and five hermit crabs). We just adopted Reyna a year ago — she’s a tiny little thing at only eleven pounds; our cat, Mango, has a couple pounds and inches on Reyna!

Tori is the light of my life, and she and Kathy Jo fill my days with love and laughter. We are talkers and readers, cooks and eaters. Our favorite evening is one spent on the deck playing a game – or in the living room watching some hideous reality show.

Contact Information:

Deidre Morrison

Instructor of Developmental Writing

Room B-14

400 West Stephen Street

Martinsburg, WV 25401

Phone: 304-260-4380 x2347

E-mail: dmorriso@blueridgectc.edu