Faculty Bio

Jamie Deitz

Assistant Professor in the Department of Education

Education

• M.S. Reading and Literacy, Central Michigan University
• M.S. Educational Technology, Central Michigan University
• B.S. Elementary Education (with concentrations in early childhood development, math, and reading), Central Michigan University. 

About

Jamie Deitz has been in the field of education for 12 years. Before her family moved to Ohio, Jamie taught kindergarten for 8 years. She brings her elementary teaching experiences and stories to her students here at OWU, as she uses this to provide practical applications of literacy in the classroom. Jamie's courses focus primarily on reading development in the young child to adolescence, reading instruction, reading assessment, and fostering a print rich environment. She oversees the initial field experience for juniors majoring in elementary and inclusive elementary education, and special education. Her current research focuses on the Science of Reading and how our brains learn to read.

Published Works

• Collings, N. (Ed.). (2018). Cases of Teaching and Learning Across and Beyond K-12 Settings. Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers.
  
  Jamie is a contributing author in this book edited by a previous professor, Dr. Natalia Collings. This work was completed during her last year in the Masters of Reading and Literacy program at Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, MI. The book is a compilation of case studies that portray a variety of teaching and learning experiences to help experienced and inexperienced teachers in the field. 

Professional Organizations

• International Dyslexia Association
• National Science Teaching Association
• National Council for the Social Studies
• International Literacy Association
• National Council for the Teachers of English