Mailing Address:
PENN STATE BEHREND
GLENHILL FARMHOUSE
ERIE PA 16563
Biography
Dr. Mary Connerty received her B.A. in French in from the College of the Holy Cross (1978), an M.A. in Comparative Literature from New York University (1988), an M.A. in Linguistics and TESOL Certification from the University of Pittsburgh (1997), and a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from the University of Birmingham, U.K. (2009). Dr. Connerty has taught at the University of Pittsburgh; Gannon University; Hebrew University, Israel; the University of Northampton, U.K., and other universities around the world; she came to Penn State Behrend with more than 20 years of teaching experience.
A former coordinator of the composition program, Dr. Connerty developed courses in academic writing for ESL students, in technical writing for engineering students, in English linguistics, in Jewish Literature, in technical editing, and more. Among her many publications, Dr. Connerty’s book on the Romaniot Jews of Greece, titled Judeo-Greek: A Language A Culture, has been adopted as a textbook at universities in Israel and Greece, and translations of the text into Hebrew and Greek are underway. As a linguist, Dr. Connerty has written and translated in multiple languages and has worked internationally in the private and non-profit sector for many years.
Research Interests
Among her many publications, Dr. Connerty’s book on the Romaniot Jews of Greece, entitled "Judeo-Greek: A Language A Culture", has been adopted as a textbook at universities in Israel and Greece, and translations of the text into Hebrew and Greek are underway. Currently, she is researching the near-extinct dialect of Scottish-Yiddish. As a linguistic, Dr. Connerty has written and translated in multiple languages and has worked internationally in the private and non-profit sector for many years doing fieldwork in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and South Asia, with resulting publications for several government and NGO organizations.
Publications
Lessons on Becoming Xena - October 7, 2015
Gesher Tzar Me’od – The World is a Narrow Bridge, Story Circle Journal - September 15, 2015
Gesher Tzar Me’od – The World is a Narrow Bridge - July 20, 2015
L'Hitra'ot, Temple Topics: A Newletter of Reform Judaism - June 1, 2015
Todah Rabah, Temple Topics: A Newletter of Reform Judaism - May 1, 2015
Back to the Future: Are we slaves on our way to freedom, or are we free people who were once slaves?, Temple Topics: A Newletter of Reform Judaism - April 1, 2015
Gesher Tzar Me'od - The World is a Narrow Bridge, Temple Topics: A Newletter of Reform Judaism - February 28, 2015
Tu B'Shevat: Hope and Trees, Temple Topics: A Newletter of Reform Judaism - February 1, 2015
Post-Holiday Blues, Temple Topics: A Newletter of Reform Judaism - January 1, 2015
December Discussions, Temple Topics: A Newletter of Reform Judaism - December 1, 2014
Gratitude, Thanksgiving, and Gesher, Temple Topics: A Newletter of Reform Judaism - November 1, 2014
Gesher is Awesome!, Temple Topics: A Newletter of Reform Judaism - October 1, 2014
A New Year for Gesher, Temple Topics: A Newletter of Reform Judaism - September 1, 2014
Lesson Learned: Community Dialogue and Cultural Renewal: Supporting Young Girls for a Better Future., Lesson Learned: Community Dialogue and Cultural Renewal: Supporting Young Girls for a Better Future. - January, 2012
Collaborator: Sharon Calandra
Blessed Are the Cheesemakers, by Sarah-Kate Lynch - 2004
Judeo-Greek: The Language. The Culture - 2003
Medicalized Motherhood, by Jacquelyn S. Litt, The Journal of Research on Mothering and Motherhood - 2002
Stars - 1998
Language Regenesis, Linguistic Minorities in Multilingual Settings - 1994
Collaborators: Christina Bratt Paulston; Pow Chee Chen
Language Regenesis: A Conceptual Overview of Language Revival, Revitalization and Reversal, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development - 1993
Collaborators: Christina Bratt Paulston; Pow Chee Chen
Education
Ph D, Applied Lingusitics, University of Birmingham, U.K.
Certification, Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language (TESOL)., Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language (TESOL), University of Pittsburgh
MA, Linguistics, University of Pittsburgh
MA, Comparative Literature, New York University
BA, French, College of the Holy Cross
Certificat, French, Université de Lausanne