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Aaron Leiva
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Language Arts 6th & 8th
Advisor National Junior Honor Society Advisor |
Contact Information
aleiva@scienceandartsacademy.org
(847) 827-7880 ext. 308
Educational Background
B.A. English-Secondary Education, Northeastern Illinois University
M.A. English, Northeastern Illinois University
Experience
Years in Education: 7
Years at SAA: 7
Accomplishments
NICE MiniCon Presenter: "Revamping Book Reports," January 2018
Master's Thesis: "I Shall Be Released: Tracing the Development of State-Sponsored Exploitation and Musical Absolution," December 2017
NEIU English Department Panelist: "Bourgeois Blues: The Impact of Modernity on Folk Traditions," April 2016
NEIU Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium Presenter: "Creating Monsters from Creatures: Exploring Disability and Difference in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein", April 2015
NEIU English Department Panelist: “Sounds of the Street: Music Regulations in Public Places,” April 2015.
National Council of Teachers of English Conference Presenter: “Literacies Within and Across Disciplines: Preparing Teacher Candidates to (Re)Invent Secondary Classrooms,” Boston, Massachusetts, November 2013.
NEIU Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium Presenter: “U.S. Disaster Literature: Natural, Economic, and Emotional,” April 2012.
Sigma Tau Delta Convention Presenter: “U.S. Disaster Literature: Natural, Economic, and Emotional,” New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2012.
NEIU Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium Presenter: “The Evolution of Literary Ethics,” April 2011.
Graduated summa cum laude from Northeastern Illinois University
Memberships/Associations
Sigma Tau Delta
Personal Interests
Reading, writing, performing
Personal Message
The best parts of teaching are getting to know each of my students and encouraging them to become lifelong learners who are passionate about literature and analysis.
aleiva@scienceandartsacademy.org
(847) 827-7880 ext. 308
Educational Background
B.A. English-Secondary Education, Northeastern Illinois University
M.A. English, Northeastern Illinois University
Experience
Years in Education: 7
Years at SAA: 7
Accomplishments
NICE MiniCon Presenter: "Revamping Book Reports," January 2018
Master's Thesis: "I Shall Be Released: Tracing the Development of State-Sponsored Exploitation and Musical Absolution," December 2017
NEIU English Department Panelist: "Bourgeois Blues: The Impact of Modernity on Folk Traditions," April 2016
NEIU Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium Presenter: "Creating Monsters from Creatures: Exploring Disability and Difference in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein", April 2015
NEIU English Department Panelist: “Sounds of the Street: Music Regulations in Public Places,” April 2015.
National Council of Teachers of English Conference Presenter: “Literacies Within and Across Disciplines: Preparing Teacher Candidates to (Re)Invent Secondary Classrooms,” Boston, Massachusetts, November 2013.
NEIU Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium Presenter: “U.S. Disaster Literature: Natural, Economic, and Emotional,” April 2012.
Sigma Tau Delta Convention Presenter: “U.S. Disaster Literature: Natural, Economic, and Emotional,” New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2012.
NEIU Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium Presenter: “The Evolution of Literary Ethics,” April 2011.
Graduated summa cum laude from Northeastern Illinois University
Memberships/Associations
Sigma Tau Delta
Personal Interests
Reading, writing, performing
Personal Message
The best parts of teaching are getting to know each of my students and encouraging them to become lifelong learners who are passionate about literature and analysis.
