"MaryAnn is a retired college administrator (Provost, Dean and Head of School) who is also a nationally recognized historian and award-winning professor. She holds a Ph.D. in American Social History and Policy from Case Western Reserve University, as well as history degrees from Cleveland State University (MA) and Oberlin College (AB w/Honors). In the early 2000s, she served as Director of Education at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, OH. Her research has earned her several awards, including first place for “excellent in research and writing” from the National Catholic Press Association (1998) for her monograph “Madonnas in our Midst: Representations of Women Religious in Hollywood Film.” She has taught middle school, high school, undergraduate and graduate students.

A former member of the Mid-West Pop Culture Association’s Executive Council, MaryAnn has also been recognized for her work in the classroom, receiving the Roger and Anne Clapp Award for “excellence in teaching” in 1995. In 2006, Greenwood Press published her volume, The Video Generation: Rock Music in America ~ 1981-1990. She has participated in Oxford University’s Round Table on Women (2008). In 2010, she was named “VIP in Education” by Cambridge University’s “Who’s Who” among educational leaders, and is currently working on a second study of rock music, tentatively titled "Keep the Faith: The Catholic Imagination and Rock ‘n’ Roll." A classically trained organist, MaryAnn has been involved in music ministry and liturgy. She is also a licensed Zumba instructor." less...