Linda Herndon, OSB, Ph.D.

Professional Interests

• I completed a Ph.D. in Educational Communications and Technology in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2002. My dissertation was about Sister Mary Theresa Brentano, OSB, a member of Mount St. Scholastica, who created the first Electronic Classroom in 1952 for the purpose of using audio tapes to individualize instruction for elementary school children.
• I served as a member of the Benedictine Internet Commission
• Ethics and social issues in computing--including privacy issues, green computing, equity of access, and gender issues
• Women in Computer Science
  

Professional Memberships

• A.C.M., Association for Computing Machinery
• SIGCSE, Special Interest Group for Computer Science Education
• Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges
• Kappa Mu Epsilon, undergraduate mathematics honor society
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
  

On-line Publications

• "Webkeepers -Twenty-first Century Monastic Porters" from Benedictines, Spring 2000, written with Diana Seago, OSB.
  

Personal Interests

• Growing house plants, especially my 30-year-old Christmas cactus
• Crocheting afghans, pot holders, and bookmarkers
• Making windsocks and sewing for myself and my friends
• Looking for bald eagles, watching for "shooting stars", and, during the winter, enjoying the beauty of snowflakes
• Want to ask a nun a question? Check this out!
• Check out the blog of another Benedictine Sister at Mount St. Scholastica, Diana Seago, OSB

Education

Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, B.S. in Elementary Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, M.S. in Computer Science
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction in the area of Educational Communications and Technology.