Linda Herndon, OSB, Ph.D.
I am a Benedictine Sister of Mount St. Scholastica, in Atchison, Kansas. I work at Benedictine
College, in Atchison,
Kansas, where I am the Associate Dean & Director of Academic Records.
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
Professional Membership
- American Association of Collegiate Registrations and Admissions Officers
On-line Publications
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?
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- 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.
Linda Herndon, OSB (linda@mountosb.org)
Last updated:
February 6, 2010