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Marianne McGeary
| Title: | Lecturer |
| Office: | Warde Academic Center |
| Phone: | 773-298-3229 |
| Email: | mcgeary@sxu.edu |
| Department: | Language and Literature |
Biography
Marianne J. McGeary joined the SXU Education Division in 2018 after twenty years teaching secondary English, theater and journalism at Brother Rice, Riverside Brookfield, and CPS Marine Leadership Academy. At Marine, she chaired the English department and led the dual credit program through Malcom X College, a City College of Chicago.
In 2023, McGeary joined Language and Literature in the College of Liberal Arts and Education (CLAE). She serves on the Faculty Senate as a humanities representative.
An SXU alumna, McGeary feels she is home when on Saint Xavier's beautiful campus. She is a South Sider who grew up in the Roseland neighborhood. Her family has a long history with SXU, beginning with Sister Mary Del Rey, who lived and taught chemistry at Saint Xavier from 1942 to 1990.
As often as possible, McGeary visits Dublin—James Joyce country—and England’s Lake District, home to William Wordsworth.
Education
M.A. in English
Southern New Hampshire University
M.A. in Secondary Education
Saint Xavier University
B.A. in English and Theater
Roosevelt University
Courses Taught
- Language and Linguistics
- Professional Writing and Communication
- Introduction to Literature
- Greek Drama
- Writing and Rhetoric
- Literacy Instruction for Diverse Learners
- Alternative Licensure Residency I and II
- edTPA Seminar
- Seminar in Teaching and Learning
- Directed Teaching: Middle and Secondary
- Student Teaching: Middle and Secondary
- Field Experience: Secondary
Selected Awards and Professional Affiliations
- National Council of Teachers of English, member
- Sigma Tau Delta, international English Honor Society, 2016
- Outstanding Graduate, Southern New Hampshire University, 2016
- College Advising Credential, Chicago Public Schools, 2015
- National Board Certified Teacher, 2010
- CPS Golden Mentor, 2007
- Chicago Northern Illinois School Press Association Excellence in Journalism Award (advisor), 2004
Presentations/Publications/Productions
- Staged reading student performance, "Voice of the Bard: Shakespeare’s Dialogue Unmasked with Linguistic Analysis." Faculty and Staff Scholarship Symposium, 2025.
- Staged Reading student performance (2016 thesis), "The Celtic Revolution of Myth and Tragedy in Irish Theater." Faculty and Staff Scholarship Symposium, 2024.
- "Taking Charge of Your Career Path Through Reinvention: The Japanese Philosophy of Ikigai," Marine Leadership Academy, Career Day, 2019.
- "The Celtic Revolution of Myth and Tragedy in Irish Theater," 2016 thesis.
- "Backstage and Down Center: The Process of Student Development That Occurs in a High School Theatrical Production," 2006 thesis.
- "Second City Style Improvisation," Illinois High School Theater Festival, ISU workshop class, 2003.