Mary Ann Danielson, PhD
Professor
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College of Arts and Sciences
Communication Studies
HCCA - Hitchcock Center for Communication Art - 308A
Mary Ann Danielson, PhD
Professor
Danielson's areas of expertise include organizational communication, leadership, training and development, assessment of student learning, and curricular design and pedagogy. Research intersts extending beyond these topics include employability skills and organizational entry and socialization experiences, particularly of volunteers. Publications include seven chapters in an edited volume, 16 journal articles, 3 book reviews, a number of grants, and over 70 refereed conference papers.
As an engaged scholar, Danielson remains professionally active; activities include International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (Board Secretary); a team chair, peer evaluator and Assessment Academy mentor for the Highter Learning Commission; and an organizational consultant, workshop leader/facilitator, and keynote speaker for a number of campus, community, regional, and national organizations. Additionally, Danielson holds leadership postiions with national, regional, and state associateions and across the university.
Research Focus
Research interests range include:- organizational socialization of (non-profit) volunteers
- assessment of student learning
- faculty development
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning; specifically, helping faculty partner with students to redesign (and improve student learning in) a Creighton course (C3: Collaborative Curricular (re)Construction).
Department
Communication Studies
Position
Professor
Publications
- Danielson Mary, Peace by Peace: Risking Public Action, Creating Social Change 2025
- Communication research trends
Danielson Mary Ann, Jenkins, Henry, Gabriel Peters-Lazaro, and Sangita Shresthova. . Popular Culture and the Civic Imagination: Case Studies of Creative Social Change
41:1, p. 20 2022 - International Journal for Students as Partners
Duda Gintaras Kazimieras, Danielson Mary Ann, Collaborative curricular (re)construction - Tracking faculty and student learning impacts and outcomes five years later
2:2, p. 39 - 52 2018 - Journal of communication pedagogy (Print)
Danielson Mary Ann, Communication Pedagogy and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: A Natural Match and a Promising Future
1:1, p. 20 - 23 2018 - Journal of Applied Communication Research
Kramer Michael W., Danielson Mary Ann, Communication and Role Development for Zoo Volunteers: Responding to Role-Sending, Role-Making, and Role-Remaking
45:1, p. 96 - 115 2017 - Management communication quarterly
Kramer Michael W., Danielson Mary Ann, Developing and Re-Developing Volunteer Roles: The Case of Ongoing Assimilation of Docent Zoo Volunteers
30:1, p. 103 - 120 2016 - International journal for the scholarship of teaching and learning
Danielson Mary Ann, SoTL as Generative Heuristic Methodology for Building Learning Communities
6:2 2012 - Danielson Mary A., Turnaround Leadership for Higher Education 2010
- Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education
Jensen Gail M., Haddad Amy M., Danielson Mary A., Shaping the life of the mind for practice
36, p. 49 - 51 2009 - Danielson Mary Ann, Kramer, Michael W.: Managing Uncertainty in Organizational Communication 2008
- Communication Studies
Kirby Erika L., McBride M. Chad, Shuler Sherianne, Birkholt Marty J., Danielson Mary Ann, Pawlowski Donna R., The jesuit difference (?)
57:1, p. 87 - 105 2006 - Danielson Mary Ann, Bochner, Arthur P., and Carolyn Ellis. . Ethnographically Speaking: Autoethnography, Literature, and Aesthetics 2004
- Danielson Mary Ann, Harris, Thomas E. Applied Organizational Com-munication: Principles and Pragmatics for Future Practice 2002
- Pawlowski Donna R, Danielson Mary Ann, Critical Thinking in the Basic Course 1998
- Mitchell Nancy, Danielson Mary Ann, Solving Creative Problems in Groups: A Comparison of Techniques for Use in Advertising Classrooms 1996
- Assessment and evaluation in higher education
Hollwitz John, Danielson Mary Ann, Measure the Place Before You Measure the People: new alternatives for quality assessment
20:1, p. 67 - 76 1995 - Danielson Mary Ann, Mitchell Nancy, Creative Problem Solving: A Comparison of Techniques 1995
- Danielson Mary Ann, Hollwitz John, Evaluating Directors of Forensics: From Dimensions to Prototype 1994
- Danielson Mary Ann, Hollwitz John, Evaluating Directors of Forensics: A Job Analysis Approach 1993
- Danielson Mary Ann, Heuristic-Leadership Model: Adapting to Current Training and Changing Times 1991
- Danielson Mary Ann, Pettus Ann Burnett, Status of Forensics Programs: A Survey 1990
Awards
- 2018 Distinguished Service Award
ISSOTL's highest honor.
International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - Sara A. Boatman Excellence in Leadership Award
Nebraska chapter award.
Nebraska Women in Higher Education Leadership - Faculty Partner Award
Creighton University's Department of Educational Opportunity Programs - Voluntary Service Award
Nebraska Recreation and Parks Association - College of Arts and Sciences' College Award for Professional Excellence Outstanding Service
Creighton University - 2001-2002 Alumni Achievement Award
Department of Communication award.
University of Nebraska at Omaha - Distinguished Service Award
Nebraska Intercollegiate Forensics Association - Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching
Creighton University's College of Arts and Sciences - Dean's Award
Service to Creighton Forensics and Students
Creighton University College of Arts and Sciences