 About
Dr. Detore-Nakamura, University Director,
Office of Diversity Initiatives
Joanne Detore-Nakamura holds a B.S. in public relations and journalism
from Syracuse University; an M.A. in English from the College of St. Rose
in Albany, New York; and a Ph.D. in American literature and women’s studies
from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
Dr. Detore-Nakamura is also an assistant
professor of humanities and communication in the Humanities and Social
Sciences department, where she has taught a variety of literature, writing,
and communication courses since 2002. At a previous institution, Detore-Nakamura
spearheaded campus-wide
diversity efforts while she was a tenured, full professor of communications
and served as the chair of the Communication department for two years. She
was the recipient of a prestigious research fellowship at Southern Illinois
University, passed her preliminary exams with distinction -- the highest
award -- and won the English department’s only research award for her outstanding
research paper in a blind submission process.
Prior to her academic career, Detore-Nakamura was a director of public
relations and fundraising for a non-profit organization in New York and an
account executive for a technical public relations and advertising firm in
Rhode Island.
Detore-Nakamura is currently finishing a scholarly book on
women’s friendship and communication (under contract) and has a book of
poems under consideration with another publisher. She has authored several
book chapters and scholarly articles, has published poems in refereed creative
journals, and has written more than a dozen columns for magazines and newspapers.
She has been a presenter or chair at more than twenty regional,
national, and international conferences in her field. She appears as an expert
on Italian-American discrimination in "Anti-Italianism: Discrimination
and Defamation in the History of Italian Americans," a 30-minute documentary,
directed and produced by Paul Budline for the Charles and Joan Alberto
Italian Studies Institute. The film features Joe Piscopo, other
actors, writers, politicians, and scholars from across the country.
In addition
to her scholarly work, she has facilitated diversity training sessions
for academia and non-profit organizations. She earned two certificates
in diversity training from the National Multicultural Institute in Washington,
DC. in 2000 and 2001. She is an editorial board member and manuscript reviewer
for the humanities division of Scientific Journals International. She
is listed in several volumes of Who’s Who of American Education, Who’s Who
of American Women, and Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.
At Embry-Riddle,
she has twice been nominated by the senior class for Outstanding Faculty
Member, chosen to be inducted as a faculty member into the leadership
honor society, Omicron Delta Kappa, and nominated for an Exceptional Service
Award from the Chancellor’s Office. At her previous institution, she
was a finalist for Distinguished Educator. She is a member of various honor
societies including Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and Sigma Tau Delta Honor
Society and was the recipient of many scholarships including the Gannett
Journalism Scholarship.
Dr. Detore-Nakamura is an active member of the
Embry-Riddle and greater Daytona Beach communities. She continues
to serve on a number of committees and to advise the award-winning NASA
Means Business team, which won the grand prize award in 2007 in the
national public relations campaign contest sponsored by the Texas Space Grant
Consortium. She is a member of the Girl Scouts of the Citrus Council and
volunteers at area schools. She holds membership in many professional associations
including the Popular Culture Association, the American Italian Historical
Association, and the Association for Research on Mothering, among others.
Dr. Detore-Nakamura’s research interests include multicultural and women’s
issues and literature, the working-class, 19th century and 20th century literature,
motherhood, underrepresented groups in science and math, management theory, active
learning theory, feminist pedagogy, and popular culture among
others.
She and her husband, Eric Nakamura, have two young children, Emily
and Luke Nakamura.
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