Education:

• Duquesne University, School of Education – Doctorate in Instructional Technology and Leadership
• Duquesne University, Donahue Graduate School of Business – Masters Information Systems Management
• Duquesne University, Donahue Graduate School of Business – Masters in Business Administration
• Duquesne University, McNaulty Graduate School of Liberal Arts – Masters in Social and Public
• Policy Point Park University, Bachelor of Arts – Legal Studies

Biography:

As a Doctoral graduate of Duquesne University’s School of Education, Michaela was inducted into Pi Lambda Theta, the International Honor Society for Educators. Her research interests include traumatic brain injury and meta-cognitive strategies for struggling readers, assistive technologies and sociocultural and constructivist learning theories, transformational e-learning and teaching best practices. As a computer scientist, I am actively working to enhance teacher awareness of the importance of developing STEM skills and the ways to integrate them as a cross-functional collaborative process between K-12, secondary education and strategic business partnerships by providing practical guidance in curriculum development, course selection and planning strategies which fully integrate available technologies into migrateable platforms for distribution.

Michaela co-authored a paper titled Fostering a Web 2.0 ethos in a traditional e-learning environment which was accepted for publication and presentation at the International Conference on E-Learning in the U.K. Other scholarly works include two co-authored conference proceeding papers, co-authored book chapters, and research manuscripts (in press).

Awards and Recognitions:

• Brother Gregory Nugent F.S.C. Excellence in Teaching Award (2015 and 2023).
• Faculty Marshall, Class of 2017, La Roche University
• Awarded the Brother Gregory Nugent Award for Excellence in Teaching by La Roche University (2015)
• Pi Lambda Theta International Honor Society for Educators (2011 – Present)
• Academic Scholars Program (2009 – 2014)
• Chancellor’s List (1992 – 1996)
• Alpha Sigma Lambda Gamma Epsilon Honor Society – President (1991-1992)
• National Dean’s List (1988 – 1992)
• Communications Law Practicum (1992)
• AT&T and USAir Quality Award (1990)
• AT&T Eagle Award presented by CEO, Robert Allen (1984, 1987)
• AT&T Excellence in Quality Customer Service Award (1980 – 1987)
• Masters Thesis Advisor for the MS-IS Program
• Serves as a Primary Adviser for Delta Mu Delta, Business Honor Society and AITP (Association of Information Technology Professionals)

Publications:

• Noakes, M.A. (2017). DOES SPEECH-TO-TEXT ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY IMPROVE THE WRITTEN EXPRESSION OF STUDENTS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY?
• Hyatt, K.J., Noakes, M.A., & Zinger, C. (2012). Strategies for online instruction. In S. Keengwe & L. Kyei-Blankson (Eds.) Virtual Mentoring for Teachers: Online Professional Development Practices. IGI-Global, 292-300.
• Hyatt, K. J., Barron, J.L., & Noakes, M.A. (2012). Video gaming for STEM education. In S. Wang & H. Yang (Eds.). Cases on E-Learning Management: Development and Implementation. IGI-Global, 103-117. International Conference Presentation
• Martin, M. & Noakes, M. (2011). Learning by Wandering. Towards a Framework for Transformative e-Learning. Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on e-Learning Brighton Business School University of Brighton, UK 10-11 November 2011. National Conference Presentation
• Saban, K. & Noakes, M. (2010). The Role of Trust in Today's Extended Enterprise. Association of Marketing Theory & Practice. Association of Marketing Theory and Practice 2010 Annual Meeting March 25th -27th, Hilton Head, S.C. Regional Conference Presentation
• Hartzel, K.S., Noakes, M.A., Backstrom, E., George, R., Hutchko, T. (2010). Reward Systems: Perceptions of Fairness and Satisfaction in Project Teams. NABET (Northeastern Association of Business, Economics and Technology). 2010 Proceedings of the 33th Annual Meeting October 19th & 20th, 2010, State College, PA

Professional Organization Memberships:

• AACE (Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education)
• AAUW (American Association of University Women)
• Association of Information Technology Professionals
• PMI (Project Management Institute)
• Early Interventionist for Survivors of Domestic Violence (1995 – 1996)
• Law Society Treasurer (1991 – 1992)
• American Marketing Association Vice President (1984 – 1992)

Joined La Roche:

Fall 2014

Hometown:

Born in Philadelphia, PA