Dr. Amy Paciej-Woodruff
Associate Professor
apaciej@marywood.edu
School of Education
570-348-6211 x2318McGowan Cntr Grad & Prof Stud 2021
Courses taught:
Communication Theory and Organizational Dynamics EDUC-1005Leadership Collegiate EDUC-499A
Research Theory EDUC-501
Contemporary Learning Theories EDUC-554
Professional Contribution EDUC-555
Supervised Internship EDUC-592
Communication Theory and Organizational Dynamics EDUC-605
Student Issues in Higher Education HE-525
Amy Paciej-Woodruff began in 2017 as a full time assistant professor in the School of Education and coordinator of the Higher Education Administration MS program. She served in Student Affairs for 23 years in various roles at six institutions, most recently as Assistant Vice President for Student Life at Marywood. There she provided leadership for housing and residence life, activities, orientation, leadership development, conduct, athletics, counseling, and student health; chaired the Behavioral Intervention Team; and, served as a Title IX Deputy Coordinator. Research interests include male college student engagement as it relates to masculinity identity development; belonging; and, online instruction. She lives in Tunkhannock with her husband and daughter and enjoy all things craft and community service.
Arter, P. S., Brown, T. B.H., & Paciej-Woodruff, A. (2025). College bound: A family's guide to post-secondary options for students with disabilities. Rowman & Littlefield.
Paciej-Woodruff, A. & Brown, T. (2025). Modeling Teaching Dispositions in Online Courses. In R. Jake Cohen (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 3177-3181). Orlando, FL, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved May 19, 2025 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/225924/.
Paciej-Woodruff, A, & Brown, T. (2023). Building Bridges to Gen Z in Online Coursework in Teacher Education. The 21st International Conference on Education and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications: EISTA 2023 in the context of the 17th International Multi-Conference on Society, Cybernetics and Informatics: IMSCI 2023. Conference proceedings.
Paciej-Woodruff, A. Discussion questions in Potts, C. (2023) College Men & Post-Pandemic Resocialization: Back to 鈥淏ro Time鈥? The Post-Pandemic Social Re-entry of Men Living on Campus. The Journal of College and University Student Housing. Vol 49, No 2, p 47.
https://www.nxtbook.com/acuho-i/acuho/journal_vol49no2/index.php#/p/1
Paciej-Woodruff, A. Discussion questions in Bettencourt, G.M. & Perez, B.E. (2022). Examining How Working-Class Resident Advisors Perceive Social Class and Classism within Residence Life. The Journal of College and University Student Housing. Vol 49, No 1, p 83. https://www.nxtbook.com/acuho-i/acuho/journal_vol49no1/index.php#/p/1
Paciej-Woodruff, A.A. (Summer 2022). Making Lighter Work. Perspectives: A Magazine for Members of the Association of Fraternity Advisors, 12-13. https://issuu.com/afa1976/docs/afa-2022-perpectives-issue2-final/1
Paciej-Woodruff, A., Brown, T., Pesavento, S. & Stevens, R. (2022). Students Speak: This Matters to Me in an Online Course. In E. Langran (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2026-2031). San Diego, CA, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved May 23, 2022 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/220987/.
Paciej-Woodruff, A. (2021). The case for your face: teacher presence in asynchronous education courses. Stop feeling uncomfortable and start recording your face to humanize the online experience. In Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 535-539). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Brown, T., Arter, P., & Paciej-Woodruff, A. (2018, March). 6 Easy-to-Use Tools for Creating Social Presence in Online Courses. In Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1326-1328). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Davidson, D. L. & Paciej-Woodruff, A. A. (2018). Are college students too entitled today? The role of customer service in meeting contemporary college student needs and expectations. In J.L. DeVitis, J & P.A. Sasso, (Eds.), (2018). Colleges at the crossroads: Taking sides on contested issues. New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing.
Presentations and Publications
Arter, P. S., Brown, T. B.H., & Paciej-Woodruff, A. (2025). College bound: A family's guide to post-secondary options for students with disabilities. Rowman & Littlefield.
Paciej-Woodruff, A. & Brown, T. (2025). Modeling Teaching Dispositions in Online Courses. In R. Jake Cohen (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 3177-3181). Orlando, FL, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved May 19, 2025 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/225924/.
Paciej-Woodruff, A, & Brown, T. (2023). Building Bridges to Gen Z in Online Coursework in Teacher Education. The 21st International Conference on Education and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications: EISTA 2023 in the context of the 17th International Multi-Conference on Society, Cybernetics and Informatics: IMSCI 2023. Conference proceedings.
Paciej-Woodruff, A. Discussion questions in Potts, C. (2023) College Men & Post-Pandemic Resocialization: Back to 鈥淏ro Time鈥? The Post-Pandemic Social Re-entry of Men Living on Campus. The Journal of College and University Student Housing. Vol 49, No 2, p 47.
https://www.nxtbook.com/acuho-i/acuho/journal_vol49no2/index.php#/p/1
Paciej-Woodruff, A. Discussion questions in Bettencourt, G.M. & Perez, B.E. (2022). Examining How Working-Class Resident Advisors Perceive Social Class and Classism within Residence Life. The Journal of College and University Student Housing. Vol 49, No 1, p 83. https://www.nxtbook.com/acuho-i/acuho/journal_vol49no1/index.php#/p/1
Paciej-Woodruff, A.A. (Summer 2022). Making Lighter Work. Perspectives: A Magazine for Members of the Association of Fraternity Advisors, 12-13. https://issuu.com/afa1976/docs/afa-2022-perpectives-issue2-final/1
Paciej-Woodruff, A., Brown, T., Pesavento, S. & Stevens, R. (2022). Students Speak: This Matters to Me in an Online Course. In E. Langran (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2026-2031). San Diego, CA, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved May 23, 2022 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/220987/.
Paciej-Woodruff, A. (2021). The case for your face: teacher presence in asynchronous education courses. Stop feeling uncomfortable and start recording your face to humanize the online experience. In Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 535-539). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Brown, T., Arter, P., & Paciej-Woodruff, A. (2018, March). 6 Easy-to-Use Tools for Creating Social Presence in Online Courses. In Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1326-1328). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Davidson, D. L. & Paciej-Woodruff, A. A. (2018). Are college students too entitled today? The role of customer service in meeting contemporary college student needs and expectations. In J.L. DeVitis, J & P.A. Sasso, (Eds.), (2018). Colleges at the crossroads: Taking sides on contested issues. New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing.