Maryellen Weimer teaches beginning students introductory communication courses full-time at Penn State Berks, where she is a professor of teaching and learning. In 2005, Weimer received the Milton S. Eisenhower Award for Distinguished Teaching, one of Penn State's university-wide teaching awards. Weimer received a Ph.D. in speech communication in 1981 from Penn State. Spending most of her career at Penn State, Weimer has held several different positions at the university. For ten years she directed the university's Instructional Development Program. She also served as a senior research ass...