| PUBLICATIONS BOOKS Myers, T.J. (September, 2007). If You Give a T-Rex a Bone. Dawn Publications. Myers, T.J. (in press). Fox Out-Foxed. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish Children's Books. Myers, T.J. (March, 2007). The Furry-Legged Teapot. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish Children's Books. Myers, T.J. (Summer, 2006). That Mass at Which the Tongue Is Celebrant (poetry chapbook). Pecan Grove Press. Myers, T.J. (March, 2006). Dark-Sparkle Tea and Other Bedtime Poems. Wordsong, Boyds Mill Press. Myers, T.J. (October, 2005). Good Babies. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press. Myers, T.J. (September, 2004). Basho and the River Stones. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish Children's Books. Myers, T.J. (April, 2003). Tanuki’s Gift. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books. Myers, T.J. (September, 2000). Basho and the Fox. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish Children's Books. Myers, T.J. (1993). Let’s Call Him Lauwiliwili... Honolulu, Hawaii: Bess Press. OTHER PUBLICATIONS, ETC. Myers, T.J. (in press). Robbie Gruder Considers American Equalitarianism. The SoMa Literary Review. Myers, T.J. (in press). Self-Censorship: The Silent Voice Within. SCBWI Bulletin. Myers, T.J. (February, 2007). Go Armed Among the Ones You Love. The SoMa Literary Review. Myers, T.J. (December, 2006). The Second Angel. The SoMa Literary Review. Myers, T.J. (in press). The Fisherman and the Draug. Spinning Whorl. Myers, T.J. (in press). Rock Takes a Name. Glencoe's Backpacker Reader, Grade 6, Book 1, enrichment text for middle school literature program. Glencoe/McGraw Hill. Myers, T.J. (e-format September 2006; print format spring 2007). “Brother Jubal in the Womb of Silence.” Infinite Space, Infinite God: An Anthology of Catholic Science-Fiction. Twilight Times Books. Myers, T.J. (May, 2006). The Mission. Spinning Whorl. Myers, T.J. (in press). At the Alzheimer’s Center (poem) in anthology Beyond Forgetting: Poetry and Prose about Alzheimer’s Disease, ed. Holly Hughes. Myers, T.J. (August, 2006). Obituary (poem) in Life After Death by Dr. Nigel Starck. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Australia. Myers, T.J. (January 2006). A Modest Proposal. SCBWI Bulletin. Myers, T.J. (Spring 2006). Water Over Stones. Windhover. Myers, T.J. (Winter 2005). “Poor worm, thou art infected!”: Dissolution in The Tempest. The Upstart Crow. Myers, T.J. (March, 2005). Feminist Battle on the Home Repair Front. Clio’s Psyche. Myers, T.J. (2006). Bogus Writing Rules and How to Break Them. SCBWI Bulletin. Myers, T.J. (in press). Accosting the Rank Amateur. Working Writer. Myers, T.J. (September, 2006). Beware the Price of Doctrinaire Advice. SCBWI Bulletin. Myers, T.J. (December, 2004). Books: A New World Order. The Acorn, SCBWI NORCA. Myers, T.J. (in press). “Losing the Shady Tree.” Storyworks. Myers, T.J. (Spring, 2005). Night Walker. Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine online. Myers, T.J. (September, 2004). The Power of Accepting Criticism. The Acorn, SCBWI NORCA. Myers, T.J. (August, 2004). That Night. Pedestal (Pedestal.com). Myers, T.J. (in press). Old House. South Carolina Review. Myers, T.J. (February, 2005). On Our Bedroom Wall; History of a Small Thing. Northeast Myers, T.J. (2004). For Nick; For a Hymn to the Edge; Concerning Our Interplanetary Craft. Astropoetica. Myers, T.J. (May, 2004). A Farmer Considers Geologic Time; Apollo 11. Abyss & Apex. Myers, T.J. (May, 2004). Editors As Readers. SCBWI Bulletin. Myers, T.J. (Summer, 2004). Rhyming Picture Books: A Baby and Bathwater Situation. The Acorn, SCBWI NORCA. Myers, T.J. (June, 2004). Neolithic Burial. Rattle. Myers, T.J. (June, 2004). Glimpsing Tokyo (short version). Kyoto Journal, Kyoto, Japan. Myers, T.J. (March, 2005). Arthur’s Toys. Cicada. Myers, T.J. (2004). Warren’s New Career. Hadrosaur. Myers, T.J. (March, 2004). When I Was a Boy in Norway. Faces. Myers, T.J. (December 2005, January 2006 (serialized)). The Peasant Prince. Cricket. Myers, T.J. (November, 2003). At Del Rey Rooms. Indy Men’s Magazine. Myers, T.J. (March, 2004). Arthur’s Wishes. Aoife’s Kiss. Myers, T.J. (Fall, 2003, and after). Old Story; Perseid Meteor Shower, August; Milky Way; The Realm of the Galaxies; On the Discovery of Planets Beyond Our Solar System, 1990’s. Astropoetica: www.astropoetica.com Myers, T.J. (in press). Village Women Baigneuses. Colere. Myers, T.J. (November, 2004). Rock Takes a Name. Storyworks Magazine. Myers, T.J. (November, 2003). Katydid. Anthology: Blessed “Pests” of the Beloved West. Myers, T.J. (in press). For Dancing; He Dances (drawings). Riverwind. Myers, T.J. (February 13, 2003). Feminist Battle on the Homefront (given title “In our family, my wife wears the toolbelt”). Christian Science Monitor. Myers, T.J. (Fall, 2002). Love Song for Cilla in Hawaii; My Selkie. Romantics Quarterly. Myers, T.J. (December, 2003). The Christmas Stick. Spider. Myers, T.J. (in press). Old-Time Sonnet. Romantics Quarterly (“Springtides” issue). Myers, T.J. (in press). Perseid Meteor Shower, August. Romantics Quarterly (“Dreams and Divinations” issue). Myers, T.J. (January, 2003). The Arc of a Romance. SCBWI Bulletin. Myers, T.J. (Spring 2003). Artist With Broom, Spring Cleaning. Buckle &. Myers, T.J. (in press). Blues for the Preparation of an SASE. SCBWI Bulletin. Myers, T.J. (May, 2003). Fox Trapping. Cricket. Myers, T.J. (August, 2003). The Wise Princess. Cricket. Myers, T.J. (May, 2002). Plattsburgh: A History of Voices. New York History (journal of the New York State Historical Association). Myers, T.J. (July, 2001). In the Cornfield. The MacGuffin. Myers, T.J. (Fall, 2002). Child Watching a Turtle. In Bless the Beasts: Children’s Prayers and Poems About Animals (anthology, June Cotner ed.). Myers, T.J. (Spring, 2001). Uncle Joe Hoodwinks the Writers. Media Ethics. Myers, T.J. (July, 2003). The Two Impostors: A Success Experience. SCBWI Bulletin. Myers, T.J. (Spring, 2001). A Tanuki at My Ear. ASIJ’s Ambassador Magazine. Myers, T.J. (October, 2003). The Dreamland Train; If You Feel Alone in Bed. In Star Light, Star Bright: Bedside Prayers for Children. SeaStar Books. Myers, T.J. (December, 2000). The Big Schlep. Nuthouse. Myers, T.J. (May 2001). Why the Sea Is Salt. AppleSeeds. Myers, T.J. (June, 2001). He dances; Hermes Ascending (drawings). Stray Dog. Myers, T.J. (in press). Athletic Lament. Sport Literate. Myers, T.J. (August, 2000). Come Away. Fantasy, Folklore & Fairytale (online publication). Myers, T.J. (in press). Obituary. Media Ethics. Myers, T.J. (2001). Brother Jubal in the Womb of Silence. L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Anthology. Myers, T.J. (2001). Night Rain by Bai Jyu-Yi, Tang Dynasty--”translation” from defined characters. On Website for the Research Centre for Translation, Chinese University of Hong Kong. Myers, T.J. (2000). Writing and Family Life. Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Bulletin (SCBWI). Myers, T.J. (2007). To Capture a Unicorn. Highlights. Myers, T.J. (Spring, 2002). Old Man and the Hunters. The MacGuffin. Myers, T.J (Spring 2000). Librarian. Bryant Literary Review. Myers, T.J (Spring, 2000). “I’d like him to tear his head off”: A Lesson from Ally McBeal. Media Ethics. Myers, T.J (January, 2000). My Scottish Penpal. Faces. Myers, T.J (January, 2000). Aegir’s Feast. Space & Time. Myers, T.J. (January, 2002). Darlene Sundown’s House. Spider. Myers, T.J. (November, 1998). Making Students Think: A New System of Marking Symbols for Writing Teachers. Composition Chronicle. Myers, T.J. (1999). A Day in Summer; Grasshoppers. Midwest Poetry Review. Myers, T.J. (Winter 2000). Arthur’s Toys. Weird Tales. Myers, T.J. (April, 1999). For a New House. Family Celebrations: Prayers, Poems, and Toasts for Every Occasion (anthology, June Cotner ed.). Myers, T.J. (February, 1999). When I Think of Ancient Egypt. Appleseed. Myers, T.J. (January, 1999). Andie and the Coyotes. New Moon. Myers, T.J. (April, 1999). Arthur’s Wishes. Realms of Fantasy. Myers, T.J. (Summer, 1998). The Furry-Legged Teapot. Japanophile. Myers, T.J. (Summer, 1998). A Texas Bragging Battle. Grit. Myers, T.J. (December, 1999). The Old Nutcracker. Spider. Myers, T.J. (September, 1998). To have and then lose the damn thing. Curious Rooms. Myers, T.J. (May 3, 1998). Amado. Grit. Myers, T.J. (April, 1998). Writer As Impostor. SCBWI Bulletin. Myers, T.J. (1998). Lost Airman; For a Primer on Enlightenment. Chili Verde Review. Myers, T.J. (November, 1998). Big Presses. The Writer's Journal. Myers, T.J. (Spring, 1998). Vandal Rites; At School. Coming of Age. Myers, T.J. (Spring, 1998). Haiku ("As Gray Fog Swallows Them"). Eclectic Literary Forum. Myers, T.J. (August, 1998). The Bobsledder's Jacket. Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul (anthology). Myers, T.J. (January, 1999). Junk Windchimes. Windhover. Myers, T.J. (Spring, 1998). On the Relative Nature of Distance. The Practice of Peace (anthology). Myers, T.J. (January, 1998). To Montreal! Faces. Myers, T.J. (September, 1999). Why the Volcanoes Are Quiet on Oahu. Cricket. Myers, T.J. (1998). Haiku (#42 and 84). Cicada. Myers, T.J. (August, 1997). Lover's Search. Snake River Reflections, #86. Myers, T.J. (Summer, 1997). Haiku (#116). Frogpond. Myers, T.J. (Fall, 1997). Release (formerly "The Realm of the Galaxies"). The Lyric. Myers, T.J. (Spring, 1998). Two haiku (#407 and 415). Eclectic Literary Forum. Myers, T.J. (Summer, 1998). Husband and Wife: Hard Times. Southern Humanities Review. Myers, T.J. (Summer, 1997). Two haiku (#114 and 223). Parnassus Literary Journal. Myers, T.J. (February, 1998). The New Boy. Story Friends. Myers, T. J. (January, 1998). Blues Essay: USA, Late Twentieth; How They Cross Streets Downtown; A Meanwhile Song. Lucid Moon. Myers, T.J. (1997). Blues for a Stiff. Alpha Beat. Myers, T.J. (January, 1998). The Little Juggler. Calliope Magazine. Myers, T.J. (May, 1997). Julie at the Fountain. Odyssey Magazine Myers, T.J. (December, 1997). The Writer's Life: Defining Success. Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Bulletin (SCBWI). Myers, T.J. (1997). Drunk, With Roses; Shoebox House; Lovers. XY Files: Poems on the Male Experience (anthology, Sherman Asher) Myers, T.J. (1997). Aegir’s Feast. Magic Realism. Myers, T.J. (1997). To My Sibling, Miscarried, 1957. Prairie Dog. Myers, T.J. (November, 98). Women in Traditional Tales: One Storyteller’s View. Storytelling Magazine. Myers, T.J. ( May/June, 97). War and Language: A Unit for English Class. Teachers & Writers Magazine. Myers, T.J. (September/October, 96). The Bobsledder’s Jacket. Skipping Stones. Myers, T.J. (1997). For Edgar Allan Poe. Literature and Belief. Myers, T.J. (March, 96). Before an Ancient Bas-relief. Meat Epoch. Myers, T.J. (November/December, 96). Apple Trees in Early Winter. Adirondac. Myers, T.J. (January, 96). He Gave Up Poetry. The Write Way. Myers, T.J. (Spring, 96). At Practice. Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature. Myers, T. J. (December, 96). I Could Write That! Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Bulletin (SCBWI). Myers, T.J. (Spring/Summer, 96). On the Death of Dr. Seuss; Ode: The Peloponnesian War; For Julia Pastrana; The Sack of Mainz, 1642; Slave Name. The Neovictorian. Myers, T.J. (Summer, 96). Mother to Daughter. Radiance Magazine. Myers, T.J. (July, 96). Old Story. Storytelling Magazine. Myers, T.J. (June, 96). Ardashir, Tojo & Co. Green Fuse. Myers, T.J. (January, 1999) The Myth of Prometheus. Cricket. Myers, T.J. (February, 96). After Bernini’s Ecstasy of St. Teresa. Christianity and the Arts. Myers, T.J. (1996). Nocturne. Prairie Dog. Myers, T.J. (1996). Three Clipped Sonnets for Fear. Synaesthetic. Myers, T.J. (Spring, 96). Grace On a March Morning. Snowy Egret. Myers, T.J. (Fall, 96). After This Love-Making. The Pikestaff Forum. Myers, T.J. (Spring, 96). Bourgeois Lament. The Lyric. Myers, T.J. (September/October, 95). A Found Poem. Poetalk. Myers, T.J. (September, 95). The World According to Nick. Storytelling Magazine. Myers, T.J. (Winter, 96). 'Round Bedtime: A Villanelle for My Daughter. The Lyric. Myers, T.J. (Fall, 95). Haiku (# 351). Modern Haiku. Myers, T.J. (June, 95). The Merchant's Wife. Tucumcari Literary Review. Myers, T.J. (Winter, 95). Transphysical Song. Ship of Fools. Myers, T.J. (June, 95). Acts of Love; After; Battle of the Sexes; If I Could Talk to Other Men. Sublime Odyssey. Myers, T.J. (1995). Song in Nines. The Oak. Myers, T.J. (1995). Haiku (#369). Piedmont Literary Review. Myers, T.J. (September, 95). Haiku (#74). Brussels Sprout. Myers, T.J. (May, 96). On Waking; In Praise of the Place in Sleep. Dream Machinery. Myers, T.J. (1995). First Sale: Some Classic Features. Byline Magazine. Myers, T.J. (1995). Names of God. Color Wheel. Myers, T.J. (1995). At a Certain Point in a Marriage. Eidos. Myers, T.J. (1995, May). Haiku. Brussels Sprout. Myers, T.J. (Winter, 95). Haiku (#311). black bough. Myers, T.J. (Summer, 95). Nearing Dream; Dream place. International Dream Quarterly. Myers, T.J. (Winter, 1998). Hiroshima; A Day. Synaesthetic. Myers, T.J. (1995). He Considers the Profession. Writers Journal/Minnesota Ink. Myers, T.J. (February/March, 1995). Dealing With Contradictory Advice. Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Bulletin (SCBWI). Myers, T.J. ("Meeting 5," 1994). A Song for Hardworking Kitchen Utensils. Clubhouse Magazine. Myers, T.J. (1994). Wind. Scienceland Magazine. Myers, T.J. (Summer, 1994). Nagano Apples. Skipping Stones: Multicultural Children’s Quarterly. Myers, T.J. (December, 1994). Accosted by the Rank Amateur. Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Bulletin. Myers, T.J. (September, 1994). War and Language: A Unit for English Class (storytelling version). In Mary Weaver (Ed.) Tales As Tools: The Power of Story in the Classroom. Jonesboro, TN: National Storytelling Association and Riverbank Press. Myers, T.J. (December, 1993). A Writer’s Morning After. ByLine Magazine. Myers, T.J. (Winter, 1993). Blues for the Preparation of an SASE. Once Upon a Time. Myers, T. J. (1993). War and Language. Educational Oasis, 8 (5), 17-20. Myers, T.J. (1984). A Language Arts Learning Center. Challenge. Contributor/Reviewer: Adventuring With Books (1993). Roser, N.L., & Jensen, J.M. (Eds.). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. HONORS/AWARDS, ETC. "The Peasant Prince" (Cricket Magazine, serialized December 2005 and January 2006): Nominated by Marianne Carus and the Cricket staff for the 2006 Paul A. Wittey Short Story Award from the International Reading Association. “Arthur’s Toys” (Cicada, March 2005): SCBWI 2005 Magazine Merit Award Runner-up. Featured in “Meet Your Author,” Cricket Magazine, January 2006. “Rock Takes a Name" (Storyworks, November, 2004). Finalist, Distinguished Achievement Award, Children’s Fiction Periodicals; Association of Educational Publishers, 2005. Reprinted in Glencoe's "Backpacker Reader, Grade 6, Book 1," enrichment text for middle school literature program; Glencoe/McGraw Hill. “Glimpsing Tokyo” (essay). Nominated for a Pushcart Prize by the Kyoto Journal, November, 2004. California Legacy Project Scholar, Heyday Books and Santa Clara University, Terry Beers, Director. Californialegacy.org. Dark-Sparkle Tea and Other Bedtime Poems. Excellent reviews in Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and on childrenslit.com Good Babies. Excellent reviews in Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, and on childrenslit.com Basho and the River Stones. Available from Scholastic Book Clubs as of 2006. A Junior Library Guild selection, June, 2004. Excellent reviews in The New York Times, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and a starred review in School Library Journal. NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book 2005. Adapted and performed as a play by the Bret Harte Elementary School After-School Theater Project, Burbank, CA, May 2006. Selected for use in the “Character-Based Literacy Program” of the Markula Center for Applied Ethics of Santa Clara University; the program currently serves over 10,000 elementary students at 350 sites in California. Also selected for the Markula Center’s “Build. Plant. Grow,” an inter-generational, inter-denominational character-education program, currently in use by 35 churches and schools. One of three nominated books for the California Young Reader Medal 2007-2008 (Picture Books for Older Readers Category). “The Christmas Stick” (Spider, December 2003): SCBWI 2003 Magazine Merit Award Runner-up. Tanuki’s Gift: Excellent boxed review with art in the New York Times Review of Books, 9-21-03. Included as a 2003 “Best Book of the Year,” Nick Jr. Family Magazine. Irma Black Honor Book, 2003, Bank Street College of Education. “Excellent 2003 Choices of Trade Books for Grades K-9,” Marilyn Carpenter Ph.D., Eastern Washington University (http://cehd.ewu.edu/faculty/mcarpenter/Booklist/2003.html). “Japan Mythology Top 100 Best-Selling Books” (www.orientalgate.org). PBS Teacher Resource Recommended Book, 2003. A 2004 Anne Izard Storyteller’s Choice winner. Asian Pacific American Honor for Literature Children’s and YA 2004. "Light One Little Candle" Suggest Book List (www.lightonelittlecandle.org). (In production). Story “The Bobsledder’s Jacket“ to appear on The Secret Lighthouse,” children’s TV show. Served as one of three judges for the picture-book category of Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Golden Kite Award, 2002. Basho and the Fox: #10 on The New York Times best-seller list for children’s books (11/5/00) and chosen by Smithsonian Magazine as a notable book for children for 2000. 2001 Honor Title, Storytelling World Award, Category 2: Stories for Pre-Adolescent Listeners (“in recognition of highest quality storytelling resources”). Irma Black Honor Book, 2001, Bank Street College of Education. Children’s Literature Choice List, 2001. Children’s Book Council “Not Just For Children Anymore” List, 2002. Los Angeles’ 100 Best Books, 2000, Library Services, Los Angeles Unified School District, and Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association. Excellent 2003 Choice of Trade Books for Grades K-9, compiled by Marilyn Carpenter Ph.D., Eastern Washington University. Archived Recommendation K-2 by PBS Teacher Resource (www.pbs.org). Also earned great reviews from Daniel Pinkwater on NPR’s “Weekend Edition” (read aloud, 9/2/00), The Horn Book, The Ruminator, Book List, Foreword Magazine and School Library Journal. Used as basis for May ’02 presentation of the Virginia Tanner Creative Dance Program (K-12) of the University of Utah. Currently in its third printing. Selected for use in the “Character-Based Literacy Program” of the Markula Center for Applied Ethics of Santa Clara University; the program currently serves over 10,000 elementary students at 350 sites in California. Also selected for the Markula Center’s “Build. Plant. Grow,” an inter-generational, inter-denominational character-education program, currently in use by 35 churches and schools. Adapted and performed as a play by the Bret Harte Elementary School After-School Theater Project, Burbank, CA, May 2006. Adapted as a play by Pat Turner of Vallecito Elementary School, San Rafael, CA, and presented spring 2006. “Brother Jubal in the Womb of Silence,” (SF) Third Place, L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest. ($500, all-expenses-paid trip to Los Angeles for week-long workshop and awards ceremony in 2001). (Summer, 2000). Story appears in Writers of the Future anthology #16. Infinite Space, Infinite God (anthology of Catholic science fiction that includes "Brother Jubal in the Womb of Silence") won an Eppie in Science Fiction 2007, from EPIC (the Electronic Published Internet Connection). Story “Julie at the Fountain” (originally appeared in Odyssey Magazine) featured in entirety on New York Regents Fourth-Grade English Language Arts Test. (Winter, 1999). Picture book Let’s Call Him Lauwiliwili... featured on the children’s television show “Gribich & Friends,” American Independent Network. (Winter 1997). New edition with accompanying CD (in press). The McMasters Prize for Historical Writing (for essay “Plattsburgh: A History of Voices”). Clinton County Historical Association. 1996. Poet Representative: Kern County “California Poets in the Schools,” Joint Project of the Artists-in-Schools Program of the National Endowment for the Arts and the California Arts Council, San Francisco, CA. (October, 1993). 1993 “Addy” Award, Writing for “Best Image Spot,” Kern Ad Council, CA; Roger Medvin Advertising Agency. Certificate of Lyrical Achievement, Ninth Annual Austin Songwriting Competition. 1987 Second Place, International Bulwer-Lytton Contest; San Jose State University, San Jose, California. 1975-1976 Scholarship, M.A.; University of Wisconsin-Madison. 1975 Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, B.A.; The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado. 1973 First Place Hallmark National Poetry Contest; “The Husband,” judged by John Updike. 1971 All-American, High School Football (Scouting Systems of America); Top 100 High-School Backs, Kickoff Magazine; Thom McCann Award; Gazette Telegraph/KRDO Player of the Year; All-Conference, All-State;1200 yards total offense. St. Mary’s High School, Colorado Springs, Colorado. PRESENTATIONS, ETC. "What Goes Around Comes Around: A Writer/Storyteller on the Power of Story for At-Risk Youth": Keynote speech for the Juvenile Court, Community and Alternative School Administrators of California Annual Conference, "Bridges to Success," Holiday Inn Express, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, CA (May 25, 2007). Co-presenter (with Dr. Priscilla Myers): "Voice and Print: Interactive Reading Instruction": International Reading Association Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada (May 12-15, 2007). Numerous author visits, professional storytelling presentations, literacy events, and storytelling and other workshops for various ages and professions. (Ongoing). “Oral Literacy”: Santa Clara University Kids on Campus Parent Group (April 2006). “The Right Book at the Right Time for the Right Kid”: The 7th Annual Reach Out and Read National Conference: Pediatrics and Early Literacy, The Argent Hotel in San Francisco, California (April 28-29, 2006). “Why Are We Doing This?”: Keynote speech at the AVID Student Writing Conference, Santa Clara University (March 28, 2006). “Writing Across the Curriculum”: Pinewood School, Los Altos Hills, CA. (January 2006). Co-presenter (with Dr. Priscilla Myers): "Team Teaching Reading through Story: the Key Instructional Steps for Success," Santa Clara County Reading Council, 24th Annual Asilomar Reading Conference, Pacific Grove, CA (January 2006). “Literacy, Meaning, and Motivation”: Peninsula Heritage School, Rolling Hills Estates, CA. (October 2005). “Writing and the Stories of Your Life”: Presentation for middle-school students at the AVID Conference, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA (April, 2005). “Staying True: A Storyteller/Children’s Writer/Teacher on Presenting Authentic Multicultural Literature to Authentic American Kids”: Reading the World Conference VII, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California (April 2005). “What Should I Write About?”: Santa Clara School District Young Writers’ Exposition, Santa Clara, CA (March 2005). “Are We Underestimating the Picture-Book Audience?”: Santa Clara Reading Council, 23rd Annual Asilomar Reading Conference, Pacific Grove, CA ( January 2005). "Meeting Your Classroom Objectives Through Oral Storytelling”: Middle School Institute, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA (June 2004). “The Enchantments of Literary”: Speech at the grand opening of the Santa Clara, CA Central Park Library, Santa Clara, CA (April 2004). Ongoing presentations on the annual “Educators’ Night” at Barnes & Noble, Stevens Creek and San Tomas Expressway, San Jose, CA (first in October 2004). Co-presenter (with Dr. Priscilla Myers): “Reading and Telling Stories Multiculturally: From the Perspective of an Author and His Reading Professor Wife.” California Reading Association Conference, San Diego, CA (November 8, 2003). “Our Partnership in Literacy”: Presentation at meeting of Northern California Children’s Booksellers Association, Third Avenue Bookshop for Children, San Mateo, CA (July 2002). Guest Author: American School in Japan Centennial; Tokyo, Japan. (Fall, 2002) “Using picture books with middle-school learners”: Middle School Institute, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA (June 2002). Speaker, Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Santa Clara University Student Health. (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005). Year-long storytelling series, fifth-grade, Westwood Elementary School, Santa Clara, CA. Storyteller, “The Art of Storytelling,” for Lori LaBarre and David McKee’s Art Attic courses. (Summer, 2000). Year-long storytelling series, all third-grade classes, Oak Street School, Plattsburgh City School District. (September-June, 2000). Storytelling Artist-in-Residence, Bailey Avenue and Oak Street Schools, Plattsburgh City School District. (Feb. 16-20, ‘98; April 12/16, ‘99). Professional pre-publication review/critique of manuscript Promising Practices: Meeting the National Education Goals 2000 (Brewer and Hollingsworth, Holcomb Hathaway Publishers). (Nov., 97). Presenter, Annual Conference on Grammar and Writing Instruction, SUNY Plattsburgh. (May, 97). Speaker, Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Women’s Forum/Counseling Department, SUNY Plattsburgh. (1997). Storyteller, Lakeside IX Health Promotion Institute Conference. (June, 1996). Storyteller, SUNY Plattsburgh Theatre Department Storytelling Festival. (September, 1995). Poetry reading, Campus Poets Series, SUNY Plattsburgh Department of Foreign Language and Literature. (September, 1995, and ongoing). "Women in Story." Storyteller/Presenter, "Surviving the Borderlands" Conference of the New York Women's Studies Association, SUNY Plattsburgh, NY. (April, 1995). Artist-in-residence (storytelling). Council On the Arts for Clinton County. 1995. Invited to participate as poet in a proposed program of poetry readings throughout Kern County; Kern Arts Council, Bakersfield, CA. (October, 1993). “Storytelling in the Classroom.” Kern Reading Association, 19th Annual Conference, Bakersfield, California. (October, 1993). EDUCATION 1980-81 Colorado Teacher Certification, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. 1976 Masters in Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 1975 B.A. English, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado. 1971-73 Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska (transferred). EMPLOYMENT 2005 Full-time lecturer, Departments of Education and English, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 2002-2003 Adjunct lecturer, Children’s Literature Department of Education, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 1994-2001 Writer, Storyteller, Songwriter. Self-employed (see Publications) Full-time lecturer/visiting professor: Exploring Educational Issues Through Writing; Children’s Literature: An Author’s Perspective; Adolescent Culture through Literature; Storytelling. School of Education, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY Spring 1993, Spring 1994 Adjunct Lecturer General Methods, Secondary Education Department of Teacher Education California State University Bakersfield Fall 1994 Adjunct Lecturer Storytelling for Teachers Division of Extended Studies and Regional Programs California State University Bakersfield Winter 1993 Administrative Assistant Office of the Dean, School of Education California State University Bakersfield 1992-1993 Freelance Writer Roger Medvin Advertising Agency Bakersfield, California 1987-1992 Teacher: High School English/American/World Literature St. Michael’s Catholic Academy, Austin, Texas Lanier High School, Austin, Texas 1984-1987 Teacher: Middle School English American School in Japan, Tokyo, Japan 1980-1982 Teacher: High School English Woodland Park High School, Woodland Park, Colorado 1979-1980 Counselor: Brockhurst Boys Ranch (A therapeutic setting for disturbed adolescents) Green Mountain Falls, Colorado 1976-1979 Teacher: High School, Middle School English American Community Schools, London, England Stavanger American School, Stavanger, Norway 1981 Role-player, Living History Program White House Ranch, Colorado Springs, Colorado INTERESTS Writing, music, athletics, outdoor activities, science, religion, history, art, film, travel, parenting, children, storytelling. | 
