Dr. George Guthridge Box 883 Dillingham, AK 99576 [email protected] 907-843-0389

EDUCATION

Degrees PhD 2010 The Teaching of Writing. Interdisciplinary: composition theory, non-Western cognitions, and creative writing pedagogy. University of Alaska Fairbanks. GPA: 4.0 MFA 1972 Creative Writing, University of Montana. GPA: 3.94 BA 1970 English, Portland State University. GPA: 3.93

Certificates English as Second Language 2010 Cambridge University Secondary Teaching 1972 University of Montana

Additional Professional Development Rhetoric & Linguistics 1997-1998 Arizona State University 27 semester credits - doctoral level Adult Education 1990 Boston University 16 semester credits - doctoral level Business 1973-1974 University of Iowa 15 semester credits - master’s level

FULL-TIME COLLEGE TEACHING

Professor (Tenured) University of Alaska Fairbanks, Bristol Bay Campus 1990-2015 Taught face-to-face, online, and via audio. About half of the students are ESL. Taught developmental English, composition, creative writing, the teaching of writing in cross- cultural contexts, grammar & grammar theory, business & grant writing, and Renaissance art history. Pioneered interdisciplinary degree for nontraditional students. Rural College Humanities Division Chair. Will almost certainly be named Professor Emeritus this May.

Professor University of Alaska Fairbanks RAHI Program 1991-2010 (summers) Taught face-to-face: developmental English, composition, study skills. Co-developed RAHI into America’s premier college preparatory program for Native Americans.

Assist. Prof. (Tenured) , Dubuque, Iowa 1972-78 Taught face-to-face: developmental English, advanced composition, creative writing. Developed and oversaw Writing Major and college-wide writing laboratory.

PART-TIME COLLEGE TEACHING

Adjunct Inst. 1978 University of Oregon. Taught composition. Teach. Assist. 1970-72 University of Montana. Taught developmental English and composition.

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HIGH SCHOOL TEACHING

Gambell, Alaska 1982-88 Taught social studies, English, creative/critical thinking. Transformed ten students, from this Siberian-Yupik (Eskimo) whaling village, into national academic champions. All but two of the school’s 41 students were ESL.

Elim, Alaska 1988-90 Taught social studies, English, reading, creative/critical thinking. Transformed four students from this 21-person school into state academic champions.

Lebanon, Oregon 1978-79 Taught composition, literature, creative writing.

OTHER RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

Builder/Manager 2000-13 Thai Inn Hotel, Dillingham, Alaska Creator/Owner 1995-2010 Nontaburi Music Studios, Bangkok, Thailand Editor-in-Chief 1980-82 Western Wildlands (science magazine and book publishing: forestry, soils, wildlife management). I worked with scientists worldwide, including editing a landmark book in wildlife management. Technical Writer 1979-80 Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources. Edited books and monographs regarding forestry and aquaculture.

SELECTED HONORS Teaching 2007-2008 Fulbright Scholar (spent one year training professors in the Caribbean) 1990-2010 Co-developer of nation’s premier college preparatory for Native Americans 2001 Co-recipient of Alaska’s first Outstanding Distance Educator Award 1995 Profiled in Superlearning 2000 (Delacorte) for excellence in teaching 1994 Named as one of 78 top teachers in America and profiled in I Am a Teacher (Simon & Schuster) 1987 1st Alaskan recipient of Christa McAuliffe Fellowship for Excellence in Education 1984 & 1988 Twice subject of international media acclaim for excellence in teaching writing

Academic Coaching 1984 National Coach of the Year, Future Problem Solving Program 1984-1985 Coach of four state and one international fiction writing champions 1983-1988 Coach of eight state and two national academic championship teams

Writing 2013 Screenwriting Winner, four international film festivals 2007 National Finalist, Benjamin Franklin Award, Year’s Best Book about Education 1997 Winner, , Year’s Best Horror Novel 1994 Runner-up, , Year’s Best Novelette 1982 Runner-up, Nebula Award, Year’s Best Short Story 1982 Finalist, , Year’s Best Science Fiction Short Story

Other 2011 University of Alaska Fairbanks Exemplary Service Award 2010 University of Alaska Fairbanks Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award

REFERENCES

Mr. Salah Al Hasni, English Language Supervisor, Ministry of Education, Sultanate of Oman. 00968-9232-1984. [email protected] Dr. Deborah McLean, Director, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, Bristol Bay. (907) 842-5109 [email protected] Ms. Denise Wartes, Director, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks RAHI Program. (907) 474-6886 [email protected] Mr. Pete Pinney, Executive Dean, CRCD, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks. (907) 474-7089. [email protected] Guthridge - 3

WRITING

Dissertation Appropriating Apotomos: Using the Enthymeme to Teach Introductory Fiction and Nonfiction Writing. U. of AK Fairbanks, 2010.

Selected Nonfiction The Kids from Nowhere. Northwest Books. 2006. National finalist for Year’s Best Book about Education. "Package Pickup." Cold Flashes. Ed. Michael Englehard. University of Alaska Press, 2010. “Massaging Fiction out of Nonfiction Writing.” 40 Below. April 2009. “Eskimos Solve the Future.” Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact. 1988. "The Bear Bones of the Grizzly Controversy." Biology Digest. 1987. "Seaweed Economics." Biology Digest. 1986. "Teaching Problem Solving to Native Students." The Writing Teacher. 1984. "The Concept of the Intellectual in Saul Bellow's Mr. Sammler's Planet." Saul Bellow Journal. 1981. 20 articles on grammar theory and writing pedagogy in various outlets

Screenwriting The Kids from Nowhere 1st Place, Las Vegas International Film Festival 1st Place, New Hampshire International Film Festival 1st Place, Moondance International Film Festival 1st Place, Silent River International Film Festival Finalist, Portland International Film Festival 2nd Place, Kay Snow (regional) Writing Competition

Novels The Bloodletter Avant-garde western Northwest Books Death Mask of Pancho Villa Young adult Bryon Preiss Books With Carol Gaskins Child of the Light Historical St. Martin’s Press With Child of the Journey Historical White Wolf Books With Janet Berliner Children of the Dusk Historical White Wolf Books With Janet Berliner Winner, Bram Stoker Award*

Selected Short Fiction “The Quiet” (short story) Finalist, Nebula Award and Hugo Award** “The Mirror of Lop Nor” (novelette) Finalist, Nebula Award** “Chin Oil” (short story) Semi-finalist, Bram Stoker Award* Over 50 other short stories and novelettes, almost all of which appeared in national publications

Selected Editing Craighead, John Johnson. A Definitive System for Analysis of Grizzly Bear Habitat and Other Wilderness Resources Utilizing LANDSAT Multispectral Imagery and Computer Technology. Missoula: U of MT Foundation, 1982. Raup, Hugh Miller. Forests in the Here and Now: A Collection of Writings of Hugh Miller Raup. Missoula: MT Forest and Conservation Experiment Station, 1982. Six issues of Western Wildlands, a science magazine of natural resource management Over a dozen scientific monographs

In Progress Grammar for the 21st Century Teaching Writing in Cross-Cultural Contexts (The above books are interrelated, so I intend to have them published together. Expected completion: Sep 2015.)

______*The “Oscar” of horror fiction. , , and (Silence of the Lambs) won the Bram Stoker in other years. The irony is that this book is a historical. **The “Oscars” of science fiction and fantasy fiction.