Mary E. Weems, Ph.D. [email protected] [email protected] 216-215-0541 (cell)
Education:
PH.D. Education (Social Foundations). University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 2001. M.A. English (Creative Writing). Cleveland State University. 1996.
B.A. English. Cleveland State University. 1994.
Research Interests:
Social foundations of education, using the language arts to facilitate imagination- intellectual development in k-12 and college classrooms, literacy, racism, interculturalism, lived experience-based qualitative research expressed in auto/ethnographic performance texts, poems, plays, and multi-genre forms.
Courses Taught:
Education - Education and Diversity, Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society, School and Society (Under/Grad Split), School and Society (Undergrad), Multicultural Education and Counseling, Foundations of Education (Graduate), Social Structure and Change in Education (Graduate Course), Teaching Strategies (Undergrad), Introduction to Education (Undergrad).
English - Composition (Undergrad), Introduction to Poetry (Undergrad), Creative Writing for Teachers (Undergrad/Grad), Introduction to Short Fiction (Undergrad), Playwriting and Performance (Undergrad), Creative Writing (Undergrad).
Blogs:
Haiku U and Other Stuff. Cleveland Poetics Blog for Poets. 2007-2008
The Paulo and Nita Freire International Project for Critical Pedagogy. Collaborative Blog with Adah Ward-Randolph, Historian, Associate Professor, School of Education. Ohio University. “The Freire Project is dedicated to building an international critical community, which works to promote social justice in a variety of cultural contexts. We are committed to conducting and sharing critical research in social, political, and educational locations.” Joe L. Kincheloe (Deceased) Founding Project Leader, Shirley R. Steinberg, Academic Director. 2008-Current.
PAGE 1 Radio/Podcasts:
Heights Arts Radio Show. Heights Arts Podcast. April, 2007 - April 2009. (Note: Program began as part of WJCU but was switched to a podcast format due to scheduling conflicts). As Poet Laureate I have my own segment titled “Open the Lines of Communication.” This year I have completed segments with former Laureates Loren Weiss and Meredith Holmes, myself and musician and teacher Aaron Hoke, singer and professor of English and Applied Linguistics Elaine Richardson, poet and singer Bree Van Guten, poet and photographer Jim Lang, and professor and poet Phil Metres.
Publications NOTE: Acceptance Rate for pertinent tenure-track years noted when provided at end of each pertinent publication. Also, after an extensive search, all page numbers located are noted below.
Books:
Weems, Mary E. and Oatman, Michael, eds. Say It Loud! Poems about James Brown. Whirlwind, Press. Camden, NJ. September, 2011.
Panza, John and Mary E. Weems, eds. Awake at the End: A Heights Arts Poet Laureate Anthology. Huron, Ohio: Bottom Dog Press, December, 2008.
An Unmistakable Shade of Red and The Obama Chronicles. Bottom Dog Press, Huron, Ohio, September, 2008.
Cleveland Poetry Scenes: A Panorama & Anthology. Co-editor with Nina Gibans and Larry Smith. Bottom Dog Press, Huron, Ohio. SMALL PRESS REVIEW magazine (Dustbooks) has selected this anthology as one of the 10 "Choice Picks" for July/August, 2008 issue of the magazine. April, 2008.
Poetry Power. Silver Moon Press. New York, NY. 2003.
Public Education and the Imagination-Intellect: I Speak from the Wound in my Mouth Peter Lang, New York, N.Y. 2003.
Working Hard for the Money: Stories and Poems of America’s Working Poor. Co-Editor w/ Larry Smith. Bottom Dog Press, Firelands College. Huron, Ohio, 2002.
Off the Page. Co-editor w/Patricia Harusame Leebove. Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, 1995.
Poetry Chapbooks:
Closure. Kattywompus Press. Cleveland Hts., Ohio. 2011.
PAGE 2 Tampon Class. Pavement Saw Press. Columbus, Ohio. 2005. (2nd Printing) white. Wick chapbook Winner. Kent State U P. Kent, Ohio. 1997.
Fembles. The Heartlands Today: The Mythic Midwest. Bowling Green, Ohio. 1996.
Blackeyed. Burning Press. Cleveland, Ohio. 1994.
Book Chapters:
* = Peer Reviewed **= Editor Reviewed
**Radical Love, Intellectual Enthusiasm, Restless. (By Invitation). In: The Mentoring and Teaching of Joe Kincheloe. Rochelle Brock, Curry Mallot, Leila E. Villaverde, editors. Poems operate as Windows to Book Sections. See: Correspondence from Rochelle Brock dated 6-12-2010 which articulates her invitation to write a poem to begin each section of the book. Peter Lang: New York, NY. Book Received November, 2011
*21 Questions by White Folks for People of Color. Let's Get Real. Lee Mun Wah (ed.). 2011 per e-mail from editor dated 1-14-11. Note: Book format required the disbursement of segments of the piece throughout the book. Editor unable to provide acceptance rates or exactly how much of the work will be in the book. Book has been published per e- mail dated 10-19-11 from Lee Mun Wah, Editor. StirFry Seminars & Consulting: 2011. (65, 99, 103, 108, 115, 140, 154, 162, 168).
*Don't Be Afraid to FLY: Using Drama to Inspire Self-Esteem. Book Chapter. In: Teaching drama in the classroom: A toolbox for teachers. Dowdy, Joan. J.K. & Kaplan, S. (Eds.) (By Invitation). November, 2009. October 8, 2010 e-mail from editor confirming status. Tentative Publication date: December 2010. Update: Book remains In Press, expected publication date is February, 2011 per e-mail from editor dated 1-6-11. Sense Publishers: Rotterdam, the Netherlands, June 2011. (145-149). Book Received July, 2011. (145-148).
*“The E in Poetry Stands for Empathy.” Prendergrast, Monica (et. al. eds.) In Poetic Inquiry: Vibrant Voices in the social sciences. Sense Publishers: Rotterdam, The Netherlands. August, 2009. [acceptance rate: 20%] (133-146).
*“Heartbeats: Exploring the Power of Qualitative Research Expressed As Auto/Ethnographic Performance Texts.” (First Author with Carolyne J. White, Clarence Shelley, Patty Alvarez McHatton, Lois Melina, Phoenix deCarteret, Ruth Brown, Jonathan Wyatt, Jackie Goode, Tim Bond, and Lois Ann Scheidt. Qualitative Research & the Politics of Evidence. (Left Coast Press, June, 2008). [acceptance rate: 7.5%] (271- 287).
PAGE 3 Gap This! Contesting Empire, Globalizing Dissent: Cultural Studies after 9/11. Michael Giardina and Norman K. Denzin, eds. Paradigm Publishers. Boulder, CO 80301 U.S.A. 2006. (206-212).
C.H.A.O.S. In Shirley R. Steinberg, Priya Parmar, Birgit Richard (eds.) Contemporary Youth Culture: An International Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. Greenwood Press, London/Westbrook: CN. 2006. (626-637).
The Politics and Poetics of Space in Urban School Reform. In S. Hood, R. Hopson, & H. Frierson (eds.) The Role of Culture and Cultural Context: A Mandate for Inclusion, the Discovery of Truth and Understanding in Evaluative Theory and Practice. Burney, N., White, C.J. & Weems, M.E. Information Age Publishing, Greenwich: Connecticut. 2005. (145).
Selections from I.D. Papers. The Future of Educational Studies. Ch.18 in G. Noblit and B. Hatt-Echeverria (Eds.) New York: Peter Lang. 2003. (285-298).
I Speak from the Wound in my Mouth: From Catalyst, to Creation, to Conference Presentation.” American Education Studies Association (AESA). Futures in Education, Peter Lang, New York: New York. 2002.
Plays:
*Numbers. Qualitative Inquiry, 12:2, 2006. (389-397).
Performance Texts/Poetics:
* = Peer Reviewed ** = (Editor Reviewed)
**Till the Well Runs. Qualitative Inquiry. 16:9 (November 2010). (742-746).
**Echoes: A X-Cultural Response to Guy Senese’s Throwing Voices. xcp:Cultural Poetics, No. 20, October, 2008. College of St. Catherine. Mark Manowak, Editor. (153-160).
*Voodoo Formula. Qualitative Inquiry, 14:6 (September 2008). (1093-1094).
*The Color of Fear. Cultural Studies: Critical Methodologies, 7:4 (November 2007). [acceptance rate: 6.5%] (355-356).
Collateral Damage. Qualitative Inquiry, 12:1. 2005. (DOI) is 10.1177/1077800405276765. ( 28-29).
Not in our Name. Co-authored with Mike Giardina. Qualitative Inquiry, 10:4. 2004. (481-492).
PAGE 4 “Windows” (Windows (Series), Smoke Signals, This Evolution will not be Televised, Under the Trees, Rosewood, Hell, Future Dinosaurs). The Qualitative Inquiry Reader. Sage: Thousand Oaks, CA. (167).
“My Tuesdays with Morrie.” Cultural Studies: Critical Methodologies. 1:1, February, 2001. Urbana, Illinois. (62-69).
“The Universe is a one-line poem.” Studies in Symbolic Interaction. Vol. 25, 2002. (349-361).
“Windows.” Qualitative Inquiry. Sage: Thousand Oaks: Ca. Volume 6, March, 2000. (152-163).
Essays:
Comin’ off the Top:” Welcoming the Art of Freestyling and Rap into the Classroom. Black Praxis: Special Edition Spoken Word in the 21st Century. Department of African American Studies, Ohio University. Athens, Oh. May, 2004.
Food and Fellowship. Cleveland Food Memories. Gail Bellamy, Editor. Gray & Co. Publishers, Cleveland, Ohio. November, 2003. (104).
Twilight Time. Urban Dialect Newspaper. Issue #2, April, 2003.
Articles:
* = Peer Reviewed **Editor Reviewed *** = Blind Peer Reviewed
*Race is 'not' an Additive. Special Issue. Cultural Studies <> Critical Methodologies. 1- 27-11. E-mail 5-11-11, Proofs Received. 11(4) 406-409. August, 2011.
*Speak Truth and Shame the Devil: An Ethnodrama in Response to Racism in the Academy. Mary E. Weems and Adah Ward Randolph. Qualitative Inquiry. Revised copy re-submitted August 1, 2008. Written notification of receipt and re-distribution for review received August 6, 2008. Second Revision in process. Deadline for resubmission was October 1, 2009. Revised copy Re-submitted October 1, 2009. Accepted for publication October 5, 2009. On-Line First DOI: 10.1177/1077800409358864.Qualitative Inquiry XX(X) 1-4. 16(5) 310-313. June, 2010. [acceptance rate: 6-10%]
*W: A Legacy of Shame. (By Invitation). Special Issue of Critical Studies-Cultural Methodologies: “The 2008 American Presidential Campaign/Election: The Bush Legacy.” Sage Publications Ltd: New Dehli, India. DOI:10.1177/153270860348571. XX(X)1-4. Note: Online First is a new Sage feature that publishes articles accepted for print publication prior to the inclusion in a print issue. Vol. 9, Issue 6, December, 2009. [acceptance rate: 6.5%]
PAGE 5 ***Food for Thought: Empathy and the Imagination-Intellect. Iowa Journal of Communication. [Blind Peer Reviewed] Chris Poulos, Guest Editor. 2009. September, 2009. [acceptance rate: 20%] (149-162).
*Happy to be Nappy but not a Ho. International Review of Qualitative Research. Vol. 4, February 2009. (611-614).
*“Heartbeats: Exploring the Power of Qualitative Research Expressed As Auto/Ethnographic Performance Texts.” (First Author with Carolyne J. White, Clarence Shelley, Patty Alvarez McHatton, Lois Melina, Phoenix deCarteret, Ruth Brown, Jonathan Wyatt, Jackie Goode, Tim Bond, and Lois Ann Scheidt. Re-Printed in: Qualitative Inquiry, 15:5, June, 2009. [acceptance rate: 6-10%] (843-858).
“Comin’ Off the Top”: Welcoming the Art of Freestyling and Rap into the Classroom.” Re-printed in: Public Speaking. University of Michigan – Flint. Pearson Custom Publishing, Boston: MA, 2006.
"Lessons Spaced by Heartbeats: Performance Poetry in a 9th Grade Classroom." Weems, Mary E., Ted Lardner, Barbara Sones. English Journal. 1996. (60-65).
Papers:
“I Speak from the Wound in My Mouth: Selections from my Performance Text.” Philosophical Studies in Education. Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society. Vol. 32, 2000.
Anthologies (Work Included in):
* = Peer Reviewed ** = Editor Reviewed
Kwansaba for James Brown, This I Believe. Say It! Poems about James Brown. Mary E. Weems and Michael Oatman (eds). Whirlwind Press, Camden, NJ. July, 2011.
**Dear Michelle. In: Go, Tell Michelle: African American Women Write to the New First Lady. Barbara A. Seals Nevergold, and Peggy Brooks-Bertram (eds.). State of New York University Press (SUNY), Albany, New York. January, 2009. (acceptance rate 50%). (103-104).
Ms. Daisy’s Crop, Funk, Dime After Dime. The Next of Us is About to be Born. Wick Poetry Series Anthology. The Kent State University Press. Maggie Anderson (ed.). Re- printed from White, 1996 Wick Chapbook. 2009. (177-179).
Say It. The Why and Later. Carly Sachs, (ed.) Deep Cleveland Press. Cleveland, Ohio. December, 2007.
Cyril. Cleveland in Prose and Poetry. Jacobson, Bonnie (ed.). Poets’ & Writers’ League of Greater Cleveland League Books. Cleveland, Ohio, 2005.
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Safety Pin. Family Matters Anthology. Bottom Dog Press. November, 2005. (94).
“Blood,” “Under the World, 9/22/01, “One Face in the Crowd,” “Aftermath.” 911 in American Culture. Denzin, Norman K, Lincoln, Yvonna S., eds. Altamira Press. New York, New York, 2003. (2-3, 50-51).
Return to Temptation. Boomer Girls. University of Iowa Press. Iowa City, Iowa. 1999. (194-195).
B.B. Blues, Yesterday, Dime after Dime, Funk, Return to Temptation. Spirit & Flame: An Anthology of African American Poetry. Gilyard, Keith, ed., Syracuse U P. New York: 1996. (276-280).
A Hole in the Ghetto. Voices of Cleveland Anthology. Lardner, Ted, Ed. CSU Poetry Center, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio. 1996.
Haze moon turns eye. Silver Quill Anthology. The Scriveners. Wichita, Kansas: 1995.
Poetry:
* = Peer Reviewed **Editor Reviewed
**Reversal of Fortune, Skylight, If Walls Could Talk. Pudding House Magazine. Poetry Journal. Connie Willett Everett, Editor. #57, Summer 2011.
Rhyme Scheme. Re-Printed In: Special Issue: Cultural Studies <> Critical Methodologies. (By Invitation) 10(5), October 2010.
**Worry, Blow. By Invitation. 13 Miles from Cleveland, On-Line Poetry Journal. Joe Balaz, Editor. www.13milesfromcleveland.com. (By Invitation) September, 2009.
Rhyme Scheme. International Review of Qualitative Inquiry. (By Invitation) (1)4, February, 2009. (By Invitation)
“Kwansaba for Richard Wright,” “Kwansaba for James Brown,” “Message to the Woman on the Lake,” “Menopause the Musical.” DrumVoices Revue. Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. Eugene B. Redmond, Editor. Summer, 2008. (52, 131).
“Black Madonna.” Cultural Studies: Critical Methodologies. 8:2. (May, 2008) DOI:10.1177/1532708607305122. [acceptance rate: 6.5%] (246-247).
The Story of Marriage, Luscious, Self-Portrait, Don’t Walk, Gregory Hines is Dead. http://www.nathanielturner.com/fivepoemsbymaryeweems.htm . ChickenBones: A Journal. December, 2006.
PAGE 7 Tanorexia. New Verse News. On-Line Journal. http://www.newversenews.com. James Penha, Editor. December 16, 2006.
Self-Portrait, Jemison’s Face. Torch Poetry: Poetry, Prose and Short Stories by African American Women. On-Line Journal. http://www.torchpoetry.org. Amanda Johnston, Editor. Fall, 2006.
“Don’t Walk.” November3rd Club Journal. http://www.november3rdclub.com Summer, 2006.
The Difference Between a Pair of Manicure Scissors and Freedom. Qualitative Inquiry. 11:3. 2005. (466-467).
Blues Clues. Qualitative Inquiry. Sage. Thousand Oaks, Ca.: 11:2, 2005. (198-199).
Urban Life. Featured Poet. “Praise for Poets.” Northern Ohio Live, Cleveland, Oho. Volume 24, Issue #8, April 2004. (By Invitation)
Urban Life. For Some the Price of Food is a Child. Pavement Saw. “The Man Po” Issue. #8. Pavement Saw Press, Columbus, Oh. 2004.
The Gift, The most important sound in the world is your heartbeat, Return To Temptation, Killing her Softly, Tampon Class. New Sister Voices: Poetry by American Women of African Descent. Springfield, IL: Southern Illinois University Press. 2003.
Funk. Racism is so personal. Qualitative Inquiry. Sage: Thousand Oaks, Ca: 9:1, Feb. 2003. (13-14).
Peace on Earth, Give Peace a Chance. Qualitative Inquiry. Sage. Thousand Oaks, Ca: 10:3, 2003. (315).
“Mary” Reed Magazine, San Jose State University English Department, One Washington Square, San Jose, CA, 2003.
Universe Music. Qualitative Inquiry. Sage: Thousand Oaks, Ca: 9:6, December, 2003. (955).
My Monster’s Ball. Qualitative Inquiry. Sage: Thousand Oaks, Ca., 9:5, October 2003. (807-809).
New Year’s Resolution. Moondance. Women Artists and Writers International. Los Angeles, California. December 2003.
One Face in the Crowd, Aftermath. Qualitative Inquiry. Vol. 8, No. 2, 2002. (135-136).
Blood, Under the World. Cultural Studies Critical Methodologies, 2002. (157-158).
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Tampon Class. Selected for Woman Made Gallery’s Her Mark 2002 Calendar. One of 18 poets selected from 136 entrants. [13.2% Acceptance Rate]
Needles & Pins, Not Hatred, Graffiti, Inspiration. Xcp: Cultural Poetics. College of St. Catherine. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mark Nowak, ed. 2000. (153-160).
Restrooms, Blue Moon, I collect kitchen tables. Algonquin. Ohio University, Zanesville Campus. Michael Nern. 1999.
Return to Temptation. African American Review. Indiana State University. Terre Haute, Indiana. Vol. 33, No. 3., 1999. (484-485).
The Last Laugh, I’m in the Hot Sauce Place, The Gift, Grist for the Mill, The most important sound in the world is your heartbeat. Obsidian III: Black Literature in Review. North Carolina State University. Raleigh, North Carolina. Vol. 1, No. 1. Spring-Summer 1999. (30-35).
No Name Bar. Nexus. Wright State University. Dayton, Ohio. 1998. Rosewood, Mixup, Not Like Yesterday. phati'tude. Palisades, N.J. 1998.
When a tree gets drunk and falls. . Poetry Motel. Duluth, Minnesota. 1998.
A Hole in the Ghetto. Plain Dealer. Sunday Magazine. October 13. Cleveland, Ohio. 1997.
Tampon Class. Calyx: A Journal of Art & Literature By Women. Corvallis. Oregon. 1997. (99).
Clothes Closet. Poetry: Mirror of the Arts. Poets' League of Greater Cleveland. Cleveland, Ohio. 1997.
Cotton. Whiskey Island Magazine. Cleveland State University. Cleveland, Ohio. 1997. B.B. Blues. OCTELA Newsletter. Spring. Chillicothe, Ohio. 1997.
A light in the Ghetto. Poetry: Mirror of the Arts. Poets' League of Greater Cleveland. 1996.
Agora Phobia, Killing Her Softly, I was not Safe. Off the Page. Weems, Mary E., Patricia Harusame Leebove, Eds. Cleveland State University. Cleveland, Ohio: 1995. (1-72).
Great Grandma Green. Pearl No. 22. Long Beach, Ca: 1995.
The City. The Listening Eye. Kent, Ohio: 1995. (38).
Error Margin 1%. Perceptions. Brunswick, Maine: 1994.
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Killing Her Softly. Now in Age I bud Again. The Poets' League of Greater Cleveland. Cleveland, Ohio: 1994.
The House. Thirteen. Vol. XIII, The Last Issue. Portlandville, New York: 1994.
God is jobless. A Nation of Differences. The Poets' League of Greater Cleveland. Cleveland, Ohio: 1994. (8).
Metro Park. Byron Poetry Works. Yellow Springs, Ohio: 1994.
Fembles, Perceptions. No. 31. Brunswick, Maine: 1993.
Raggedy Ann. Poetry Motel. Duluth, MN. 1993. The Lottery, East 105th. Whiskey Island Magazine. Cleveland, Ohio: 1992.
Book Reviews: **Editor Reviewed
**I Can See Clearly. A review of Phil Metre's book To See the Earth. Ohioana Quarterly. Ohioana Library Association, Columbus, Oh. Winter, 2009. (29-30).
**This Poetry Matters: A Review of Anna Leahy’s book Constituents of Matter. Ohioana Library. Spring, 2009. (38-39).
The Deepest Blue. Michelle Moore. Ohioana Quarterly. The Ohioana Library Association, Columbus: Oh. Volume L, Number 2, Summer, 2007. (139).
Mercurochrome. Wanda Coleman. xcp: Cultural Poetics. St. Catherine College. Mark Manowak, Editor. 2001.
Cocktailes With Breughel at the Museum Cafe. Sandra Stone. Cleveland State University Press. Cleveland, Ohio. 1997. Ohio Writer. July/August 1998.
Women in the Trees: U.S. Women's Short Stories About Battering & Resistance, 1839- 1994. Susan Koppelman, Ed. Beacon Press. Boston, Massachusetts. 1996. Ohio Writer. March/April 1997.
Fugitive Colors. Chrystos. Ohio Writer. Nov/Dec., 1996 Issue. (158-188).
Hurdy Gurdy. Tim Seibles. Ohio Writer. 1995.
Monologues:
* = Peer Reviewed ** = Editor Reviewed
PAGE 10 **Another Way to Dance, Dead Soul 4413. Ratliff, Gerald Lee (ed.) Each monologue is part of a different play. Another Way to Dance and Numbers, respectively. Meriwether. November, 2009.
*Two Sides to Every Story (Monologue from: Full Length Play: Another Way to Dance.) Still More Monologues For Women, By Women. Tori Haring-Smith, Editor. Heinemann Books. North America, England. 2001. (143-144).
Commentary:
Lynching Memorial’s Omission of Race Ruins It. Duluth News Tribune. June 18, 2005.
Definition: ** = Editor Reviewed
**“Colorblind.” Xcp: Cross Cultural Poetics. Special Double Issue: Word Cultural Definition of Words Important to Public Discourse in the 21st Century. 2005.
In Press and/or Online First:
* = Peer Reviewed
*Sun Dance. Cultural Studies <>Critical Methodologies. (XX(X) I. 2011. (In Press).
In Submission:
*Finding Your Poem: Found Poetry as A Way of Engaging Literature. (By Invitation) . As one of the authors in Teaching Drama in the Classroom: A Toolbox for Teachers, Dowdy, J.E. and S. Kaplan (eds.), I’ve been invited to submit to a similar book focusing upon the use of creative writing. Chapter submitted to Dowdy via e-mail attachment on 12-2-11.
Go Back and Get it: The Sankofa Poetry Project. First author w/Sylvia Stewart-Stewart Lumpkin. Research in Teaching English (RTE), an NCTE journal. Submitted on-line January 2011. Received response from RTE recommending I submit it to The English Journal or another journal for teachers. On 2-9-11, I submitted the article via on-line submission, to Urban Education, Mss ID #UE-11-02-021. Follow up e-mail 5-1-11. 5-14-11, E-mail received from Editor, Mss ID#UE-11-02-021 not accepted for publication.
For(e)closure. (Previously titled "Closure") Completely revised manuscript following feedback from Phil Metres, Associate Professor, English Department, John Carroll. Current work is a mix of original closure poems used in my play Closure and other poems inspired by research into this economic phenomenon, which collectively address the injustice and racist practices imbedded in the current foreclosure crisis, daughter/father relationships, race, class, gender and other issues. Submitting to several full book contests, and university and/or independent presses. August, 2011.
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Forthcoming Book Chapters:
*Closure: A Critical Look at the Foreclosure Crisis in Words and Images. w/R.A. Washington, Visual Artist. In: A Way Out of No Way: The Arts as Social Justice in Education. Book Chapter. Mary Hanley, George Noblitt, editors. January, 2010. Update: Editors are working with Routledge Press and expect the book out by either the end of 2011 or 2012 per e-mail from editor dated 1-7-11.
Forthcoming Performance Texts/Poetics:
Sadie Stories. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education Special Edition on Constructions of Childhood: Globalized Homelessness and Poverty. Guest Editor: Susan Finley, Ph.D. Submitted 9-21-10, 9-21-11 Accepted w/request to consider reviewers comments. 9-23-11, final copy submitted for publication. Publication: IJQSE 25-2 (Vol 25, Issue2, 2012)
Forthcoming Poems:
**Bop Afaa M. Weaver etc. look up
Conferences:
2011: 3rd International Poetic Inquiry Symposium. October 20-23, 2011. Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK. Kate Galvin and Les Todres, hosts. “Closure: A poetic look at the foreclosure crisis.”
Celebration of Scholarship. Spoken Word Session. John Carroll Campus. March 30, 2011. Three of my Spring 2011 350/453 students Odell Brown, Kennan Killen and Valerie Leonard shared poems they wrote in my class with conference participants, and I shared several of my "Closure" poems.
2010: International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. May 26-29, 2010. 1) Plenary Session: Indigenizing Social Justice, with Carolyne J. White. Tim Begaye, Chair. Excerpt from Ethnodrama "Meat." 2) Panel Presentation: Something About Norm: His Students Speak, with Mike Giardina, Aisha Durham, Marcelo Diversi, Patricia Clough, Grant Kien, and James Denison. "Wednesdays with Norm." 3) Lightening in Their Tongues: Africana Feminist Performance as Critical Pedagogy, with Elaine Richardson, and Amira Millicent Davis. Amira Millicent Davis, Chair. "Till the Well Runs." 4) Panel Presentation: Spotlight on Getting Tenure, with Christopher Poulos, Greg Dimitriadis, Marcelo Diversi, Karen Staller, Aisha Durham. "The Tenure Shuffle."
2009: "The Obama Chronicles," Chair. Panel w/Gaetano Senese, Thea J. Ford, Carolyne J. White. "Food for Thought: Empathy and the Imagination-Intellect," Pre-
PAGE 12 Conference Workshop, Co-facilitated w/Carolyne J. White. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry Conference. University of Illinois @ Urbana- Champaign, May 19-23, 2009.
Keynote Address. “Freedom,” Student Achievement in Research and Scholarship (STARS Conference). Cleveland State University. March 27-28, 2009. Serreta Archer, Director.
Celebration of Scholarship. Chair Student Panel. John Carroll Campus. March 23- 25, 2009. “Bringing Words to Life: Performance-Based Assessment. Panel of John Carroll Students: Raynard Holmes, Irene Paparazios, Krystle Skye Rivera, Jessica Driskell, presented and discussed their midterms. Holmes and Driskell (Spring 08), Paparizos (Fall 08-09).
2008: International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. May 14-18, 2008. 1) “Echoes: A Cross-Cultural Response to Guy Senese’s Throwing Voices. 2) “Happy to be Nappy but not a Ho.”
American Educational Research Association Conference. New York, New York. March 24-28, 2008. “Speak Truth and Shame the Devil: An Autoethnographic Response to Racism in the Academy” w/ Adah Ward-Randolph. Chair: Evelyn Reid.
2007: New Jersey Black Issues Convention. Hilton East Brunswick. October 4-7, 2007. 10-4-07, 10: 45 – Noon. “Hip Hop and a Reason to Hop Out.” Presentation and Moderated Discussion. Local high school students. [unremunerated].
All-Conference Session. Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society. Bergamo Conference Center, Dayton, Ohio. September 27-29, 2007. : “The Myth of Colorblindness: An Autoethnographic Response. w/Akil Houston “Thank God We’re Colorblind.” Presentation and Moderated Dialogue.
Plenary Session. International Association of Qualitative Inquiry. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. May 4-7, 2007. 1) First Generation (Laurel Richardson, Carolyn Ellis, Arthur P. Bochner, Norman K. Denzin, H.L. (Bud) Goodall, Jr.) and Second Generation Ethnographers (Mary E. Weems, Carla Corroto, Carol Rambo, Christopher Poulos, Elissa Foster, Lesa Lockford) 2) Panel Performance: “Thirty Years on the Plantation: The Price of the Ticket. w/Carolyne J. White, Clarence Shelley, and Aisha Durham.
Chair. American Education Research Association (AERA). April 9-13, 2007. Panel Presentation. Public Intellectuals Engaged in Place-Based Socially Just Educational Interventions: Autoethnographic Performances. 30 Years on the Plantation: The Price of the Ticket. w/Carolyne J. White, Clarence Shelley, Gaetano Senese.
PAGE 13 2006: Plenary Address. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. May 4-7, 2006. “In Praise of Fuping,” w/Carolyne J. White. 2) Pre-Conference Workshop: “Heartbeats: Writing Performance Texts.” 3) “Performance as An Assessment Tool.” w/ Carolyne J. White.
2005: National Ohio Writing Project. National Conference of Teachers of English (NCTE). Pittsburgh, Pa. Pre-Conference Workshop. (NOWP w/Nancy McCracken, Anthony Manna, Kent State University. Alyson White, Auburn University, and Anna Gregory, Monticello Middle School.
2004: “Walking on Red Ground.” 1st International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 5-5 to 5-7. Applied Indigenous Studies: Research as Community Praxis. Panel. w/Carolyne J. White, Chair, Tim Begaye, Anna Figuera.
“Using Indigenous Performance Texts for Anti-Racist Work.” Panel. American Education Studies Association. Kansas City, Mo., November, 11-3 to 11-7. Chair. Panel w/Carolyne J. White and Sandy Grande.
Plenary Address w/ Joe Kinchloe and Peter McClaren. “Gap This!” Crossroads In Cultural Studies 2004, 5th International Conference. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 6-25 to 6-28.
“Sisters in the Struggle: Using Indigenous Performance Texts for Anti-Racist Work.” The Association of Behavioral Scientists 2004 Conference. Panel Presenter with Carolyne J. White. Wyndham Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio.
Featured Reader. Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Program 20th Anniversary Celebration. with Li Young Lee, and Honoree Fanon Jeffers, and Performance Poetry Panel Presenter. Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.
2003: “I Speak from the Wound in My Mouth: Public Education and the Imagination- Intellect.” Marjorie Cook Poetry Festival Conference. Diversity in African American Poetry. Presenter.
Presenter. Performing 911: Teaching in A Terrorized World. American Education Studies Association. Chair: Yvonna S. Lincoln, Texas A&M. w/Norman K. Denzin, Ivan A. Brady, Jack Bratich, Michelle Fine.
Keynote Speaker. This Evolution will not be Televised. Enthnographic and Qualitative Research in Education Conference. Rodney Hopson, Conference Coordinator. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Presenter. Columbus State Community College Communication Skills Department Writers Conference. Steve Abbott.
PAGE 14 2002: Racism is so Personal: Sites of Struggle. American Education Studies Association. Panel Chair/Presenter. w/Carolyne White, Bernardo Gallegos, Huey Li Lin, Noreen Sastiekawa, Nona Burney, and Roberta Ahlquist. Clarence Shelley, Discussant.
Discussant. American Education Research Association. Egon Distinguished Lecturer: Gloria Ladson-Billings.
2001: I Speak from the Wound in my Mouth: A Culturally Responsive Evaluation of an Aesthetics and the Curriculum Course. RACE2001 Conference. Panel Presentation. w/ Carolyne White, NAU, Gaetano Senese, NAU, Gerae Peten, NAU and Linda Fullmore, NAU. Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Stafford Hood, Director.
2000: Phil Smith Guest Lecturer. Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Conference. Jaylynne Hutchinson, Cultural Studies Chair, Ohio University. September 2000.
Keynote Speaker. “I Speak from the Wound in My Mouth.” Institute for Democracy in Education Conference. Ohio University. Athens, Ohio. October. 2000.
1999: Negora Phobia: Space Issues in University Settings.” American Education Research Association (AERA). Roundtable. w/Carolyne White
“I speak from the wound in my mouth: A critical response to a confrontation with institutionalized racism in an aesthetics and the curriculum classroom.” American Educational Studies Association (AESA). 1) Individual Presentation. Clarence Shelley, Carolyne White, George Lowery, Nona Burney, Gerae Peten, Respondents. 2) Poet as Activist.
1998: “Learning from Performance Techniques: Literature Drama, Creative Writing.” National Council of Teachers of English, Nashville, Tennessee. One-Day Workshop. Consultant w/Ted Lardner, Amy Stavar, Kenn McLaughlin.
1) Using Epistemologies of Color to Re-form Higher Education: Negotiating Collaborative Research and Practice (Panel). American Education Studies Association (AESA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Carolyne J. White, Chair. 2) Poet as Activist: Second annual poetry reading by AESA poets and educators (Alternative Format) Corrine Glesne, Chair. 3) Art-based education reform: A dramatic reading (Alternative Format). James H. Sanders, III, Chair.
"Raising Expectations for Teaching and Learning in Urban Schools." Presenter. Four Cities Conference. Cleveland, Ohio.
1997: "Learning from Performance Techniques." National Council of Teachers of English. Detroit, Michigan. Performed Poetry & Conducted Full Day Workshop
PAGE 15 w/ Dr. Ted Lardner, Amy Stavar, Ken McLauglin. Full Day Workshop for Teachers.
“Poetry Power!” Presenter. 14th Annual Western Reserve Writers & Freelance Conference. Lakeland Community College. Lea Leever Oldham.
"Reclaiming Voice: Ethnographic Inquiry and Qualitative Research in a Postmodern Age" Conference. University of Southern California. Panel Presenter with Willie F. Bonner, Dr. Carolyne White, Assoc. Prof. CSU, Education Department.
Presenter/Performance Poetry Workshop. & Final Judge Poetry Contest. Midwest Writers' Conference. Kent State University Stark Campus. Debbie Ruhe, Asst. Director, The Office of Corporate and Community Services.
Off the Page: “An Introduction to the art of Performance Poetry.” Virginia Hamilton Conference. Kent State University. Kent, Ohio. Presentation: The Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts. Worthington, Ohio. "Yours, Mine and Ours: Performing Poetry to Strengthen Our Community." Presentation w/Sarah Holbrook.
Performance w/Douglas "Sage" Hoston and Ebani Edwards STARS Conference. Bowling Green State University. Bowling Green, Ohio. .
1996: “Lessons Spaced By Heartbeats: Performance Poetry in a Ninth Grade Classroom.” National Council of Teachers of English. Chicago, Illinois. Panel Presentation w/Dr.Ted Lardner & Barb Sones: University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri. Dr. Carol Anderson. Performance for Black Studies Program Conference.
"Bringing Words to Life." Project Learn. Cleveland, Ohio. Fall Literacy Conference. Individual Presenter: Using performance poetry and other creative writing techniques to promote literacy.
"Beyond the Page in the English Language Arts." Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan. Spring Conference on the English Language Arts. Performance and Panel Presentation. w/ Dr. Earl Anderson, Chair CSU English Department. Dr. Ted Lardner, Associate Professor, Cleveland State University.
Performance with Kwanza Brewer. Miami University. Oxford, Ohio. STARS Mentoring Program Conference.
1995: Performance & Presentation on Performance Poetry in the classroom with Kwanza Brewer. North Coast Writing Conference. Cleveland, Ohio.
Guest Speaker Presentations:
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Featured Poet. Around Noon. Dee Perry. WCPN 90.3 FM & WVIZ PBS, Idea Center 1375 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, 44115, 216-916-6244. July 28, 2011 w/ Katie Daley.
The Seldom Quality of Solitude. Commissioned by Michael Starinsky, of the Cleveland Museum of Art to respond to new pieces in the contemporary collection. Created 25 poems in response to the work of 11 artists, and gave two performance/presentations each, on August 14th, 15th, and 16th, 2009.
Freedom. Keynote. Monticello Middle School, Cleveland Hts., Ohio. 8th Grade Commencement. Mr. Smith, Principal. Anna Gregory, Classroom Teacher, May, 2009.
The Sankofa Project. P.R.I.D.E. School of Cleveland Heights High School. Assembly for (88) 10, 11, 12th grade English students (including Special Education students). March 16, 2009.
“Race Matters” and Selections from An Unmistakable Shade of Red and the Obama Chronicles. Including Question and Answer session. Keynote. Wick Poetry Series 25th Anniversary, Kent State University, February 27, 2009.
Poetry Performance. Unitarian Church, 21600 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, Ohio, Reverend Daniel Budd. Sunday, October 19, 2008.
Poetry Performance w/African Soul International [Youth African Dance Troupe] and Hue People [Singing Group]. Wade Oval Wednesday’s at University Circle. July 30, 2008. 7:9:00 p.m. Community-wide Event.
Selection of Poems. Cleveland Heights Senior Center Annual Meeting. Cleveland Hts., Ohio. Judith Van Cleef. May 29, 2008. [Unremunerated]
Freedom. Keynote Speaker. Welcome and Convocation, Incoming College of Education Freshman, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Dean Renee A. Middleton, September, 2006.
Selections from: An Unmistakable Shade of Red. (Unpublished manuscript) Panelist. Ursuline College. Sigma Tau Delta Sorority. 3-19-06.
“I Speak from the Wound in My Mouth: Developing the Imagination-Intellect.” University of Minnesota Duluth. Keynote Speaker. Mitra Emad, Cultural Studies Program. April, 2005.
Morning Malcolm. Malcolm X Commemorative. Panel Presenter. February 19, 2004.
The Souls of Black Folk: Celebrating the Centennial of W.E.B. DuBois. African American Studies Department. Guest Speaker. November 6, 2003.
PAGE 17 Keynote Speaker. Cultural Palooza. Dr. Rochelle Brock. Purdue University, Indiana. December 2, 2003.
“Public Education and the Imagination-Intellect.” Kappa Delti Pi, Educational Honor Society Meeting. January 14, 2003.
Teaching Experience:
2011: Assistant Professor. John Carroll University. Department of Education and Allied Studies. Cathy Rosemary, Department Chair. (Fall Semester) ED 350/453 TR, T and ED 500 M.
Assistant Professor. John Carroll University. Department of Education and Allied Studies. Brendan Foreman, Department Chair. (Spring Semester) ED 350/453 (TR), (T), (MW).
2010: Assistant Professor. John Carroll University. Department of Education and Allied Studies. Brendan Foreman, Department Chair. (Fall Semester) ED 350/453 (TR), ED 500 (M), ED 253-2 (Th).
Assistant Professor. John Carroll University. Department of Education and Allied Studies. Brendan Foreman, Department Chair. (Spring Semester) ED 350/453(T), ED 350/453 (Th).
2009: Assistant Professor. John Carroll University. Department of Education and Allied Studies. Brendan Foreman, Department Chair. (Fall Semester) 350-453 [2 Sections], 253-2 School and Society.
Assistant Professor. John Carroll University. Department of Education and Allied Studies. Brendan Foreman, Department Chair. (Spring Semester) 350-453 [2 Sections] Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society, 100 Introduction to Education.
2008: Assistant Professor. John Carroll University. Department of Education and Allied Studies. Brendan Foreman, Department Chair. (Fall Semester) 350-453 [2 Sections] Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society, 253-2 School and Society.
Visiting Professor. John Carroll University. Department of Education and Allied Studies. Kathleen Manning, Department Chair. (Spring Semester) 350-453 Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society, 453-2 Multicultural Education and Counseling, 253-2 School and Society
2007: Visiting Professor. John Carroll University. Department of Education and Allied Studies. Kathleen Manning, Department Chair. 350-453 Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society, 453-2 Multicultural Education and Counseling, 253-2
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2006: Adjunct Professor. John Carroll University. English Department. Chris Roark, Department Chair. 2004-05. EN 112 English Composition.
Adjunct Professor. John Carroll University. Education Department. Kathleen Manning, Department Chair. 2005-06 450/353 Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society (Grad/Undergrad). Fall.
Adjunct Professor. John Carroll University. Education Department. Kathleen Manning, Department Chair. 2005-06 450/353 Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society (Grad/Undergrad). 3RD Summer Session.
Adjunct Professor. John Carroll University. English Department. Chris Roark, Department Chair. 2006. EN 301. Introduction to Poetry.
2005: Adjunct Professor. John Carroll University. English Department. Chris Roark, Department Chair. 2005-06. EN 111 English Composition.
Adjunct Professor. John Carroll University. English Department. Chris Roark, Department Chair. 2004-05. EN 112 English Composition.
2004: Adjunct Professor. John Carroll University. English Department. Chris Roark, Department Chair. 2004-05. EN 112 English Composition and EN 202 Introduction to Short Fiction.
Visiting Professor. Ohio University. Educational Studies Department, Cultural Studies Program. 2003-04 Academic Year. EDCS 301 Education and Diversity, EDCS 400 School and Society, EDCS 504 Social Structure and Change in Education.
2003: Visiting Professor. Ohio University. Educational Studies Department, Cultural Studies Program. 2003-04 Academic Year. EDCS 301 Education and Diversity, EDCS 400 School and Society, EDCS 504 Social Structure and Change in Education.
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio. ENG 102. Composition. Spring 2003 Semester.
2002: Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio. ENG 240 & ENG 304. Introduction to Poetry & Creative Writing for Teachers. Fall 2002 Semester
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio. First College. FST324. Playwriting and Performance. 6-Week Summer Session.
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio. Creative Writing (303). Spring
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2001: Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio. 2 Sections of English Composition (101). Fall Semester.
2000: University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. *We are the World (LTD 199/491) Undergraduate/Graduate. Fall Semester.
University of Illinois. Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. *We are the World (LTD 199/491)Spring Semester.
1999: University of Illinois. Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. *We are the World (LTD 199/499) Fall Semester.
1998: Cleveland State University. Cleveland, Ohio. **Writing & Performance (430/595). Spring Quarter.
Cleveland State University. Cleveland, Ohio. Elementary Methods: From Classroom Ecology to Professional Community (EDB 334) Teaching Strategies. Urban Student Teacher Education Program (USTEP), Martin Luther King Magnet School. Spring Quarter.
Cleveland State University. Cleveland, Ohio. English Composition (102). Winter Quarter.
1997: Cleveland State University. Cleveland, Ohio. English Composition (102). Summer Quarter.
Cleveland State University. Cleveland, Ohio. English Composition (102). Fall Quarter.
Cleveland State University. Cleveland, Ohio. Creative Writing (FST341) (8 CR HRS) Fall Quarter. First College. Bob Kline.
1996: Cleveland State University. Cleveland, Ohio. **Writing for Performance (306/595). Fall Quarter.
*Course I Designed. **Course I Co-Designed with playwright, Sandra Perlman.
Performances:
The Bridge Project: An Ingenuity Festival produced in association with KSU's Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, Pop Up City and All Go Signs. In Cooperation with the Office of Cuyahoga County Engineer Robert Klaiber w/Permission of the Cuyahoga County Commissioners. "At Last" [Excerpt] w/ Dr. Elaine Richardson, Ohio State
PAGE 20 University, Directed by Ton Sias, Director of Fine Arts, Cleveland Municipal School District. September 25 & 26th, 2009. [remunerated].
Black Poetic Performance Events:
Black Poetic @ the Museum: Imperial/isms: A Tribute to the Women Murdered on Imperial Avenue. Directed by: Michael Oatman. Featuring Work of Douglas "Sage" Hoston, Dr. Mary E. Weems, R.A. Washington, Kisha Foster. Themes: Rape, Violence, Agoraphobia, Sexism, Substance Abuse, Love. December 18, 2009. [unremunerated].
Black Poetic @ the Museum: At Last: Black Poetic Turns Fifteen. Co-Sponsored by the Cleveland Museum of Art. Featuring Work of Dr. Mary E. Weems. Themes: Racism, sexism, Black culture, Relationships, Poverty. Directed by: Tony Sias, MFA, Director of Fine Arts, The Cleveland Municipal School District. Free Community Event. September 18, 2009. [Unremunerated].
Black Poetic @ the Museum: A Love, a Kiss, A Death. Co-Sponsored by the Cleveland Museum of Art. Multi-media event featuring the work of R.A. Washington. Free Community Event. June 19, 2009. [Unremunerated].
Black Poetic @ Cleveland State University. Co-Sponsored by the Black Studies Department. Yes We Can. Themes: Alzheimer’s, Father/Daughter Relationships, Loss/Death, Marriage. February, 2009. [Remunerated].
Black Poetic @ the Museum: Return of the Queen. Co-sponsored by the Cleveland Museum of Art. Themes: sexual assault, sexism, racism, body image, healthcare. [Unremunerated] Free Community Event. March 20, 2009. [Unremunerated].
Black Poetic @ the Library: Celebrating Blackness in a Climate of Change. Co- Sponsored by the East Cleveland Public Library (Greg Reese) and The Cleveland Museum of Art, w/Dr. E. and Fleshcoat, February 27, 2009. [Remunerated]
Professional Development (Participant)
Lincoln Center Institute International Educator Workshop. Participant. Julliard School of the Arts. New York, New York. July 12-16, 2010. Based upon Maxine Greene's philosophy of education.
Professional Development/Facilitated (Teachers/Faculty/Artists/Arts Administrators):
2009: Rutgers University. Newark, New Jersey. Teacher Education Presentations (2). “Exploring the Imagination-Intellect.” Carolyne J. White, Chair, Urban Education Department. October 12, 2009.
PAGE 21 2007: Langston Hughes Library, Cleveland, Ohio. “Using Poetry Power to Inspire Literacy.” Workshop w/Cleveland Municipal School District Librarians. April, 2007.
2006: Langston Hughes Library, Cleveland, Ohio. “Telling Our Stories in Digital Film: The Lessons of African American History.” Overview of program facilitated at John Hay High School for Cleveland Municipal School District High School Librarians. 11-4-06.
Rutgers University. Newark, New Jersey. Teacher Education Presentations (2). “Exploring the Imagination-Intellect.” Carolyne J. White, Chair, Urban Education Department. 3-24-06.
East High Education Campus. Cleveland, Ohio. Hilton Garden Inn. Mrs. Michelle Madison, Principal. Community, Culture, and Curriculum Development. 4 1 ½ hour sessions w/High School Teachers.
2005: Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. Heartbeats: A Writing/Performance Workshop for Teachers. Teacher Education Students. (2 Classes). Dr. Joanne Kilgour.
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. NOWP Summer Institute. Teacher In-Service. June, 2005.
University of Minnesota Duluth. Writing from Heart: Putting the Poetry in Performance Texts. Cultural Studies, Women’s Studies, Geography Faculty and Graduate Students.
2002: Case Western Reserve University. Performance Poetry Workshop. National College Poetry Slam Competition Students. Michael Salinger.
Cleveland Municipal School District. Professional Development. ½ Day Workshop for Dance and Theater Cleveland Public School Teachers. Tony Sias, Director, Theater, Dance & Drama, Cleveland Municipal School District.
Cleveland State University. Professional Development. ½ Day Workshop for Nathaniel Hawthorne teachers, administrators, and support staff.
Cleveland State University. “Bringing Words to Life.” Initiative for Cultural Arts in Education (ICARE). Professional Development K-12 teachers, artists, arts administrators. Emily Davidson.
Cleveland State University. “Teaching Students from Diverse Cultures.” Young Audiences. Young Audiences Artists.
2001: Cleveland State University. “Building Literacy through the Arts.” Young Audiences. K-12 teachers.
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Caledonia Elementary School. Presentation: “Bringing Words to Life.” k-6 grade teachers. Stella Loeb-Munson, Principal.
Cleveland Teacher’s Academy. Presentation: “Loving to Learn: Literacy with a Dash of Pizzazz.” K-12 public school teachers. John Jarvey.
2000: Northern Arizona University. Flaggstaff Arizona. Presentation: “ ID PAPERS.” Carolyne White, Chair, Center for Excellence in Education (CEE).
1998: Lorain Community College. Lorain, Ohio. Teacher Seminar on Social Constructivism w/Dr. Carolyne White, Willie Bonner.
Perry Middle School. Perry, Ohio. 2-Hour Seminar with 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 11th, grade teachers. Amy Stavar.
Charleston Administration Center. Lorain, Ohio. 6th grade teachers. Young Audiences. Bob Bostwick.
Literacy-Based Workshops:
2008: Early College. John Hay High School. Poetry Power Workshop. Two 12th grade classes and one 9th and 10th Grade Class. February 9, and 23rd 2009. Mrs. Beverly Lloyd, English Department Chair. Workshop utilized The Cleveland Poetry Scenes: A Panorama Anthology, and website.
2007: Rutgers University. Newark, N.J. Carolyne J. White, Chair and Professor, Department of Urban Education. Workshop with students regarding performance midterms. [unremunerated].
Boys and Girls Club. Cleveland, Ohio. Broadway Branch & The Youth Development Center. Series of Poetry Workshops. Desiree Parkman, Arts & Culture Coordinator. Fall, 2007.
Stewart Africentric Elementary School. Akron, Ohio. “Reading and Writing: Two Fingers on the Same Hand.” Ms. Willena Jackson’s Class.
2006: Stewart Africentric School. Akron, Ohio. “Bringing Words to Life.” (Assembly, and Workshop with k-5 students) Mr. George Whitfield, Principal. Willena Jackson, Classroom Teacher.
2005: Boys and Girls Club. Duluth, Minnesota. 1) Rap Session w/pre-teen, teen African American young women and men. 2) Poetry Workshop w/13 9-18 year-olds.
2003: Cuyahoga Community College. Eastern Campus. Global Issues Resources Center. Poetry Workshop with local high school students. Cathy Culp.
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2001: Daniel E. Morgan, Margaret Ireland, John W. Raper (3) elementary schools. Cleveland, Ohio. 10-Weekly (total 30) After School Workshops for Young Audiences.
Thomas Jefferson Middle School. Cleveland, Ohio. Poets’ and Writers League of Greater Cleveland, Darlene Montonaro.
Jane Adams High School. Cleveland, Ohio. Poets’ League of Greater Cleveland. Darlene Montonaro.
South High School. Cleveland, Ohio. Poets’ League of Greater Cleveland, Darlene Montonaro. 4, 1-per-week workshops w/10th graders. School Contact: Michael Woll.
John Marshall High School. Cleveland, Ohio. Poets’League of Greater Cleveland, Darlene Montonaro. 4, 1-per-week workshops w/10th graders. School Contact: John Theobald. East Tech High School. Cleveland, Ohio. Poets’ League of Greater Cleveland, Darlene Montonaro. 4, 1-per-week workshops w/9th graders, School Contact: Rachel Goldberg.
East High School. Cleveland, Ohio. Poets’ League of Greater Cleveland, Darlene Montonaro. 4, 1 per-week workshops w/9th graders, School Contact: Fran Gordon.
2000: W.E.B. DuBois Summer Institute. "Bringing Words to Life." (High School Students) Cleveland State University. College of Education. Dr. Dia Sekayi.
University of Illinois. Summer Research Opportunities Program. “Time Management Workshop,” w/Carien Williams.
Parkland Community College. “Word Power”. Creative Writing Workshop for women in the community. Mary Lee Sargent.
Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center. Peninsula, Ohio. Summer Creative Writing "Word World" Workshop w/8 - 15 Yr-olds. Janice Matteucci.
1998: Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center. Peninsula, Ohio. Summer Creative Writing "Water Works" Workshop w/11-14 Yr-olds. Janice Matteucci.
W.E.B. DuBois Summer Institute. "Bringing Words to Life." (High School Students) Cleveland State University. College of Education. Dr. Dia Sekayi.
Imagination/2 Workshop. Mac's Bac's, Cleveland, Ohio. (Adults (10) Neal Chandler, Cleveland State University. 4 3-hour workshops.
PAGE 24 John McIntire Library. Zanesville, Ohio. Poetry Workshop. (23 Adults) Blair Tom, Community Relations Coordinator.
1997: Canton Local School District. Workshop w/Poetry Club Members (9, 10, 11th Graders) Andrea Hudson.
W.E.B. DuBois Summer Institute. "Bringing Words to Life." (High School Students) Cleveland State University. College of Education. Dr. Dia Sekayi.
Marblehead Writers' Retreat '97. 2-Day. Featured Poet with Dr. Larry Smith of Firelands Writing Center of Bowling Green State University. Cleveland State University. Education Department. 6-week Creative Writing Workshop focusing on Writing, Video, Improvisation, & Interview. with Willie F. Bonner, Artist. Martin Luther King students & community members. Dr. Carolyne White.
Cleveland Playhouse. Ghandi/King Day. "Bringing Words to Life" workshops (4). With 7th & 8th graders from various schools.
Project Learn. Cleveland, Ohio. Richard Petersen, Director. 8-Week Creative Writing Workshop w/adults at Reading Center.
Kenneth W. Clement Middle School. Cleveland, Ohio. Harold Arnold, Principal. Beverly Yaman, Teacher. 10-Week "Bringing Words to Life" workshop w/2 4th grade classes & 1, 5th grade class. Funded by the Cleveland Foundation.
Kenneth W. Clement Middle School. 6-week bi-weekly workshop w/2 5th grade classes.
Mather Day Care Center. 6-week Summer Creative Writing Workshop. 9-10 year-olds. Pam Millar, Director.
1996: Our Lady of Peace Community Center. Cleveland, Ohio. Sister Mary Jane of St. Catherine Parish. Summer Workshop with 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 year-olds.
Union Branch Library. Cleveland, Ohio. Annual 6-week Summer Creative Writing Workshop. Stacie Brisker, Children's Librarian.
Mather Day Care. Cleveland, Ohio. 6-week Summer Workshop with 9-10 year- olds. Pam Millar, Director.
Martin Luther King Middle School. 8th Grade. John Jarvey, Teacher.
Martin Luther King Middle School. Grade 9-12. Phyllis Thomas, Teacher.
PAGE 25 Cleveland State University. Creative Writing Class. 2 4-hr. Performance Poetry Workshop sessions. Professor Neal Chandler.
Cleveland State University. Creative Writing Class. Performance Poetry Workshop. Professor Ted Lardner.
1995: Cleveland State University. Poetry Workshop. Graduate Class. Professor Nuala Archer.
Cleveland State University. Creative Writing Class. Performance/Workshop. Professor Leonard Trawick.
Dennison Elementary School. 2nd Grade. Kristen Ban Tepper, Artist. Cuyahoga Community College. Creative Writing Class. Professor Ben Gleiser.
John Marshall High School. 6-week Performance Poetry Workshop. Two ninth grade classes. Barbara Sones, Teacher.
1994: Cleveland State University. Workshop in honor of Audre Lorde with select 8th grade Kirk Middle School Students. Professor Nuala Archer.
Kirk Middle School. 8th Grade Class.
Cleveland Hts. High School. 12th Grade Class.
School Presentations:
2010: Closure. Short Talk and Q&A w/Terrence Spivey, Artistic Director, Karamu. Montesorri High School Students, Magnolia Blvd., University Circle, Cleveland, Ohio. October 1, 2010. Noon to 1 p.m.
Consultancies :
1998: Citizens’ Academy. New Charter School (First Year: 1999). Perry White, Co-Director. Cleveland, Ohio.
Motivational Presentations:
1998: Lorain Community College. "There's no elevator to Success." Freshmen College Students. Judith Spencer.
Baldwin Wallace College. S.P.R.O.U.T. Program. "I Can Fly." Young Single Mothers. Julie Candella.
Faculty-in-Residence:
PAGE 26 2005: University of Minnesota Duluth. Mitra Emad, Cultural Studies Program. One week residency culminating in a community presentation at the local YWCA. April 16-23rd.
Scholar-Artist-in-Residence:
2010: P.R.I.D.E. School, Cleveland Heights High School. The Sankofa Poetry Project. w/Sylvia Stewart Lumpkin, English Teacher. December-May 2010.
2009: P.R.I.D.E. School, Cleveland Heights High School. The Sankofa Poetry Project. w/Sylvia Stewart Lumpkin, English Teacher. December-May 2010.
Ohio University. Athens, Ohio. Upward Bound. Ayanna Jordan, Director. F.L.Y. Girl Workshop. Summer 2009.
2008: Ohio University. Athens, Ohio. Upward Bound. Ayanna Jordan, Director. F.L.Y. Girl Workshop. Summer 2008.
2007: Ohio University. Athens, Ohio. Upward Bound. Ayanna Jordan, Director. F.L.Y. Girl Workshop. Summer 2007.
Cleveland Municipal School District. Office of Curriculum & Instruction. Telling Our Stories in Digital Film: The Lessons of African American History. Original Curriculum Design. Artist-Scholar-in-Residence. John Ban, Videographer. Selected CMSD High School Students, Wanda M. Shealey, Coordinator, Library/Media Services. November-May, 2007.
Carroll Cleveland Philosopher’s Program. “Bringing Words to Life.” Creative Writing and Philosophy. John Carroll University. Sharon Kaye, Director. Brittany McClane, Program Coordinator. Academic Year, 2006-07.
2006: Cleveland Municipal School District. Office of Curriculum & Instruction. Telling Our Stories in Digital Film: The Lessons of African American History. Working with John Ban, Videographer and Selected CMSD High School Students, Wanda M. Shealey, Coordinator, Library/Media Services. November-May, 2007.
Margaret Ireland Optional School. Creative Expressions: Holla If You Hear Me Workshop. Lead Artist-in-Residence. MBNA Grant w/Judith O’Reilly, Librarian. 2005-06 School Year. High School Students.
Ohio University. Athens, Ohio. Upward Bound. Ayanna Jordan, Director. F.L.Y. Girl Workshop. Summer 2006.
2005: St. Joseph’s Catholic School. 14445 St. Clair Ave. Mrs. Sandria Dixon, Principal. Rites of Passage. Middle School young men, and young women. May, 2005.
PAGE 27 Ohio University. Athens, Ohio. Upward Bound. Ayanna Jordan, Director. F.L.Y. Girl Workshop. Summer 2005.
Heritage Middle School. East Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs. Denise Ward, Principal. F.L.Y. Girls Program. Two Weeks, May, 2005.
Margaret Ireland Optional School. W(r)ites of Passage. Lead Artist-in-Residence. ICARE Program. Emily Davidson. 2004-05 School Year. High School Students (Second Semester, Four Classes).
2004: Margaret Ireland Optional School. W(r)ites of Passage. Lead Artist-in-Residence. ICARE Program. Emily Davidson. 2004-05 School Year. High School Students (First Semester, Two Classes)
Ohio University. Athens, Ohio. Upward Bound. Ayanna Jordan, Director. F.L.Y. Girl Workshop. Summer 2004.
Heritage Middle School. Rites of Passage (Original Curriculum Design). 8th Grade Young Men. F.L.Y. (Finding Love in Yourself) 8th Grade Young Women. Mrs. Denise Ward Principal. Young Audiences of Greater Cleveland, Inc.
2003: Nathaniel Hawthorne Academy. Rites of Passage Program (Original Curriculum Design). ICARE Program. Emily Davidson. 2002-03 School Year. Overaged Middle School Students (5 Classes).
Gilmour Academy. Poet-in-Residence. Dr. Cindy Sabik. Sophomores.
2002: East High School. Young Audiences of Greater Cleveland. Guest Artist w/ Rick Williams. Scott F. Plate, Lead Artist. Theater Class. 2002-03 School Year.
Nathaniel Hawthorne Academy. W®ites of Passage Program (Original Curriculum Design). ICARE Program. Emily Davidson. 2001-02 School Year. Overaged Middle School Students (5 Classes).
Excellence Through The Arts (ETTA). City of Cleveland Division of Recreation Bureau of Cultural Arts. Chris Luciani. Fall 2000. One 9-week workshops at Cudell Fine Arts Center.
Excellence Through The Arts (ETTA). City of Cleveland Division of Recreation Bureau of Cultural Arts. Chris Luciani. Spring 2001. Two 6-week workshops at Cudell Fine Arts Center and Zelma George Recreation Center.
Gilmour Academy. Cindy Sabik. School Assembly Presentation: Connection between Langston Hughes and my original work.
PAGE 28 Hathaway Brown. Poetry/Performance Workshop (4-day). 5, 9th Grade classes of young women. Teachers: Pam McKee, Beth Armstrong (English Department Chair).
Nathaniel Hawthorne Academy. Rites of Passage Program (Original Curriculum Design). ICARE Program. Emily Davidson. Spring 2001-02 Semester. Overaged Middle School Students (2 Classes).
2001: Shaker Hts. High School. Shaker Hts., Ohio. Bridges Program. Mike Griffith Principal, Al Slawson Algebra, Caren Masem, English, Tod Torrence, Global Studies, Jenny Davis, Physical Science. Working with 84 9th graders. Fall Semester 2001.
Robert H. Jamison Computech. Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland Municipal School District Summer Day Camp. Young Audiences of Greater Cleveland. Artists Camp Coordinator. 2nd – 6th grade.
Hathaway Brown. Shaker Hts. Pauline Thornton. 25 Performance Poetry Workshops. 9th Grade young women, Pauline Thornton.
Collinwood High School. “The Great Expression.” Part I. Part of “The Great Migration” program. Focus: Harlem Renaissance. June Antoine, Creative Writing Workshops Project. 25 Creative Writing workshops. 9th Graders.
2000: Warrensville, Ohio. “Feel the Spirit” Summer Day Camp. Stacey Brown, Coordinator. Farris E. Williams, Director.
1999: Hiram College. Hiram, Ohio. Regional Artists Program. Joy Dyer, Director
1998: Wright State University. Bolinga Cultural Resources Center. Lillian Johnson, Director. Karen Townsend, Assistant Director. Workshop, Colonel White High School, Poetry as Stress Relief Presentation, Public Performance. Missouri University-Columbia. Columbia, Missouri. Dr. Julius Thompson. Performance for Black History Month.
1997: Women's Re-entry Resource Network. Emily Edwards. 10-Week Residency. F.L.Y. (Finding Love in Yourself Workshop.)
Wright State University. Dayton, Ohio. Department of English Language and Literature. Frank E. Dobson.
Shaker Heights High School. Shaker Hts., Ohio. Bill Newby, Ph.D. (3-Day Residency).
Cleveland School of The Arts. (4) 6th Grade Classes. Scott Sekerak, Rina Brown, 16-week Residency. Completed 64, 1-hr workshops.
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1996: Cleveland School of the Arts. 9-12th Grade. Jonathan Fairman, Teacher.
Findlay University. Findlay, Ohio. Diane Kendig, Professor. (Included visit to Lima State Penitentiary)
1994: Grafton State Correctional Institution. Candace Foundation. Cleveland, Ohio. With poets Ann Oliver and Andinka.
Honors and Awards:
2011: Get Ghost (Very Short Play). Winner, African American Playwrights Exchange, Very Short Halloween Play Contest. 10-2011. http://africanamericanplaywrightsexchange.blogspot.com/2011/10/
Meat (Play). Selected by the Frank Silvera Workshop, New York for a Staged reading at the National Black Theatre Festival. August 1-6, 2011. Winston, N.C.
2010: The Northeast Ohio African American Library and Cultural Center. Honoree: Young, Gifted and Black with Ties to Black History. October 30, 2010, at the Warrensville Hts. Civic and Senior Center, 4567 Green Road. Nominated by Sandra Noble.
2009: Go, Tell Michelle: African American Women Write the New First lady. 2009 Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Award. Category: Edited Volume, Sponsored by the Association of Black Women Historians.
“Rainwater.” One monologue from Wearing Rainbows one-act. One of 11 short plays selected out of 250 entries for the “Queer Shorts 4” Playfest. May 28-June 6, 2009 in Madison, Wisconsin. Work will receive another performance at the Milwaukee Gay Arts Center on June 20, 2009.
An Unmistakable Shade of Red and the Obama Chronicles finalist for the 2009 Ohioana Book Award.
Poem “Let America Be” In: An Unmistakable Shade of Red and the Obama Chronicles nominated by Larry Smith of Bottom Dog Press for a 2009 Pushcart Prize.
2008: Heights Arts. Poet Laureate of Cleveland Heights. Selected for a 2nd year. April 2008 to April 2009.
2007: Heights Arts. Poet Laureate of Cleveland Heights. 1-year appointment by Mayor Kelly. April 2007 to April 2008.
PAGE 30 2002: University of Louisville. African American Theatre Program. 6th Annual Juneteenth Festival of New Works: A Cultural Celebration of Emancipation! Award for Play: Woman in the Tree.
1998: University of Illinois Graduate College Fellowship. $12,000. Urbana Champaign, Illinois.
Chilcote Award ($2,000) for "Most Innovative New Work By An Ohio Playwright" for Another Way to Dance. Cleveland Public Theater's New Plays Festival. Directed by Jill Levin.
1997: Honored Writer. 1997 Writers and Their Friends Literary Showcase. Poets' League of Greater Cleveland. Cleveland, Ohio.
1996: Certificate of Recognition for participation in Sisterhood event. Mayor Michael R. White, City of Cleveland.
Outstanding Service to the STARS Community. Ohio Board of Regents. Recognition for W.E.B. DuBois Award. Cleveland State University English Department.
1995: Andrews Award ($1,000) for Thesis Research. Cleveland State University English Department.
1994: Book Scholarship Fall Quarter. Cleveland State University.
Recognition for Service & Leadership. Poetry Editor, Whiskey Island Magazine. Cleveland State University. Outstanding African-American Women. Department of Student Life. Cleveland State University.
1993: Honored as Poet. Black Women's History Commission. Cleveland, Ohio.
Contests:
First Place. Fembles. The Heartlands Today 1996 Chapbook Competition. Firelands Writing College (Bowling Green State University).
First Place. white. Wick Open Poetry Chapbook Competition, 1995. Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.
First Place. Killing Her Softly. Best of Ohio Writers. The Ohio Writer. 1995.
Third Place. A hole in the Ghetto. Voice of Cleveland Contest. The Poetry Center, Cleveland State University. Cleveland, Ohio: 1995.
PAGE 31 Honorable Mention. Wimmin's Work. The Heartlands Today 1994 Chapbook Competition. Firelands Writing College Bowling Green State University. 1994.
Honorable Mention. Error Margin 1%. Humanitas International Poetry Contest, Ottawa, Canada: 1993.
Creative Productions:
Truth Out. Trilogy: Three the Hard Way w/Michael Oatman and Calhoun III. The Cleveland Playhouse, FusionFest. April 17, 2010, 4 p.m., Brooks Theater. Directed by Terrence Spivey
Africans in America: Gullah!. Cleveland Municipal District. Teaching Across America Grant. Tony Sias, Director of Fine Arts CMSD, and Play Director. DVD, Lesson Plan Book. Live Audience Videotaping/Ideacenter, February 21, 2008.
Wearing Rainbows and Numbers. Selected for the Cleveland Public Theater’s “Big Box Series,” of New Plays. Tony Sias, Director. Produced February 2-4, 2007.
Wearing Rainbows. Dramatic Reading/Performance. Coffee Temptations. Sandusky, Ohio. 2002.
Woman in the Tree. University of Louisville. 6th Annual Juneteenth Fesitival of New Works: A Cultural Celebration of Emancipation! (June 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16th). Lundeana M. Thomas, Ph.D., Co-Director. 2002.
SHOES. Dramaturg, Mary E. Weems. Directed By: Lisa Fay. Produced By: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2000.
Woman in the Tree. Short Play was part of “I Got Flowers Today” Domestic Violence Play. Written By: Mary E. Weems. Directed By: Lisa Fay. Produced By: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2000.
Move to the Back of the Bus. (Play) Written By: Mary E. Weems. Directed By: Jonathan Graham. Produced By: Young Audiences of Greater Cleveland, Inc. 1998-2007 School years.
"To Be or Not to be in the 90s." (Play). Written by: Mary E. Weems. Directed by Juney Smith. Produced by Mattie Productions. The Whitefire Theatre. Sherman Oaks, California. 3-11-98.
"3 Sistahs." Written by: Mary E. Weems. Directed by Dr. Calvin McClinton. Kent State University. Kent, Ohio. 1997.
"To Be or Not to be in the 90s.” (Play). Directed by Dr. Calvin McClinton. Produced by Cleveland Public Theater. September 5 - 14, 1997.
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Off the Page. Video. Artistic Director, Performer. Cleveland State University. 1995.
Joint Authorship:
In no one’s hands. Joint Author. Friends of the Cleveland School of the Arts. Cleveland, Ohio. 2000.
Editorships:
Series Editor. Black Studies and Critical Thinking. Interdisciplinary Educational series published by Peter Lang. Examines the intellectual traditions of and cultural contributions by people of African descent throughout the world through the lens of social, economic and political forces. Rochelle Brock and Richard Greggory Johnson III, Executive Directors, Christopher S. Myers, Managing Director. Per 3-15-10 Letter.
Managing Editor, West Side Story Newsletter. Cleveland Municipal School District. Cleveland, Ohio. Spring, 2003.
Co-Editor, Collaborations. 1997. Cleveland Collaborators for Positive Education (CCPE): Cleveland, Ohio.
Poetry Editor, Whiskey Island Magazine. 1995-96. Cleveland State University. Cleveland, Ohio.
Guest Editor:
Guest Editorial Board. Iowa Journal of Communication. Fall, 2008. Vol. 40, #1. Guest editor, Christopher Poulos, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Judgeships:
Barbara Thompson Fiction Award. Hiram College. Hiram, Ohio. February, 2000. Joyce Dyer.
Mental Health Poetry & Memoir Writing Contest. May, 1999. Cleveland State University. Perry White.
Chester H. Jones "National Poetry Competition 1998." The Chester H. Jones Foundation, Box 498, Chardon, Ohio. William G. Ferris, Administrator.
29th Annual Midwest Writers' Conference. October, 1997. Debbie Ruhe. Canton, Ohio.
Moderator:
PAGE 33 The Urban Fiction Panel Discussion. Cleveland Public Library, Main Branch. February 24, 2008. Sheba Marcus Bey, Stacie Brisker.
Directorships in Collaborations:
1997: Writing Our Lives: Laughter, Loss and Love. Poetry: Mirror of the Arts Series & National Association of Poetry Therapy. Co-Director with Linda Tuthill & Kenyette Adrine-Robinson. Sheraton Cleveland City Centre Hotel.
1996: "Women's Voices, Women Dancing." Director, Performer. Cleveland Public Theater. September 26-28. With: Kristen Ban Tepper, Patricia Harusame Leebove, Cindy Washabaugh, Oluremi, Mary Player, Gina Tabasso, Sarah Holbrook & Ebani Edwards.
1995: Off the Page video & text. Artistic Director, Performer, Co-Editor. Sponsored by Cleveland State University English Department and STARS Mentoring Program. In 1996, Off the Page received the Ohio Board of Regents "first" "W.E.B. DuBois Award" ($5,000) for Community Service.
"Women's Voices, Woman Dancing." Director, Performer. Cleveland Public Theater. James Levin.
1994: "Women's Voices." Director, Performer. With Patricia Harusame Leebove, Susan Kane, Kristen Ban Tepper. Produced by the Wildflower & Secret Garden.
1993: "Black Women's Voices." Director, Performer. With Oluremi & Joan Southgate. Produced by the Wildflower & Secret Garden. Encore performance Case Western Reserve Medical School. Dr. Susan Wentz.
Professional Development (Facilitator):
International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Pre-Conference Workshops: Critical Focus Groups and Mixed Methods Qualitative Research. May 15, 2008.
Multi-University Intergroup Dialogue Institute. University of Michigan. Ford Foundation & WT Grant Foundation Co-Sponsors. July 23 – 26, 2008. Attended w/John Carroll Team: Lauren Bowen, Assoc. Academic VP for Academic Programs & Faculty Diversity, Donna Bynes, Assoc. Dean of Students, Janetta Hammock, Dir. of Multicultural Affairs, an Ryan Knotts, Coordinator for Developmental Programming. Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Professional Affiliations:
Founding Member. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. 2005-09.
Editorial Board. International Association of Qualitative Research. 2008.
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Member. American Education Research Association. 2008.
Editorial Board. International Review of Qualitative Research (IRQR). 2008-Current.
Dean’s Minority Recruitment Advisory Committee, College of Education. Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. 2003-04 Academic year.
Planning Committee. Renaissance Village at 55th. L.C. Collins, Director, Cleveland Treatment Center, Chair. Ward Councilwoman Fannie Lewis.
Young Audiences Artist. 1995-1998, 2000-2004. Cleveland, Ohio.
Cleveland Municipal School District. Vendor. Educational Consultant, 2001-02, 2002-03 2004-05, 2006-07.
Former Member: Poets and Writer’s League of Greater Cleveland. 1996-2003.
Former Member. Institute for Democracy in Education. 2003-04
Former Member. Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society. 2003-04
Other Service:
Sponsor. Rayven Moss, Wiley Middle School Student. 1-hour sessions. Youthability program. Heidi Solomon. Fall/Spring Semester, 2008.
Reviewer. Iowa Journal of Communications. Guest Editor: Chris Poulos. 2008.
Sponsor. Project R.E.A.L. (Realistic Education through Alternative Learning). May 14- 25, 2007. Student, Katy Augustine. “The Poet’s Life.” Sixty-hours including poetry walks, workshops, readings, special field poetry writing assignments. Project concluded with an evaluation of the student’s participation and the editing and sharing of an original manuscript of poems.
Cleveland Hts. Poet Laureate. Poetry Readings/discussions. May and October, 2007. Cleveland Hts. Senior Center.
Advisory Board Member. Ursuline College. Christine De Vinne, Dean of Arts & Sciences, Ursuline College. 440-684-6072. [email protected]. Two Year Appointment 2007-2009.
Sustaining Member. Poets & Writers League of Greater Cleveland.
Referee. Studies in Symbolic Interaction. Norman K. Denzin, Editor.
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University of Illinois. Champaign-Urbana. Loyola University. New Orleans, Louisiana. Graduate Recruiter. Office of Minority Affairs. Ave Alvarado.
Literature Advisory Panel. Ohio Arts Council. Columbus, Ohio. 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99.
Former Board Member. Young Audiences, Inc. Cleveland Chapter. 1998-2000.
Former Board Member. Cleveland Public Theater. Cleveland, Ohio. Jim Levin, Director.
Founding Board Member. Greater Cleveland Writers' Center. Cleveland, Ohio.
Former Committee Member. Cleveland State University Poetry Center Poetry Council. Cleveland, Ohio.
References:
James Anderson, Head, Educational Policy Studies Department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. [email protected]. Relationship: Head of Department, Doctoral Program, Mentor.
Carolyne J. White, Professor, Rutgers University, Newark, N.J., [email protected], Relationship: Friend, Colleague.
Norman K. Denzin, Professor, Communications, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign, [email protected]. 217-333-0795, Relationship: Mentor, Former Professor, Dissertation Chair, Colleague.
Cameron McCarthy, Professor, Cultural Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign, [email protected]. 217-244-4953, Relationship: Former Professor.
Yvonna S. Lincoln, Distinguished Professor, Educational Administration, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, [email protected]. Relationship: Colleague.
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