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W r i t e r & A r t i s t
Resume - Publication Credits - Exhibits
RESUME
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Work Experience:
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Teaching Experience (English, Writing, Literature, General Studies)
Johnson Wales University, Online Division, adjunct 12/14-present
Northeastern University College of Professional Studies 07/13-present
Online adjunct faculty
Southern New Hampshire University, SAS & COCE, adjunct faculty 09/10-present
Miller-Motte College, Online Division, adjunct faculty 04/12-10/16
Granite State College, English department, adjunct faculty 04/12-04/13
Mount Washington College, English department, adjunct faculty 01/10-08/13
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Freelance Writer, Coach, and Editor 08/01-present
Exeter, NH
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Executive Director and Lead Art Teacher 01/03-08/10
Exeter Center for Creative Arts, Exeter, NH
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Independent Software Consultant 02/92-09/02
Software Operations Services, Hampton, NH
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Achievements and Awards:
2012 Instructor of the Term, Miller-Motte College Online, Summer
2012 Instructor of the Month, Miller-Motte College Online, July
2008 Graduate Assistant Fellowship, Southern New Hampshire University, MFA
program
2007 A Room of Her Own Foundation Women’s Writing Retreat Fellowship
1988 Digital Equipment Corporation Excellence Award
1987 Digital Equipment Corporation Most Valuable Team Player
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Education:
MFA in Fiction Writing 07/07-08/09
Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 09/05-06/07
Earned half the required credits toward BA Studio Arts
Bachelor of Science Computer Science 1986
Western New England University, Springfield, MA
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SELECT PUBLICATION CREDITS
“The Fate of Thomas Boucher” (short story), Compass Points, Piscataqua Press, 2015
Daytrips Quebec, Hastings House Books, June 2006
A Group of One’s Own: Nurturing the Woman Writer (co-author), Story Line Press, August 2003
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"On Our Own", monthly column on single parenting for Our Times, Seacoast Media, 01/2001 - 12/2002
Seacoast Newspapers, human interest articles on assignment, op-ed pieces, and press releases, 2001-2012
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SELECT SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2019 Body of Work, Seacoast Photographers Show, Town Hall Gallery, Exeter, NH
2018 Annual Members' Awards Show, Seacoast Artists Association, Town Hall Gallery, Exeter, NH
3rd Place, Winter Tree, Photograph
2017 Golden Light, Seacoast Photographers Show, Town Hall Gallery, Exeter, NH
NHSPA Show, Town Hall Gallery, Exeter, NH
2016 Chiaroscuro, Seacoast Photographers Show, Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Solo Exhibit, Hampton Library, Hampton, NH
Windows, Seacoast Photographers show, Main Street Art, Newfields, NH
Splash of Color, Seacoast Photographers Show, Town Hall Gallery, Exeter, NH
2015 Reflections, Town Hall Gallery, Exeter, NH
Pastures and Fields, Town Hall Gallery, Exeter, NH
2014 EAC Annual spring show, Town Hall Gallery, Exeter, NH
2013 EAC Annual holiday show, Town Hall Gallery, Exeter, NH
2012 Festival of Color, Town Hall Gallery, Exeter, NH
Buds and Blooms, Town Hall Gallery, Exeter, NH
2011 Faculty Show, Hesser College, Portsmouth, NH
2010 Art at Breakfast Hill, North Hampton, NH
Solo Exhibit, Lobby for the Arts, Provident Bank, Exeter, NH
Solo Exhibit, Exeter Library, Exeter, NH
2009 Three-Person Exhibition, Portsmouth, NH (with Sandy McDermott, watercolorist, and Joe Montroy, sculptor)
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