About Nancy
Living in Santa Fe I find inspiration in storytelling, weaving, writing, and hiking in the mountains. Vertical Divider
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I was born in Brooklyn, NYC. From the time I was 8 years old, until I left for college at 17, I traveled by myself into Manhattan to take a dance, theatre, or music lesson. After class I was free to wander about the City until I had to leave for home at 4:30. I ate in small Mom & Pop ethnic restaurants, savoring food I could neither spell nor pronounce. Theatre and dance tickets in the balconies were cheap and museums were free. All I needed were two nickels for the train rides, a nickel in case I had to make a phone call, and a quarter for lunch. The City was mine to explore. These years made an indelible impression on me in many ways: I enjoyed being with a diverse group of people, attending a variety of arts performances, and making my way in unfamiliar worlds with confidence and curiosity.
Early experiences with abuse both at home and school led me to becoming a teacher, writer, playwright, and essayist, always focusing on issues of empowerment. I have taught creative writing, storymaking, drama, and literacy workshops in schools, universities, professional development programs, prisons, Head Start, mental hospitals, recreational centers, programs for children and adults with learning differences, and older adult programs in the US and abroad. In 1985 I was diagnosed with a rare and anomalous form of leukemia. When treatment allowed me to think in terms of years rather than months, and ten years after becoming a full professor at the University of Delaware, I received my PhD, in multi-disciplinary studies focusing on literature, psychology, and philosophy. As an award-winning author of seven books of nonfiction, my focus has always been on developing creative expression, arts-based approaches to learning, and student-centered learning. I have also written five novels, one of which, The Stones Speak, has been optioned for a movie. The focus in all of my writing and teaching has always been on empowerment. My newest book, a memoir, Breaking the Silence, is about the healing power of stories. Professional BiographyAcademic Education
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2014
Online interview with Linda Thompson discussing Changing Places The Authors Show 13.October.2014. http://www.wnbnetworkwest.com/WnbAuthorsShow.html Radio interview discussing Changing Places Santa Fe Radio Cafe (KSFR) 6.February.2014 http://www.santaferadiocafe.org/podcasts/?p=5565 2013 Radio interview discussing Changing Places Majority Report/Women's Voices (KZYX) 20.January.2014 http://www.kzyx.org/index.php/talk-shows/politics-and-public-affairs/ womens-voices/entry/archive-womens-voices-january-27-2013 2010 Radio Interview discussing Morning Light and The Stones Speak Write on Four Corners (KSJE 90.0 FM) 21.May.2010 http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/ksje/.jukebox?action=viewMedia& mediaId=902788 Radio Interview discussing Dancing with Wonder and A Woman Walking Write on Four Corners (KSJE 90.0 FM) 12.May.2010 http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/ksje/.jukebox?action=viewMedia& mediaId=901182 2008 Radio interview with Mary-Charlotte Santa Fe Radio Café (KSFR 101.1 FM) 11.Sept.2008 http://www.santaferadiocafe.org/podcasts/?p=430 2006 Radio Interview with Diego Mulligan The Journey Home (KSFR 90.7 FM) 13.Feb.2006 RealAudio • MP3 2005 Radio Interview with Arin McKenna Art Tour Santa Fe (KTRC 1260 AM) 14.Dec.2005 RealAudio • MP3 publications (Books, essays, stories and plays)
BOOKS
2020 Breaking the Silence, a memoir. Terra Nova Books, Santa Fe, NM, 305 pages. 2016 Opening Gates, a novel. Plain View Press, Austin, TX, 249 pages. 2015 with Alida Gersie, Portuguese edition of Storymaking in Education and Therapy. Antroposofica: Brazil, 340 pages. 2014 Changing Spaces, a novel. Plain View Press, Austin, TX, 259 pages. 2009 The Stones Speak, a novel. Tessora Books, Minneapolis, MN, 263 pages. Morning Light, a novel. Tessora Books, Minneapolis, MN, 329 pages. A Woman Walking, a novel. Tessora Books, Minneapolis, MN, 205 pages. The Stones Speak, a novel. Atelier Books, Santa Fe, NM, 263 pages. 2008 Morning Light, a novel. Atelier Books, Santa Fe, NM, 329 pages. A Woman Walking, a novel. Atelier Books, Santa Fe, NM, 205 pages. 2005 Dancing With Wonder: Self-Discovery through Stories. Champion Press: WI, 330 pages. 1999 Playing Their Part: Language and Learning. Korean translation. Storymaking in Education and Therapy. Polish translation. Storymaking in Education and Therapy. Dutch translation. 1996 Storymaking and Drama. Dutch translation. 1995 Playing Their Part: Language and Learning. Heinemann: NH, 281 pages. 1993 Storymaking and Drama. Heinemann: NH, 262 pages. 1990 with Alida Gersie, Storymaking in Education and Therapy. Institute of Education Press: Stockholm,and Jessica Kingsley Press: London, 413 pages. 1984 Theatre Movement: The Actor and His Space. Japanese translation. 1981 A Movement Approach to Acting. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs: NJ, 240 pages. 1975 Giving Form to Feeling. Drama Book Specialists: New York, NY, 5th printing, 316 pages. 1971 Theatre Movement: The Actor and his Space. Drama Book Specialists: New York, 8th printing, 175 pages. ESSAYS & STORIES
2020 "Skiing My Way. Living My Way." YourLifeisATrip.com, February, 2020. 2019 "When Water Comes, Books Go" YourLifeisATrip.com, May, 2019. 2018 "Better than Machu Picchu" YourLifeisATrip.com, June, 2018. 2017 "Miracle on a Mountain" YourLifeisATrip.com, October, 2017. "Wings, Not Weights" Published in 80 Things to Do When You Turn 80. Sellers Publishing, Inc. 2016 "What Happened After My Vision Quest" YourLifeisATrip.com, November, 2016. "Preparing for a Vision Quest" YourLifeisATrip.com June, 2016. First Place, Alfilio, Pasatiempo Writing contest Adult Prose 2014 "My Book, Your Life" YourLifeisATrip.com. November, 2014. "Explosion on the Mountain" YourLifeisATrip,.com. August, 2014. "Confessions of a Traveling Author" YourLifeisATrip.com. April, 2014. "Take a Trip - Get a Life" YourLifeisATrip.com. February 2014. 2013 "What Happened in the Wilderness." YourLifeisATrip.com. July, 2013. "The Trip I Didn't Take." YourLifeisATrip.com. April, 2013. "Border Crossing." YourLifeisATrip.com. January, 2013. 2012 "Breaking Through." YourLifeisATrip.com. August, 2012. "Dancing with Martha Graham." YourLifeisATrip.com. July, 2012. 2011 "Leaving Cancer in Paris." YourLifeisATrip.com. December, 2011. "BikerBabe: Celebrating Three-Quarters of a Century." YourLifeisATrip.com. August, 2011. "Airport Therapy: Overcoming Shyness in Buenos Aires." YourLifeisATrip.com. January, 2011. January, 2011. 2010 "A Hiking Tale." YourLifeisATrip.com. October, 2010. "Mother Goddess and Me." YourLifeIsATrip.com. June, 2010. "My Main Man Meows." YourLifeIsATrip.com. March, 2010. 2009 "Cancer Diagnosis: No Chirps, Please." YourLifeIsATrip.com. December, 2009. "Confessions of a Claustrophobic Flyer." YourLifeIsATrip.com. October, 2009. "Bugs, Banks, and Guns." YourLifeIsATrip.com. July, 2009. "Not Exactly a Hallmark Card, Mother." YourLifeIsATrip.com. June, 2009. "My Shrink, the Bike." YourLifeIsATrip.com. May, 2009. "The Nonfiction Novelist. YourLifeIsATrip.com. April 2009 2007 "Developing Imagination, Creativity, and Literacy through Collaborative storymaking: A Way of Knowing," in the Harvard Educational Review, volume 77, number 2, Summer 2007 2006 "Growing Stories: Toward a Stories Based Curriculum," (revised) in The Storytelling Classroom Ed. Sherry Norfolk, Jane Stenson, Diane Williams, Libraries Unlimited, Westport, Connecticut · London 2005 "A Way of Knowing--A Way of Telling," in DramaForum. Ed. by Anita Grunbaum, Stockholm, Sweden. 2004 “Growing Stories: Towards a Story-Based Curriculum,” in Studies in English: Theoretical and Applied Linguistics. Ed. By József Andor, József Horváth & Marianne Nikolov., Pécs, Hungary. 2002 “Entering a Novel Through the Eyes of a Doll: Creative Responses to an African Text,” secondaryenglish.com, January 2002. Retrieved 2001 “The Stories Project: Storypartners in the Classroom,” with Jacy Ippolito, The New Advocate, Volume, 14, Number 1, Winter 2001. 2001 “The Pitfalls and Pleasures of Mindful Teaching,” The Journal of the Colorado Language Arts Society, Special Double Issue, Successful Teaching Activities, Volume 37, No.1, Fall 2000. 1999 “The Pitfalls and Pleasures of Mindful Teaching,” an online publication of the Center for Teaching Effectiveness, Fall 1999, Vol. 53. http://cte.udel.edu/aboutteach/fall99/king.html. 1997 "Stories, Imagemaking, Storymaking and Drama: Innovative Techniques to Develop Oral and Written Language when Teaching EFL," with Marianne Nikolov in Learning Lessons: Education and Teacher Assessment, Pécs, Hungary, pps 48-75. 1996 "Stories Within Stories: Exploring Oral and Written Expression," NovELTy, Journal of English Language Teaching and Cultural Studies in Hungary: Pecs, (September 1996) pps 53-61. 1995 "Visions and Versions," Journal of the Society for Postsecondary Pedagogy, State University of New York at New Paltz: NY. 1995 "Exploring a Novel: Finding a Voice," Moa Martinson Journal, Moa Martinson Society: Stockholm. 1993 with Sara Horowitz, "Interiors and Edges: Reconfiguring Classroom Practice," Journal On Excellence in College Teaching, Vol.4: Miami University. 1992 "Storymaking and Drama with Two Groups of Hungarian Children," with Marianne Nikolov, Modern English Teacher 1.2 (June, 1992): 1-8 (IATEFL Hungary Issue). 1990 "Myth, Metaphor, Memory: Archeology of the Self", Journal Of Humanistic Psychology, Spring 1990, pp. 55-72. 1981 "From Literature to Drama to Life," Children and Drama, edited by Nellie McCaslin, 2nd edition, Longman: NY, pp. 164-177. "Music and Dance for the Actor," The Cue, Vol. 59, No. 2, pp. 7-9, 18-21. "Helping Students to Shape Their Learning Experience," About Teaching, Center for Teaching Effectiveness, University of Delaware, December. 1980 "A Movement Approach to Drama,"Drama Contact (Journal of the Council of Drama in Education, Canada), May, pp. 16-17. 1978 "The Development of Critical Thinking in Movement and Drama," Drama Contact,May, pp. 39-42. 1977 "Report: Drama in Education," Theatre News (Journal of the American Theatre Association), Summer, pp. 28-30, 35; committee report. "Protecting Students from Body Abuse," Theatre News, April, p. 4. THEATRE PLAYS 2003 Lifelines (12 performances in New Mexico) 1993-94 Until We Notice (6 performances in Delaware and Pennsylvania) 1986 The Juniper Tree (14 performances in Delaware) Commissioned by Delaware Humanities Forum 1982 Collision of Voices (3 performances in Delaware) 1981 Silent Song (14 performances in Delaware) 1978 The Snow Queen (8 performances in Delaware, 1 performance at the American College Theatre Festival, Maryland) 1977 Shaping Up (27 performances in Delaware) 1974 The Clowns Who Thought They Couldn't (3 performances in Delaware) 1970 Something About a Dragon (17 performances in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania) 1969 Splurgeris Iphikkon (17 performances in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania) 1968 Peter and the Wolf and The Rescue of the Duck (19 performances in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania) 1966 Showdown at the Hoedown (7 performances in Delaware) 1965 The Child Who Couldn't Laugh (9 performances in Delaware) PRODUCTION WORK 2003 Lifelines, producer 1994 Until We Notice, director 1993 Until We Notice, co-director 1993 Pheenie Rising, director 1990 Inside Teaching, director of videotape 1989 Tales From the National Enquirer, co-director 1986 The Juniper Tree, producer 1983 Why Raven is No Longer, choreographer/dancer 1982 Collision of Voices, co‑director, producer 1981 Silent Song, director 1979 As You Like It, choreographer 1979 The Snow Queen, (Invitational Participant, American College Theatre Festival); director 1978 The Three Cuckholds, choreographer 1978 The Snow Queen, director 1977 Shaping Up, director 1975 Spreading Tales, director 1974 The Clowns Who Thought They Couldn't, director 1973 Power Play, director 1972 Maria Martin, choreographer 1971 The Acharnians, director of stage combat, movement, choreographer 1971 African Folktales, director 1970 Something About a Dragon, director 1969 Splurgeris Iphikkon, director 1968 Peter and the Wolf (parts 1 and 2), director, choreographer 1968 Dr. Faustus, director of movement 1967 Streets of New York, choreographer 1966 Showdown at the Hoedown, director, choreographer 1965 The Child Who Couldn't Laugh, director Production Booklets for Teachers 1981 Silent Song 1977 Shaping Up 1975 Spreading Tales 1971 African Folktales Contest Judge 2001 Playwriting Contest, University of Delaware 2001 Rainbow Playwriting Festival, Newark, DE Honors
2016 First Place, Alfilio, Pasatiempo Writing contest Adult Prose Second Place, Opening Gates, New Mexico Presswomen’s Communication Contest 2009 First Place, The Stones Speak, New Mexico Presswomen’s Communication Contest 2009 Honorable Mention, The Stones Speak, National Presswomen’s Communication Contest 2008 Finalist, The Stones Speak, New Mexico Book Awards 1994 Distinguished Book Award for Storymaking and Drama by the American Alliance for Theatre and Education 1990 Who's Who in Education 1980 World Who's Who of Women 1979 Who's Who in American Women American Theatre Association Region II Merit Award American College Theatre Festival‑‑production of The Snow Queen Phi Kappa Phi (Interdisciplinary Honor Society) 1977 Attleboro Invitational Conference on Drama in Education 1976 Elected to membership of Graduate Faculty 1967-68 Teaching Assistantship, University of Delaware 1957, 1964 Scholarship, Connecticut College School of Dance 1957 Scholarship, University of Wisconsin Cum Laude B.S., SUNY, Cortland, NY 1956 appa Delta Pi (Education Honor Society) Papers & seminars
Papers 2000 “Using Drama to Teach Literature,” AATHE, Washington, DC 1999 “Imagemaking and Storymaking, “ NCTE, Phoenix, AZ 1996 "Entering Anthills of the Savannah Through the Eyes of a Doll," A Conference on Trans-lingual and Trans-cultural Creativity, West Chester University, West Chester, PA 1995 "Inner Visions/Outer Versions," International Alliance of Teacher-Scholars, Lake Arrowhead, CA 1994 "A Poet and Playwright Approach Performance," American Alliance for Theatre and Education Conference, University of Arizona, Tempe, AZ 1994 "The Inside Voice in the Outside World," American Folklore Society Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI 1994 "Interactive Teaching and Learning," Conference on Postsecondary Education New Paltz, NY 1994 "Exploring Spirituality," Council On Honors Education, Baltimore, MD 1992 "Storymaking as a Tool to Teach Language," Budapest, Hungary 1991 "Storymaking and Language Development:" ICIE, Budapest, Hungary 1991 "Interiors and Edges: An experiment in Multicultural Education," National Association for Multicultural Education, New Orleans, LA 1990 "Stories in the Making," Association for Professional and Organizational Development, Lake Tahoe, CA 1989 "Children's Plays and Children's Dreams," American Theatre Association, Children's Theatre Conference, Philadelphia, PA 1989 "Imagery and Knowing," Professional and Organizational Development, Jekyll Island, GA 1988 "Old Stories, New Life," East Wenatchee Community Association, East Wenatchee, WA 1987 "Symbolic Learning and Creative Expression: Archeology of the Self," International Society for Exploring Teaching Alternatives, Fort Collins, CO 1984 "From Myth to Movement to Script," American Theatre Association, San Francisco, CA 1982 "Authors on Acting," Panel, American Theatre Association, New York City, NY 1978 "Minimum Standards for the Use of Psycho-Physical Techniques in Actor Training," American Theatre Association, New Orleans, LA 1977 "Using Movement to Learn Skills in Creative Drama," American Theatre Association, Chicago, IL 1977 "New Directions in Children's Theatre," American Theatre Association, Chicago, IL 1975 "Coursework for the Creative Drama Specialist," American Theatre Association, Los Angeles, CA 1974 "Sound and Movement Training for the Actor," American Theatre Association, Minneapolis, MN 1974 "Circus Techniques for the Actor," Delaware Dramatic Association, Newark, DE 1973 "Performance Environment and the Actor," American Theatre Association, New York City, NY 1973 "Theatre Movement," Delaware Dramatic Association, Newark, DE 1971 "Occidental and Oriental Movement Techniques in Training Actors," American Theatre Association, Chicago, IL 1971 "Creating Theatre for Children," Delaware Dramatic Association, Newark, DE 1970 "Movement Training for the Actor," American Theatre Association, Washington, DC 1969 "Movement Techniques for the Actor," Delaware Dramatic Association, Newark, DE Guest Seminars: (1-6 weeks) 2003 Storyteller-in-Residence, Agua Fria School, Santa Fe, NM (Literacy Project to develop and enhance student writing) 2000 “Storymaking and Conflict Resolution,” Vaesterberg Folkhoegskola, Storvik, Sweden 1995 "Reading a Novel: Finding a Voice," Vaesterberg Folkhoegskola, Storvik, Sweden 1992, 96 "Storymaking and Drama," Janus Pannonius University, Pecs, Hungary 1986, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 "Storymaking and Drama," Vaesterberg Folkhoegskola, Storvik, Sweden 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1996 "Creating Drama," Stockholm Institute of Education, Stockholm, Sweden 1984 "Movement, Drama and Meaning," Linkoping, Sweden 1983 "Movement and Drama," Kristianstad School of Education, Kristianstad, Sweden 1979 "Theatre Movement,"University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NB 1979 "Using Movement as a Method for Understanding the Script," Wright State University, Dayton, OH 1978 "Movement and Drama," University of Toronto, Canada 1977, 73 "New Strategies for Total Teaching," Institute of Renaissance Studies, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, OR 1976 "Movement and Drama," University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 1969 "Craftsmen and Movement," Haystack School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME Guest Seminars: (1-6 days) State Level 2005 Guest Luminary Artist, Seminar for Young Playwrights, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 2003 Guest Luminary Artist, Seminar for Young Playwrights, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 2001 International Sessions, University of Delaware—Workshops for teachers of drama, Dramapedagogues from Sweden. 2001 International Sessions, University of Delaware Winter Institute—Workshop for teachers of English from German. 2000 International Sessions, University of Delaware Winter Institute—Workshop for teachers of English from Germany 1999 International Sessions, University of Delaware Summer Institute—Workshops for teachers of English from Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan 1998 International Sessions, University of Delaware Summer Institute—Workshops for teachers of English from six countries of the former Soviet Union 1997 International Sessions, University of Delaware Summer Institute--Workshops for teachers of English from Russia and Ukraine 1995 International Sessions, University of Delaware Winter Institute--Workshop for Teachers of English from countries around the world 1990 Reading Association of Delaware, "The Power of Drama in Reading" 1989 Delaware Hospice Association, "Using Stories to Tell Stories" 1986 Delaware Humanities Forum, "From Story to Drama" 1983 Delaware Valley Opera Forum, "Movement and Nonverbal Communication for the Opera Singer/Actor," Wilmington, DE 1983 Workshop for Teachers of Creative Drama, "From Myth to Movement to Drama," Delaware 1982 Mid-Eastern Symposium, "Myths, Drama and the Mind" 1981 Delaware Gerontological Society, "The Stories of Our Lives" 1981 Delaware Humanities Forum, "Living Myths" 1978 International Reading Association, Wilmington, DE "Reading and Telling" 1977 International Reading Association, Newark, DE, "Drama and Reading" 1976 Children's Theatre Association of America, University of Delaware, Newark,DE, "Children and Drama" 1975 Conference on Young Children, Delaware State College, Dover, DE, "Developmental Learning Through Movement and Drama" 1973 ILS Children's Director-in-Classroom Program, New Castle County, DE 1970-75 Delaware Preschool and Nursery Teachers Training Program, Wilmington and Newark, DE 1970-74 Head Start Teachers In-Service Program, Wilmington, DE 1970-73 Lancashire Teachers Enrichment Program, Wilmington, DE 1970-72 Delaware State College, Dover, DE 1970-72 Mount Pleasant High School, Wilmington, DE 1970 Stokely School for the Retarded, Georgetown, DE 1970 Forward School, Wilmington, DE 1970 Tatnall School, Wilmington, DE 1969-74 New Castle County Teachers In-Service Program, Wilmington, A. I. duPont, Marshallton, Alfred I .Dupont School Districts, DE 1969-72 Lore School Mental Health Project, Wilmington, DE 1969 Mote School, Marshallton, DE 1969 Downes School, Newark, DE 1965-68 Arden School, Arden, DE Guest Seminars: (1-6 days) National Level 2008 Temple Menorah Rosenberg Senior Center, "Self-Discovery Through Stories," Redondo Beach, CA 1988 Wenatchee Community College, "Stories from all Times," WA 1983 Cecil County Community College, "Writing Plays for Children," MD 1983 Regional Drama Festival, "Creating a Sub-text," VA 1979 American College Theatre Festival, Catonsville, MD 1978 Mid-Atlantic Theatre Conference, Lehigh University, PA 1978 Creative Drama Day, Montgomery County, MD 1978 University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 1978 American College Theatre Festival, Bozeman, MT 1978 Learning Theatre, Paterson, NJ 1977 Mid-Atlantic Theatre Conference, Glassboro, NJ 1977 Barnes School, Cleveland, OH 1977 Creative Arts Community, Toledo, OH 1977 American College Theatre Festival, Pocatello, ID 1976 American College Theatre Festival, Emporia, KY 1975 Educational Arts Association, Fordham University, New York, NY 1974 Florida State University, MFA Program, Sarasota, FL 1974 New York State Arts Council, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY 1973-77 Hastings School, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 1973 Pittsburgh School System, Pittsburgh, PA 1973 Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 1973 State University, Cortland, NY 1972 American College Theatre Festival, North East, MD 1971 University of Maine, Orono, ME 1971-72 West Chester AAUP, Chester, PA 1969 University of Toledo, Toledo, OH Guest Seminars: (1-6 days) International Level 2012 Scholar-in-residence, Teacher Education Program, Centre for Jewish Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada 2005 Scholar-in-residence, Teacher Education Program, Centre for Jewish Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada 2005 "Dancing With Wonder," Jewish Studies Education Program, York University, Toronto, Canada. 1988, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2000 Institute of Education, School for the Deaf, Teacher Education Program, Sweden 1987 University of Stockholm, Sweden 1985 University of Canterbury, England 1984 Inner London Educational Authority, London, England 1984 University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden 1984 College of Education for the Training of Deaf Teachers, Stockholm, Sweden 1984 College of Further Education, Storvik, Sweden 1983 Kristianstad College, Kristianstad, Sweden 1983 Hertfordshire College of Art and Design, St. Albans, England 1982 Conference on Drama in Education, Workshop for Teachers, "From Myth to Theatre," Toronto, Canada 1982 Conference on Drama in Education, "Myths, Movement and Drama," Toronto, Canada 1980-82 Central School of Speech and Drama, London, England 1980-82 Inner London Educational Authority, London, England 1980 Scandinavian Drama Association, 5-day workshop, "A Movement Approach to Drama," Oranos, Sweden 1980 Training Film, "Teaching Drama," Swedish International Television, Stockholm, Sweden 1980 Seminars in Teaching Drama, University of Stockholm, Sweden 1980 Four-Day Workshop, "Nonverbal Communication in Psychotherapy," Linkoping, Sweden 1979 The Young Company (professional acting company), Toronto, Canada 1978 York University, Toronto, Canada 1978 University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada 1976-77 Master Teachers' Enrichment Program, Toronto, Canada 1976 London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, London, England 1975-76 Inner London Educational Authority, London, England 1975-76 Central School of Speech and Drama, London, England 1975 University of Exeter, Exeter, England 1974-75 Scandinavian Drama Association: Bergen, Norway; Lund, Sweden; Copenhagen, Virum, Aalborg, Denmark Special Projects 1994 Delaware Commission for Visual and Performing Arts 1989-91 UD Center for Teaching Effectiveness 1988 Consultant/Performer Storymaking 1978 Reader/Critic, Prentice-Hall Publishing Company 1977 Council on Drama in Education, Canada 1973-77 Hastings Public Schools, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York 1969-73 Mental Health Association, Wilmington, DE courses developed for the university honors program, university of delaware
Colloquium Courses: (First year three credit inter-disciplinary courses) Imagination, Creativity, and Expression Theatre Process and Performance Giving Form to Expression: Visions and Revisions Interiors and Edges: The Self, The Text, The World (with Sara Horowitz) To Walk in Someone's Shoes Making the Play: Collaboration and Community (with Jeanne Walker) The Stories Project (service-learning) Shakespeare in Performance (with Jeanne Walker) Engaging the Dramatic Imagination: The Power and Purpose of Theatre (with Leslie Reidel) Forum Courses: (One credit interdisciplinary courses) Myth and Expression Playing with Stories Dancing with Wonder Playing with Possibilities The Play's the Thing Spirituality Tikkun: Repairing the World Bubbe Meisses: Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another Through Slavery to Freedom: Images From Exodus Film and Fantasy Playing The Part Issues in Education African Voices: Stories and Storytelling Creating Theatre From Myth Senior Seminars: (three credit senior capstone experience courses) Journeys Into Myth Learning and Doing (service-learning) Entering Into the World: Stories of the Emerging Self |