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 FITZGERALD BACKGROUND

• Featured speaker on F. Scott Fitzgerald at 2006 Irish Fair, St. Thomas University, St. Paul, Minnesota, August 10, 2006.
• Foundation Board member of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Writing Academy, St. Paul, Minnesota, August 2004-August 2006
• Put together “Fitzgerald and the Hill Family,” on display in James J. Hill Library, St. Paul, Minnesota, September.-November 2004.
• Wrote text for Fitzgerald posters which hang in St. Paul Central Library and Commodore Hotel, St. Paul, and for Fitzgerald in St. Paul Walking Tour brochure, available at St. Paul Central Library.
• Helped with application which led to the naming of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s birthplace as a National Literary Landmark, September 24, 2004.
• Co-edited 2005 Minnesota Book Award nominee The St. Paul Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald with Trish Hampl (St. Paul:  Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2004).
• Created and taught a course on F. Scott Fitzgerald for the University of Minnesota’s Compleat Scholar program, Summer 2004.
• Lectured on Fitzgerald for University of Minnesota Elderhostel Program, 1996-2002.
• Appeared with Matthew Bruccoli on Writings of F. Scott Fitzgerald (C-Span’s American Writers Series, 2002).
• Co-chaired the local planning committee for the 2002 International F. Scott Fitzgerald Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota, September 2002.
• Served as advisor to American Master’s F. Scott Fitzgerald:  Winter Dreams (2001) and BBC Omnibus The Great Gatsby:  Midnight in Manhattan (2000).
• Organized a panel presentation at the International F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe Festival, Asheville, North Carolina, September 1998.
• Featured speaker at FitzFest ’97, Huntingdon College, Montgomery, Alabama.
• Co-authored 1997 Minnesota Book Award nominee F. Scott Fitzgerald in Minnesota:  Toward the Summit with Jack Koblas (St. Cloud:  North Star Press, 1996).
• Lectured at F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 100^th Birthday Celebration hosted by Garrison Keillor in St. Paul, September 27, 1996.
• Served as 1995 editor of F. Scott Fitzgerald Society newsletter.
• Featured speaker at Joint International Fitzgerald/Hemingway Conference held in Paris, summer 1994.
• Put together study guide for Great North American History Theater’s production of The Beautiful Fools and The Great Gatsby, 1993. 
• Presented a paper on “Fitzgerald in Minnesota” at 1992 International Fitzgerald Conference held at Hofstra University, New York.
• Wrote “F. Scott & Zelda in St. Paul, City Pages, September 29, 1982, 1+.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS, APPEARANCES AND ACTIVITIES

• Current public relations contact, St. Croix Valley Civil War Round Table, Hudson, Wisconsin.
• Book editing staff, Civil War News, 1999-2006.
• Featured on History Channel’s “This Week in History” program on Civil War ship Star of the West, January 2001.
• Contributed to Encyclopedia of the American Civil War:  A Political, Social ,and Military History (Santa Barbara, Calif.:  ABC-CLIO, 2000).
• Ships Versus Shore:  Civil War Engagements along Southern Shores and Rivers (Nashville:  Rutledge Hill Press, 1994).
• Marianne Moore (Mankato, Minnesota:  Creative Education, 1994).
• Co-wrote Why Am I Dancing Alone?  (Mound, Minnesota:  AB  Publications, 1989).
• Honorable Mention Award, St. Martin’s Press, The Year’s Best Fantasy, 1988.
• Co-edited Sinclair Lewis & Mantrap:  The Saskatchewan Trip and Selected Letters of Sinclair Lewis (Madison, Wisconsin:  Main Street Press, 1985).
• Other freelance articles have appeared in Twin Cities Reader, Military History, America’s Civil War, Civil War Times Illustrated, St. Paul Pioneer Press, City Pages, Washington Times, Historic Traveler.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Journalism Department Chair, Inver Hills Community College, IGH, MN

Teach English and journalism courses and advise schools arts magazine, September 1989 to present.

• Features Writer, Villager Communications Inc., St. Paul, MN                

Write news and feature stories for Villager and Avenues. August 1997 to present.

• Teacher, Mounds View School District, Mounds View, MN                 

Taught courses in American literature, grammar, and writing. Advised school newspaper and coached wrestling and Quiz Bowl teams. August 1981 to May 1991.

• Public Relations, Iowa Wesleyan College, Mount Pleasant, IA            

Helped with recruiting programs. July 1980 to July 1981.

• Teacher, Maple Valley High School, Mapleton, IA                                       

Taught 11^th-grade English and coached wrestling. August 1977 to June 1978.

EDUCATION

• Master of Arts, Professional Writing Program, University of Minnesota, 1989.
• Master of Arts in Public Affairs, University of Iowa, 1980.
• Bachelor of Arts in English with Distinction, Iowa State University, 1977.
• Associate of Arts, North Iowa Area Community College, 1974.