Vita
A.
Theresa L. Crater
B.
1303 Alexandria St.
Lafayette, CO 80026
303-499-5514 (home)
303-556-4095 (office)
C.
Professor, English Department
D.
EDUCATION
Department of English, Campus Box 32
Metropolitan State College of Denver
P.O. Box 173362
Denver, CO 80217-3362
Ph.D., English, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Dissertation Topic--The Articulation of Silence: Masquerade, Mimicry and Speaking
from Elsewhere. Supervised by Sydney Kaplan, 1992.
Master of Arts in Teaching, English, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Thesis Topic: Becoming Woman: Death and the Underwater World of Virginia Woolf,
1984.
Masters in Counseling, University of Colorado--The Springs, Colorado Springs,
Colorado, 1998.
Bachelor of Arts, English, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro,
North Carolina, 1973.
E.
EMPLOYMENT
8/92 to
present
Professor of English, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver,
Colorado.
Promotion to Full Professor 2005-06
Tenure and promotion to Associate Professor 1997-98
Teach literature, composition and creative writing courses; develop curricula;
advise students; participate in department, school and college committees.
Courses taught: Freshman Composition: The Essay; Freshman Composition:
Analysis, Research, and Documentation; Introduction to Literature; Introduction
to Fiction; Introduction to Literary Studies; Native American Literatures; Art and
Craft of Writing; Introduction to Creative Writing; British Literature Survey 1785
to present; The Victorian Era; Development of the British Novel; Myth, Symbol
and Allusion in Literature; Advanced Composition; Fiction Writing Workshop;
Science Fiction Writing Studio; Multicultural Women’s Voices; 19th Century
Women’s Literature; Major Authors—Virginia Woolf; Major Authors—Doris
Lessing; Theories and Techniques in Literary Criticism.
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9/88 to
6/92
English Instructor, South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia,
Washington.
Taught composition, literature and humanities courses; administered college
writing program (reviewed courses, made text decisions, hired, trained and
supervised writing instructors); developed curricula; advised students;
participated in college planning and development. Special projects included
organizing a faculty seminar on recent trends in composition research and
teaching; supervising the student newspaper; and working on grants to create
learning communities, to increase multicultural curricula and to improve
humanities program.
Courses taught: Pre-College Level Composition, Introductory Essay Writing,
Research Writing; Introduction to Creative Writing, Humanities II, and World
Literature.
9/84 to
8/88
Assistant Director/Writing Instructor, Learning Resource Center, The
Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington.
Taught developmental, introductory and advanced writing individually in the
writing center, in separate classes, and in conjunction with other faculty through
interdisciplinary, team-taught academic programs; taught creative writing,
literature and journalism; assisted in hiring, training and supervising peer tutors;
assessed writing skills of college’s incoming students and made
recommendations; assisted in planning and administering programs in the
Learning Resource Center.
1/84 to
7/84
Writing Instructor, Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, Washington
In the writing center, assessed individual students needs; provided individualized
and team-taught instruction in developmental, expository, fiction and poetry
writing for hearing-impaired, ESL and multi-ethnic students.
F.
SCHOLARSHIP AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES
1. Publications
Refereed Publications
Books
Crater, Theresa. Beneath the Hallowed Hill, San Jose, CA: Eternal Press, April 2011.
---. Under the Stone Paw. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads, January 2006.
Rereleased March 2011, Markham, Ontario: Double Dragon, April 2011.
Translations
Crater, Theresa. Debajo de la pata de piedra. Madrid, España: La Factoria de Ideas,
February 2010.
Book Reviews
Crater, Theresa L. Review of Cauldron of Changes: Feminist Spirituality in Fantastic
Fiction, Janice C. Crosby, FEMSPEC, 5.1 (2004), 279-282.
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---. Review of Melymbrosia, Virginia Woolf, edited by Louise DeSalvo, The Bloomsbury
Review, 23.1 (2003): 19-20.
---. Review of The Land of Osiris, Stephen S. Mehler, Equinaut 1.9 (2002): 20.
Short Stories & Poems
Crater, Theresa. Solstice,” The Self That Was Her Story, anthology of women’s fiction,
ed. Rene Marie, Denver, CO: 4U2C Press, (2003): 1-5.
---. "Downpour," poem in Sinister Wisdom 31 (1987): 46.
---. "Still Shots," short fiction in On Our Backs 2 (1986): 20-21.
Journal Articles
Crater, Theresa L. “Temporal Temptations in Lessing’s Mara and Dann: Arriving at the
Present Moment,” Doris Lessing Studies, 23.2 (2004), 17-20.
---. "The Resurrection of Morgan le Fey: Fallen Woman to Triple Goddess," FEMSPEC,
3.1 (2001), 12-21.
---. "Septimus Smith and Charles Watkins: The Phallic Suppression of Masculine
Subjectivity," Journal of Evolutionary Psychology XX (2000): 191-202.
---. "Lily Briscoe's Vision: The Articulation of Silence," Rocky Mountain Review of
Language and Literature 50 (1996): 121-136.
---. "The Golden Notebook" in Masterpieces of Women's Literature, NY, NY:
HarperCollins, 1996.
---. "The Golden Notebook," Masterplots: Twentieth Anniversary Revised Second
Edition, Hackensack, NJ: Salem Press, 1995.
---. "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman," Masterplots: Twentieth Anniversary
Revised Second Edition, Hackensack, NJ: Salem Press, 1995.
---. “Creating Learning Communities to Enhance Student Support and Retention,”
Proceedings: A System Conference by the Trustees of the State Colleges in
Colorado and the Faculty Advisory Council to the Trustees, April 1994, 31.
---. "The Golden Notebook" in Masterplots II: Women's Literature, Hackensack, NJ:
Salem Press, 1994: 919-923.
---. "Children of Violence series" in Masterplots II: Women's Literature, Hackensack, NJ:
Salem Press, 1994: 354-358.
Invited Publications
Short Stories & Poems
Crater, Theresa L. “Bringing the Waters,” The Aether Age: Helios. Overland Park,
Kansas, Hadley Rille Books, 2010.
Journal Articles
Crater, Theresa. “Temporal Temptations in Lessing’s Mara and Dann: Arriving at the
Present Moment,” Journal of Evolutionary Psychology XXV. (2004): 190-195.
---. “’In Their Deaths They Were Not Divided’: Literary Death as Liberation,” Journal
of Evolutionary Psychology XXIII. (2002): 149-167. (reprint)
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Non-Refereed Publications
Crater, Theresa. “The Origins of Halloween,” Connections: The Academy for Teaching
Excellence & Academic Technology Newsletter 2 (2000): 1.
2. Presentations
Refereed PresentationsInternational
Panels on “Tragic Flaw to Achilles Heel: Every Hero’s Weakness,” “Magic and
Metaphysics,” and a reading from Beneath the Hallowed Hill, World Science
Fiction Convention, Denver, CO, August 2008.
Organized panel on “The Politics of Genre,” my paper title “The Politics of
Genre/The Genres of Politics,” International Doris Lessing Conference, Leeds,
UK, July 2007.
Reading from Under the Stone Paw, International Association for the Fantastic in
the Arts Conference, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, March 2005.
“The Goddess on Prime Time: TNT’s The Mists of Avalon,” International
Popular Culture Conference, Toronto, Canada, March 2002.
"Temporal Temptations in Mara & Dann: Arriving at the Present Moment,"
International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts Conference, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, March 2001.
"Fantasy Literature and NeoPaganism: Radical Feminism Revisited,"
International Popular Culture Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2000.
“The Literal Second Coming of MillenniuM: Knights Templar, Black Madonnas,
Merovingians and even Nazis,” International Popular Culture Conference, San
Diego, California, New Orleans, March 1999.
“Doris Lessing’s Shikasta and the UFO Mythos,” International Popular Culture
Conference, Orlando, Florida, March 1998.
"Old Goddesses Revisited: Who is Morgan le Fey?" International Popular
Cultural Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 1996.
"Speaking from Elsewhere: Lily Briscoe Speaks Difference," International
Virginia Woolf Society Conference, Jefferson City, Missouri, June, 1993.
National
Reading from Beneath the Hallowed Hill, Dragon*Con, Atlanta, GA, September
2011.
Reading from Beneath the Hallowed Hill, WisCon, Madison, WI, May 2008.
“Check My Pulse: Adventure Crime,” (Writing Track) Left Coast Crime
(Mystery Conference), Denver, CO, March 2008.
“Scarabs and Sandstorms: Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Middle East and
Africa”
(Special Group Reading), “Writing SF&F: The Business”, and “Cultural
Appropriation & Writing Fantasy Outside the Western Tradition” (Writing SF&F:
The Craft), WisCon, Madison, WI, May 2006.
Reading from Under the Stone Paw, WisCon, Madison, WI, May 2005.
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"Grandmother Spider and Doris Lessing Walk into the Next World," National
Women's Studies Association Conference, Saratoga Springs, New York, June,
1996.
"Incest, Memory and Healing in the Novels of Virginia Woolf," National
Women's Studies Association Conference, Seattle, Washington, June 1985.
Regional
“Theology Building,” “The Business of Writing SF/F—Building Your Fan Base,”
Reading from “Bringing the Waters” and Beneath the Hallowed Hill,” and
moderated panel on “Does It Matter If It’s Been Done Before?” COSine,
Colorado Springs, CO, January 2011.
Reading from “Bringing the Waters,” MileHiCon, October 2010.
“Plot Devices and McGuffins” and a reading from Beneath the Hallowed Hill,
MileHiCon, Denver, CO, Oct. 2009.
“Rising Stars in Science Fiction Publishing,” COSine, Colorado Springs, CO,
February, 2008.
“Meet the Faces,” Englewood Library, April, 2007.
“Breaking into Print,” “Fantasy: What Hollywood Does Right & Wrong,” and
Reading from Under the Stone Paw, MileHiCon, October 2006.
Book Signing and Reading, Boulder Book Store, Feb. 15, 2006.
Book Signing and Reading, Tattered Cover Book Store, Feb. 2, 2006.
“She Kisses Him And?”, “Cross Genre in Today’s Fiction,” and “I’m Finally
Published! What’s Next?” COSine Science Fiction Convention, Colorado
Springs, CO, Jan. 2006.
Reading from Under the Stone Paw, MileHiCon, Denver, CO, October 2005.
"Mysterious Undercurrents in the Writing Classroom or Hey! What's That
Nibbling on My Leg?" Colorado Springs, Colorado, Colorado Language Arts
Society Conference, March 1996.
"Walking into the Fifth World: Lessing's Memoirs of a Survivor," Colorado
Language Arts Society Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 1995.
"Creating Learning Communities to Enhance Student Learning and Retention,"
FACT/Trustee Conference, Denver, Colorado, April 1994.
"Apocalyptic Vision in Lessing's Memoirs of a Survivor," Rocky Mountain
Modern Language Association Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado, October
1994.
"The Medusa Straight On: In/Sanity in Selected Works of Doris Lessing," Rocky
Mountain Modern Language Association Conference, Denver, Colorado, October
1993.
"The Phallic Suppression of Masculinity in Mrs. Dalloway and Briefing for a
Descent into Hell," Western Conference on British Studies, Albuquerque, New
Mexico, October 1993.
"The Medicine World in Love Medicine," Colorado Language Arts Society
Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 1993.
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Non-Refereed Presentations
International
Book signing, International New Age Trade Show, Denver, CO, June 2006 &
2007.
National
Book Signing, Colorado Association of Libraries Conference, Denver, CO,
November 2006.
Discussion of scope and success of AACJC grant, Community College
Humanities Association Conference, Portland, Oregon, November 1990.
Regional
Book Signing, Colorado Gold, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Conference,
September 2006.
"NWWSA Forum: Fighting Racism in our Organizations," Northwest Women's
Studies Association Conference, Spokane, Washington, June 1991.
"Women's Bookstores: Interfacing with Academia and the Community,"
Northwest Women in Print Conference, Seattle, Washington, January 1983.
Local
Reading and Book Signing of Beneath the Hallowed Hill, Who Else Books,
Denver, CO, April 2011.
“Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own, and Feminism,” to two classes of WMS
1001, Introduction to Women’s Studies, Women’s Studies Institute, February
2009.
“A Sequence of Assignments: Teaching Students to Write about Literature,”
Introduction to Literary Studies Forum, English Department, August 2007.
“CORE Conversations” and “Help Us Revise Metro State’s General Studies
Program,” A Campus Conversation on Becoming an Engaged Community, Metro
State Fall Professional Development Conference, August 2007.
“Learning Communities: Opportunities to Incorporate Multiculturalism,” Metro
State Spring Professional Development Conference, January 2007.
Presentation to book club in Fort Collins on Under the Stone Paw, October 2006.
Reading from Under the Stone Paw, Folsom Coffee House, August 2006.
Reading short story, English Department Colloquium, March 2003.
“Native American Literature,” Rap Sessions, Metropolitan State College of
Denver, October 1997.
"Working with Diverse Student Populations in the Classroom," English
Department In-Service, Metropolitan State College of Denver, August 1996.
"Old Goddesses Revisited: Who is Morgan le Fey?" English Department
Colloquium, Metropolitan State College of Denver, April 1996.
"Conducting Writing Workshops/Peer Editing," English Department In-Service,
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Metropolitan State College of Denver, January 1996.
"Men Speaking as Other: Mrs. Dalloway and Briefing for a Descent into Hell,"
English Department Colloquium, Metropolitan State College of Denver, October
1994.
"Further Mad Escapades in Orlando, The Waves, and Between the Acts," English
Department Colloquium, Metropolitan State College of Denver, November 1993.
"Death and Madness in Virginia Woolf: The Voice of the Other," English
Department Colloquium, Metropolitan State College of Denver, March 1993.
"Working Effectively with Writing Groups," English Department Spring InService, Metropolitan State College of Denver, January 1993.
3. Research and Grants
Grants (Written & Funded)
Advancing the Humanities, American Association of Community and Junior
Colleges (AACJC), 1990-91. Wrote and administered this grant that added two
multi-cultural courses to the humanities program, evaluated the curriculum for
multi-cultural content, and improved coherence among the arts, philosophy,
music, literature and general humanities courses.
Northwest International Education Association, winter, 1991. Developed
curriculum for Humanities 240--Culture and Colonialism. This course allows for
focus in different areas of the world. My focus was Africa and the Diaspora.
Washington Center for the Improvement of Undergraduate Education, 1989-90.
Wrote and administered this grant that funded experimental linked courses,
combining a writing course with a "content-based" course. Based on the success
of this work, the college adopted linked courses as a regular feature of its writing
program.
National Endowment for the Humanities, 1989-91. Assisted with the writing and
administering of this grant, which restructured the humanities program for a
formerly technical college.
Grants (Written)
Travel Grant, Speculative Fiction Association, October 2004.
Ford Grant to fund femspec, April 1999.
4. Advanced Study
Writing
Genre Workshop, writing workshop with Robert McKee, Los Angeles, CA,
February 2009. Topics covered: horror, thriller, comedy and love stories.
Story Seminar, writing workshop with Robert McKee, Los Angeles, CA, October
2006.
Beginnings, Middles, and Endings, writing workshop with Nancy Kress, Rocky
Mountain Fiction Writers, Denver, CO, May 2005.
Member of Northern Colorado Writers’ Workshop 2004-5, Denver, CO.
Screenwriting and the Movie Business, with Stephen Simon, producer of What
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Dreams May Come and Somewhere in Time, Ashland, OR, Fall 2002.
Centrum Writer's Conference, Fiction Workshop with Valerie Miner, Port
Townsend, Washington, July 1991.
Women's Voices Writing Workshop, Fiction Workshop with Irena Klepfisz, Santa
Cruz, California, July 1986.
Summer Institute of the National Council for Teachers of English, Myrtle Beach,
South Carolina, June, 1985.
Women's Voices Writing Workshop, Fiction Workshop with Gloria Anzaldua,
Santa Cruz, California, 1983. Guest faculty included Lorde, Grahn, and Griffin.
Teaching and Metro State Workshops
Online Course Quality Review Workshop, March 2011.
Fall Faculty Development Conference, August 2009.
CHS 1000, Introduction to Chicana/o Studies, Summer 2009 (audited).
Excelencia in Education with Sarita E. Brown and Deborah A. Santiago,
November 2008.
Orientation Practice Course for Online Teaching, Summer 2008.
Disability Awareness Training, November 2007.
Coping with Misconduct in the College Classroom, Dr. Gerald Amada, October,
2007.
Foundations of Cooperative Learning, six week series, Spring 2007.
In Their Shoes, Disabilities Awareness Training, October 2004.
Sexual Harassment Training, September 2004.
Web Authoring, Dreamweaver Basic, December 2003.
Successful Publishing, November 2003.
5. Conferences Attended
Association of Writers and Writing Programs, Washington, D.C., February 2011.
Pike’s Peak Fiction Writers Association Conference, Colorado Spring, April
2009.
AAC&U’s 2009 Annual Meeting, “Ready or Not: Global Challenges, College
Learning, and America’s Promise, Seattle, Washington, January 2009.
Civic Learning at the Intersections: U.S. Diversity, Global Education, and
Democracy’s Unfinished Work, AAC&U conference, Denver, CO, October 2007.
General Education and Assessment, AAC&U conference, Miami, FL, March
2007.
Mile Hi Convention, (science fiction and fantasy writing) Denver, CO, October
2003-present.
Colorado Gold, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, Denver, CO, September 2005 &
2002.
Pike’s Peak Fiction Writers Association Conference, Colorado Springs, CO, April
2003.
World Fantasy Convention, Washington, D.C., October 2003.
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Conference on College Composition and Communication, Spring, Denver, CO
2001; Seattle, WA 1986.
National Women’s Studies Association Conference, Seattle, WA, 1982.
G.
SERVICE
1. English Department
Committee Memberships (alphabetical)
Composition Committee, 1992-1996
Curriculum Committee 1996-1999; Chair, 1997-99
Evaluation Committee, 1998-1999
Hiring Committees (various)
Post-Tenure Review Committee, 2002-03
Reappointment, Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2001-2002
Scholarship Committee, 2000-present (Co-chair 2001-2004)
Scholarships, Hospitality and Events Committee, 1995-present
Speakers Committee, 2009-present
Other Service
Started Writers Week in 2011 with Paolo Bacigalupi as first keynote speaker.
Keynote speaker for Sigma Tau Delta Initiation Banquet, April 2006.
Arranged with Dr. Lang-Peralta to bring Dr. Manju Jaidka from India to campus
to speak to two classes on post-colonial literature and theory, Spring 2001.
English Department Liaison for Faculty Senate, Metropolitan State College of
Denver, 1993-1995.
Special Service to Students
Serve as writing judge for various writing contests including The Writes of Spring
held each year.
Presentation for Alliteration Book Club on Indian Killer with Dr. Oneida Meranto
from Political Science, November, 2007.
Sigma Tau Delta’s monthly writing contest (2005).
Accompanied writing students to Mile Hi Conference, 2004 & 2005.
Sponsored student club, Auraria Writer’s Guild, for students interested in
becoming professional writers. This club sponsored speakers, workshops, critique
groups and a literary publication, 1998-99.
Sponsored student club, PAN, for students interested in the study of Western
metaphysical and mythic systems, 1996-1997.
Coordinated a session, "Three Students and a Teacher," with three MSCD English
majors for the Virginia Woolf Society conference in June 1995.
Sponsored a student paper for the Sigma Tau Delta session of the Rocky
Mountain Modern Language Association conference in Oct 1995.
Served as faculty advisor and accompanied students to the Undergraduate
Literature Conference in Ogden, Utah, March 1996 and 1994.
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2. School of Letters, Arts and Sciences
LAS Curriculum Committee, 2009-2011.
LAS Strategic Planning Committee. 2008-09.
Hiring Committee Member, Women’s Studies position, 2006.
Ad Hoc Committee to create Cinema Studies Minor, 2004.
3. Metro State College
Faculty Senate 1993-95; 1996; 2004-2009.
General Studies Committee, LAS representative, 2004-09. Chair, 2005-2009.
LAS Caucus Chair, 2007-2008.
Senate President’s Council, 2007-2008.
Retention, Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2008-09; 2004-2006.
Curriculum Committee, fall 1996 (substitute).
Academic Policies Committee, 1993-95.
Rules Committee, 1994-95.
Other Committees and Service to the College
First Year Program Advisory Council, 2011-present.
Colorado Faculty Advisory Council representative, 2008-2010.
Global Perspectives Committee, 2008-present.
Learning Communities Committee, 2008-09.
Institutional Assessment Committee 2007-09.
HSI Initiative, member of Curriculum Sub-committee, 2007-present.
First Year Program Planning Committee, 2008-09.
Peer Review of Annual Assessment Reports, October 2007.
Campus Liaison for LEAP, AAC&U initiative, 2007-10.
General Learning Communities Liaison with Transition Services, 2007.
Metro State’s Open House, February and October, 2007, 2008, 2009.
gt-Pathways representative to Arts and Letters for Metro State at CCHE, 2007-09.
Faculty Review Committee for Tenure Denial, Fall 2003.
Search Committee, English/Women’s Studies position, 2002.
Search Committee, Student Orientation position, 2001.
Previous Schools
South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, Washington
Assessment Committee, 1989-91, Chair, 1990-91.
Campus Representative, Faculty Advisory Council to the Governor, 1990-91.
Committee member for planning in-service trainings on multi-cultural awareness,
1990-91.
Faculty sponsor for student newspaper, 1989-90.
Member of Hiring Committee for three positions, 1988-90.
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The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington
Member of two Hiring Committees, 1987.
Member of committee to restructure the Learning Resource Center and enhance
peer tutoring in interdisciplinary programs, 1987-88.
Member of committee to create new Student Advising Center, 1986-87.
Assisted with Washington Center faculty development conference, 1987.
4. Community
Writing Workshop & Reading for Denver Kids, Inc. at the Tattered Cover, July
2011.
Plaintiff in lawsuit to end TABOR in Colorado.
Volunteer for Andrew Romanoff for Senate, 2010.
Delegate to Democratic State Assembly and Boulder County Convention, 2010.
Volunteer for Progress for America, 2008-2010.
Colorado Association of Librarians Conference, helped at Book Bash, November,
2006.
Seventh Annual Colorado Authors event, “Meet the Faces Behind the Books” at
Englewood Public Library, April 2006.
Judged poetry contest, West Side Books, May 2004.
Volunteer counseling for the Emergency Psychiatric Services for Boulder Mental
Health Center, 1997-1998.
Developed group for adoptees at The Counseling Center, Boulder, Colorado, fall
1997.
Volunteer for the Counseling and Advising for Women's Resource Center and
Women's Reentry Program at Pike's Peak Community College, 1996.
Volunteer for the Kindness Campaign, a program designed to decrease violence
and bullying in schools, companies and neighborhoods, 1996.
Volunteer for the Southern Colorado Aids Project, Outreach and Education, 1996.
Organized citizens, the Manitou City Council and the Cog Railway in an effort to
improve parking and traffic around the Cog Railway, summer 1996.
Wrote curriculum for small study groups at the Pike's Peak Church of Religious
Science in Colorado Springs, 1995-1996.
Served as a small group facilitator for the Denver Public Schools' Young Authors
Conference, spring 1995.
Founder and Co-Chair, Manitou People for Diversity, a community group formed
to study Native American culture in the Southwest, 1992-94.
Served as a poetry judge for the Washington State Corrections Poetry Contest,
1987.
Served on committee at University of North Carolina-Greensboro to integrate
UNC-G & AT& T State College to preserve an important Black college, 1970.
Served on committee to advise the Winston-Salem, NC, school district on
integration, 1968.
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5. Professional Organizations
Memberships (alphabetical)
Broad Universe
College Communication and Composition
International Virginia Woolf Society
International Doris Lessing Society
International Popular Culture Association
International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
Modern Language Association
National Council of Teachers of English
Pikes Peak Writers’ Association
Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Association
Service
Broad Universe
Member of Advisory Board, 2006-present.
Member of Mother Board, 2007- 2010.
Moderator of list-serve, 2009-present.
Run book tables (WorldCon and WisCon).
Organize rapid fire readings (WorldCon and MileHiCon) 2004-present.
Assist with annual membership drive, 2005-present.
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
Judge for the best novel for 2007 - 2009. The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards honor
outstanding works of science fiction, fantasy and horror which include significant
positive explorations of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered characters, themes, or
issues. 2007 winner Ginn Hale’s Wicked Gentlemen.
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Staff writer for World Science Fiction Convention held in Denver in August, 2008.
femspec: An Interdisciplinary Feminist Journal
Editor and Reader for femspec Publishing.
Editorial Board of FEMSPEC, 1999-2004.
Associate Editor, FEMSPEC, 2000-01, handled all critical essays.
International Popular Culture Association
Chaired sessions at several conferences.
Helped plan Science Fiction division activities.
Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers’ Association
Assisted with registration at Colorado Gold, annual conference, 2006 & 2005.
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Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
Co-Chair, Women's Caucus, 1995-1997
Editor, Connections, Women's Caucus Newsletter, 1995 and 1997
Arranged all events and meetings for Women’s Caucus at October 1996
conference
Chair, Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Caucus, 1995-1997
Arranged all events and meetings for GLB caucus at October 1996 conference
Chaired sessions at several conferences.
Served as secretary for British Literature Since 1900 session, 1995.
Assisted in securing keynote speaker for the conference in Denver in 1993.
Washington Center for the Improvement of Undergraduate Education
Campus Representative for South Puget Sound Community College, 1989-1990.
Northwest Women's Studies Association
Co-Coordinator, 1985-1986.
6. Consulting
Critical reading of novel for Merrie Wyckoff, 2007.
Edited article“Testing the Blue” for Stephen Mehler, published New Archeology
Review, Nov. 2006.
Developmental edit of Remembering Twenty-Twelve by John Major Jenkins, May
2006.
Edited biography of Andrew Jackson Davis for John DeSalvo, Ph.D., 2005.
Critical reader for Messengers, a novel by Julie Gillentine, 2005.
Edited From Light into Darkness: The Evolution of Religion in Ancient Egypt for
Stephen Mehler, 2005.
Edited The Land of Osiris: An Introduction to Khemitology, 2001.
Evaluated the fifth edition of The Dolphin Reader for Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
Consulted with Amber Dahlin and Larry Langton, MSCD English Department,
about how to link writing courses with content courses outside the department,
1995.
Consultant for Eagle Rock School in developing their Native American Culture
and Literature curriculum, 1993.
H. HONORS
Memberships
Sigma Tau Delta, English Honor’s Society, 2003-present.
Honors Society, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1970-73.
Honors Council, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1972.