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Recipient of an ORACLE Award from the 2001 National Storytelling Network Featured in the National Education Association Magazine, Oct. 2001 Presented workshops in "Using & Teaching Humor and Laughter to reduce violence, stress and enhance curriculum Presented workshops and performances at the 2001 Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education at Colorado State University Invited to perform at the 2000 National Storytelling Festival in Tennessee Presented workshops and performances at the 2000 Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education at Hofstra University, New York Named "Jewish Performer for the Month of June" by the national Jewish Entertainment Network. Featured performer for Portland´s 2001 "Tapestry Of Tales" Performed as a storyteller in Boston, Atlanta, Nashville, Vancouver-B.C., Berkeley, Oregon State Library Conference, Proctor & Gamble, Young Writers Conference, Eugene Ballet Presented workshops, including a teen panel, and performances at the 1999 Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education at Ohio State University in Columbus Presented workshops and performances at the 1998 Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education in San Antonio, Texas Presented at the National Storytelling Conference in Seattle, 1994 Listed in WHO'S WHO AMONG AMERICA'S TEACHERS: 1994-97 Founder and director (1969-1994) of the nationally-known Troupe of Tellers from Roosevelt Middle School in Eugene, Oregon Founder, producer and director of Eugene´s Multi-Cultural Storytelling Festival
(1990 - ) "Strange Tales from Biblical Times" (CD) March 1999 "The Rooster Who Would Be King & Other Healing Tales - received a "Parent Choice Seal of Approval" "Tales of Mystery/ Tales of Terror" "The Day the Rabbi Stopped the Sun & Other Jewish Tales"
CURTAINS UP! THEATRE GAMES & STORYTELLING - 2000 - with Fulcrum Publishing, Colorado.
HINTS FOR TEACHING SUCCESS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL!,
WHEN SIRENS SCREAM, published by Dodd, Mead, New York, 1981
WHO WANTS TO BE A HERO!, published by Dodd, Mead, New York, 1979" Jacob's Pillow" in SACRED STONES, Adams Media, 2005
"The Passover Guest" in Eric Kimmel´s award-winning WONDERS AND MIRACLES, a Passover anthology, Scholastic Press, 2003
"The Day the Rabbi Stopped the Sun" in Peninnah Schram's CHOSEN TALES: STORIES TOLD BY JEWISH STORYTELLERS, Jason Aronson Inc., New Jersey, 1995
A case study included in REPORTS FROM THE CLASSROOM, ed. - Professor Sarah H. Huyvaert, Allyn and Bacon, 1995
"Witches on a Mountain" in THE GHOST & I, ed. - Jennifer Justice, Yellow Moon Press, 1992 "To Teach Or Not To Teach" in THE HUMANIST, May/June 2005 "When The Troupe Told Tales" in MIDDLE GROUND, April 2005 "Bush´s Plan to Destroy Our Public Schools" in Z MAGAZINE (October - 2004) "How to Tell a Tale" in TOASTMASTER MAGAZINE (Spring - 2004) "Indexing Student Progress" in MIDDLEGROUND JOURNAL (April - 2004)
"The State of Education: A Classroom Teacher´s View" THE WORLD & I (August 2001)
"Through The Camera's Eye - American History in the Movies" A year-long course taught as part of the curriculum at Roosevelt Middle School, Eugene, Oregon
"Education Changes: What's Best For Kids in School THE WORLD & I (March 2002) B.A. in English, Queens College, New York - 1965 M.A. in English, Northeastern University, Boston - 1967 M.A. in Journalism, University of Oregon, Eugene - 1979