WRITER

Published hundreds of essays, humorous columns, research articles, profiles, travel and food features, including:


The New York Times (Op-Ed Page, Four Times)
New York Magazine
Newsweek (My Turn)
Travel & Leisure
Food & Wine
Glamour
Family Circle
Parents, Parents.com
Parenting
The Washington Post
The Chicago Tribune
The San Francisco Examiner
Newsday
Salon.com
MrBellersNeighborhood.com
Writer's Digest

Contributed essays and articles to books and anthologies:


Lost and Found, Stories From New York, edited by Thomas Beller
Elements of Argument, A Text and Reader, 7th Edition (Bedford/St. Martin's)
Writer's Digest Yearbook
A Handbook of Magazine Article Writing (Writer's Digest Books)
A Beginner's Guide to Getting Published (Writer's Digest Books)

The New School

, 1984 to Present

Part-Time Associate Professor, Writing Program


Conceptualized and currently teach Finding Your Voice in Non-Fiction, a writing workshop in personal essay, memoir, humor, satire, and creative non-fiction. Developed curricula and taught Basic Writing and Preparatory Writing. Students have published their class work as full-length non-fiction books and in national newspapers and magazines, including: The New York Times, Newsday, Marie Claire, The Washington Post, Parents, Saveur, The Christian Science Monitor, Newsweek, The New York Press, and The Daily News.


The Chautauqua Institution

, Chautauqua, NY, 1999 to 2009

Taught writing at this 135-year-old summer educational and arts colony. Developed curricula and taught The Personal Essay, Chapter One: The Story of Your Life, Talk Back: Expressing Your Opinion in Writing, and Tapping into Your Writer's Imagination.


New York Correspondent

, Writer's Digest Magazine, 1981 to 1990

Wrote cover stories on writing technique and publishing. Published profiles on Calvin Trillin, Nora Ephron, and Fran Lebowitz. Columnist for New York Market Letter.


PRESENTATIONS

Inivited to perform at Mr. Beller's Neighborhood Reading Series.

American Society of Journalists and Authors annual writers' conference. Panelist for Publication Submission Strategies. Panel member with Vivian Gornick and Phillip Lopate on The Personal Essay and Memoir.

Guest Speaker, NPR, The Brian Lehrer Show. This segment was created based on a Newsweek essay on e-mail family feuds.


OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Wrote The Unofficial Dentist's Handbook with humorous illustrations by Ian Ross (NAL/Viking Penguin USA).

Recipe contest winner for creating "Avocado, Corn and Cheddar Cheese Salad in Spicy Vinaigrette." Honored at the New England Culinary Institute.


EDUCATION

The New School, Advanced Writing Workshops in Fiction and Non-Fiction with Hayes B. Jacobs, Director of Writing Workshops

New York University, Master of Arts, Educational Psychology

Ohio State University, Bachelor of Science, Education and Psychology

AFFILIATIONS

The Authors Guild
The American Society of Journalists and Authors