EDUCATION:

MA. (Oral Interpretation of Literature), 1979, Emerson College, Boston, Ma.
MA. (Theatre Education), 1971, Teachers College, Columbia Univ., N.Y.
AB (Theatre Education), 1970, Emerson College, Boston, Ma.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Academic Teaching:
Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts, Boston, Ma.,1971-73
Drama Instructor/Director

Emerson College, Boston, Ma., 1972-1997, 2000-2001, Part-time Faculty, Communication Studies Department: Oral Interpretation of Literature, Rhetoric & Public Address, Intercultural Communication, Voice & Articulation

Directing
Hallelujah Voices, Inc., Brockton, Ma., 1991-93, Theatrical Productions
"Kismet", 1972 musical for the Elma Lewis School, James Baldwin's "The Amen Corner", 1983, Brockton Community Theatre, Langston Hughes' "Tambourines To Glory", 1991, An Original production celebrating African-American History with music, literature and folklore, "Celebrating Family", 1992, "The Struggle", 1993

Chautauqua Scholar
1995,1996,2001,2002,2003: Arts & Humanities Council, Tulsa, Ok.
199:, Rocky Mountain Book Festival, Denver, Colorado
1998: 1999, New Hampshire Humanities, Portsmouth, N.H.
2000: Greenville, S.C. and Asheville, N.C., Univ. of Texas in Austin
2001: Maryland Humanities in Garrett, Chesapeake,Montgomery and Germantown, Md.
2002: Lake Tahoe Chautauqua 2002
2004: Ohio Humanities in Xenia, Marion, Warren, Fostoria, and Greenfield
2005: Ohio Humanities in Huron, Ashland, Montpelier, Chester, and
Columbus.
2007 - Museum of Western Colorado,Two Rivers Chautauqua, Grand Junction, Co.

Public Lecture Performances
Adams National Historical Park, Quincy, Ma., "Women & The American Revolution" 2002
Longfellow National Historic Site, Cambridge, Ma., 2002
The Choral Arts Society of Washington D.C., Annual Tribute to
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Kennedy Center, 2002

PROFESSIONAL PAPERS
Historical Monologues
Phillis Wheatley: "To Make Her Black….And Bid Her Sing",1999
Frances E. Watkins Harper: "Speaks out on Freedom", 2003
Ida B. Wells-Barnet: "Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Freedom", 1996
Mary McLeod Bethune: "Love…The Fountain of My Fullness", 2001
Zora Neale Hurston: "Not Tragically Colored", l995
Gwendolyn Brooks: "How I Feel Inside My Heart (Love Poems and Other Things), 2002

Articles
"Zora Neale Hurston", in Chautauqua Reader, VOICES OF THE 30's: Arts and Humanities Council, Tulsa, Ok., 1995
"Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty", Chautauqua Reader, University Center at Tulsa/Rogers State College, 1996
"Mary McLeod Bethune: A Woman with a Vision", 1998, Chautauqua Companion Reader, H.H. Humanities Council
"Phillis Wheatley: The Duplicity of Freedom in New England", 1999 Chautauqua Reader, N. H. Humanities Council
"Zora Neale Hurston: Not Tragically Colored", 2000,
"Southern Writers" Companion Reader, Greenville, S.C. and Asheville, N.C. Humanities Councils
"Bethune: Visioning a Better World", Chautauqua Companion Reader, "THE AMERICAN 20th CENTURY, 2001, The Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa
"Phillis Wheatley: The Duplicity of Freedom", CREATING A NEW NATION, Chautauqua Reader, 2001, Maryland Humanities Council
"Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: The Bronze Muse of the Abolitionist Movement", in Chautauqua Reader, Lies and Compromises: America in the 1850's: Arts: Humanities Council of Tulsa, Ok., 2003

PERFORMANCE ENTERPRISES:
Sojourns LLC (Seeking Our Mothers…Ourselves)
Established in 1995, to bring the historical monologues to schools and other venues in the New England Area "In His Image", Christian Radio Program, 1998-2000

HONORS AND AWARDS:
E.B.O.N.I. Award of Faculty Distinction, Emerson College, 1987
Honorary Member, Kappa Gamma Chi Sorority, l987
Key to the City, for Outstanding Performance, McAlester, Ok., 1997

MEMBERSHIP:
Vermont Council on the Humanities' Speakers Bureau, 2000-2003
Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) Roster for Performing/Touring and Education Programs