The Writing Life
"Click Me" to Reach Me ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MY WORKING EXPERIENCE (Shown from earliest to latest. Some work is concurrent with education and/or is moonlighting ~ so actual lapsed time, lol, is closer to 20 years, rather than 30 years. I was graduated from high school at age 17, to answer the several speculations I have received!)
4 years:
J. WALTER THOMPSON, ADVERTISING, New York
(Copywriter, Assistant to Director of Public Relations)
5 years:
NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE, WESTERN BUREAU, Los Angeles
(Staff Reporter, Researcher, later Stringer)
10 years:
SANTA BARBARA UNIFIED SCHOOLS
(High School & Community College
Instructor in English, Public Speaking,
and Debate)
2 years:
SANTA BARBARA LEGAL AID FOUNDATION
(Paralegal & Litigation Advocate before Administrative Law Judges)
5 years:
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
SANTA BARBARA
(Publications Analyst; editing, rewriting, & ghost writing for academic staff to meet publish or perish demands)
3 years:
SHANNON EDITING
MY LIVING EXPERIENCE Active in:
American Association of University Women (editor
of award-winning Newsletter);
Young Republicans (toastmistress, hostess,
and fund-raiser);
Toastmasters (first female President in the
oldest continuing Toastmasters, Club 5,
established 1910);
Coaching youngsters for public speaking competitions with Lions and Optimists;
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MY LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Secondary education:
Trinity Preparatory School, Ilchester, Maryland
Immaculata High School, Chicago, Illinois
Colleges and Universities attended:
Mills College, Oakland, California
(English, Language Arts)
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
(Psychology 8-week Seminar)
B.A., UCLA, English
(also Child Development & Education)
General Secondary Credential
General Elementary Credential
M.A., UCLA, Journalism
UCSB, Post-Master's degree work towards the Ph.D. in Communications
Dissertation:
An Examination of the Instructional, Promotional, & Design Techniques of Persuasion
General Administrative
Credential in Education
Santa Barbara College of Law
(completed First Year in night school; passed Baby Bar)
Anthony Schools (Real Estate Certification) |
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Advisor for school newspapers started by three of my kids, whose gene pool made itself felt.
Mother, wife, and mentor, sometime single parent, now widowed. Children are grown.
Pastimes: Sking, Horseback riding, Swimming, Tapestry work, Cooking (but not bread, cookies, or cakes) Bridge, and Serious Spades, Music (but not screaming falsettos)
More than a Pastime: Voracious reading
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