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• Education:
  
  • M.M. in voice, Texas A & M University-Commerce, TX, USA. GPA 3.96 on 4.0 scale on all work after 1983.
    
  • Summer program at the Janácek Academy for Musical Arts, Brno, Czech Republic.
    
  • Master class and private study with coach of Dallas opera. Dallas, TX, USA.
    
  • Summer Institute of Slavonic Studies. Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
    
  • B.A. cum laude, North Texas State University (later University of North Texas), Denton, TX, USA. Major in psychology, minor in English.
    
  • Baccalaureate cum laude, W. T. White High School, Dallas, TX, USA. Top 15% of class. Completed school in ten years.

  Foreign languages studied: American Sign Language, Czech, French, German, Italian and Latin. Phonetic study of English, Czech, French, German and Italian.

  

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• Work experience:
  
  • 1998-2000, Artist-in-residence. Read poetry (my own and others') for local and national festivals of poetry. Designed and coded Centre web site. Revised and updated funding strategy. Other projects currently in collaboration with the Centre. Description of major projects.Centre Européen de Poésie d'Avignon, France.
  • 1998-2000, Section leader. Concerts and recitals for local and national festivals of music, including Festival de Musique Sacrée, Marseille, France. Responsible for the performance of all section members. Ensemble Vocal Olivier Messiaen, Avignon, France.
    
  • 1998-2000, Independently employed translator (French to English). See publication list.
    
  • 1995, Guest lecturer in psychology. Filosofické Fakulta Masarykové Univerzity, Brno, Czech Republic.
    
  • 1994-95, Teacher of EFL. Stredni Prumyslová Skola Stavební, Brno, Czech Republic.
    
  • 1994, Consultant in Arabic language, calligraphy, and alphabet for a contract with the Egyptian government. Brno, Czech Republic.
    
  • 1994, Consultant in pronunciation of English terminology to professors. Revised materials taught in genetics courses. Lekarské Fakulta Masarykové Univerzity, Brno, Czech Republic.
    
  • 1993-94, Teacher of EFL, American-Moravian Corporation, Brno, Czech Republic.
    
  • 1990, Tutor of computer programming logic. ARCO, Dallas, TX, USA.
    
  • 1989-93, Tutor of anatomy and physiology, anthropology, art history, biology, computer programming, computer programming logic, EFL, English, foreign language diction, French, history, government, learning techniques, mathematics, music theory, music history, music literature, piano, psychology, reading, sociology, and writing, university level. El Centro College, Dallas, TX, USA.
    
  • 1988-89, Independently employed tutor of anatomy and physiology, anthropology, art history, biology, EFL, English, history, government, learning techniques, mathematics, music theory, music history, piano, psychology, sociology, and writing, Dallas, TX, USA.
    
  • 1984-1987, Executive vice-president. Designed software products, wrote press releases and end-user manuals for company products. Wrote reports and analyses and customer specifications for hardware and software products. Designed and maintained company image. Digi-Tech Consultants, Dallas, TX, USA.
    
  • 1980-1984, Engineering Aide. Wrote and proofread hardware and software manuals, testing procedures, and maintained libraries of software and manuals. Wrote development and testing software. Assisted engineers in technical work. E-Systems Garland Division, Garland, TX, USA.
    
  • 1975-77, Assistant in remedial reading and writing laboratories for students with varied language difficulties, including learning disabilities, EFL and adult illiteracy. El Centro College, Dallas, TX, USA.
    
  

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• Practical Experience:
  
  • 1994, Actress/Assistant director for performances of experimental theatre. Gypsywood, Brno Czech Republic.
    
  • 1990-92, Violist. North East Texas Symphony Orchestra and ETSU Collegium Musicum. Alto in chorus. Board of Directors, North East Texas Symphony Orchestra, Commerce, TX, USA.
    
  • 1985-90, Founder of/Singer in a madrigal group. Board of Directors. Greater Dallas Music Foundation, Dallas, TX, USA.
    
  • 1988-90, Performer/Coach for college operas and musicals. El Centro College, Dallas, TX, USA.
    
  • 1979-80, Consultant for crisis centers in Dallas area. City of Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA.
    
  • 1979-80, Crisis counselor. Contact-Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA.
    
  • 1977-78, Counselor. Denton Area Crisis Center, Denton, TX, USA. Emergency room assistant. Flow Hospital, Denton, TX, USA. Helped found the Denton Area Rape Crisis Center, Denton, TX, USA. Co-authored orientation and procedures manual.
    
  • 1975-77, Peer counselor. El Centro College, Dallas, TX, USA.
    
  

  Education | Work Experience | Practical Experience | Publications | Honours

  

• Web Sites:
  • Centre Européen de Poésie d'Avignon
  • Writer at Work (this site)
  

  Education | Work Experience | Practical Experience | Sites | Honours

  

• Publications and Research
  • Column: "Mysticism and Science-Fiction" published in a series of three columns in The Science-Fiction Tabloid:1990
  • "What Feminism Means to Me" published in Potmechut':1, Brno, The Czech Republic: 1994 [in Czech]
  • "Blood and Guts: The Courage to Dis-Cover Menstruation," and "The Two-edged Sword of Female Sexuality, or, What's a Woman to Do?" published in Potmechut':2, Brno, The Czech Republic: 1994 [in Czech]
  • "Stones" published in The Journal of the Immigrant Poets' Society, Southhampton, England:1996
  • "Border Crossing," "Breaking Point" [originally published without title], "Karthago Delenda Est," "The Memory of Cities," "The Morning After," and "What Feminism Means to Me" published in The Mayo Review: 1998
  • René Julien: 10 ans de sculpture en Luberon.Cavaillon: Édition Château Vert, 1999. Translated preface by Pierre Provoyeur.

  Research (unpublished) into

  • learning methods
  • style analysis of Frauenliebe und Leben of Franz Schubert
  • style analysis of the three-voiced secular chansons of Guillaume Dufay
  

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• Academic and Professional Honours
  • Who's Who among American High School Students, 1973-1974
  • Who's Who among American Women
  • Who's Who in American Junior Colleges
  • Outstanding Student of the Year
  • Phi Theta Kappa
  • Third Prize, Immigrant Poets' Society, Southhampton, England, 1996
  • Brenda White Black/Sigma Tau Delta Prize for Poetry, 1998
  

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