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Image of Benette WhitmoreBenette Whitmore, PhD

Director, ESF Writing Program

Office: 105 Moon Library
Phone: (315) 470-6722
Fax Number: (315) 470-6512
Email: bwhitmor@esf.edu

  • Recipient, President's Community Service Award, ESF, 2003
  • Recipient, Distinguished Teaching Award, ESF, 1999

Curriculum Vitae

Education:

  • Ph.D., Cultural Foundations of Education, Syracuse University
  • M.A., Public Communications Management, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University
  • B.A., Sociology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

Academic Interests:

  • Technical Writing
  • Communication Studies
  • Environmental Education
  • Children's Literature

Selected Publications:

Books

  • Shelter, a young adult novel, Walker & Co./Bloomsbury USA, New York, NY (2006)
  • Ghost Bat in a Gum Tree, an endangered species counting book, Falcon Press, Helena, Montana (1998)
  • Real Stuck, Way Up, a children's book, Barron's Educational Series, New York, NY (1996)
  • The Little Shoe Book, a children's book, Random House, Inc., New York, NY (1995)
  • Pappyland Activity Book, Volumes I and II, two non-fiction children's books, Craftsman & Scribes, Syracuse, NY (1995)
  • A Quilt for Elizabeth, a children's book, Centering Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska (1992, 1995); Film rights optioned by FilmFair Communications in Hollywood, California (1993)

Journals & Periodicals

Forthcoming:

  • “Books as High Culture and the Misrecognition of Low-Status Work in a Big Box Bookstore,” Journal of Qualitative Ethnography (2011)
  • Academic Literacy Experiences and Middle-Class Reproduction Through Book Consumption Practices,”Journal of Early Childhood Literacy (2011)

Recent:

  • “Service-Learning: The Classroom Without Walls,” GREEN Supplement to the Syracuse Post-Standard (2009)

Contributor to: House Beautiful, Corporate Design, Building Design and Construction, Electric Light and Power, American School and University, Architectural Lighting, School and College, and School Product News

Fiction

  • "Milk", a short story, The North American Review (1999)

Produced Works

  • Head writer for 35 half-hour episodes of Pappyland, a PBS children's television series being aired in more than 165 markets worldwide on The Learning Channel (1996-2003)

Performance Piece

  • Playwright.  "Rainforest Rhythms & the Jungle Jive" an eco-play.  Performed in Boston, MA (2009); in Fulton, NY (2010)

 Invited Talks and Presentations:

  • "A Convenient Truth: Writing and Teaching Ecofiction," The Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, Washington, DC (2011)
  • "Go Animal! Using Music and Eco-Performance as an Interdisciplinary Approach to Environmental Education," North American Association of Environmental Educators.  International Conference, Buffalo, NY  (2010)
  • "Trash Talk: The Found Object Monologues," The Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, Denver, CO (2010)
  • "Consuming Bodies: Workers, Literacy, and Status at the Superstore Bookseller" Gender, Bodies & Technology Conference, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA (2010)
  • "Extinction Stinks!" an interactive presentation on endangered species featuring language and music for elementary school students.  Performed throughout the Northeast US.

Courses

  • EWP 410 - Writing for Environmental Professionals
  • CMN 220 - Public Presentation Skills for Environment Professionals
  • CMN 420/EST 696 - Advanced Public Presentation Skills for Environment Professionals
  • EFB 496 - Philosophy and Environmental Writing

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