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Benette Whitmore
Instructor and Director, ESF Writing Program
Office: 105 Moon Library
Phone: (315) 470-6722
Fax: (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. Candidate, Cultural Foundations of Education, Syracuse University
- M.A., Public Communications Management, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University, 1980
- B.A., Sociology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 1977
Academic Interests
- Composition
- Technical writing
- Communication
- Children's literature
- Fiction writing
Selected Publications
Books
- Shelter, a young adult novel, Walker & Co./Bloomsbury USA, New York, 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, 1996
- The Little Shoe Book, a children's book, Random House, Inc., New York, 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; reprinted 1994
Film rights optioned by FilmFair Communications in Hollywood, California, in 1993
Contributor
- 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, Summer 1999
Produced Works
- Head writer for 35 half-hour episodes of Pappyland, a PBS children's television series being aired in more than 130 markets nationwide. Broadcast to 60 million homes on The Learning Channel, 1996-2003
Presentations
- "Go Animal!", an interactive presentation on endangered species featuring language and music for elementary school students
Courses
- CLL 190 - Writing and the Environment
- CLL 290 - Perspectives on the Environment
- CLL 390 - Literature of Nature (on-line)
- CLL 410 - Writing for Environmental Professionals
- CMN 220 - Public Presentation Skills for Environment Professionals
- CMN 420 - Advanced Public Presentation Skills for Environment Professionals
