Benette Whitmore
Writing Resource Center Coordinator / Writing Program Instructor
Office: 105 Moon Library
Phone: (315) 470-6722
Fax Number: (315) 470-6512
Email: bwhitmor@syr.edu
- President's Award for Community Service, ESF, 2003
- Distinguished Teaching Award, ESF, 1999
Education:
- B.A., Queen's University, 1977
- M.A., Syracuse University, 1980
Academic Interests:
- Composition
- Technical Writing
- Communication
- Children's Literature
- Fiction Writing
- Service Learning
- Cultural Studies
- Popular Culture
Selected Publications:
Ghost Bat in a Gum Tree, an endangered species counting book, 1998, Falcon Press, Helena, Montana.
Real Stuck, Way Up, a children's book, 1996, Barron's Educational Series, New York, New York.
The Little Shoe Book, a children's book, 1995 Random House, Inc., New York, New York.
Pappyland Activity Book, Volumes I and II, two non-fiction children's books, 1995, Craftsman & Scribes, Syracuse, New York.
A Quilt for Elizabeth, a children's book, 1992 and reprinted in 1994 , Centering Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska.
Film rights optioned by FilmFair Communications in Hollywood, California, in 1993.
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.
"Milk," published in The North American Review, Summer Fiction Issue, 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. Also broadcast to 60 million homes on The Learning Channel (1992-1996).
