Benette Whitmore
Instructor and Director,
ESF
Writing Program
Office: 105 Moon Library
Phone: (315) 470-6722
Fax Number: (315) 470-6512
Email: bwhitmor@esf.edu
- President's Award for Community Service, ESF
- Distinguished Teaching Award, ESF
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
- Service Learning
- Cultural Studies
- Popular Culture
Selected Publications:
Shelter, a novel, Walker/Bloomsbury, New York, 2006
"Milk," short story, The North American Review, Summer Fiction Issue, 1999
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, 1997
The Little Shoe Book, a children's book, Random House, New York, 1995
Pappyland Activity Book, Volumes I and II, two non-fiction children's books, Craftsman & Scribes, Syracuse, New York, 1995
A Quilt for Elizabeth, a children's book, Centering Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska, 1992
Film rights optioned by FilmFair Communications in Hollywood, California
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
Produced Works:
Head Writer for 35 half-hour episodes of Pappyland, a PBS children's television series aired in more than 130 markets nationwide, 1996-2003. Broadcast to 60 million homes on The Learning Channel.
Playwright, Rainforest Rhythms and The Jungle Jive, an ecological children's play performed at Children's Theater in Boston Massachusetts, 2009
