Publications Reading and Learning Disabilities: Research and Practice (Garland Press)
“The Hawthorne Elementary School Primary Assessment Chart” in Preschool Assessment (Gilford Press); Language Arts Curriculum K-12;Academic Intervention Services Program K-12 (New York State Dept. of Education); Keys to Planning the Day (New York City Board of Education); Learning to Read (CD ROM); Articles in Professional Publications
Recognition/Awards
Adjunct Associate Professor Psychology and Education, Teachers College Columbia University; Adjunct Professor Psychology and Reading, Manhattanville College; Presenter at State, National, International Reading and Special Education Conferences; Educational Lecturer and Consultant to School Districts on Diagnosis and Treatment of Complex Reading and Learning Cases
Recipient of Kelly Medal for Teaching Methods; Dr. Marie Amoruso Scholarship established by parents given annually to a student who demonstrates significant academic growth despite challenges in learning
Professional Memberships
Pi Sigma (Biology Research Honors Society)
Kappa Delta Pi (Education Honor Society)
Council for Exceptional Children
International Reading Association
NYS United Teachers/ American Federation of Teachers
Irvington Faculty Association
Selected Exhibits
Solo Shows: Greenwich Art Society, Greenwich Hospital, 2007
“Flowers” at Gertrude White Gallery, 2006
“Ventanas” at Gertrude White Gallery, 2005
Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich Arts Council, 2002
General Reinsurance Co.; Gallery Kandinsky; Silvermine; Madrid, Spain Guild of Arts; Hurburt Gallery, Greenwich Library
Selected Recognition/Awards
Elected to Advisory Board, Silvermine Guild, 2006
Judge of annual Greenwich Art Society Exhibit, Flinn Gallery, 2006
Board of Trustees, Silvermine; Vice-president of Greenwich Art Society
Elected to Silvermine in two categories, painting and sculpture Many First Prizes in Art exhibits
Professional Memberships
Greenwich Art Society
Old Greenwich Art Society
Silvermine School of Art
Selected Publications
Poems in volumes of Prairie Schooner,The Midwest Quarterly, Arts Alive,Rhino, Willow Review; “The Clock Shoe” anthologized in Best of Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) 2001 Reprints in Whetstone, Northwest Cultural Center Spotlights, Alzheimer’s Association Greater Nebraska Newsletter and on Russian-Globe/American Poetry website
“high coo-coo” selected for harpsichord composition
Selected Recognitions/awards
1982-2000 co-editor, Whetstone, awarded eleven Illinois Arts Council/NEA awards and American Literary Magazine Award, 1995, for editorial excellence; Recipient of Hugh J. Luke Poetry Award, 1996, for poems in Prairie Schooner; Finalist for Randall Jarrell Poetry Prize, 1996, Inkwell’s Poetry Competition, 2001, and “The Look of Love” International Poetry Competition 2007; Honorable Mention, Nonfiction, New Millennium Writings, 2005, 2006
Professional Memberships
Poetry Society of America
American Academy of Poets
Tina A. Bishop
Publications Fisherman's Creek (iUniverse) The Heiress of Newfield
Recognitions/Awards
Despite long years of writing and long years of
life have had not one whiff of recognition or rewards of any sort.
Publications Think, series of five books for Random House Publishers The Neuroexplorers, series of five books on educational material for gifted children for Baylor Medical School; several stories in science series for Silver Burdett Publishers. Started, wrote, designed, and maintained own publishing company Capabilities: Unlimited Projects for the Promising
Recognition
Creator, Director, and Teacher of gifted and talented program in Hempstead, New York school system for 20 years
Mary Noble Branch
Selected Exhibits
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Art Students League, Concours Exhibit, New York
Annual Members Juried Exhibit: Flinn Gallery, Greenwich
Annual Juried Student Exhibit: Silvermine Guild
Spring Juried Exhibit: Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich
Selected Awards
2008 Owl Award, Greenwich Branch, NLAPW
Fortune Brands, First Place award in Oils, Greenwich Art Society
First Place award for Prints, Pastels, Drawings, Rowayton Art Society
Chesebrough-Ponds Foundation Purchase Award Best in Show Award, Silvermine Guild
First Place award, Essex Art Association, Open Show
Professional Memberships
Art Society of Old Greenwich
Rowayton Art Society
Greenwich Art Society (former president, advisory board)
Publications Don’t Stop Loving Me: A Reassuring Guide for Mothers of Adolescent Daughters (HarperCollins) Strong Mothers, Strong Sons: Raising the Next Generation of Men (HarperCollins) Mothers to Daughters: Searching for New Connections (Henry Holt)
Articles in magazines
Columnist for Greenwich Citizen
Recognition Lecturer and workshop leader for parents of adolescents throughout the country.
Frequent guest on television and radio, including Oprah Show, Today Show, and others
Professional Organizations
Authors’ Guild, American Society of Journalists and Authors
Libby Collins
Publications/Exhibits/Performances
Photographer, Writer, Lecturer
Images published in American Vision: Images by the Best of Today’s Nature Photographer; in North American Gardener, Nature Conservancy; in calendars; and in collection of Vassar College
Writing published in The NewYork Times, Woman’s Day, Garden Magazine, AOPA Pilot and agricultural trade magazines
Illustrated lectures on nature photography and abstract photography
Solo shows at Bendheim Gallery, CT; PEPSICO; Saks Fifth Avenue
Recognitions/Awards
2006 Owl Award, Greenwich Branch, NLAPW.
Salmagundi Award, Salmagundi Club, NYC, First Place Photography
Three Artists’ Award, New Art Annual Show, Stamford Museum, CT
Randolph Chitwood Award, Greenwich Art Society, Black and White Award, Old Greenwich Art Society, The Blues, Flinn Gallery, CT
Professional Memberships:
National Association of Women Artists
Photography Club of Lower Fairfield County
National Association of Photoshop Professionals
Publications
The Writer’s Muse, writer’s coach, editor, writer, and photographer The Nature of Joy by Alexander Platt with Joanne Dearcopp (Xlibris) To Finish First by Phil Kerr, 2007 (photographs) Can-Am Photo History by Pete Lyons, 1999 (photographs) Whose Names Are Unknown by Sanora Babb (editor) Enigma in Many Keys:The Life and Letters of a WWII Intelligence Officer by Col. Robert E. Button (coach and editor) “Wall Street East” article in Greenwich Magazine
British Airways “Privileged Traveller” Newsletters
Awards Greenwich Pen Women Owl Award
Joyce DiCamillo
Publications
The Steinway Library of Piano Music
Piano Stylings of the Great Standards (Volume 1)
Recordings A Touch of Jazz, Anstu Records – all arrangements Moment to Moment, Seaside Recordings – all arrangements Freelancin’, Seaside Recordings – all arrangements, original title composition Love Letters, InPulse Records Sunrise Lady, InPulse Records
International Performances
Kennedy Center – Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival
Kennedy Center Jazz Club
Syracuse Jazz Festival
Litchfield (CT) Jazz Festival
Guinness Jazz Festival – Cork, Ireland
Andria Jazz Festival – Andria, Italy
Southampton Jazz Festival – UK
Appearance on NPR’s Piano Jazz, hosted by Marian McPartland
Mexico, Chile and US tours as pianist for international vocalist, Donna Summer
Profession
Pianist, Educator, Composer/Arranger
Recognition/Awards Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities
Outstanding Young Women in America
Professional Memberships
Tri-M Music Honor Society
International Association of Jazz Education (CT Chapter Treasurer – 2000 – 2008)
Kathleen Dooley DiGiovanna Selected Publications
All Greenwich Publications: Greenwich Time, Greenwich Citizen, Greenwich Post, Greenwich Magazine; various publications from Greenwich Hospital, local corporations, and many nonprofit and charitable functions
Selected Exhibits/Performances
Love is for Lovely People; Victory Arts Projects, Jersey City, NJ, 2008
Night of 1000 Drawings, Artist’s Space, New York City, 2007
Aldrich Undercover, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, 2006
Organizing Chaos/the Reverse Color Organ, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2006
The Reverse Color Organ; Chelsea Art Museum, New York. Interactive Multimedia Culture Exposition, James Tunick, Director, 2005
Recognition/Awards
2004 Creative Contraptions, Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Stamford, CT, exhibition and $2000 grant Radius, Professional Practice Exhibition and Series for Emerging Artists
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum and the Ridgefield Guild of Art, Ridgefield, CT
Professional Memberships
Women's Caucus for Art
New Haven Paint & Day Club
Greenwich Arts Council
Beaux Arts Gallery solo show
Multiple juried shows for paintings and sculpture in the Flinn and Bendheim galleries
1998 to present – exhibit in Annual Members show at the Belle Haven Club
Selected Awards
2008 Pen Women Owl Award
Greenwich Art Society and Art Society of Old Greenwich awards for sculpture and paintings in Flinn and Bendheim Gallery exhibits Art and Nature shows, two Honorable Mentions
Top raffle prize for 'Puttin' on the Dog’ Show
Raffle prizes for Hortulus, Greenwich Riding & Trails, and Garden Education Center
Professional Memberships
Greenwich Art Society
Art Society of Old Greenwich
Joyce N. French, Ph.D.
Publications Reading and Study Skills in the Secondary School (Garland Publishing, Inc) Adult Literacy: A Source Book and Guide (Garland Publishing, Inc) Teaching Thinking Skills: Theory and Practice (Garland Publishing, Inc) Reading and Learning Disabilities: Research and Practice (Garland Publishing, Inc)
Articles in professional journals
Recognitions/Awards
Lecturer at national and international conferences
Presenter at workshops for teachers and parents
Director of Teacher Education Department, Manhattanville College
Visiting professor, Teachers College Columbia University
Professional Memberships
International Reading Association
