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                                              Halvard Johnson
                                        halvard@earthlink.net
                                http://home.earthlink.net/~halvard

Awards:

 • Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Grant in Poetry (1997)
 • Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Grant in Fiction (1995)
•  National Endowment for the Arts, Creative Writing Fellowship in Poetry (1990)
•  Baltimore CityArts Grants in Poetry (1991, 1992)
•  Ragdale Foundation, Residency Grant in Poetry (1990)
• Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Fellowships in Poetry
       (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1998, 2002)

Publications:

       Five volumes of poetry: Winter Journey (New York:
       New Rivers Press, 1979); Eclipse (New York: New Rivers Press,
       1974); The Dance of the Red Swan (New York: New Rivers Press,
       1971); Transparencies and Projections (New York: New Rivers
       Press, 1969). Changing the Subject (in collaboration with James V.
       Cervantes): Granada Hills, CA: Red Hen Press, 2004.

       Chapbooks:  Rapsodie espagnole (Espoo, Finland: x(press)ed, 2003);
      G(e)nome (Espoo, Finland: x(press)ed, 2003; The English Lesson
       (Bryan, Texas: Unicorn Press, 2004).

       Extensive publications of poetry and fiction in periodicals such
       as Ironwood, Minnesota Review, Monks Pond, Puerto del Sol, El
       Corno Emplumado, Cayey Revista, Granite, The Florida Review,
       Stony Brook, Salt River Review, and Wisconsin Review.

Collaborations:

         With Miriam Beerman, visual artist, Three Sentences Beginning with S
             --an artist's book
         With James Lewis, composer, art songs
         With Lynda Schor, novel-in-progress
         With James V. Cervantes, Changing the Subject, a collection of some
             72 poems written online during the summer of 1999 and due to
             be published in 2004 by Red Hen Press

Professional and Educational Experience:

        New School University--Eugene Lang College            New York, New York
             Part-time instructor
                      --First-year writing: Exploring Poetry

        New Jersey Institute of Technology                            Newark, New Jersey
            Part-time instructor
                      --First-year English

       University of Maryland Baltimore County                  Baltimore, Maryland
           Part-time instructor                                                  (1991-2000)
                      --Taught Composition, Technical Writing, Introduction
                      to Literature, Introduction to Fiction Writing, Intro-
                      duction to Poetry Writing, Introduction to Writing
                      Creative Nonfiction

       University of Maryland University College                  College Park, Maryland
           Adjunct Assistant Professor                                      (1973-1996)
                     --1984-1996   Taught in State-wide Programs--
                     Composition, Creative Writing, Technical Writing,
                     Writing for Managers, Critical Analysis in Reading
                     and Writing, Business Ethics, Hemingway and
                     Fitzgerald, Twain and Crane, Exploring Language:
                     Thinking, Writing, and Communicating
                     --Helped develop a course called Writing for Managers
                     --1979-1984 Taught in Asian Division (Japan and Korea)--
                     Composition, Creative Writing, Technical Writing
                     --1973-1979 Taught in European Division (West Germany
                     and Turkey)--Composition, Creative Writing

       Towson University                                                         Towson, Maryland
           Part-time Instructor                                                    (1992-2000)
                     --Taught advanced English as a Second Language;
                     Composition

       Johns Hopkins University                                             Baltimore, Maryland
           Part-time lecturer                                                       (1993-1995)
                     --Taught Business Writing, I & II, Introduction to
                     Writing the Short Story, Effective Academic Writing,
                     Literature of Ecology and Environment

       New York University--American Language Institute     New York, New York
           Part-time Instructor                                                    (1991-1992)
                    --Taught English as a Second Language

       Rutgers--The State University                                       Newark, New Jersey
           Part-time Instructor                                                    (1991-1992)
                   --Taught first-year writing

       New School--Eugene Lang College                               New York, New York
            Part-time Instructor                                                   (1991-1992)
                  --Taught first-year writing courses

       Japanese Self-Defense Force                                          Tokyo, Japan
            Instructor                                                                   (1982-1984)
                  --Instructed military and government personnel
                  in conversational English

       University of Puerto Rico--Cayey                                  Cayey, Puerto Rico
            Assistant Professor                                                     (1968-1972)
                  --Taught Basic English (ESL), Introduction to Literature,
                  American Literature, Modem Novel, History of the English
                  Language
                  --Helped UPR--Cayey, then a fledging campus, develop and
                  introduce many new courses.

       University of Texas at El Paso                                        El Paso, Texas
            Instructor                                                                    (1964-1968)
                  --Taught Composition, Introduction to Literature

       Chicago Teachers College--North                                  Chicago, Illinois
           Instructor                                                                     (1963-1964)
                  --Taught Composition, World Literature

       Wright Junior College                                                   Chicago, Illinois
           Instructor                                                                     (1961-1963)
                  --Taught Composition

Education:

       University of Chicago                                                Chicago, Illinois
           MA, English                                                             (1959-1960)
                    --Wrote master's papers in linguistics, Melville, Chaucer;
                    concentrated course work in American literature and linguistics

       Ohio Wesleyan University                                         Delaware, Ohio
           BA, 1958                                                                   (1954-1958)
                    --Majored in both English and philosophy

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