RESUME
LYNDA SCHOR
55 Bethune Street, 610C
New York, New York 10014
212-691-2764
lyndaschor@msn.com
Experience:
1985-present
Eugene Lang College, New School for Social Research
New York, New York
Professor
--Teach undergraduate fiction writing, essay writing and literature
Administered a faculty, guest and student readings series
Served as faculty advisor for Release, the Lang College literary
magazine
1993
Maryland Institute, College of Art
Baltimore, Maryland
Adjunct
--Taught undergraduate fiction writing
1989
Sweet Briar College
Sweet Briar, Virginia
Winter
Writer-in-residence
--Taught fiction writing to undergraduates
1983-84
Florida International University
North Miami, Florida
Distinguished writer-in-residence, full professor
--Taught fiction writing to undergraduates
1980-81
Western Washington University
Bellingham, Washington
Writer-in-residence
--Taught fiction writing to graduates and undergraduates
1975
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, New York
Instructor
--Taught undergraduate English
Courses taught:
Introduction to Creative Writing: New York University, New York, New York
1982
Fiction: Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland 1979
Visualizing Fiction: Parson's School of Design/Lang College 1986
Experimental Fiction: Lang College 1987-88
Language Arts: St. Sebastian's School, New York, New York 1979
Fiction, Journal, The Union Women's Cemter, New York, New York 1978
Magazine Article Writing: The Learning Annex, New York, New York 1982
Magazine Article Writing: Discovery Center, New York, New York 1982
Creative Writing: The Womanschool, New York, York 1975-76
Composition (English 101): Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York 1974-75
Professional affiliations:
Professional Member, National Expressive Therapy Association (formerly
American
Association of Artist-Therapists), 1980 to present
Member, The Author's League, 1973 to present
Member, Poets & Writers, 1973 to present
Member, P.E.N. American Center, 1973 to present
Member, National Writer's Union
Awards:
Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awards in Fiction, 1995,
2000
Baltimore CityArts Grant--The Anne Tyler Award for Excellence in Fiction,
1992
Fellowships, The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 1986, 1988, 1989,
1990. 1995
Fellowship, Blue Mountain Center, 1985
Fellowships, Ragdale Foundation, 1988, 1990
Fellowships, The MacDowell Colony, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982
Distinguished Writer-in-Residence, Full Professor, Florida International
University,
1983-1984
Member by invitation, Westbeth Theatre Center, Playwrights' and Directors'
Group, 1983
Guest teacher, Creative Writing Workshop, Sarah Lawrence College, November,
1982
Distinguished Writer-in-Residence, Western Washington University, 1980-1981
Member by nomination, Screenwriters' and Directors' Symposium, Columbia
Pictures
Television, 1980
Fiction Juror, Maryland Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, 1978
Mellon Foundation Grant, to develop a course called Writers on Writing,
Pratt Institute,
1976
Fellow, Cummington Community of the Arts, 1973
Publications: Click here for Publications Page
Education:
Graduated The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Art and Science,
New York, New York, 1958
Special Studies: Monoprints, Parsons School of Art, 1993-95, Silk screen,
Parsons
School of Art, 1994; Biology, Hunter College, 1974; Philosophy, The New
School;
Literature, The New School; Psychology and Art Therapy, The New School,
1986-87;
Painting and Drawing, Brooklyn Museum, Society of Illustrators.
Administrative Activities and Jobs:
Administered (with Halvard Johnson) readings series at The Book Miser,
Baltimore, Maryland 1994
Faculty advisor for Release, the Lang College literary magazine, 1987-1995
Developed and administered a readings series called Art Versus Politics,
The New
School for Social Research, 1986
Developed and administered a readings series called Faculty Readings, Eugene
Lang
College, 1985-1995
Writer, Office of Admissions Services, The City Universtiy of New York,
1983
Developed a course called Effective Writing-Conceptualization and Communication,
for
the employees of the Department of Employment, Paul Pavel, director, New
York. 1983
Reader for David Susskind at NBC Television, and Lorimar, Inc., 1980-1983
Writer, The Cultural Council Foundation, CETA Artist's Project, New York,
1977-1979
Coordinated and administered a course called Writers on Writing, with Grace
Paley, June
Jordan, Kate Millet, Andrea Dworkin and others, Pratt Institute, 1976
Coordinated and administered a course called Writers Symposium, Womanschool,
1975,
1976
Readings and Public Appearances:
Barnes and Noble, New York, NY, 2001
Mt. Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 2001
Dixon Place, New York, NY, 1995
Out Loud Festival, Craryville, NY, 1994
The Book Miser, Baltimore, Maryland, 1994
Panelist/Reader, Pratt Institute, Conference, "Creativity and Motherhood,"
Brooklyn, NY
1992
Panelist/Reader, P.E.N. American Center, "Rage, Satire and Invective"
Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia, 1989
The Cooper Union, New York, 1989
National Public Radio, 1988
La Mama Galleria, New York, 1987
Panelist/Speaker, Conference on Sexuality and Motherhood, Barnard College,
October,
1986
Panelist/Speaker, Conference on "Re-Living the Sixties," Massachusetts
Institute of
Technology, May, 1986
Reader/ Panelist Women's Studies Conference, Department of Philosophy,
Montclair
State College, New Jersey, 1986
Reader, "Decade for Women," Nairobi Women's Conference, May, 1986
Pratt Institute Mellon Fellowship Series, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978,
1979, 1980,
1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
Yale University, Branford College, Connecticut, 1982
Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, 1981
Florida International University, N. Miami, Florida, 1984
Reader/Speaker, Conversations with Writers, with Graham Hodges, New School
for
Social Research, 1979
The Brecht Auditorium, New York, NY, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
Pratt Institute, Guest Seminar and Reading, Magazine Article Writing, 1987
Eugene Lang College, New York, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
WBAI Radio: for Nanette Rainone, 1973, for Joan Larkin, 1974, for Anita
Hoffman,
1975, for Tom Vitale's "A Moveable," 1984
The Cooper-Hewitt Lecture Series, 1979
St. Mark's Church, 1980
and many others