PROJECT DIRECTOR

Bonnie S. Sunstein bonnie-sunstein@uiowa.edu
Co-author FieldWorking: Reading and Writing Research _Professor of English and Education, The University of Iowa, N266 Lindquist Center and 421 EPB, Iowa City, IA 52242. (319) 335-56

Bonnie Sunstein (http://english.uiowa.edu/faculty/sunstein/index.html) teaches courses in ethnographic research, education, and folklore and directs the undergraduate writing program at the University of Iowa. She has co-authored three editions of Fieldworking: Reading and Writing Research. Along with articles and poems, her other books are also about documenting community and culture including What Works (2006), The Portfolio Standard (2000) Composing a Culture (1994), Portfolio Portraits (1992). As a longtime English teacher, she has held many roles the National Council of Teachers of English. She sits on many editorial review boards for journals in folklore, cultural studies, nonfiction, and English Education. Professor Sunstein leads workshops and institutes across the US and around the world on writing and cultural studies.

 

PROJECT DESIGNERS:

Andre Perry
Andre Perry taught middle-school and developed curriculum in San Francisco for four years. He is currently an MFA candidate in the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa. His essays often examine the complexities of race and sexuality in America. Andre also writes extensively about trends in music, with a focus on indie-rock culture. He frequently contributes essays and articles to the cultural criticism website, PopMatters. Andre also plays in the post-folk band, the Lonelyhearts, and produces independent music festivals in Iowa City and San Francisco. He received his B.A. from Princeton University.

Nick Kowalczyk
Nick Kowalczyk is a former reporter for the Kansas City Star. He currently teaches rhetoric at the University of Iowa and is an MFA candidate in the Nonfiction Writing Program. His essays have covered topics ranging from cultural investigations of historical re-enactors to crumbling societies, both physically and mentally, in the American Rustbelt. He received his B.A. from Ohio University.

WEB DESIGNER
Cameron Ewing is a freelance graphic designer with his undergrad degree from Princeton University and MFA in Design from California Institute of the Arts. More of his professional and academic work can be seen at http://www.staypressed.com

 

PARTNERS:

Elizabeth Chiseri-Strater Associate Professor of English, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, McIver 114, Greensboro, NC 27412-5001. (336) 334-5263

Paddy Bowman Coordinator, The National Network of Folk Arts in Education and Cultural Arts Resources for Teachers and Students, 609 Johnston Place; Alexandria, VA 22301. (703) 836-4820.

Sarah Townsend (http://navelgazer.vox.com, http://navelly.blogspot.com/)

 

AFFILIATES:

The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation has provided primary funding for the project through an Imagining America scholarship grant. (http://www.woodrow.org)

Imagining America

The Obermann Center for Advanced Studies at The University of Iowa provides ongoing facilities, funding, technical, and, most importantly, collegial support for the project. (http://www.uiowa.edu/obermann)

The New England Center for the Humanities at the University of New Hampshire (www.unh.edu/humanities-center/)

The National Taskforce on Folk Arts in Education, a clearinghouse for community education projects across the country, provides the project with instructional models and professional referrals. (http://www.carts.org)

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (http://www.folklife.si.edu/index.html)

Bedford/St. Martin's is the publisher of the book FieldWorking: Reading and Writing Research, which is currently available in its third edition. (http://www.bedfordstmartins.com)

 

 

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