Jean L.S. Patrick
Professional Experience

 

Media Appearances

Fox Sports Net. May 2008. 
     Amazing Sports Stories
     Jackie Mitchell: The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth

South Dakota Public Television. February 2009.
     Dakota Life
     A Book and a Show

 

Speaker and Storyteller

Guest speaker at schools, libraries, and conferences throughout the
United States.
    2000 - present

Featured speaker at International Reading Association state and regional conferences.
    2000 - present

Scholar and presenter. South Dakota Humanities Council Speakers Bureau.
    2006 - present
 

Leadership

Regional Advisor (Dakotas)
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
    2003 - 2010


Professional Organizations

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators 
     1994 - present
  
Children's Literature Network
     2004 - present

Society of American Baseball Research 
     2006 - present


Continuing Education

Novel workshop.  Faculty Elaine Alphin, Darcy Pattison, Alexandra Penfold, Rebecca Sherman, N.L. Sharp Oct. 2007; April 2008; Oct. 2008; Oct. 2009.

Picture book workshop. Jane Yolen. Highlights Foundation. December 2007.

Nonfiction workshop. Carolyn Yoder. Highlights Foundation. May 2002.

Writers Workshop at Chautauqua. Highlights Foundation.  July 1997
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Education

Luther College. Decorah, Iowa. B.A. English. Phi Beta Kappa. 1983.

Kansas State University. Manhattan, Kansas. M.A. English. 1986.

 

 

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