Janet Walker

Profesión: Freelance copy editor and substitute teacher.

Intereses: I love watching old TV series on YouTube (e.g., "Columbo" and "What's My Line"); listening to quality music (Sarah Vaughan, Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston, et al); and reading good fiction (Margaret Mitchell's GONE WITH THE WIND, Gloria Naylor's MAMA DAY, etc.).

Educación: GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Atlanta, Georgia
Major: English (Rhetoric and Composition). Minor: African American Studies
· Presenter, “The Mammy as Molder of Sexual Identity and Sexual Behavior in Lillian Smith’s Strange Fruit,” Flannery O’Connor and Other Georgia Writers: A Scholarly Conference, Georgia State College & University, Milledgeville, GA, April 1, 2006.
· Scholarship recipient, English, Ronald McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, 2003-05.
· Dean’s Key Award, 2003, and 4.0 GPA (2000 to 2004, part-time enrollment).

AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY, Augusta, Georgia
Double Major: English (Creative Writing) and Communications (Journalism)
· Recipient, Walter Wiggins-James Lott Communications Scholarship, 1995-97
· Dean’s List, 1994, 1996
· Publication, “The Disney Girl,” critical essay published in national college text, The Great American Bologna Festival and Other Student Essays (Paul Sladky, ed., St. Martin’s Press, New York, pp. 71-75).
· Student Presenter, Conference on College Composition and Communications, Nashville, TN, March 17-19, 1994.
· Student Presenter, Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. State College, PA, July 7-10, 1993.
· Recipient, Will Shingleton Writing Scholarship, 1992-93.
· Recipient, Samantha Dawes Wich Scholarship for Creative Writing, 1992-93.

Idiomas que hablas: inglés (Nativo)

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