Laura Anne FREEDGOOD

Laura Anne Freedgood

A LOT TO SAY ABOUT A LOT OF YEARS

1967– MASTER’S IN ENGLISH FROM INDIANA UNIVERSITY

1967-1968 – INSTRUCTOR IN ENGLISH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII

1968-1971- TEACHING ASSISTANT AT UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHILE ENROLLED IN PH.D PROGRAM IN ENGLISH, WHICH I DIDN’T COMPLETE

1972-1973 – HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION; RECEIVED MASTER’S IN TEACHING ENGLISH

1973-1979 – WENT TO MARTHA’S VINEYARD FOR THE SUMMER OF 1973, AND STAYED ON THE ISLAND FOR 5 YEARS, GARDENING, FREEZING VEGETABLES, DIGGING FOR CLAMS: POOR BUT HAPPY

1981- BACK TO THE REAL WORLD, WITH NO JOBS IN ENGLISH. GOT MASTER’S IN SPECIAL EDUCATION FROM LESLEY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

1981-1992 - GOT MARRIED, WORKED AS SPECIAL EDUCATOR, TEACHER, AND ADMINISTRATOR IN AND AROUND BOSTON; STUDIED JAZZ DANCE; TAUGHT JAZZ DANCE AT CAMBRIDGE CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION IN CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

1993- 2001 – PURSUED PH.D. IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS FROM BOSTON UNIVERSITY WHILE WORKING AS AN INSTRUCTOR IN ENGLISH

PRESENTED PAPERS NATIONALLY ON DISSERTATION TOPIC: COURTROOM INTERPRETATION AND LINGUISTIC ERRORS

STARTED TO WRITE POETRY SERIOUSLY; TOOK UP LINDY, WEST COAST SWING, AND EAST COAST SWING

2001- C0-DIRECTOR OF LEARNING DISABILITIES PROGRAM AT THE MORRISTOWN-BEARD SCHOOL, MORRISTOWN, NJ. MOVED TO MONTCLAIR, NJ.

2003 – 2010 – ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ESL AT QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE, ( CUNY , NYC).

2007, 2010 – PUBLISHED TWO CHAPBOOKS OF POETRY

2009 – MY FATHER’S 1973 THRILLER, THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123, WAS REPUBLISHED TO COINCIDE WITH A NEW PRODUCTION OF THE MOVIE STARING DENZEL WASHINGTON AND JOHN TRAVOLTA. WENT TO THE PREMIER.

2010 – RETIRED FROM TEACHING; NOW WRITING POETRY, DANCING, SEEING A LOT OF THEATRE IN NYC; CAN’T IMAGINE HOW I EVER HAD TIME TO WORK!