JILL FERGUSON

PART TIME PROFESSOR

Office location:
Office hours:	By Appointment
Phone number:	(650) 508-3467
Fax:
Email:	jferguson@ndnu.edu
Website:	sbm.ndnu.edu

Education History

• Completed 1/2 of M.A. in Higher Education Administration, Santa Clara University
• M.A. English with a creative writing emphasis, NDNU
• B.S. Communications, minors in Business and English, La Roche College

Courses Taught

• Introduction to Communication
• Children's Literature (semester-long and intensive)
• The Human Experience
• Mass Media and McDonaldization of Society
• Saints and Sinners: The Famous and the Infamous and Their Legacies to Society
• Visual Literacy
• Oral Communication
• Masterworks of world Literature (Postmodernism)
• Writers from the African Continent
• Gender Communication
• Directed Readings
• Great Works of Asian Literature
• Great Works of European Literature (Modernism)
• Writing for the Media
• Academic Basics (Advanced ESL)
• Shakespeare
• Health Education for Teachers (Guest lecturer)
• Intro to Poetry
• Writing for Publication
• Creative Writers Roundtable
• Corporate Communications
• Twentieth Century Literature
• Independent Studies
• Women in Management

Professional Affiliations

• National Association of Student Personnel Administrators

Workshops

• Speaker/Booksigning, Borders, Brentwood, St. Louis, MO, April 28, 2007
• Speaker/Booksigning, Borders, Sunset Hills, St. Louis, MO, April 27, 2007
• Presenter, Assessment in Arts Institutions, NCSU Assessment Symposium,
  Cary NC,  April 13-16, 2007
• Speaker/Booksigning, Borders, Indianapolis, IN, April 11, 2007
• Speaker/Booksigning, Borders, Greenwood, IN, April 10, 2007
• Speaker, Novel Writing Group, Indianapolis, IN, Talk on Ins & Outs of Publishing,
  April 10, 2007   
• Speaker/Booksigning, University of Minnesota Student Union Bookstore, April 5, 2007
• Speaker/Booksigning, Amazon Bookstore Co-op, Minneapolis, MN, April 5, 2007
• Speaker/Booksigning, Barnes & Noble, Portland, OR, December 2, 2006
• Speaker, two bookstores in Seattle (Third Place Books & ParkPlace Books), 
  November 8 & 9, 2006
• Guest Speaker, Pine-Richland High School, Gibsonia, PA, October 2006
• Guest Speaker, Playing with Poetry, Pine-Richland Middle School, Gibsonia, PA, October 2006
• Co-presenter, Assessment in Arts Institutions: Best Practices of Quantifying the Aesthetic
  NASPA International Assessment and Retention Conference, Phoenix, AZ, June 2006
• Guest Speaker, Write the Night Away, Pine-Richland Middle School, Gibsonia, PA, May 2006
• Guest Speaker, Making a Living as a Writer, La Roche College, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2006
• Speaker, Life of a Writer, Pine-Richland Middle School, Gibsonia, PA, April 2006
• Co-presenter, Faculty Development Workshop on FERPA & ADA, SFCM,
  San Francisco, CA, October 2005
• Presenter, Freelance Writing Workshop, Bay Area Ind. Publishers Conference,
  Marin, CA, March 2005
• Presenter, Writing Poetry, Jack London Writers Camp for Kids, Menlo Park, CA, June 2004
• Panelist on Freelance Writing; Roundtable Speaker, Jack London Writers Conference Burlingame, CA, March 2003    
• Co-presenter, Faculty Development Workshop on Team Teaching, NDNU,
  Belmont, CA, May 2002
• Keynote Speaker on Mission, Vision, Objective and Goals, October 2001
• Department Chair Workshop, SFCM, San Francisco, CA

Radio, TV, & Web Interviews (on self injury and my novel):

• WKRS-AM in Illinois/Southern Wisconsin, Sept. 16, 2006 @ 8:10-8:25 CST.
• Hawk on Health (syndicated), Sept. 21, 2006 @ 11:30 a.m.
• KVIT-FM in Dallas, Powertalk, Sept. 24, 2006 @ 9 p.m.
• CFCO Radio in Ontario, Canada, Body Talk Sept. 26, 2006 @ 1 p.m. EST
• KCIS-AM in Seattle, Living Christian, Sept. 26, 2006 @ 12:35 p.m.
• WOR Radio Network in NYC and 100 markets, Joey Reynolds Radio Show,
  October 13, 2006 @1 a.m.
• Recovery Radio, Phoenix & Los Angeles, Nov. 4, 2006 @ 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
• KIRO Backstage (CBS Affiliate), Seattle, taped Nov. 8, 2006
• KMPS-FM, Introspect, Seattle, taped Nov. 9, 2006
• www.talktotara.com, Profiles, taped Nov. 9, 2006
• SCAN Cable Channel 11, Being in Seattle, taped Nov. 10, 2006
• KSPI-FM, Morning Drive, Stillwater, Oklahoma, Nov. 21, 2006 & 8:15 a.m.
• KATU-TV, A.M. Northwest, Portland, Oregon, Nov. 30, 2006, live @ 8:30 a.m.
• KKNW-AM, Conscious Talk Radio, Seattle, Jan. 4, 2007 @ 7:30 a.m.
• News Now, Voice of America Radio, Washington D.C., taped Jan. 12, 2007 @ 10 a.m. EST
• Article in St. Paul Pioneer Press on me, novel & speaking engagements, April 1, 2007
• WCCO-AM (CBS), Mondale & Jones Show, Minneapolis, Apr. 3 @ 9:09am PST
• FOX 9 Morning News, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, April 5 @ 8:30am CST
• WFMP-FM, Kevyn & Colleen Show, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 5 @ 10 a.m. CST
• FOX 59 Morning News, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 11, 2007 @ 8:20am EST
• KASM-AM in Albany, MN, Afternoon Delight, Apr. 11, 2007 @ 1:30 CST
• WSPM-FM in Indianapolis, Indiana This Week, aired April 14 & 15,2007
• Article on novel & me in St. Louis Post-Dispatch April 22, 2007 (Book Section)
• KMOX-AM, Dana Daniels Show, St. Louis, April 22, 2007 @ 9:15 p.m. PST
• KWRE-AM, Livewire, St. Louis, April 25, 2007 @ 9:30 a.m. CST
• KMOX, Total Information AM, St. Louis, April 27, 2007 8:40 a.m. CST
• KSDK-TV (NBC), Noon Show, St. Louis, April 27, 2007 12:45 p.m. CST

Publications

Publishing Credits: (fiction, features, news and poetry)

• April 2007: poem in The Bohemian
• December 2006: poem appeared in Distinguished Writings 2006
  anthology by Scars Publications
• Fall 2006:  Istanbul Literature Review
• March 2006:  Slow Trains
• March 2006:  Down in the Dirt
• December 2005: The Pittsburgh Quarterly (online)
• October 2005: release of young adult novel
  Sometimes Art Can’t Save You (In Your Face Ink LLC)
• Summer 1996—Present: quarterly:
  Pittsburgh Grandparent
• June 1995—Present: monthly: Pittsburgh Parent
• February 2004:  Writer’s Digest (special edition)
• September 2001—May 2003: monthly:
  Cranberry Magazine
• May 2003: San Diego Family Magazine
• August 1999—September 2002:  monthly:
  School Violence Prevention Report
• September 2001:  essay in book:
  A Growing Heart: Stories, Lessons, and Exercises Inspired by Proverbs
  (Starburst Publishers)
• March 2000—October 2000: monthly: Teenwire.com
• October 2000:  Happiness
• February 2000:  noahsays.com
• February 2000: ULiveandLearn.com (3 articles)
• October 1999:  savvyHEALTH.com
• September 1999: Atlanta Parent
• September 1999: Teenwire.com
• September 1999: essay in book God’s Abundance for Women (Starburst Publ.)
• Summer 1999: Vocational Biographies (4 articles)
• Spring 1999:  Vocational Biographies (2 articles)
• February 16, 1999:  Woman’s Day
• November 1998: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• May 1995—May 1998:  technical manual;
  Industrial Machine Works / Penn Chrome
  in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Summer 1998:  Around & About
• November 1998:  Happiness
• Fall 1998:  Vocational Biographies (3 articles)
• July 1998:   Christian Science Monitor
• May 1998:  Our Kids and Teens/Charlotte Parent
• April 1998:  Raising Today’s Teens (3 articles)
• September 1997: essay in book:
  God’s Abundance: 365 Ways to Simplify Your Life (Starburst Publishers)
• April 1997:  Purpose
• April 1997: Independent Living Provider
• March 1997: Stage Directions
• September 1995—September 1996:  weekly:
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Winter 1996: Accent on Living
• September 1996: Independent Living Provider
• August 1996:  Family Times
• Summer 1996: Gotta Write LitMag
• Summer 1996:   Remembrance
• Summer 1996: Careers & the disAbled
• March 1996:   Family Times
• Summer 1995:  wrote series of 5 stories for a physically and
  mentally challenged children’s day camp.
• April 1995: wrote 52-page “Quality of Life” booklet
  for Northern Allegheny County Chamber of Commerce, published by Mosher-Adams.
• 1994: 3 issues: Hob-Nob
• Spring 1992:   Nuances
• 1991 & 1992:  3 issues: Feelings
• 1991 & 1992: 2 issues: Poets at Work
• 1991: 2 issues: Poetry Journal Forum
• 1986: 1 issue: Heartline Newsletter

Editorial Credits:

• 2005: Editor of Why Can’t You Communicate Like Me? How Smart Women Get Results at Work,
  published in March 2005 by In Your Face Ink, LLC
• 2004: Editor of Discovering Your Way in Marriage, published August 2004 by Metanoia Missions, Inc.
• 2001-2003:  Managing Editor of Cranberry Magazine
• 2000: Editor of Edition Four: School Crisis Response Teams: Lessening the Aftermath by Mary Schoenfeldt
• 1998—2000:  Editor of Upward Bound for Higher Ground, published October 2000
• 1998—1999:  Editor of Food For Me! Food Allergy Newsletter
• March-April 1999:  Editor of Picking Up the Pieces: Responding to School Crisis manual
• October 1998: Editor of School Crisis Response Teams: Lessening the Aftermath
• August 1997—October 1998:  Editor of CHADD of the Eastside Newsletter
• March 1997—June 1998:  Editor of The Straight Source Newsletter
• 1997:  Editor of Seattle Homes, published March 1998
• 1996:  Associate Editor of Construction Data News
• 1996:  Editor-in-Chief of A Table by the Window literary magazine.
• 1995:  Editor of University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D. dissertation on operations management and the Saudi Arabian
  government in the public sector
• 1992: Editor of La Roche College literary magazine