Name: Wendy Vierow
Title: Educational Specialist
Academic Rank: N/A (Professional Staff)
Department: Special Programs
Expertise Keywords: critical thinking, Editing, educational publishing, performance studies, publishing, research, Writing
Available For: interviews, essays, speaking
Expertise: With a PhD from New York University and a background in educational publishing that includes developing materials for struggling students, Wendy Vierow works with Educational Opportunity Students to improve their critical thinking and financial literacy skills. She also teaches international students Business Communication and Culture at the Institute for International Business. In addition, she is a performance studies scholar and artist, who has appeared in her own works as well as those by the multimedia artist Toni Dove.
Currrent Research: Wendy Vierow and Anne Fliotsos, of Purdue University, have co-edited International Women Stage Directors, which will be published by the University of Illinois Press in the Fall of 2013. This pioneering reference includes chapters featuring twenty-four countries. Each chapter includes information about women’s rights; an examination of how political, social, and economic factors affect women stage directors; and information about pioneering and contemporary women stage directors.
Contact Information
E-mail Address: vieroww@newpaltz.edu
Personal Web Site: http://www.amazon.com/Wendy-Vierow/e/B001ICPITM
Other Information
Positions held at New Paltz prior to current position:
2003 Guest Speaker, Department of Women's Studies
2005-2008 Adjunct Instructor, Critical Thinking
2006-2007 Talent Search Counselor
2007-2013 Adjunct Instructor, Business Communication and Culture (Institute for International Business)
2008 Adjunct Instructor, Key Issues in the Education of Under-Represented Students (Black Studies)
2009 Writing Tutor, Educational Opportunity Program (EOP)
Positions held prior to joining SUNY New Paltz:
1997-2000 Senior Editor, Intervention Group, Scholastic, Inc.
1991-1997 Project Editor/Supervising Editor, Social Studies, McGraw-Hill Companies
1989-1991 Editor/Assistant to the Director, School Services, Children's Television Workshop
1988-1989, Project Editor, Social Studies, Macmillan School Division
Education
| Colleges/ Universities Attended |
Dates Attended |
Degree Conferred |
Year Conferred |
Major Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York University | PhD | 1997 | Performance Studies | |
| University of Minnesota | MA | 1986 | Theatre | |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | BA | Theatre |
Awards/Grants/Honors
American Women Stage Directors of the Twentieth Century, a book by Anne Fliotsos and Wendy Vierow, was awarded Outstanding Academic Title by the American Library Association's Choice Magazine in 2009.
Other professional activities
Performer in Lucid Possession, interactive media by Toni Dove, touring, 2013. Venues include: Roulette in Brooklyn; Virginia Tech at Blacksburg, Va.; HERE in New York City; Spielart Festival in Munich, Germany
Speaker about Pioneering Women Producers for The Legacy Project of the League of Professional Theatre Women at the City University of New York, New York City, 2012.
Author readings for Celebration of the Arts (COTA), New Paltz, NY 2009, 2010, 2012
Consultant for Archeology of a Storm, multimedia by Cave Dogs, Bloomington, NY, 2005-2006
Writer/Director/Performer in Floating World, Dixon Place in New York City, 2002
Performer in Artificial Changlings, an interactive film by Toni Dove, touring, 1998-2000. Venues include Rotterdam Film Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Wexler Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH; Institute for Studies in the Arts, Tempe, AZ; The Arts Center for the Capital Region,Troy, NY
Performer in Casual Workers, Hallucinations and Appropriate Ghosts, a video by Toni Dove, Selwyn Theatre, New York City, 1994
Performer in The Blessed Abyss, a video by Toni Dove, New York City, 1992. Venues include Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City; Thread Waxing Space, New York City; Franklin Furnace, New York City
Organizational Memberships
American Association of University Women
League of Professional Theatre Women
Association for Theatre in Higher Education
Theatre Communications Group
Publications
Book. International Women Stage Directors. Co-edited with Anne Fliotsos, PhD. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2013.
Book. American Women Stage Directors of the Twentieth Century. Co-written with Anne Fliotsos, PhD. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2008.
Paper. “The Status of Early to Mid Career Women Stage Directors.” Paper. Presented at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education Conference. Denver, CO, August 2008.
Short Story. “Brainwashed.” Reading Objects. New York: Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, 2011.
Book. Come to Florida! Northborough, MA: Newbridge Educational Publishing, 2005.
Book series. Atlas of the Seven Continents (Series). New York: Rosen Publishing Group, 2004. Includes the following books: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America
Book. Instant Map Skills: Neighborhoods and Communities. New York: Scholastic Inc., 2004.
Book series. Headlines from History (Series). New York: Rosen Publishing Group, 2003. Includes the following books:
The 1864 Presidential Election: A War-Weary Nation Reelects President Abraham Lincoln
The Assault on Fort Wagner: Black Union Soldiers Make a Stand in South Carolina Battle
The Battle of Bull Run: Confederate Forces Overwhelm Union Troops
The Battle of Gettysburg: The Civil War's Biggest Battle
The Capture of New Orleans: Union Fleet Takes Control of the Lower Mississippi River
Shots Fired at Fort Sumter: Civil War Breaks Out
Book series. The Atlas of Famous Battles of the American Revolution (Series). New York: Rosen Publishing Group, 2003. Includes the following books: The Battle of Saratoga, The Battle of Trenton, The Battle of Yorktown
Play. Flag on a Flagpole. In Anthology: My World (Adventures in Time and Place). New York: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, 1997.
Play. A Place to Skate. In Anthology: People Together (Adventures in Time and Place). New York: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, 1997.
Play. A Place to Skate. In Anthology: People Together (Adventures in Time and Place). New York: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, 1997.
Book. Kentucky: Activity Program (The World Around Us). New York: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, 1994.
Book. Mississippi: Activity Program (The World Around Us). New York: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, 1993.
Play. A Gift for Grandmother. In Communities Near and Far (The World Around Us). New York: Macmillan, 1990.
