Creative Vita
Creative and Creative/Scholarship Intersections Vita
(Full Academic Vita available on Request)
Anna Soter, Ph.D
Associate Professor
College of Education and Human Ecology
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
Doctoral and MastersÕ Graduate Seminars and Regular Courses Taught Related to Language and Literature
The Somatics of Language: Language as a Field of Energy
Teaching and Researching the Teaching of Poetry in the Secondary School
Teaching Poetry for Elementary and Middle School Students
Young Adult Literature and the New Literary Theories
National/International/State/City/County Workshops and Seminars Related to Poetry
Workshop: Poetry and the Natural Environment. Teacher Leader Summer Academy: Language Arts and The Environment, August 5-6, 2003.
Workshop: Poetry Reading and Writing. Warren High School, Warren, Ohio, March 4, 2002.
Workshop: Poetry Reading and Writing. Briggs High School, Columbus, Ohio, November 12, 2003.
Workshop: Poetry Reading and Writing, Grove City High School, Columbus, Ohio, November 15, 2002.
Workshop: Reading and Writing and The New Ohio Graduation Tests. Solon Heights School District, Solon, Ohio, February, 2002.
Workshop: Poetry of Australia, Clintonville Academy, Columbus, Ohio, March 1998.
Workshop: Poetry of Australia, Dublin City Elementary Schools, Columbus, Ohio, February, 1998.
Workshop: Creativity and the Writing of Poetry 11th Grade. Delaware City Schools, Hayes High School,. November 26, 1996.
Creative/Literary Publications
Short Fiction/Nonfiction
Tea,Time and Sister Margaret: Short Stories Australia, January 2007.
Women and Sturt Peas: Creative Non-Fiction. Short Stories Australia.( to appear Summer 2007).
Written in the Trees: A Short Story. Short Stories Australia, August, 2006.
Poetry
Touched, Short North Gazette, Columbus, Ohio, April 2007.
A Walk in Beechwold: Lune Variations, Short North Gazette, Columbus Ohio, April 2006.
Tracks, Short North Gazette, Columbus, Ohio, August 2005.
The Crow, Short North Gazette, Columbus, Ohio, January, 2004.
Real World Speaks to College Grads, Short North Gazette, Columbus, Ohio, June, 2004.
Rem, Beginnings, 5(3), Shirley, NY: Summer, 2003.
Time Worn, Peripatetic Poets 2002-3, Vol. 5, Summer 2003, p. 36.
Reported Famine in Argentina, Peripatetic Poets, 2002-3, Vol. 5, Summer 2003, p. 37.
Memory, Short North Gazette, Columbus, Ohio, April, 2003.
Cold Cream Beauty, Short North Gazette, Columbus, Ohio, May, 2003.
Becoming a Poet: A PoetÕs Perspective. Carlsbad, CA: Domine Press, 2002.
Bush Lune Variations, in Becoming a Poet: A PoetÕs Perspective. Carlsbad, CA: Domine Press, 2002
Frannie, in Becoming a Poet: A PoetÕs Perspective. Carlsbad, CA: Domine Press, 2002
Chocolate Love, Short North Gazette, Columbus, Ohio, January 2002.
Gardens for Neighbours, Short North Gazette, Columbus, Ohio, July, 2002.
50/50 at 50, Short North Gazette, Columbus, Ohio, November, 2002.
Apology to a Husband, in Peripatetic Poets Chapbook, Vol 4, Columbus, Ohio, Summer, 2002.
Paradelle Variations for CR, in Peripatetic Poets Chapbook, Vol 4, Columbus, Ohio, Summer, 2002.
A Flavor of Australia: A Personal Poetic Odessy. Educational Reports Special Volume, Issue #35. Selected Papers from the Annual ChildrenÕs Literature Conference, The Ohio State University, 1999.
Visions. A Muse to Follow, National Library of Poetry, 1996.
On Not Laying Ghosts. Ohio Teachers Write, Fall, Vol.2, 1996.
The Child Upstairs. Ohio English Language Arts Newsletter, 1996.
Anniversary, Poetic Voices of America. Sparrowgrass Poetry Forum, Inc., 1995.
Untitled. American Poetry Annual, The Amherst Society, 1994.
Chapbooks
Soter, A. O. (October, 2006). Snail Trails. Columbus, Ohio,
Sandana (Feen-Diehl, S., & Soter, A., 2006). Mrs RabbitÕs Lipstick. Columbus, Ohio.
Poetry Prizes and Awards
Honorable Mention Ohio Poetry Day Annual Awards for Winner Takes All, October 2006.
Honorable Mention Ohio Poetry Day Annual Awards for Memory, October 2006.
Honorable Mention Ohio Poetry Day Annual Awards for Grandfather, October 2004.
Second Prize Ohio Poetry Day Annual Awards for Ties, 2004. National Library of Poetry EditorÕs Choice Award for The Price of Reason, 1996.
Books related to Literature
Soter, A. O., Faust, M., & Rogers, T.C. (Eds.), (In press). Interpretive Play: Extending Literate Thinking Through Literary Theories and Young Adult Literature. Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon Publishers.
Soter, A. O. (1999). Young adult literature and the new literary theories. New York: Teachers College Press.
Purves, A.C., Rogers, T., & Soter, A.O. (1995). How porcupines make love: Readers, writers, texts in a response-based literature classroom (2nd edition). NY: Longman.
Purves, A.C., T. Rogers & A. O. Soter (1990). Toward a response-centered literature curriculum: Or, how porcupines make love. NY: Longman.
Creative Books (submitted)
Soter, A. O. Walks with the Dog. A Poetry Collection submitted to Kore Press.
Invited/ Non-Refereed Presentations Related to Poetry, Writing, Language
Soter, A. O. (2007). Featured Reader, Poetry Reading and Workshop (Shaking Loose the Familiar: From Detail to Image to Experience), Briggs High School, Columbus, Feb 9.
Soter, A.O. (2006). Reconciling Creative Pursuit in Education. Brown Bag Presentation (Teaching as Scholarly Practice), The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, May 4.
Soter, A. O. (2006). Writing Short Fiction. A Presentation to WriterÕs Ink, Columbus, Ohio, April 23.
Soter, A. O. (2005). Language as an Energetic Field: Toward Reconstructing Our Realities. Invited Presentation, 15th Annual Somatics Conference, Columbus, Ohio, April 30-May 1, 2005.
Soter, A. O. (2004). Understanding the ÒaestheticÓ in Òaesthetic responses to discussions of literary text during small group discussions. Invited Speaker, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, November.
Soter, A. O. Professional Development and the Arts: The Art In/Of Everything – Literature and Poetry. Invited Speaker. The Ohio State Institute for the Advancement of the Arts in Education, June 16.
Soter, A. O. (2004). Language and the realities we create: A view of language and its links to Somatics Education. Guest Speaker. The Ohio State University, College of Education, May 11.
McVay, C. B. & Soter, A. O. (2004). Public Poetry Readings: History of the Peripatetic Poets in Columbus, Ohio . Speaker, Ohio Poetry Association Annual Meeting. May 1.
Soter, A. O. (2001). Featured Poet, Poets4Peace/Weisheimer Unitarian Church, Columbus, Ohio, November 30.
Soter, A. O. (2000). Kids can too: The new literary theories in the secondary classrooms. (Co-presenter, Merrlyn Cahill). Annual Conference of ChildrenÕs Literature, Columbus, OH. February 11.
Soter, A. O. (2000). Literature: Poetry as Art. Guest lecture for Professor Sy Kleinman on The Arts in Education: January 20.
Soter, A. O. (1999). A Flavour of Australia: A Personal Poetic Odyssey.Annual Conference of ChildrenÕs Literature, Columbus OH, January.
Soter, A. O. (1998). Introducing Literary Theory in the Elementary and Middle School Classroom. Featured speaker, Dublin Annual Literacy Conference, Dublin, Ohio, February.
Soter, A. O. (1998). The Culture and the Land: Australia through Australian ChildrenÕs Literature. Invited presentation, Dublin Annual Literacy Conference, Dublin, Ohio, February.
Special Appearances/Featured Poetry Readings
Featured Reader, Pudding House Rattlebox Poetry Readings, Liberty Books and News, May 12, 2007
Featured Reader, The Ohio Poetry Association, December 4, 2006.
Featured Reader, The Muses Reading Series (affiliated with Ohio State University), October 25, 2006.
Featured Reader, Columbus Arts Festival, June 1, 2006
Reader and Co-Organizer. S. E. Asian Tsunami Relief Poetry Benefit. Unitarian Church, Columbus, Ohio, February 28, 2005.
Featured Reader, The Muses, May 15, 2005.
Featured Reader, Peripatetic Poetry Night Series, Columbus, Ohio, April 25,
2004.
Poets for Peace, Special Readings by Invited Poets in Central Ohio, Unitarian Church, Weisheimer Road, November, 2003.
Featured Reader, Peripatetic Poets Readings, Columbus, Ohio. May, 26, 2002.
Featured Reader with Pudding HouseÕs Extreme Sport Poets, Peripatetic Poets Readings, Columbus, Ohio, April 28, 2002.
Featured Reader, The Blennerhassett Reading Series, Ohio Valley Literary Group, Parkersburg, West Virginia, March 3, 2002.
Featured Reader: Reading Around the World: Australia through Poetry. Brentnel
Elementary School, Columbus, Ohio, March 2, 2001.
Featured Reader, Poetry Night Series., Columbus, Ohio, January 28, 2001.
A reading of ÒVisionsÓ read by Florence Henderson on for Poetry Today WRTN 93.5FM Radio, New York, March, 1996.
Poetry Presentations and Workshops
2006. WritersÕ Ink Workshop. Poetry Workshop: The Place of Reading Aloud, Columbus, Ohio, August 20.
2006. WritersÕ Ink Workshop. Working Short Prose Fiction and Nonfiction, Columbus, Ohio, April 23.
2006 – Co-convener, Rattlebox Poetry Readings, Liberty Book Store, Columbus, Ohio. Inaugural Reading, September 2006
2005-2002: Co-Convener, Peripatetic Poets, Columbus, Ohio. (Monthly Readings),
2003. Reading, Writing and The Natural Environment Workshop. Connecting to Nature
Through Poetry, Dawes Arboretum, Ohio. Ohio Department of Education, August 5.
2002. The Art and Craft of the Poet. Briggs High School Presentation, November 15. 2002. Reading and Writing Poetry – Deep Revision. Grove City High School, Grove City, Ohio, November 8.
2002. Reading and Writing Poetry, Workshop. Warren High School, Warren, Ohio, March 4.
1998. An Australian Poet, Invited Presentation, Dublin Elementary Schools, Dublin, Ohio, May.
1998. Poetry of the Australian Outback (The Bush). Invited Talk, Clintonville Academy
Middle School Program, Columbus, Ohio, April.
Last updated August July 6, 2007.