cj carroll

EDUCATION

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA: EdM, Arts in Education, 2002
CBU, Riverside, CA: BA Visual Arts, 2000

Accord French Language School, Paris, France 2001
Spanish Language School, Guadalajara, Mexico
Various writing, art, theater workshops.

EDUCATION RELATED POSITIONS (selected)
Taiwan Ministry of Education 2006-2007: one year contract, ESL teacher, four elementary schools.
Interacted with four school staffs of approximately eighty adults collectively. Highly varied
teaching activities, grades 3 - 6. My web site: http://claudia-arroll.typepad.com/taiwan.

ESL teaching; Mexico and Guatemala, various years, private classes, adults and children.

New Mexico Department of Education Taos County, NM: 2003-2005. Music appreciation, one
semester substitute teacher, Taos Elementary: February-June, 04. Certified substitute teacher:
two years various schools in Taos County, NM, K-12 schools.

Camp Redwood Glen Scotts Valley, CA. 2000-2006: (seven summers). Director, Arts and Crafts.
Participated in Mandated Child Abuse training. Created arts programs for 100 to 200 children each
week. Interacted with staff of approximately 75.

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 2001-2002: Work-study, Harvard research libraries.

CBU, Riverside CA 2000: Department Visual Arts and Metcalf Gallery student assistant. Student teaching
One semester, Teaching Intern: Humanities course, Art History. Teaching intern: Aesthetics in the
Classroom, graduate class, spring, 2000.

Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA: Arts and crafts instruction at after school programs.
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INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS, author name, CJ Carroll

While I have independently published, as of fall, 2008, ten books (quality trade 6x9 paperbacks,
ISBN’s assigned) I am currently planning hard-cover editions, and also looking for agents and
publishers for these books, while at the same time promoting them through my storefront:
http://lulu.com/cjcarrollbooks, my other websites, and on-line sources such as Google, Amazon, Borders.

The Long Shadow: 2006; international and southwest art mystery novel with roots in pre,
and WWII. I plan to issue a second edition, under the title: Code of the Running Cross.
CJ Carroll’s Dare to Dream: motivational poetry; CJ Carroll’s River Poem: poetry journal; CJ Carroll’s Of Love and Longing: romantic poetry; CJ Carroll’s Guardian Angel: inspirational guidance

The following three publications, author name, Claudia Carroll: are listed in the Harvard Libraries
collection: Letters from the Gulf, a collection of correspondence between myself and U.S. military
personnel during Operation Desert Shield, Desert Storm. Clinton’s Dream, a play re children and the
environment, published, 1991 by Kids for Saving Earth. I plan to republish this, and also format the play
into a book; Shared Unevenly, 1999, 100 pg collection of poetry.
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CHILDREN’S BOOKS, author name: Claudia Carroll: The following four books are quality trade 6x9
paperbacks, with hard covers planned.. They have ISBN’s assigned, and are available at http://claudia- carroll.typepad.com/kidsbooks; and http://lulu.com/cjcarrollbooks; Amazon.com, Borders, and other
bookseller catalogues. The books are conceived as interactive “Imagine That!” books, with no interior illustrations, and blank pages to encourage reader-artists who own these books, to draw, paint, or collage their own illustrations. Old Dumpling and the Rainy Day; Shmadiggle and the Imagination Asteroid; Missy Mouse and the Rocket Ship; Clara Cow and the County Fair.
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BOOKS IN PROCESS: 1000 Steps: Teaching ESL in Taiwan. Children’s books: The Lonely Flower and
The Lonely Flower and the Butterfly, The Plain Pink Pig and the Olympics, Novel: Code of the Blue
Rider: Sequel to The Long Shadow (Code of the Running Cross). Voices in Forever. Dare to Dream
Workbook.
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JOURNALISM, MARKETING, WRITING (selected) Not-for-profit newsletters, CA: Share
International, Harvard Gazette, Wildlife Refuge Center, others: video and screen treatments, copy writing;
training manuals: various sources. Taos News: Taos, NM: articles re education; The Press Enterprise,
Riverside, CA: feature stories for a color supplement re active senior citizens; Banning Gazette, CA:
weekly column, 300 articles and photographs re the community. La Prensa San Diego, CA: Spanish-
English newspaper: articles, photography, column.
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VISUAL ART PROJECTS (selected) : sculpture, paintings, collage, drawings, photography: contests,
exhibits, sales, collections in the U.S., Mexico, Paris and Asia. Currently show on my web sites, and in
Taos and Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. http://claudia-carroll.typepad.com/images I have exhibited and sold for many years, including three years in my former gallery, Chez Claudia, in Taos, New Mexico, and the following venues: Starving Artists Gallery, Taos, NM; Artisanos de Questa, NM: Taos Earth Day Event, Taos, NM ; Taos Arts and Crafts Show, Taos, NM Fall 2002; Harvard University Student Exhibit, Cambridge, MA, Spring, 2002; CBU Student Exhibit, Riverside, CA, fall, 1999; Riverside Art Museum Members Exhibits, Riverside, CA fall, 1999. Miscellaneous Personal exhibits many other venues.
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THEATER ARTS PROJECTS (selected) Creation & production: dinner theater musical version of
Dickens’ A Christmas Carol; Music arts production; Performing arts productions; Creation and
host; community television program; Play production, acting, writing and directing. Fund-raising.
Event coordination.
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NOT FOR PROFITS: Volunteer and paid: Ground Zero (Salvation Army, 9/11/01) Wildlife Refuge;
Fresh Start Farms, Share International, Rotary, Soroptimist; Santa Monica Junior Programs; Marin
Osher Center; Riverside Art Museum; Orphanages: Tijuana and Guatemala.
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BUSINESS RELATED POSITIONS (selected): Chez Claudia, Taos, NM: 2003-2005 owner-operator: art
gallery-coffeehouse; Jones New York: 1997-1999 award winning sales associate. Hospitality
Businesses: (hotel and restaurants), various positions. . Free lance writing: 1960-2008 journalism,
marketing and creative writing.