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My name is Janet L. Pierce.

I have a PhD in English, Composition and TESOL and taught English as a Second Language (ESL) for 27 years. I have designed ESL courses for teachers entering the ESL field, and taught the classes through Intermediate Units 1 and 7, and written a book used in the field. I have taught a class for the University of Pittsburgh and a summer class at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

I have written historical feature articles for the Tribune Review, as well as having been an editor, newspaper reporter and photographer for the Standard Observer Community News. My publications also include but are not limited to the following: Flash Fiction in Agape Review: http://www.agapereview.com/Afterward and creative nonfiction in Agape Review Aug. 14,2022 https://agapereview.com/2022/08/14/anunexpectedangel-2/ In addition, I’ve been published in the Pennwriters.org Newsletter.

In Non-fiction my publications include: Teaching ELs- Cultural Implications, Communications, Connections and Curriculum (2019); two chapters in TESOL’s New Ways in Teaching Speaking (2018); as well as a chapter in TESOL’s Revitalizing a Curriculum for School-Age Learners, and an article in TESL-EJ, volume 16, Number 1.

I am currently concentrating on my writing and presenting workshops. The workshops are on World Building and Historical Fiction which I have done for Pennwriters.org, for the Greater Allegheny Book Festival, and St. Davids Christian Writers Conferences.

My awards include: St. David’s Christian Writer’s Thistle Contest winner December 2020: He’ll Be Back; Flash Fiction Winner, 2020- Furry Creature Seeks Leader; Butterfly Cotilion Honorable Mention Poetry Winner 2020. I have been awarded Third Place for All Kinds of Crumbs a story for children. I have also won awards in Poetry and am published in Poetry Press Anthologies II and III (1978).

Additionally, I have been active in Three Rivers TESOL, the Affiliate Leadership Council of International TESOL and TESOL International’s Publishing Press Council. I am currently on the Masterworks Concert Chorale Board of Directors, the Allegheny Foothills Historical Society, and St. David’s Christian Writers Association.

I love to sing, paint and draw. I have written and performed songs at various churches and venues throughout the Greater Pittsburgh area.

To contact me for more information email me at: jlpierce494@gmail.com