Assistant University

Dr. Kyra L. Nourse, Writer & Editor

Education

Ph.D. Ancient History, University of Pennsylvania (Doctoral Dissertation: Women and the Development of Royal Power in the Hellenistic East). (12/02)

M.A. Ancient History, University of Pennsylvania. (5/97)B.A. (Cum Laude), Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington (Major in History, with honors; Minor in Classical Studies). (5/92)

Professional Experience

Writer & Editor--Independent Contractor. (7/07-Present)

Interim Editor, Communications Group, Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Olympia, WA 98504. (7/06-6/07)

Prepared the 2006 Annual Report (edited content, wrote features and captions, coordinated text and data contributions, worked with the designer to prepare for publication, coordinated distribution).Edited a range of publications, including scientific reports, economic forecasts, management plans, and field guides.Assisted in the redesign of the agency's website. Visiting Assistant Professor of History and General Studies, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 99362. (8/03-8/06)

Duties included teaching students how to conduct research & write analytical papers. Courses: Antiquity & Modernity (I-II); The First Caesars; Cities and Empires; History of Ancient Rome; Detecting the Past: Puzzles in Ancient History & Archaeology; Alexander the Great & the Hellenistic Kingdoms; History of Ancient Greece; Ancient Women & Power; The Ancient Near East; Topics in Comparative History: Imperialism.

Visiting Instructor of Classics and History, Whitman College, Walla Walla WA 99362. (10/00-8/03) Duties included teaching students how to conduct research & write analytical papers. Courses: Classical Archaeology; The Ancient Near East; Ancient Women and Power; Alexander the Great & the Hellenistic Kingdoms; History of Ancient Greece; Antiquity & Modernity (I-II); Topics in Comparative History: Imperialism; History of Ancient Rome.Consulting Editor, Edward Lowe Foundation, Cassopolis, MI 49031. (6/00-10/00)Edited documents for a series designed to advise and instruct entrepreneurial business people (series was published on the Foundation's website).Instructor for Classical Studies 009-303 and 009-302: Writing About Persuasion and Power, University of Pennsylvania. (8/98-12/99) Affiliated with the University's writing program, this course was designed to teach writing skills using the craft of classical rhetoric. Teaching Assistant for Ancient History 027, Survey of Ancient Rome, University of Pennsylvania. (Spring 1997)Teaching Assistant and Writing Across the University (WATU) Fellow for Ancient History 026, Survey of Ancient Greece, University of Pennsylvania. (Fall 1996)Teaching Assistant and Writing Across the University (WATU) Fellow for Ancient History 027, Survey of Ancient Rome, University of Pennsylvania. (Spring 1996)Teaching Assistant and WATU Fellow for Ancient History 026, Survey of Ancient Greece, University of Pennsylvania. (Fall 1995)Additional Training

Writing for the Web. Washington State Department of Personnel. Instructor: Dr. Ginny Redish. (3/07)Writing Documents in Plain Talk. Washington State Department of Personnel. Instructor: Dr. Sharon Bridwell. (3/07)Increasing Human Effectiveness. Edge Learning Institute. (5/07)Other Research and Education Work

Study Leader, Far Horizons Archaeological & Cultural Trips, Inc., San Anselmo, CA 94979. (6/07-Present)Presented the Judd D. Kimball Lecture in Classics at Whitman College: "Romans Made Elsewhere than in Rome: Culture & Identity in Ancient Libya." Walla Walla, WA 99362. (2/2/09)Program Coordinator, Archaeological Institute of America, Walla Walla Society, Walla Walla, WA 99362.Fellowships & Awards

The Robert Y. Fluno Award for Distinguished Teaching in the Social Sciences, Whitman College. (2006)School of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania. (1997-1998)Teaching Assistantships, University of Pennsylvania (1995-1997)Writing Across the University (WATU) Fellowships, University of Pennsylvania. (1995-1996)Ancient History Graduate Group Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania. (1994-1995)Mellon Fellowship in Humanistic Studies. (1993-1994)Phi Beta Kappa Society; Order of Waiilatpu; Ronald V. Sires-Robert L. Whitner History Award, Whitman College. (1992)

Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Scholarship to West Germany. (1987-1988)

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