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Hello! I’m Miriam Bat-Ami, a writer, educator, and performer with a lifelong love of literature and storytelling. I have taught Shakespeare, children’s literature, and multicultural literature at Western Michigan University and Southwest Missouri State University, edited articles, tutored students, and consulted on accreditation projects for the Institute of Children’s Literature with the New York Board of Regents. I also write for young readers and adults, and I enjoy sharing the joy of reading in classrooms, libraries, and community spaces. In addition to teaching and writing, I perform in local theatre, contribute to literary journals and anthologies, and maintain a presence on blogs and in conference venues. My published novels for young readers include Two Suns in the Sky and several picture books, and I continue to explore new ways to tell stories through words, imagery, and performance.…Hello! I’m Miriam Bat-Ami, a writer, educator, and performer with a lifelong love of literature and storytelling. I have taught Shakespeare, children’s literature, and multicultural literature at Western Michigan University and Southwest Missouri State University, edited articles, tutored students, and consulted on accreditation projects for the Institute of Children’s Literature with the New York Board of Regents. I also write for young readers and adults, and I enjoy sharing the joy of reading in classrooms, libraries, and community spaces. In addition to teaching and writing, I perform in local theatre, contribute to literary journals and anthologies, and maintain a presence on blogs and in conference venues. My published novels for young readers include Two Suns in the Sky and several picture books, and I continue to explore new ways to tell stories through words, imagery, and performance.

Miriam Bat-Ami

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Hello! I’m Miriam Bat-Ami, a writer, educator, and performer with a lifelong love of literature and storytelling. I have taught Shakespeare, children’s literature, and multicultural literature at Western Michigan University and Southwest Missouri State University, edited articles, tutored students, and consulted on accreditation projects for the Institute of Children’s Literature with the New York Board of Regents. I also write for young readers and adults, and I enjoy sharing the joy of reading in classrooms, libraries, and community spaces. In addition to teaching and writing, I perform in local theatre, contribute to literary journals and anthologies, and maintain a presence on blogs and in conference venues. My published novels for young readers include Two Suns in the Sky and several picture books, and I continue to explore new ways to tell stories through words, imagery, and performance.…Hello! I’m Miriam Bat-Ami, a writer, educator, and performer with a lifelong love of literature and storytelling. I have taught Shakespeare, children’s literature, and multicultural literature at Western Michigan University and Southwest Missouri State University, edited articles, tutored students, and consulted on accreditation projects for the Institute of Children’s Literature with the New York Board of Regents. I also write for young readers and adults, and I enjoy sharing the joy of reading in classrooms, libraries, and community spaces. In addition to teaching and writing, I perform in local theatre, contribute to literary journals and anthologies, and maintain a presence on blogs and in conference venues. My published novels for young readers include Two Suns in the Sky and several picture books, and I continue to explore new ways to tell stories through words, imagery, and performance.

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Hello! I’m Miriam Bat-Ami, a writer, educator, and performer with a lifelong love of literature and storytelling. I have taught Shakespeare, children’s literature, and multicultural literature at Western Michigan University and Southwest Missouri State University, edited articles, tutored students, and consulted on accreditation projects for the Institute of Children’s Literature with the New York Board of Regents. I also write for young readers and adults, and I enjoy sharing the joy of reading in classrooms, libraries, and community spaces.

In addition to teaching and writing, I perform in local theatre, contribute to literary journals and anthologies, and maintain a presence on blogs and in conference venues. My published novels for young readers include Two Suns in the Sky and several picture books, and I continue to explore new ways to tell stories through words, imagery, and performance.

Skills

Copywriting

Actor Showreel

Experience Level

Copywriting

Expert

Actor Showreel

Intermediate

Work Experience

Independent Contractor at Kudoboard.com

June 1, 2020 - Present

Board sizing and processing. Shipping notifications. Customer correspondence regarding address changes and shipping questions. Adjunct professor at two local community colleges. Editor of articles, tutored high school students, reviewed young adult fiction, and acted as a consultant to procure Institute of Children’s Literature accreditation with the New York Board of Regents. After retirement, substitute teaching in K-12 districts and proctoring SAT, ACT, and MEAP tests for Lighthouse Academy.

Professor - English at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

September 1, 1989 - July 1, 2005

Taught undergraduate courses including Shakespeare, Children's Literature, Writing in Elementary Schools, Language Acquisition, Adolescent Literature, Writing Books for Children; and graduate courses such as Special Topics in Children's Literature, Multicultural Adolescent Literature, Writing for Children, Modern Jewish American Literature, and Crime Novels.

Full-Time Instructor - English at Southwest Missouri State University (Now MSU), Springfield

September 1, 1984 - April 1, 1989

Taught courses including Children's Literature; Introduction to Shakespeare; Literature Module - Minority Writers; Remedial Composition; Freshman Composition I and II; Creative Writing – Novels (Poetry and Prose).