Authors and Illustrators Database

Judy Patterson Wenzel

Born: 01/15/1944  Alpena, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Parents: Lewis J. and Marion E. Patterson
Children: Cynthia; Natalia; Seth; Stefan
Address(es):
Ann Arbor, MI
Contact Information:
Phone: 734-994-1389
Email: [email protected]
image of Judy Patterson Wenzel

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Image of Light from the cage : 25 years in a prison classroom Light from the cage : 25 years in a prison classroom Non Fiction Adult Ann Arbor, MI : Fifth Avenue Press 2017
"Nocturnal Numbering," Poetry Adult Ocean Park, WA : Edgz 2007
"Brussels," Poetry Adult Ocean Park, Washington : Edgz 2006
Article: "Going to Jail: Finding Hospitable Space," Non Fiction Adult Urbana, Illinois : English Journal, National Council of Teachers of English 1990
What is the aim or goal of your writing: After so many years of teaching my students in prison, and as I watched mass incarceration happen in my classroom with more and more young black men being imprisoned, I wanted to give people a realistic view of who our citizens are behind bars when given a chance to discover their own goodness and competence in the process of earning a high school diploma.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Skills:
Author
Poet
Other - Educator

Awards:

Name Date
English Journal Writing Award for "Going to Jail: Finding Hospitable Space." 1990

Memberships:

Name Date
Meta Peace Team
- Meta Peace Team (MPT), formerly Michigan Peace Team, is a nonprofit, grassroots organization founded in 1993 that seeks to pursue peace through active nonviolence and create an alternative to militarism through empowered peacemaking.

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Certification in Secondary English and Social Studies University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 1986
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Elementary Education Wayne State University Detroit, MI 1967

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Teacher of high school completion classes Federal Correctional Institution Milan, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1986-2011
Part-time teaching in a variety of subjects including childbirth education, tutoring pregnant teens and adult education 1968-1985
Teacher, 5th and 6th grades Alpena, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1967-1968

Other Resources:

MeLCat Links:
http://elibrary.mel.org/search~S15?/aWenzel%2C+Judy./awenzel+judy/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=awenzel+judy&1%2C1%2C
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