Authors and Illustrators Database

Jane M. Piirto

Born: 12/19/1941  Negaunee, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Parents: George I. Piirto, Pearl H. Eskilinen
Children: Steven, Denise
Address(es):
Permanent:
233 W. Walnut St.
Ashland, OH 44805
Contact Information:
Phone: 419 281-6516
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.ashland.edu/~piirto
Website: https://www.ashland.edu/coe/sites/ashland.edu.coe/files/Piirto%20CV%202013.pdf

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Organic creativity in the classroom : teaching to intuition in academics and the arts
- Editor 		Non Fiction Adult Waco, Texas : Prufrock Press, Inc 2013
Creativity for 21st century skills : how to embed creativity into the curriculm Non Fiction Adult Rotterdam, The Netherlands ; Boston : Sense Publishers 2011
Saunas : poems Poetry Adult Bay City, MI : Mayapple Press 2008
Understanding creativity Non Fiction Adult Scottsdale, Ariz. : Great Potential Press 2004
My Teeming Brain: Understanding Creative Writers Non Fiction Adult Cresskill, N.J. : Hampton Press 2002
Journeys to sacred places : poems / by Jane Piirto ; Places sacred : songs / by Christopher. Poetry Adult Ashland, OH : Sisu Press ; Berea, OH : Shirtless Records 2001
Young Mather in Ishpeming an essay
- Topic: Samuel Mather, 1851-1931 		Non Fiction Adult Ashland, Ohio, : Sisu Press 2001
Silent Midnight Snow Falls Down
- Poetry chapbook 		Poetry Sisu Press 2000
Poetry; Synchronicity: Both articles in Encyclopedia of Creativity, Volume 2 Non Fiction Adult Academic Press 1999
Between the Memory and the Experience
- Poetry chapbook 		Poetry Adult Sisu Press 1996
Location in the Upper Peninsula: Collected Essays, Stories, Poems Fiction, Non Fiction, Michigan, Poetry Adult New Brighton, MN : Sampo Publishing 1995
Talented Children and Adults: Their Development and Education Non Fiction Adult Merrill (Macmillan-1994) (Prentice-Hall-1999) 1994-1999
Understanding Those Who Create Non Fiction Adult Ohio Psychology Press - 1992; Gifted Psychology Press - 1998 1992-1998
Ethnographic Case Study of a Pullout Program in a Blue-Ribbon Midwestern District Non Fiction Adult US Office of Educational Research and Improvement; US Dept. of Education 1991
Three Week Trance Diet Fiction Adult Pomeroy, Ohio : Carpenter Press 1985
Postcards from the Upper Peninsula : poems
- Poetry chapbook 		Michigan, Poetry Adult Pollock, S.D. : Pocasse Press 1983
Mamamama / Jane Navarre
- Poetry chapbook 		Poetry Adult Bowling Green, Ohio : Sisu Press Chapbooks 1977
Other writings:
- Poems and short stories in many anthologies; Journal articles, essays or poetry in Journal for Curriculum Theorizing and others. 		Adult
What is the aim or goal of your writing: My success is due to hard work, persistence, getting a Ph.D, and having my children young.

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

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet

Awards:

Name Date
Parents' Choice Award and Arizona Glyph Award for Understanding Those Who Create 1999
Individual Artist Fellowship in Poetry, Ohio Arts Council 1993
Carpenter Press First Novel Award 1985
Individual Artist Fellowship in Fiction, Ohio Arts Council 1982
Finalist, Iowa Short Fiction Contest 1980

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Entries in Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers 1980
Entries in Who's Who in the Midwest and Who' Who in American Women

Memberships:

Name Date
American Educational Research Association, National Association for Gifted Children, Council for Exceptional Children, Ohio Assn for Gifted Children, Poets & Writers, European Council for High Ability

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Educational Admin. and Supervision Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 1977
Master of Education (M.Ed.), Counseling South Dakota State University Brookings, SD 1974
Master of Arts (M.A.), English Kent State University Kent, OH 1966
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English/Liberal Arts Northern Michigan University Marquette, MI 1963
Attended Augsburg College Minneapolis, MN 1960
Attended Suomi College Hancock, MI 1959-1960

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Trustees' Professor, Graduate Education Ashland University Ashland, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1988
Principal and Dept. Chair Hunter College Campus Schools New York 1983-1988
Coordinator of Programs in General Education Monroe County Intermediate School District Monroe, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1979-1983
Coordinator of Programs for Gifted and Talented Hardin County Schools Kenton, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1977-1979
Poet in the Schools Ohio Arts Council 1976-1983
Teacher and Counselor South Dakota 1971-1974
Instructor, English Northern Michigan University 1966-1971

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https://www.ashland.edu/coe/sites/ashland.edu.coe/files/Piirto%20CV%202013.pdf

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