Fred Melden Co-administrator
Fred is the author of Education Goals and American Values, published under the name Alcuin York. He previously served as one of the editors of Shakespeare’s Monkeys, a web-based print magazine. Although he had dabbled with poetry most of his life, he began dedicating a serious amount of time to his writing less than a decade ago. He won first place in the Oregon Poetry Association’s Fall 2011 contest (New Poets category), and his work has appeared in Tawk Press and other publications.
Fred is the author of Education Goals and American Values, published under the name Alcuin York. He previously served as one of the editors of Shakespeare’s Monkeys, a web-based print magazine. Although he had dabbled with poetry most of his life, he began dedicating a serious amount of time to his writing less than a decade ago. He won first place in the Oregon Poetry Association’s Fall 2011 contest (New Poets category), and his work has appeared in Tawk Press and other publications.
Rosemary Lombard Co-administrator
Since 2009, her responsibilities have included direction of Conversations With Writers programs, designing monthly posters, creating the newsletter, and sharing in policy decisions with her co-director.
She also is the founder of Chelonian Connection, an independent animal behavior lab that studies cognition in socialized captive turtles. She has studied gestures, non-species-specific vocalizations, mirror self-recognition, play, and various kinds of communication between turtles and humans. In this capacity, she has lectured and presented at several scholarly organizations.
Since 2009, her responsibilities have included direction of Conversations With Writers programs, designing monthly posters, creating the newsletter, and sharing in policy decisions with her co-director.
She also is the founder of Chelonian Connection, an independent animal behavior lab that studies cognition in socialized captive turtles. She has studied gestures, non-species-specific vocalizations, mirror self-recognition, play, and various kinds of communication between turtles and humans. In this capacity, she has lectured and presented at several scholarly organizations.
