Biography

Jean Reynolds

Ph.D. University of South Florida. Tampa, FL
M.A. Hunter College, New York, NY
B.A. St. Joseph's College, Brooklyn, NY

Awards:
Thelma H. Raley Teaching Chair, 1999 and 2003
Excellence in Education Award, Florida Developmental Education Association, 1997
NISOD award (National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development), Austin, Texas, 1993
Professor of the Year, CAVE Club, PCC, 1990

Publications:
University Press of Florida, Pygmalion's Wordplay: The Postmodern Shaw
Prentice Hall, Introduction to College Writing
Allyn & Bacon, Succeeding in College
Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Sentence Power
Prentice Hall, Effective Communication for Law Enforcement Officers (police training manual; coauthor Major Mary Mariani)
Articles in Shaw: The Annual of Shaw Studies, The Anglo-Welsh Review, Teaching English in the Two-Year College, The Journal of Correctional Education, The Lakeland Ledger, Lady's Circle, and Pilgrimage

Personal information:
-I've been married to Charles Reynolds, gardening columnist for the Lakeland Ledger, since 1973
-I compete in ballroom and Latin dancing and play ragtime piano
-I'm interested in depth psychology and postmodern language theory
-Travel experiences include a night in Lizzie Borden's bedroom in Fall River, Massachusetts; participating in the March for Animals in Washington, D.C., in 1990; studying Welsh at Coleg Harlech in North Wales
-Highlights of my life include seeing Richard Burton in "Hamlet" on Broadway; watching the Beatles perform in Shea Stadium; seeing a revival of "Carousel" at Lincoln Center; watching Margot Fonteyn and Rudolph Nureyev dance-many times--at the Metropolitan Opera House; catching a glimpse of Queen Elizabeth II in London in 1972.