ShizueSeigel

WRiter’s Resume

Publications:

Books (author and graphic designer):

In progress: Children of Manzanar, commissioned by the Manzanar History Association, funded by the Mead
Foundation, to be published in 2008 by Heyday Books.

2006: In Good Conscience: Supporting Japanese Americans During the Internment, AACP, Inc., partially funded

by the California State Library Civil Liberties Public Education Program

2002: A Century of Change: The Memoirs of Nellie Nakamura, privately commissioned personal history

Magazines (editor and art director):

2001-2002: The Beam, monthly magazine published by Hokubei Mainichi newspaper

1999-2001: Nikkei Heritage magazine, National Japanese American Historical Society

Anthologies (Creative Nonfiction and Poetry):

2008: “A Trunk of Dreams” and “The Hannan Family: A Living Civics Lesson,” My Words Are Gonna Linger,
Association of Personal Historians

2007: “Don’t Look Away,” Cheers to Muses: Contemporary Works by Asian American Women, Asian American

Women Artists Association.

2003: “A Well-Made Life,” InvAsian: Growing Up Asian and Female in America, Elaine Kim, ed.; Asian Women

United.

2003: “carpool,” Upon Flesh I See Words, Asian American Women, San Francisco State University

2003: “The Comet Passes” and “The Smudge of Passing Brilliance,” for itzo, Kearney Street Workshop

Selected Articles (written by):

2002: “Who is American Anyway? Japanese Americans and 9/11,” Hokubei Mainichi

2002: “Abercrombie & Fitch: Sexism, Racism and Big Bucks,” Hokubei Mainichi, Nichibei Times

2002: “A Fire Brings Father and Daughter Closer,” Hokubei Mainichi, Nichibei Times, Nikkei West, online at http: //www.javadc.org/Shizue%20Seigel.html

2002: Other Colors: Being Multiracial in America,” on-line at www.kqed.org/w/baywindow/othercolors/changingtimes/index.html, excerpted from “Intermarriages and Hapas: An Overview,” Nikkei Heritage, 1998

2000: “Actions Speak Louder,” Nikkei Heritage, Vol. XII, No. 1, http://www.njahs.org/nh/nhvxiin1.html

2000: “The Mega-Economics of Urban Planning” and “Nihonmachi and Urban Renewal,” Nikkei Heritage, v. XII/XIII. (Required reading for Clement Lai's class: City and Regional Planning 395.9 and 629, Asian American Studies 380, Cornell University)

1999: “This is My Story: A Peer Education HIV/STD Risk Reduction Program” by Moher Downing, Kelly R. Knight, Shizue Seigel, et al, AIDS Education and Prevention: An Interdisciplinary Journal, p. 243-261

Classes taught:

2006-present: Senior Asian American Women Writers, Japanese Cultural and Community Center, San Francisco

2007: Asian American Personal History, Japanese American Services of the East Bay, Berkeley

2004: Senior Men’s Memoir Group, JCCCNC, San Francisco

SOLO Presentations:

2008: Willamette University, Salem, OR

Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists

First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco

South County Historical Society, Arroyo Grande, CA

2007: Guest lecturer, New College, San Francisco, CA

Asian American Heritage Month, Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA

Stockton JACL Day of Remembrance, Stockton CA

Day of Remembrance, Livingston-Merced JACL, Merced, CA

Santa Maria Japanese American Community Center, Santa Maria, CA

Friday Theological Forum, Berkeley Methodist Church, Berkeley, CA

2006: Association of Personal Historians conference, Portland, Oregon

Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center, Portland, OR

Friends General Conference 2006 Gathering of Friends, Tacoma, WA

Group Presentations:

2007: Cheers for Muses reading, Modern Times bookstore, San Francisco, CA

Cheers for Muses reading,, APAture Festival, co-sponsored by ZZYZZVA and AAWAA, San Francisco

Day of Remembrance, with Congressman Mike Honda, Nihonmachi Outreach Committee, San Jose CA

2005: “The API Writer Within” panel, Third Thursdays, JCCCNC, San Francisco, CA

2003: “Occupational Hazards” reading, LocusArts, San Francisco, CA

2002: “Abercrombie & Fitch: Two Wongs Don’t Make a Right” radio interview, APEX Express, KPFA-FM

Honors (literary):

2003: A Room of Her Own Foundation Writer's Retreat (scholarship), Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, New Mexico

2003: Partial writers fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont

Articles (about):

“When good consciences paid a price,” January 18, 2007, San Jose Mercury

“Caucasians who helped JAs remembered, March 17, 2007, Hokubei Mainichi

“Vets published book on citizens who assisted evacuees,”Mar 10, 2006, Asian Week

“Kansha book launched, honors those who helped Nikkei through dark days, Feb. 9-15, 2006, Nichi Bei Times

ˆGiving thanks,” January 10, 2006, Hokubei Mainichi

Related experience

2001-2002: editor/art director, The Beam magazine, published by Hokubei Mainchi

1999-2001: editor/art director, Nikkei Heritage magazine, National Japanese American Historical Society

1995-1997: Media specialist, PHREDA Project, an HIV-prevention health education campaign.

1984-1994: Art director at various agencies including J. Walter Thompson, DDB Needham and Charles Schwab, Inc. Clients included Chevron, Kaiser Permanente, Fine Arts Museums of SF

Workshops

2003: “Tools of the Trade,” Truong Tran, Intersection for the Arts

2003: “Fiction Writing,” Junse Kim, Kearny Street Workshop

2003: scholarship, A Room of Her Own Foundation Writer's Retreat, Abiquiu, New Mexico

2003: Writers Retreat, partial fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont

2002: “Writing Out of the Dark,” Margo Perin

2002: “Oral History Workshop,” with Charles T. Morrissey, past president, Oral History Association (OHA)

Education

1981-1984: Academy of Art College, Advertising and Illustration.

1979-1981: College of Marin, Painting and Printmaking.





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WRiter’s Resume Publications: Books (author and graphic designer): In progress: Children of Manzanar, commissioned by the Manzanar History Association, funded by the Mead Foundation, to be published in 2008 by Heyday Books. 2006: In Good Conscience: Supporting Japanese Americans During the Internment, AACP, Inc., partially funded by the California State Library Civil Liberties Public Education Program 2002: A Century of Change: The Memoirs of Nellie Nakamura, privately commissioned personal history Magazines (editor and art director): 2001-2002: The Beam, monthly magazine published by Hokubei Mainichi newspaper 1999-2001: Nikkei Heritage magazine, National Japanese American Historical Society Anthologies (Creative Nonfiction and Poetry): 2008: “A Trunk of Dreams” and “The Hannan Family: A Living Civics Lesson,” My Words Are Gonna Linger, Association of Personal Historians 2007: “Don’t Look Away,” Cheers to Muses: Contemporary Works by Asian American Women, Asian American Women Artists Association. 2003: “A Well-Made Life,” InvAsian: Growing Up Asian and Female in America, Elaine Kim, ed.; Asian Women United. 2003: “carpool,” Upon Flesh I See Words, Asian American Women, San Francisco State University 2003: “The Comet Passes” and “The Smudge of Passing Brilliance,” for itzo, Kearney Street Workshop Selected Articles (written by): 2002: “Who is American Anyway? Japanese Americans and 9/11,” Hokubei Mainichi 2002: “Abercrombie & Fitch: Sexism, Racism and Big Bucks,” Hokubei Mainichi, Nichibei Times 2002: “A Fire Brings Father and Daughter Closer,” Hokubei Mainichi, Nichibei Times, Nikkei West, online at http: //www.javadc.org/Shizue%20Seigel.html 2002: Other Colors: Being Multiracial in America,” on-line at www.kqed.org/w/baywindow/othercolors/changingtimes/index.html, excerpted from “Intermarriages and Hapas: An Overview,” Nikkei Heritage, 1998 2000: “Actions Speak Louder,” Nikkei Heritage, Vol. XII, No. 1, http://www.njahs.org/nh/nhvxiin1.html 2000: “The Mega-Economics of Urban Planning” and “Nihonmachi and Urban Renewal,” Nikkei Heritage, v. XII/XIII. (Required reading for Clement Lai's class: City and Regional Planning 395.9 and 629, Asian American Studies 380, Cornell University) 1999: “This is My Story: A Peer Education HIV/STD Risk Reduction Program” by Moher Downing, Kelly R. Knight, Shizue Seigel, et al, AIDS Education and Prevention: An Interdisciplinary Journal, p. 243-261 Classes taught: 2006-present: Senior Asian American Women Writers, Japanese Cultural and Community Center, San Francisco 2007: Asian American Personal History, Japanese American Services of the East Bay, Berkeley 2004: Senior Men’s Memoir Group, JCCCNC, San Francisco SOLO Presentations: 2008: Willamette University, Salem, OR Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco South County Historical Society, Arroyo Grande, CA 2007: Guest lecturer, New College, San Francisco, CA Asian American Heritage Month, Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA Stockton JACL Day of Remembrance, Stockton CA Day of Remembrance, Livingston-Merced JACL, Merced, CA Santa Maria Japanese American Community Center, Santa Maria, CA Friday Theological Forum, Berkeley Methodist Church, Berkeley, CA 2006: Association of Personal Historians conference, Portland, Oregon Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center, Portland, OR Friends General Conference 2006 Gathering of Friends, Tacoma, WA Group Presentations: 2007: Cheers for Muses reading, Modern Times bookstore, San Francisco, CA Cheers for Muses reading,, APAture Festival, co-sponsored by ZZYZZVA and AAWAA, San Francisco Day of Remembrance, with Congressman Mike Honda, Nihonmachi Outreach Committee, San Jose CA 2005: “The API Writer Within” panel, Third Thursdays, JCCCNC, San Francisco, CA 2003: “Occupational Hazards” reading, LocusArts, San Francisco, CA 2002: “Abercrombie & Fitch: Two Wongs Don’t Make a Right” radio interview, APEX Express, KPFA-FM Honors (literary): 2003: A Room of Her Own Foundation Writer's Retreat (scholarship), Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, New Mexico 2003: Partial writers fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont Articles (about): “When good consciences paid a price,” January 18, 2007, San Jose Mercury “Caucasians who helped JAs remembered, March 17, 2007, Hokubei Mainichi “Vets published book on citizens who assisted evacuees,”Mar 10, 2006, Asian Week “Kansha book launched, honors those who helped Nikkei through dark days, Feb. 9-15, 2006, Nichi Bei Times ˆGiving thanks,” January 10, 2006, Hokubei Mainichi Related experience 2001-2002: editor/art director, The Beam magazine, published by Hokubei Mainchi 1999-2001: editor/art director, Nikkei Heritage magazine, National Japanese American Historical Society 1995-1997: Media specialist, PHREDA Project, an HIV-prevention health education campaign. 1984-1994: Art director at various agencies including J. Walter Thompson, DDB Needham and Charles Schwab, Inc. Clients included Chevron, Kaiser Permanente, Fine Arts Museums of SF Workshops 2003: “Tools of the Trade,” Truong Tran, Intersection for the Arts 2003: “Fiction Writing,” Junse Kim, Kearny Street Workshop 2003: scholarship, A Room of Her Own Foundation Writer's Retreat, Abiquiu, New Mexico 2003: Writers Retreat, partial fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont 2002: “Writing Out of the Dark,” Margo Perin 2002: “Oral History Workshop,” with Charles T. Morrissey, past president, Oral History Association (OHA) Education 1981-1984: Academy of Art College, Advertising and Illustration. 1979-1981: College of Marin, Painting and Printmaking.
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