Virginia Howard Mullan
American Author and Historian
Humble Brag
American Writer and Historian
I've been writing since I wrote my first song, "Lines, Lines, Everywhere", with Rose and Tamara while we were building blanket forts and watching "The Monkeys" on T.V.
Luckily, after reading what I wrote, my Aunt Theo and Dad's friend Art Martin always encouraged me and gushed over anything I showed them. I believed them when they said "How wonderful!" my efforts were and how much they looked forward to my next piece. So if my run-ons drive you crazy or you think this website is a bust.....blame Theo and Art. They encouraged me to keep writing. They were the original "two thumbs up."
Anthologies, Awards, Lectures, and Publications:
2017 - Background Extra in An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn.
2013-2014 - Van Duzen Voice Poems and Stories by Students in the Van Duzen Watershed, Sal Steinberg, Director, Kids in the Woods. Edited by Dan Zev Levinson, California Poets in the School. Pg 58. www.createspace.com/4556591
2006 - Exploring the Progressive Movement through the Presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of Humboldt State University for an MA in American History. http://humboldt-dspace.calstate.edu/handle/2148/55?show=full
2004 - Virginia received the Wells Fargo Stagecoach Legacy Award.
2000 - class offered by the Humboldt County Office of Education and HSU based on curriculum in Hot Chocolate. February 12, 2000. Longer version of class offered at Bridgeville School during Summer of 2000 and again at the County Office of Education the following fall.
1999 - Hot Chocolate: an introducation to HTML and the Internet for Kids. published by Lodestar Creations. Book signing Sunday, April 18, 1999. Successfully piloted at Bridgeville School resulting in a second place overall finish in the Junior High Division at the 1999 NTAP and CTAP Star tech competition held by the Mendocino County Office of Education. This was a collaboration with artist, L.E. Zerzan (www.facebook.com/l.e.zones/) and Judith Ann Palmer.
1996 Teacher of the Year Redwood Region at the 34th Annual California Association for the Gifted Conference Los Angeles, CA. Virginia gave several lectures at this conference over the years, include two that were tape recorded and disseminated by the conference. Over the years Virginia has presented over 30 workshops on teaching gifted kids, integrating math and literature, and hands on classrooms. She has taught these workshops at Humboldt State, Humboldt County Office of Education, Asilomar, and throughout CA at State conferences.
1992 - Virginia received recognition for the California Educational Initiatives Fund for creating a math trivia game entitled Math Dragons with her students.
1988 - Virginia received an Excellence in Teaching Award from the Humboldt County Office of Education.
1987 - Virginia appeared on the KHSU Children's Show. May 16, 1987 reading her children's book the Mikatoo which was released at a book signing at Northtown Books May 17 with illustrator Laura Zerzan. (www.facebook.com/l.e.zones/)
1987 - Fortunan's "doodle" turns into a book by Leslie Ridgeway. Four column article in The Humboldt Beacon May 13, on page 12 about The Mikatoo.
1983 - Toyon The Literary Annual of Humboldt State University. "As I Gaze at Her Picture." Page 20.
1979 - Friends What Dreams Are Made Of. Sponsored by Eureka Parks and Recreation Department. Edited by Virginia Howard. Containing some of her poetry including "Veal Parmesan" and "As I Gaze at Her Picture."
1978 - Humboldt Journal of Social Relations. Volume 6 Number 1 Fall/Winter. "A Human Being Means Superior?" page 102. (http://www2.humboldt.edu/hjsr/)
1978 - Virginia appeared on the KHSU show WomaNotes reading her poem "Altruism" and her children's story, "The Cockaflow" (an early version of The Mikatoo).
1978 - Osprey Fall Vol. VII No. 1. On page 1 Virginia was interviewed about her writing. Her poem "Altruism" is printed on page 2.
1975 - Big Up Your Mind vinyl record c 1975 Albert L. Wicket produced by Dean Brown Productions, Long Beach, CA. Virginia was in the traveling musical and one of the Duchess' Girls on the record.
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