Header picture of Randall Norris, his book Women of Coal, and a picture of Highway 61 sign

Vita

Randall Norris, 1412 Lancaster Drive, Rock Falls, Illinois 61071

Education:

American Culture Studies, Ph.D.
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio

Creative Wilting, M.F.A.
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio

Secondary Education, B.S.
Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, Tennessee

Teaching,
Writing,
Administrative
Experience:

Professor
Sauk Valley Community College
Dixon, Illinois
2000 to Present

Instructor
American Culture Studies
Bowling Green State University
1994 to 1997

Instructor
English Department
Roane State Community College
Harriman, Tennessee
1993 to 1994

Director of Development
Haley Square
African American Appalachian Arts
Knoxville, Tennessee
1992 to 1993

Teacher
Social Sciences
Martin Junior High School
Crossville, Tennessee
1983 to 1991

Writer/Editor
Special Pesticide Review Division
Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, D.C.
1980-81

Courses
Taught:

American Culture Studies
English Composition
American Literature
World Literature
Creative Writing
Interpersonal Communication
Mass Communication

Publications

Books:

Women of Coal
Oral History/Photo Documentary
University Press of Kentucky
1996

Humanities
Projects:

Women of Coal
Eight Panel Oral History/Photo Documentary
Kentucky Humanities Council
1994

Highway 61: Faces of the Delta-Voices of the South
Six Panel Oral History/Photo Documentary
Mississippi Humanities Council
1992

Short
Stories:

"The Rabbit Hunt"
Appalachia Inside Out
University of Tennessee Press
Knoxville, Tennessee
1995

Play:

Calling Dr. Mengele
Oak Ridge Community Playhouse
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
1994

Government:

Agent Orange Fact Sheet
The White House 1981

Works In Progress

Books:

Highway 61: Faces of the Delta--Voices of the South
Under Review at University of Illinois Press
Disaster Narratives From East Tennessee
Under Review at University of Tennessee Press
Redemption--A Personal Memoir

Play:

Sing Me Home
Calling Dr. Mengele
Judas of the Mountains
(A Trilogy dealing with Oak Ridge)

Humanities:

Silver City--From Boxcars to Split Levels
(An Immigrant Experience In Northwestern Illinois)

Documentary:

Cooper Chemical: Corporate Killer At Work
Planned For 2008
Focus on Joan Robinett/Holiday Mobile Home Court
at Dayhoit, Kentucky

Awards:

Kentucky Humanities Council
Outstanding Public Humanites Project Award
To: Appalachian Writers Center
For: Women of Coal
Louisville, Kentucky
1994

"Roads Scholar"
Illinois Humanities Council
2002-Present

Fullbright Senior Scholar Fellows Roster
2005-2010

Fellowships:

Squaw Valley Writers Conference
Squaw Valley, California
1989

Squaw Valley Writers Conference
Squaw Valley, California
1990
(Only Second Year Fellowship Ever Awarded In Thirty Five Year History Of The Event)

Finalist:

Stegner Fellowship
Stanford University
1990

Short Stozy Competition
"Thomas Jefferson Farley 1898"
Hemingway Days Fiction Contest
Key West, Florida
1990

Short Story
Writers Digest Short Story Contest
Cincinatti, Ohio
1989

Booksignings:

Joseph-Beth Bookstore
Lexington, Kentucky

Hawley-Cooke Bookstore
Louisville, Kentucky

Davis- Kidd Bookstore
Knoxville, Tennessee

Taylor Books
Charleston, West Virginia

Rennaisance Bookstore
Huntington, West Virginia

Television:

Five O'Clock News
WLEX TV
ChanneI 18
NBC
Lexington, Kentucky
The Noon Show
WLYK TV
Channe127
CBS
Lexington, Kentucky

Alive At Five
WBIR TV
ChannellO
CBS
Knoxville, Tennessee

Radio
Appearances:

Joe Patti Show
WIXY
103.5 FM
Lexington, Kentucky

Martha Mtchell Show
National Public Radio
VVKUV
99.5 FM
Richmond, Kentucky

National Public Radio
Madison, WI
"Higher Ground"
1/7/06

Grants Awarded

Twenty Eight For Twenty Eight

Haley Square:

American Eagle
Nashville, Tennessee
$45,000

Coca-Cola Foundation
Atlanta, Georgia
$22,000

Hyatt Regency
Knoxville, Tennessee
$10,000

Knoxville News-Sentinel
Knoxville, Tennessee
$2,500

We Shall Overcome
Highlander Center
$1,000

Appalachian
Writers Center:

Highway 61
Mississippi Humanities Council
$10,000

Phil Hardin Foundation
Meridian, Mississippi
$5,000

Highway 61
Mississippi Humanities Council
$1,000

Women of Coal:

Kentucky Humanities Council
$10,000

Kentucky Humanities Counci
$5,000

Kentucky Oral History Society
$2,500

Sauk Valley:

Speakers Grant
Illinois Arts Council
$400

References:

Dr. William Grant Chair American Culture Studies BGSU Bowling Green, Ohio 43402 0 (419) 372-8886	Dr. Richard Messer Professor English Department BGSU Bowling Green, Ohio 43402 H (419) 353-4703
Dr. Steve Heller Chair Creative Writing Program Kansas State University Manhattan, KS (913) 532-6716	John Calderazzo Professor English Department Colorado State Univ. Ft. Collins, CO 0 (970) 491-6896
Dr. Virginia Smith Director Kentucky Humanities Council. University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 0 (606) 257-5932	Dr. Joe Perry Professor Sociology Department BGSU Bowling Green, OH 0 (419) 372-0586