Nancy Arbuthnot
3067 Harrison St, NW
Washington, DC 20015
(202) 966-7336
arbuthnot5@yahoo.com

Education:
Ph.D., English, University of Virginia, 1981
M.A., English, University of Maryland, 1976
B.A., University of Maryland, 1973

Work Experience:
Professor of English, United States Naval Academy, 1981-present
Poet-in-the-Schools, Maryland Arts Council, 1973-85
Poet-in-the-Schools, Montana State Arts Council, 1980-81

Publications:
Wild Washington: Animal Sculpture A-Z (poems). Annapolis, MD: The Annapolis Publishing Company, 2005.

From Where the Wind Blows by Le Pham Le(poetry translations). Sacramento, CA: The Vietnamese International Poetry Society, 2003.

Mexico Shining: Songs of the Aztecs (poetry translations). Boulder, CO: Three Continents Press, 1996.

An American Artist in World War II: Jason Schoener at Eniwetok Atoll (art monograph). Needham, MA: Simon and Schuster, 1996.

Poetry published in Beacon, Black Box, Blue Ridge Review, Calvert, Calyx, Chesapeake Country Life, Cimarron, CutBank, Fine Madness, Kennebec, Maryland English Journal, The New Virginia Review, Puckerbrush Review, Shenandoah, Sucharnochee Review, Sou’wester, Visions, Willow Springs, Windhorse Review.

Current Projects:
“Annapolis Alphabet: A Rhyming Guide to the Naval Academy” (forthcoming, 2007, The Annapolis Publishing Company)

“Guiding Lights: Monuments and Memorials of the United States Naval Academy” (in process)

“Waves Overlap Waves” (translations of poems by Le Pham Le; under consideration at Oceans Publications)

Presentations/Workshops/Seminars:
“The Prose Poem,” Pedagogy Forum, Associated Writing Programs Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, 1 March 2007 (accepted).

“Animal Sculpture in Washington, DC,” slide-presentations at Miriam’s Café of Miriam’s Kitchen, 28 February, 28 March 25 April 2006; DC Public Libraries, 25 September 2005 and 10 October 2005; Somerset Community Center, Bethesda, MD, 8 October 2005; Baywoods Center, Annapolis, MD 18 October 2005.

Poetry Writing Workshops, The Capital City Public Charter School, Washington, DC,
28 September and 7 October 2006.

“Poetry as a Spiritual Exercise,” Wednesday Seminars, Western Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC, 8, 15 and 22 January 2006.

“Translation Exercises for the Creative Writing Classroom,” Translation Workshop,
American Literary Translators Association Annual Convention, Las Vegas, NV,
9 October 2004.

“The Reason for Rhyme,” American Literary Translators Association Annual Convention,” Cambridge, MA, 24 October 2003.

“Vietnamese Poems Bilingual Reading,” American Literary Translators Association Annual Convention, Raleigh, NC, 20 October 2002.

“Poetry and Modern Art: French Impressionism,” NEH Understanding Poetry Seminar for School Teachers, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 15 March 1997.
“Poetry and Modern Art: 19th Century American Realism and Impressionism,” NEH Understanding Poetry Seminar for School Teachers, National Museum of American Art,” Washington, DC, 3 May 1997.

Grants and Awards:
Atlanta Center for the Creative Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL: February 19-March 11, 2007: Associate Artist.

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA: Residency Fellow, January, 2006;
January 2005.

Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France: Fellow in Poetry, January-May, 1996.

National Endowment for the Humanities Seminar for Teachers, co-director, “Understanding Poetry,” Washington, DC, AY1994-95.

South Atlantic Association of Departments of English: Outstanding Teacher Award, 1995.