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Personal Profile For Dr Mimi Thebo
ArtsWork Senior Teaching Fellow and Principal Lecturer: Creative. School of Humanities and Cultural Industries.
BA [University of Kansas], MA [Bath Spa University College], PhD [Bath Spa University].
Personal Statement:
I lecture on the BA in Creative Writing, the MA in Creative Writing and the MA in Writing for Young People and am the Senior Teaching Fellow for the Artswork BroadcastLab. I am passionately convinced of the value of my subject of Creative Writing, not only in terms of how it can help students improve their writing during the course, but also in how it can help them develop ethically and intellectually to become more capable individuals for the whole of their lives. I have a particular interest in how student creativity engages with the wider world and how Higher Education supports that engagement. This is informed by my own research as a widely published novelist for both children and adults.
In my role with Artswork (the CETL at Bath Spa University)we investigate the relationsips between Creativity, Technology and Employability.
Professional Qualifications:
Please see academic qualifications
Membership of Professional Bodies/Subject Associations:
NAWE
MLA
PEN
AWP
Teaching Specialism:
Creative Writing, including fiction, the novel, writing for young people, publication skills and strategies. Creative Enterprise Projects.
Key Publications/Exhibitions/Performances:
Pedagogical articles
"Case Study: Artswork Modules 'Towards Publication' and 'Into Print': Attainable Achievements in the Wider World for Level Two Creative Writing Students" by Mimi Thebo, Bath Spa University, Issue 1, Summer 2007, the CETH Journal of Employability and The Humanities
'Employability and Creative Writing' - 11/06 the English Subject Centre Newsletter
Book length fiction
Nothing Ever Happens in Eudora - Mainstream adult novel, to be published by Ballantine Imprint of Random House, July 2008
Welcome to Eudora - Mainstream adult novel, published by Ballantine imprint of Random House, September 2007
Drawing Together - Story book, published by Walker Books, September 2005, Spanish translation 2006, Slovenian translation to be published 2007
Get Real - Children's novel (9-12 year range), published by HarperCollins, January 2005. Shortlisted for Lancashire Libraries Book of the Year.
Hit the Road, Jack - Children's novel (9-12 year range), published by HarperCollins, January 2004
Wipe Out - Children's novel (8 -12 year range), published by HarperCollins, January 2003 (Sunday Times Book of the Week). Paperback June 2003. French translation to be published 2005. Filmed for BBC Education (Barbara Cox won BAFTA for adaptation December 2004).
The Saint Who Loved Me - Mainstream adult novel, published by Alison and Busby, September 2002 (reprinted second week). Waterstone's Selection, Border's Selection. Reviewed favourably in The Bookseller September 2002.
Broadcasts
'Tiger Man' Short story, broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Spring 2003
'The Cave-In Area' Short story, broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Spring 2001 and Summer 2002
Magazine Fiction/Poetry
'Balls', 'Gibbs Road' Poems, Obsessed With Pipework, Spring 2001
'The Cave-In Area' Short story, The New Writer, Autumn 2000
'Taking it With You' Short story (chosen as top story in 'Death Issue'), MsLexia, Summer 1999
'Airport Shuttle' Poem, Obsessed With Pipework, Spring 1999
Anthologies
'Taking it With You' Short story included in Mix, a ten year anthology of Bath Spa Creative Writing MA student and graduate work, Spring 2003
'Dirt Road' Poem, Honourable Mention, Robert Bloomfield Memorial Awards for Rustic Poetry and published in anthology, Summer 2001
'Gibbs Road' Poem, Highly Commended, Barnet Open Poetry Contest and published in anthology, Autumn 2000
'Tongue', 'Trinity Road' Poems, Highly Commended and Commended, respectively, 1999 Blue Nose Poets of the Year Contest, Winter 1999
'To Ryegrass' 2nd place, 1999 Berkshire Poetry Prize and published in anthology, Summer 1999
Current Scholarship:
A memoir about injury and an enquiry into the ethics of memoir
A study skills book for Creative Writing students
Give details of conferences at which you have presented papers:
'Contemporary Womens Writing' September 2007 (ESC at University of Sussex) presented 'Being a Contemporary Woman Writer'
'Renewals' (ESC at University of Surrey) July 2007 presented 'Training Creative Entrepreuners within the Creative Writing Curriculum'
'CETH Conference' (the CETL at University of Central Lancashire) March 2007, presented 'Artswork Modules Towards Publication and Into Print: Attainable Achievements in the Wider World for Level Two Creative Writing Students
E'mbedding Employability into Curriculum' February 2005 presented 'Destination Garrett? Employability and Arts Curriculum.'
'Great Writing' University of Wales at Bangor 2003 presented 'What have you done for me lately? The Practice/Criticism relationship'
External Examiners:
Southampton Solent BA Writing Popular Fiction
Other External Roles:
Groups and Committees:
SouthWest Media Education Employer Forum (a Skillset/Southwest Screen initiative for communication between
media learning providers and media companies)
AHRC Collaborative Project on Training and Development for PhD Writing Students with the University of Portsmouth
Investigations into the nature and nurturing of Creativity in HE students with: NESTA, ScePTRE, and UWIC
Sector Specialist for the Creative Industries in the University's KESW programme
Member of the Burlington Group (an HEA employability initiative)
Moderation:
Peer Reviewer: Journal of Employability and the Humanitites
Judge: New Writing Competition 2006
Judge: Babel Competition for Bath Festivals 2004
Media contributions:
For Radio Four: A short story 'Tiger Man' and also involved in a roundtable discussion of Human Evil on 'Off The Page' with two other nationally known writers.
For the Guardian Newspaper: Have been interviewed about Creative Writing, writing/work balance.
Recent Professional Updating:
ESC 'Renewals' Conference (Jul. 07)
Creativity or Conformity Conference (Jan. 07)
ScEPTRE Day on 'Creative Practice' (Mar. 06)
Burlington Group (Feb. 06)
HERDA SW Conference (Nov. 06)
Enabling Assessment (Nov. 06)
Creative Clusters Conference (Sep. 06)
Embedding Employability Conference (Feb. 05)
School of English staff development on PDP (Sep. 04)
Last Updated: 04 February 2008.
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