User:Aleta Curry
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As a freelance writer and historian now resident in Australia, my curriculum vitae spans several countries with extensive experience in research, writing and publishing.
Areas of expertise are:
- The Performing Arts: Dance, film and theatre
- Dogs: History of dog breeds: Working Dogs (herders and terriers); History of Fox Terriers; Dogs in Film and Literature; Dogs and Society; Dogs in Art
- Social History: Domestic service, etiquette, forms and formality
Current interest: History of dog breeds: Specializing in Australian Working Dogs; National dog breeds; Independent dog breeds
BA in history; minor: political theory; minor: film theory. Graduate courses: History. Ten years’ experience in methods analyst and procedural writer. Professional ballroom dance teacher and performer for over 10 years. Co-founder of a theatre performance group.
Current/recent publications:
Articles:
- Not just Another Pretty Face: The Working Origins of Australia’s Show Dogs. In Dog’s Life magazine, March-April 2007.
- The Border Collie. Anticipated publication: December, 2007. [Part of a continuing series The All-Australian Dog in the Southern Village View Magazine. Published so far: The Australian Cattle Dog, The Jack Russell Terrier, The Koolie, The Miniature Fox Terrier, The Tenterfield Terrier.
Books:
- The 20th Anniversary Show Book: Twenty Years of the Mini Foxie Club of Australia. ISBN: 0-9758380-0-8. Sydney: 2006. Editor and contributor.
A Radio Interview:
- http://www.pettalkradio.com/ PTR #183 Seg: 4/5 Not Just A Pretty Face - Aleta Curry
Stuff I'll be working on as I can:
- User:Aleta Curry/dogs - I'm organizing dog topics here. Or just jotting things down as I think of them. Or whatever. Feel free to have a look and drop a line.
Stuff I need:
- to add a category: Category:Biology Workgroup--with a preceeding colon places the category on the page. Without, it places what you're writing into the category. There should be a way to make this appear on the page in edit form, but I don't know it.
- to add myself: Curry, Aleta