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EDUCATION
- PhD: Rehabilitation Counselor Education — University of Iowa
- MS: Health Science — University of Florida
- Graduate work in History — Universities of FL & South FL
EXPERIENCE
- Freelance Writer: 1988 — Present
- Vocational Counselor, Case Manager & Consultant: 1994 — Present
- Instructor, Tutor & Lecturer: University of Iowa 1994 — Present
- Instructor: Magazine Writing — Kirkwood Comm. College 2001 — 2005
- Independent Freelance Writing Workshops 2001 — Present
- Co-founded and facilitated Second Sunday Writers' Group 2002 — 2003
- Freelance Editor: University of Iowa Hospital, Cardiology Dept. 2001 — 2002
- Freelance Editor: National Alliance for the Mentally Ill 1999 — 2000
- Editor: PhD Directory, University of Iowa College of Education 1996 — 1998
- Freelance Writer & Editor: Sun Coast Publishing 1988 — 1991
SELECT PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS
- Writing Wrongs, Iowa Governor's Conference 2007
- Writing & Health, Grinnell Medical Center 2006
- Writing & Stress, Cedar Rapids Insurance Adjusters Association 2006
- Get Paid to Write — Loras College, April 2006
- Writing to Discover Meaning & Purpose in Life, Univ. of Iowa 2005
- Writing to Heal, Governor's Conference 2005
- Recorded and Broadcast essays for Public Radio (WSUI/KSUI) 2004
- Freelance Writing Workshops, Barnes & Noble 2001 — 2003
- Get Paid to Write Workshop, Kirkwood Community College 2002 — Present
- Writing to Discover Purpose in Life, Iowa City Public Library 2002
- Freelance Writing as a Home-Based Business, Office Depot 2002
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
- Why Are You Here? Employment Times 2007
- Writing Wrongs American Legion Magazine 2007
- Coping with Job Loss Employment Times 2007
- Putting Pain on Paper Social Work Today 2007
- Persistence Pays Employment Times 2007
- Substance Abuse Counseling Gale Nursing Encyclopedia 2006
- Could It Happen Here? Iowa City Press-Citizen 2005
- Cross-examining the Vocational Expert Iowa Lawyer 2004
- Meaningful Employment for Employees with Disabilities Horizon 2003
- Persistence Pays Careers & the disABLED 2002
- Can Nutrition Help Recovery From Alcoholism? Alive 2002
- Addiction Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (2 nd Ed.) 2001
- Cycling Storyteller Vanguard Airlines 2001
- Healing on Her Mind: Surviving a Brain Tumor Alive 2001
- From Bars to Books SUCCEED 2000
- One Saturday Chicken Soup for the Soul 1999
SELECT AWARDS
- Grand Prize — Writing : International Conf. on Human Functioning 2000
- Rehabilitation Services Admin. Fellowship: University of Iowa 1994 – 1998
- University of Florida Fellowship 1991 — 1994
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals
- National Writers Union
- University of Iowa Speakers Bureau
© 2004 – 2006 Bill Asenjo
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