Mary Ann Sternberg: writer and author

PROFESSION: Freelance writer; nonfiction author; public relations
EXPERIENCE:
1996 to present: LSU School of Mass Communication, Baton Rouge.
Internship coordinator (part time); Special projects.
Spring, 2003: Adjunct faculty, teaching feature writing, LSU School of Mass Communication.
July, 2002; October, 2003: instructor in feature writing, 1 week class—Caucasus School of Journalism and Media Management, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia.
1988-1992: Maison Blanche, Inc. Baton Rouge. Director, Corporate Public Relations.
1976-1988: Maison Blanche, Inc.—special projects.
1974-present: free lance feature writing
PUBLICATIONS:
Books: WINDING THROUGH TIME (LSU Press, 2007)
ALONG THE RIVER ROAD, (LSU Press, editions 1996 and 2001)
THE PELICAN GUIDE TO LOUISIANA, a tour guide to the state. (Pelican Publishing Co., editions1989 and 1993)
Intro/history--Monograph: The Native Flora of Louisiana, LSU Press, Baton Rouge. 1992.
THE SOUTHERN BRIDE'S NOTEBOOK. (Maison Blanche Department stores. Editions l982 and l985.)
Editorial consultant: BARTRAM HERITAGE, by the Bartram Trail Conference; THE HISTORY OF CAMP MOORE, by Powell A. Case

Literary: Southern Cultures, Winter 2009;
Magazines: Sierra; Montana Magazine; Cultural Vistas; New Orleans Magazine; Home & Away (online); Kiwanis Magazine; Saveur; Reform Judaism; Moment; Tactics, the Public Relations Journal; AAA Car & Travel; Smithsonian; Travel & Leisure; Historic Preservation; Americana; Southern Accents; Walking Magazine; Louisiana Life; Baton Rouge Magazine; Vassar Quarterly; Art Spectrum; Louisiana Conservationist

Newspapers: Dallas Morning News—Sunday Magazine cover; Among Us: Stories from the Community (series in the Baton Rouge Advocate); The Times Picayune; Orlando Sentinel; New York Times travel section; Baton Rouge Morning Advocate/State Times; Shreveport Times; Country Roads.

LEADERSHIP/ PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS:
Chair, Ernest Gaines Literary Award Committee—2007 to present
Public talks about Bayou Manchac—2007 to present
Presenter, LA Festival for the Book—Louisiana State Library—Nov. 2007
Panelist, Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival—March 2003
Panelist, LA Festival for the Book—Louisiana State Library, Nov. 2002
Seminar keynote speaker, Seminar: Writing Across the Curriculum. May, LSU College of Education—2002
Speaker, Mississippi River Heritage Conference—Tulane University, Nov. 2001
Workshop participant, Poynter Institute (St. Petersburg, FL)seminar—Telling the Untold Story—April, 2001
On-camera commentator—“The Life and Times of Louisiana Plantations,” TNN –aired, spring 2000
Slide talks about the River Road, 1996 to present, including the Riverbarge—spring, 2000 and the Delta Queen—spring, l998
American Association for State and Local History, Award of Commendation for Along the River Road, l998
Harvard Business School--workshop on Nonprofit Leadership--1997
Author participant, Center for the Book—LA State Library--1997
Panelist, Louisiana Division of the Arts, Literature Panel--l993
Panelist, National Endowment for the Arts, Museum Panel--1992
Speaker, Cultural Tourism Panel, l992 Louisiana Tourism and Travel Summit
Leadership Louisiana--member, Class of l992
Judge, YWCA Women of Achievement Awards--1991
Member and White Paper co-author, Visions/Greater Baton Rouge Think Tank--1991-92
Judge, LOUISIANA LIFE Magazine short story contest--1990-91
Leadership Baton Rouge --Class of 1987
Panelist--United Way -Agencies' public relations seminar--l986

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
American Society of Journalists and Authors; Authors Guild

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Mailing address: P.O. Box 67005 Baton Rouge, LA 70896;
Phone: (225) 771-9561;
Email: msternb@lsu.edu