Janet Hulstrand is a writer, editor, and teacher whose articles
and essays have been published in Bonjour Paris, the Christian Science Monitor, Smithsonian.com,
Humanities Education, and many other publications. She writes frequently for International Educator, and
is author of NAFSA's best-selling booklet, What Parents Need to Know! Before, During, and After Education Abroad. She
blogs about travel, literature, and writing at Writing from the Heart, Reading for the Road. Since 1997, Hulstrand has created, taught, and directed education abroad programs in France,
Italy, and Hawaii, and has developed and taught training workshops for faculty, administrators and staff involved in study
abroad. She created and developed "Paris A Literary Adventure" and "Hawaii: A Literary Adventure," courses
offered through the Education Abroad program at Hunter and Queens Colleges of the City University of New York. In the spring
of 2008, she introduced her writing workshop/retreat, "Writing from the Heart...in the Heart of Champagne," which
is offered in the fall and spring in Essoyes, and she will teach "Cuba: A Literary Adventure" for Queens College,
CUNY in January 2012. Hulstrand speaks
French and Spanish. She has a B.A. in Child Psychology from the University of Minnesota and a master's degree in English Literature
from Hunter College, CUNY. She studied with Anatole Broyard and Philip Roth, and is a member of American Independent Writers,
the Editorial Freelancers Association, the International Women's Writing Guild, and the Women's National Book Association.
Her first book, Moving On: A Practical Guide to Downsizing the Family Home, coauthored with Linda Hetzer, was published
by Stewart, Tabori & Chang. She and her coauthor now blog at Downsizing the Home: Lessons Learned.Hulstrand was born and raised in Minnesota, and has lived in New York City
and in France. She currently lives with her son in Silver Spring,
Maryland, where she operates her own business, Winged Words Editorial Services. She is currently working on her next two books, Paris: A Literary
Adventure, an anthology; and A Long Way from Iowa, a memoir. You can follow her joyous, wide-ranging pursuits on Twitter.
| Stephen Rueckert, lives in Washington D.C. where he teaches sculpture
at St. Albans School for Boys. His most recent project,"Hip-Hop Birdhouses" and "Honey, Where's the Remote"
delighted audiences in Washington D.C. at The Flashpoint Gallery in cooperation with Xavier Courouble Contemporary Art. | His drawings are in the permanent collections of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and his work has been featured in Art Forum, the New York Times, Public Art Review, The New
Scientist, The Cern Courier journal of high energy particle physics and The Washington Post. He studied sculpture, drawing
and painting at Rhode Island School of Design, the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, The Art Students League, and the New York
Academy. He has taught drawing and sculpture both privately and in workshops offered in connection with institutions such
as Pratt Manhattan, New York University, and the Seattle Academy of Fine Art. . Prior to teaching, as sole proprietor of Sculptural
Engineering, he provided fabrication services for many artists and designers. Some clients include Robert Wilson, Edwin Schlossberg
and artist/furniture designer Edward Wienberger.
His sculptural installation, "The Standard Model (abandoned)"
explored the subject of creation, linking current scientific models of the universe with his own deeply personal artistic
vision. Following “On-On-On,” a sculpture commissioned by the Public Art Fund, Rueckert took a several-year hiatus from
his studio work while helping to raise his two young children. He has recently resumed his work with an untitled sculpture
in response to the events of September 11, 2001, commissioned by St. Albans School, which was on display at the United States Mission to the
United Nations in New York City.
Learn more about Mr. Rueckert's work at: smashedpc.com
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