Background
Devlin, Jean Theresa was born on April 14, 1947 in Jamaica, New York, United States. Daughter of Edward Philip and Frances Margaret (Tillman) Creagh.
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Jean Theresa Devlin, American Educator, storyteller. Honored for outstanding service Boy Scouts American, 1978; recipient Outstanding Cmty. Svc. award, named Most Admired Woman of the Decade Station WPSD-television, 1991, International Women of Year, 1993; grantee Southern Illinois Art Council,1992.
Education
Bachelor magna cum laude, Queens College, 1972; postgraduate, Queens College, since 1994; Master of Arts, St. John's U., Jamaica, 1987; Doctor of Philosophy, Southern Illinois U., 1991.
Career
Substitute teacher, Diocese of Brooklyn, 1969-1975;
teacher, St. Gregory's School, Bellerose, New York, 1975-1982;
district manager, Creative Expressions, Robesonia, Pennsylvania, 1980-1983;
assistant to dean, adjunct instructor workshop supervisor Special University Program, St. John's U., Jamaica, 1983-1987;
assistant professor department English, St. John's U., Jamaica, 1992;
assistant dean, St. John's College Liberal Arts, St. Johns U., 1993-1994;
owner, Tara's Tees and Golden Hands Embroidery, 1984-1987;
from graduate assistant to doctoral fellow English department, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, 1987-1989;
storytelling teacher Continuing Education, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, 1992;
adjunct assistant professor, St. John's U., Jamaica, 1992-1994;
adjunct assistant professor, Polytechnic U., New York, 1995-1996;
adjunct assistant professor, Bayside Academy, New York, 1995-1997;
adjunct assistant professor, St. Anthony's H.S., Huntington, New York, since 1996;
adjunct assistant professor, Molloy College, New York, since 1998. Consultant Family Literature Project. Supervisor workshops Popular Culture, 1991-1994, Children's Literature Association, 1990-1992, Midwest Popular Culture, 1991, Wyoming Centennial, 1990.
Presenter poetry readings, dramatic interpretation, storytelling, including International Research Society in Children's Literature, Paris, 1991, National Council Teachers English Conference, 1992, Illinois Association Teachers of English, 1990, 91, 92, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, 1992, Mid Atlantic Popular/American Culture, 1993. Speaker Speak Easy Workshop, 1981. Showcased National.Congress Storytelling, Children's Reading Roundtable, 1990.
World-wide storyteller, since 1991. Featured speaker Puppet Guild of Long Island, 1997.
Achievements
Membership
Den leader Boy Scouts American, Bayside, New York, 1975-1980. Troop leader Girl Scouts United States of America, Flushing, New York, 1976-1978. Volunteer Elderwise Day Care, Carbondale, Illinois, 1992, Alice Wright Day Care Center, Carbondale, 1989-1992, ABC Quilts (A Pediatric Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome group), since 1991.
Member The Stage Company, Cill Cais Players. Member Modern Language Association, American Association of University Women, National Council Teachers English, National Association Preservation and Perpetuation of Storytelling, Children's Literature Association, Ladies AncientOrder Hibernians (chapter founder, president 1984-1985), National Theatre for Puppet Arts, Puppet Guild of Long Island, Skull and Circle Honor Society (St. John's U.), Alpha Sigma Lambda, Sigma Tau Delta, Phi Delta Kappa, others.
Interests
Connections
Children: Michael, Bernadette, Patrick.
