Background
Parker, Mary Elizabeth was born on September 17, 1952 in Schenectady, New York, United States. Daughter of Carl Bain and Jean Marilyn Parker.
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Mary Elizabeth Parker
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Bachelor in English, Western Michigan University, 1974. Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, University North Carolina, Greensboro, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy in English, University North Carolina, Greensboro, 1988.
Career
Reporter-photographer, Houghton Lake (Michigan) Resorter and Three Rivers Commercial, 1974-1977;
instructor English,, U. North Carolina, Greensboro, 1978-1983;
instructor English,, U. North Carolina, Wilmington, 1981-1982;
instructor English,, Guilford College, Greensboro, 1980;
technical editor, information processing, Wachovia Bank, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1983-1986;
counselor, Wake Forest U., Winston-Salem, 1988-1989;
Professor of English,, Livingstone College, Salisbury, North Carolina, 1990-1991;
Professor of English,, Elon (North Carolina) College, 1991. Creator, chairman International Dana Awards in Poetry, Short Fiction and Novel, 1996, 97, 98. Visiting author Phoenix Festival, High Point (North Carolina) U.,1996.
Visiting author Westchester Academy, High Point, 1997. Author, presenter North Carolina Women Writers' Festival, U. North Carolina, Greensboro, 1997, Control Piedmont Community College Literature Festival, 1998.
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Member North Carolina Writers' Network, International Women Writers Guild.
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Married Michael Dana, March 20, 1992.
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Unitarian Universalist -
Political Party
Democrat
Education
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1974
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1978
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1988
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1974 - 1977
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1978 - 1983
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1980
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1981 - 1982
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1988 - 1989
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1990 - 1991
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1991