Trudy Gottlieb Ettelson

Background

Trudy Ettelson was born on September 23, 1947, in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. She is the daughter of Jack Gottlieb, a barrel reconditioning supervisor, and Rose Biales, a homemaker.

Education

Trudy Ettelson attended Case Western Reserve, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in 1969. Additionally, she graduated from Yale Graduate School and earned a Doctor of Philosophy in French in 1974. Ettelson also studied at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and got a Master of Arts in Judaica in 1980.

Career

Trudy Ettelson is an educator. Since 1997, she has served at DeVry University as an associate professor of communications. Additionally, she taught at schools, including Chaminade University, University of Chicago, and Yale University. Ettelson also is a writing and workshop consultant and affiliated with www.doctortrudy.com.

Furthermore, Trudy Ettelson is a writer. Her book, Soul Stories and Steps, explores the relationship between ancient Biblical stories and midrash, the retelling of those stories with a modern twist. Another book, Adventures in Writing, examines the relationship between fiction and nonfiction in the writing process. It seeks to give a voice to the writer in all of us and to make the learning of grammar a spiritual process that is fun and entertaining.

Achievements

• Trudy Ettelson is well known as a writer and educator. She teaches for more than twenty years. As a writer, Ettelson is a holder of America's Best Award for teleplay in 1996, screenplay in 1998, and a short story in 1999.

Works

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  • Adventures in Writing

    (In fun steps and stories, Doctor Trudy revolutionizes the...)

    2001
  • Soul Stories & Steps 1994

Views

In one interview, Trudy Ettelson said that her students "inspired her to give voice to the creative urges within us that long to be expressed and shared with others. A student appendix of writing glories illustrates the application of spiritual steps and stories that entertain as they teach how to write. As our Creator spins the stories of our lives, we become co-creators in the writing process. As we polish our craft, we grow through challenges that used to baffle us. Always, change within effects change without." Also, she believes the twelve Steps often provide a spiritual foundation for the writing process. Writing helps to understand the human condition and those parts of the human condition that are Divine. Whatever wounds we bear as human beings can be healed through writing, for writing is always a solution.

Quotations: "Writing is healing, creative art that is capable of infusing all of our lives with pleasure and spirituality."

Membership

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  Outdoor Circle , United States

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  Modern Language Association , United States

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  National Council of Teachers of English , United States

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  National Writers Association , United States

Interests

• Creative self-help, twelve steps, religion, and literature

Connections

Trudy Ettelson married Richard Ettelson on August 19, 1973.

Father:

Jack Gottlieb

Mother:

Rose Biales

husband:

Richard Ettelson