Elizabeth Harper Neeld

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Academic Education:

B. S. (English Education), University of Chattanooga
M. Ed. (English), University of Chattanooga
Ph. D. (English), University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Dissertation: Biblical Allusion in the Novels of Samuel Richardson
Post-Graduate Studies, New School of Social Research, New York

Positions:

Tenured, Full Professor, Texas A&M University, English Department 1976-1983

A: First woman to be named Full Professor in the English Department at Texas A&M

B: Created the curriculum for, taught in, and directed the rhetoric and composition program for M. A. and Ph. D. degrees in the English Department 1976-1983

C: Assistant to the President of Texas A&M, 1980-1981

Executive Professor, College of Business, University of Houston 1990-2000

Independent Scholar, Researcher, and Author, 1983-present

Corporate Consultant, 1990-2000
Selected clients: Delta Airlines; US Postal Service; Lockheed; Master Card; AT&T; Showtime/Movie Channel; Faulkner Eye Institute of Hawaii; Syntex Pharmaceutical Laboratories; Mobil; Shell; Exxon; AARP; Walmart; Conoco Norway; Camaroon State Oil Company, Africa; Saline Water Conversion Corporation, Saudi Arabia; Compania Siderurgica Huachipato, Chile; Samsung Engineering Company, South Korea; FAIV, Paris, France

Consultant to National Endowment for the Humanities (Committee mandated by United States Congress); Lily Foundation, Carnegie Foundation, American Council of Learned Societies, the Rockefeller Foundation 1973-1976

Director, English Programs, The Modern Language Association, New York, 1973-1976

Head, Humanities Division, Cleveland State Community College, Tennessee, 1967-1973

Publications

Tough Transitions, hardback and paperback, (Warner Books, NY), Book of the Month for One Spirit Book Club
A Sacred Primer: The Essential Guide to Quiet Time and Prayer, (hardback, Renaissance Press, NY; paperback, Abingdon Press, Nashville)
Seven Choices: Finding Daylight after Loss Shatters Your World, (Warner Books, NY) Book of the Month for Psychology Today Book Club. This book was chosen by the American Red Cross to be distributed in New York after 9/11.
Seven Choices Audio Book, (Centerpoint Press)
Seven Choices Pocket Guide, (Centerpoint Press)
From the Plow to the Pulpit, (Centerpoint Press)
Sister Bernadette: Cowboy Nun from Texas, ( Centerpoint Press)
Writing, 1, 2, 3, Editions, (Scott Foresman)
Writing Brief, 1, 2, 3 Editions, (Scott Foresman)
Writing Shor Course
Readings for Writing, (Scott Foresman)
The Way A Writer Reads, (Scott Foresman)
Options for the Teaching of English: The Undergraduate Curriculum, (The Modern Language Association)
Either Way Will Hurt & Other Essays on English, (The Modern Language Association)
Harper & Row Studies in Language and Literature, (Harper & Row)
Fairy Tales of the Sea, (Texas A&M Press)
Yes! You Can Write audio series, (Nightengale/Conant)

For reviews of selected books, see individual book listings on elizabethharperneeld.com

Public Television Documentaries Based on Book, Seven Choices:

The Challenge of Grief, a one-hour documentary based on Elizabeth Neeld’s book. Seven Choices, and anchored by her, shown nation-wide on public television stations and available for purchase from Amazon.com.

Seven Choices for Healing Grief, a one-hour live filming with Elizabeth Neeld, shown on Iowa Public Television

Selected Honors

Who’s Who in the World, (2010 Edition)
Who’s Who in America, (2010 Edition)
Who’s Who in American Women, 2006/2007, 25th Edition
Who’s Who in American Education, 6th edition, 2004/2005
Directory of American Scholars, 11th edition
Contemporary Authors of America, #141