Summer Hess

Summer Hess: 

“I had the opportunity to travel to New Zealand with my partner as he conducts doctoral research at the University of Canterbury on a Fulbright Fellowship through the end of 2016. What an amazing and diverse experience it has been!

Here’s what I’ve been up to since taking to life on the road:

• I am working on the manuscript for my first book, which is about social innovation and change-making in Spokane, WA and focuses on the Community Building. Many thanks to my friends and colleagues in Spokane for making it possible for me to work remotely this year!
• I have a book chapter forthcoming through the WAC Clearinghouse and the University Press of Colorado titled Writing in the Performing and Visual Arts: Creating, Performing, and Teaching. The chapter is called “Visual Thinking Strategies in the Composition Classroom.” I am grateful for Justin Young of Eastern Washington University and Heidi Arbogast of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture and their assistance on this manuscript.
• I am still serving EWU students through the Writers’ Center online services.
• Keeping close to my love of the outdoors and the Inland Northwest, I continue to contribute writing to Field & Compass and Out There Monthly. I also have work forthcoming in Nspire Magazine in 2017.”