Pamela Gerhardt has written professionally for 25 years for a variety of newspapers and magazines, including the The Washington Post, The Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle and The Sun. She appeared as a guest on ABC's Nightline June 21, 2001. Her journalism work has been anthologized by Greenhaven Press and Books International and has been widely reprinted on the Internet. She has worked as an editor for both literary and consumer magazines, including a five-year stint with Whittle Communications, publisher of Esquire. As a professional writing instructor/consultant she has worked for NASA, The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, The American Chemical Society, and Shire Pharmacuetical, USA. She received an M.F.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University in May 1993 and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in May 1983 and has taught advanced writing and editing classes at Virginia Commonwealth University, Johns Hopkins University, Texas A&M University. She currently teaches Advanced Persuasive Writing and Narrative Nonfiction in the Professional Writing Program at University of Maryland and was the Faculty Coordinator for the Program since from 2007 to 2011. She was awarded the Senior Lecturer title from 2011-2012, a one-year award. She blogs and tweets regularly on topics related to elder care and aging. Her memoir, Lucky That Way, was published by University of Missouri Press, October 1, 2013. An excerpt appeared in the June 2008 issue of The Washington Post Sunday Magazine and a more recent companion story appeared in The Washington Post Health and Science section, August, 2011
Finalist in Santa Fe Writers Project Creative Nonfiction Contest
http://www.sfwp.com/2013-finalists-nonfiction/
Recent Writings:
Men and the Future of Assisted Living