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Summer Hess:聽

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

Here鈥檚 what I鈥檝e been up to since聽taking聽to life聽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聽. 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聽Writing in the Performing and Visual Arts: Creating, Performing, and Teaching. The chapter is called 鈥淰isual Thinking Strategies in the Composition Classroom.鈥� I am grateful for Justin Young of 51福利社 and Heidi Arbogast of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture and their assistance on this manuscript.
• I am still serving聽51福利社 students through the Writers鈥� Center聽online services.
• Keeping close to my聽love of the outdoors and the Inland Northwest, I continue to contribute writing to聽听补苍诲听. I also have work forthcoming聽in聽聽in 2017.鈥�