User:Bart King

EDUCATION

           M.A. History, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, 1995
                Master’s thesis published in Vietnam magazine
           B.A. English, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, 1987

AUTHOR

• Books

An Architectural Guidebook to Portland, Fall 2007

• Updated second edition to be published by Oregon State University Press
  • First edition (2001) sold out

Voices of the Armory, 2006

• Contributing writer; the book is about the new Gerding Theater in Portland’s Pearl District

The Big Book of Girl Stuff, 2006

• Currently in its third printing

High Noon Young Adult Series for Academic Therapy Press, 2006 The Big Book of Boy Stuff, 2004

• ForeWord Magazine’s 2005 Book of the Year, Young Adult Nonfiction Independent Publisher 2005 Gold Medal Book Award, Children’s Interactive Amazon.com’s #1 Children’s Bestseller, September 2004 Currently in its ninth printing

Articles, Essays & Commentary: A Sampling Invited to be a commentary correspondent for National Public Radio, 2007 Regular contributing writer for the American College Testing Program (ACT),

• Hampton-Brown (a division of National Geographic), Educational Testing Service (ETS), and CTB/McGraw-Hill, 2000-2007

“The Portland Swooshes?” On-air essay, Oregon Public Radio, April 17, 2006 “The Secrets of Boyhood” Los Angeles Family, June, 2005 “John Paul Vann’s Reluctant Fighting Tiger” Vietnam magazine, October, 2001 “No One Likes a Halloween Chump” Portland Tribune, October 30, 2001

Public School Teacher, 1990-2005

• 2004 Recipient of the Penny Lyden Excellence in Education Award
• Taught courses in social studies, language arts, and critical thinking.