Ellin Pollachek

Author & Photographer

www.ellinpollachek.com

Ellin Ronee Pollachek, Ph.D.
525 East 83rd Street, Apt. 2W
New York, New York 10028
212 288-6109
email-EllinsPlace@aol.com

EDUCATION
DUKE UNIVERFSITY, July 2002, Literacy Through Photography. Workshop with Wendy Ewald on how photography can be used to help students develop literacy skills.
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. Ph.D. January, 1999.School of Education--Culture and Communication Program, Humanities Department- Dissertation: What Similarities And Differences, If Any, Can Be Perceived From An Analysis Of The Critical Responses To Transgressive Art In Two Different Art Forms: An Analysis of the critical responses to photography and literature employing reader-response theory and content analysis as my methods.
HUNTER COLLEGE. M.A. /N.Y.C. 1977. Theater Arts. Master’s Thesis: The Ways in which Female Teenagers Can Become More Aware of Problem Areas in Early Marriages Through Role-Playing in Creative Dramatics.
B.A. Upsala College/East Orange, N.J. English Literature.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND LISTINGS
Professional Women's Photographers
Directory of Poets and Writers
Marquis Who’s Who in America
Marquis Who’s Who in American Women
Authors Guild
International Center of Photography

PUBLISHED WORKS
Hall, Ellin (pseudonym). Midnight Sins . New York: Bantam Books. 1989.
Pollachek, Ellin. Seasons . New York: Zebra Books 1980 & 1988

BOOK CHAPTER
“The Woman on the Podium” in Total Immersion: A Mikvah Anthology. 1995. Rivkah Slonim, ed. Jason Aronson Inc. Northvale, NJ.


SHORT STORIES
"Married Men" The Pedestal (an online publication). Dec. 2001.
“Laundry Day” The Distillery: Artistic Spirits of the South. Winter, 1997.
“Daffodil” Wisconsin Review. Spring, 1998.
“Jewtown” The Bridge. Winter, l998.
“Wings of Sand.” Focus Magazine. 1969.

MEDICAL ARTICLES
HPV Virus and Women’s Predisposition to the AIDS virus. 1990. For New York Gynecological Center, East 76 Street. New York, NY.
Immune Deficiency Disorders for Women. Penthouse Forum. November, 1996
Celibacy and Emotional Health. Penthouse Forum. June, 1994.
Addiction in America. Adelina (Italian Publication) June, 1990
Why Long Lasting Relationships are (Almost) Impossible. Penthouse Forum. November, 1992
Nice People Don’t Argue, Do They? Cleo Australian Publication. September, 1992

TRAVEL ARTICLES
An American in India. India Today. V. IV, No. 7. April, 1990
Cultivating Greensboro. Travel/Holiday. May, 1987
Darjeeling. FollowMe (Australian Publication). March, 1987
Honeymooning in India. Modern Bride. December/ January, 1992
India’s Palatial Gems. Robb Report. October, 1995
Israel at 40. N.Y. Times. April, 1988
My Favorite Photograph: Tenzing Norgay. Soma. Autumn, 1987
Romancing The Gemstone. Travel/Holiday. April, 1986
Sri Lanka—Nearer to Paradise. Soma. V. 13. No. 1. November, 1989
To Trek or Not to Trek. Soma. May, 1988


EDUCATIONAL CHILDREN'S BOOKS
What Are You Doing At The Hospital, Mom? Produced under a grant award under ESEA Title III in Association with New Jersey’s Winningboro Township Board of Education. 1975.
The Missing Link. Produced under a grant award under ESEA Title III in Association with the Winningboro Township Board of Education. 1975.
As part of Project Hear, a creation of Cogent Associates, these books were awarded for their excellence in presenting professions to children in a non-gender specific way.

COLLEGE TEACHING
2003
Westchester Community College, Westchester, New York
Summer 2002
Yale Exploratory Program for gifted high school students
Full-day workshop on The Beats at Yale University.
Catskill Writing Camp
August 5-9, 8-12 year olds; August 12-16, Teens; August 19-23, Adults
Spring 2002
Pace University, Pleasantville, New York
Or Zarua Hebrew School- Manhattan, 1st grade Hebrew
New York City Public Schools- Manhattan and Queens
Hostos Community College.
June 10-July 3. Expository Writing.
1/91-2002-- Hostos Community College, Bronx, NY.
9/92-9/94--City College of New York, 137 St. & Amsterdam Ave.
9/92-9/96--New York University, School of Continuing Education
9/93-9/94--College of Mt. St. Vincent, Riverdale, NY



Participant in Group Photography Shows
CURRENTLY:
Safe-T-Gallery, Williamsburg, New York
The Creative Center, Manhattan, New York
Deborah Davis Fine Arts. 345 Warren Street, Hudson, New York. Participant in a group photography show featuring photographs of the Hudson River.
2001- Through The Lens. Silhouettes By The Sea in the Greene County Council on the Arts Mountaintop Gallery. Windham, New York.
2001- Hudson Valley. Currently showing Foggy Morn in the Catskill Mountain Gallery and Bookstore on Main Street in Hunter, New York.
A River Flows to the Sea. 5/00-7/00. Greene County Council of the Arts. Catskill, New York. 16x20” Cibachrome prints and C-prints included in a showing of visual art on the Hudson River.
How ‘Bout You Come Back To Me Later - Spring ‘95. Work on the body shown at NYU’s Barney Building. A collection of cameraless photographs curated by Prof. Gerald Pryor.
10 Voices - Summer ‘95 NYU’s Barney Building and curated by Prof. Gerald Pryor.

SOLO SHOWS
India. Indian Consulate. Rockefeller Center. 1985

GRANTS
7/02-SOS Grant. Grant for printing photographs of India for show at Catskill Mt. Foundation.
1/02-Poets and Writers. Grant to run fiction writing workshop.
1/00- SOS Grant. For Framing of Photos in Greene County Council of the Arts grant.
12/98 - Greene County Council For the Arts. A Year In The Life of a River.

Business Writing

Speechwriter
Faberge. For Arlene Carlson, then Vice President, for their national sales meeting.
Lubovitch Religious Group. For Henscha Gansbourg, upon her return trip from Russia. Delivered to a group of women at a United Jewish Appeal meeting.
Mercury Travel. For Victor Biswas on India.

Copywriter
KPMG Peat Marwick. Montvale, NJ. Consultant. (2000-2002) Working with Nancy Bloom to develop a training handbook to be used by non-training, subject-experts working in the field of corporate adult education.
Butler-Perkins (Direct Mail division of Chiat Day) - 79 Fifth Avenue. Involved with AT&T and American Express campaigns.
Wunderman, Ricotta & Kline- 675 Sixth Avenue. Free-lance writer for newsletters for AT&T business-to-business and consumer divisions as well as wrote fund-raising renewal series for WNET/Channel l3.
Scali McCabe & Sloves-Third Avenue. Chase Manhattan Bank’ new Banking Plus program.
Faberge- 725 Fifth Avenue. Involved with print, public relations promotions and speechwriting.
Eric West- ll4 W. 32nd St. Developed concepts and execution for print and audio-visual sales pieces for MacGregor spring '87 men's fashion collection.
Mercury Travel - 28 W. 44 Street. Wrote, conceptualized and produced audio-visual slide show on India and wrote speeches for Victor Biswas, President.
Gimbels - 32nd Street & Broadway, John Russo, C.D. Special Events Coordinator/Program.
Macy’s- 34th Street & Broadway. Consultant, free-lance writer.
Bloomingdale's. l000 Third Avenue. (Staff and Free Lance. l974-l981) Writer-Special Events assistant.
Shaller-Rubin. Swank Account. Writer and Asst. Account Executive.909 Third Avenue. l972-l974.