About Clarice.....
I grew up in Audubon, New Jersey, a small town with easy access to Philadelphia. My father was an audio engineer on top secret defense projects at RCA, while my mother was a full-time charity volunteer fundraiser and active in the Republican Party. During junior high, the music teacher set me on cello lessons with a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra. That led to joining school choruses and playing percussion in the bands.
I graduated from Douglass College when it was still all-female. Next came an M.A. at the University of Wisconsin, and a PhD at Rutgers--the State University. Later came a year of post-doctoral study at Brown University in African American history.
My first professional position was at Johns Hopkins University, where I was a researcher at the Center for the Study of Schools. I oversaw projects involving games and simulation in the K-12 classroom. The personal computer had yet to be invented, so these were board games. We were ahead of the trend!
Next, I joined Sonoma State College in California. The women's movement was also underway, which led me to create curricula inclusive of females. This led to biographies of neglected women, through access to elite family archives. My focus on inequality extended beyond gender in other writings. Although I had never heard of Jack London, I visited the historic park nearby in the early 1970s and became fascinated by Charmian Kittredge London, his second wife. I wrote on Jack London from a historical perspective instead of literary criticism.
Media appearances included NPR, BBC radio, and documentaries shown on PBS and the History Channel. The National Endowment for the Humanities, the California State University System, the Rockefeller Archives, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science supported my various research projects.
My current writing project is the third in the Slanderley mystery series, now set in WWII.
I continue my activities as a musician (singer, flute, percussion, bass, ukulele, piano) in several groups and genres.
I graduated from Douglass College when it was still all-female. Next came an M.A. at the University of Wisconsin, and a PhD at Rutgers--the State University. Later came a year of post-doctoral study at Brown University in African American history.
My first professional position was at Johns Hopkins University, where I was a researcher at the Center for the Study of Schools. I oversaw projects involving games and simulation in the K-12 classroom. The personal computer had yet to be invented, so these were board games. We were ahead of the trend!
Next, I joined Sonoma State College in California. The women's movement was also underway, which led me to create curricula inclusive of females. This led to biographies of neglected women, through access to elite family archives. My focus on inequality extended beyond gender in other writings. Although I had never heard of Jack London, I visited the historic park nearby in the early 1970s and became fascinated by Charmian Kittredge London, his second wife. I wrote on Jack London from a historical perspective instead of literary criticism.
Media appearances included NPR, BBC radio, and documentaries shown on PBS and the History Channel. The National Endowment for the Humanities, the California State University System, the Rockefeller Archives, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science supported my various research projects.
My current writing project is the third in the Slanderley mystery series, now set in WWII.
I continue my activities as a musician (singer, flute, percussion, bass, ukulele, piano) in several groups and genres.