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Bio: Jennifer MorganJennifer's work as a storyteller, author, educator and environmental advocate flows out of her love of the natural world and cosmology. As former director of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey, she started local and national programs for farmers and consumers. In 1996, she took the Earth Literacy program in cosmology and evolution at Genesis Farm, Blairstown, NJ. It so inspired her that she went on to take classes in cosmology and evolution at Princeton University. In sharing what she learned with her six year old son, she discovered that children are intensely interested in the story of the universe. He wanted to know more and more, even the texture of the edge of the Universe. Jennifer consulted with numerous physicists, biologists and anthropologists regarding science concepts and, over time, bedtime conversations with her son turned into books. "Science is handing us an origin story," she says, "and we've only barely begun to understand its mythic dimensions." She believes that cosmology stories profoundly shape our relationships, work, play, culture, and institutions. Her first book won Learning Magazine's Teachers Choice Award and both books received the highest review ratings from AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science). Jennifer has presented at:Princeton Center for Teacher Education, Princeton, NJ Lore Elementary School, Ewing, NJ Sayreville Public Library, Sayreville, NJ Maryknoll Sisters, Ossining, NY Centenary College, Hackettstown, NJ Cecilian Center for Spirituality, Mt. Airy, PA St. Peters, Jersey City, NJ American Montessori Society, National Conv., NY, NY Association of NJ Environmental Educators Barnes and Noble, Princeton Institute on Religion in an Age of Science, Star Island, NH NJ Science Teachers Convention Mission Montessori Academy, Scottsdale, AZ Villa Montessori, Phoenix, AZ Khalsa Montessori, Phoenix, AZ Desert Garden Montessori, Phoenix, AZ Ateneo de Manila University, Manila, Philippines NJ Montessori Administration Corp. Chewonki Foundation, Wiscasset, ME Foulkways, Gwynedd, PA University of Maine, Orono, ME Chestnut Tree Books, Princeton, NJ Chestnut Hill College NJ Assoc. of School Librarians Liberty Science Center, Liberty State Park, Jersey City, NJ Black River Middle School, Chester, NJ Liberty Science Center, Liberty State Park, Jersey City, NJ Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY Sunnybrae School, Yardville, NJ Lay Spirits, Church of St. Francis Xavier, New York, NY NJ Science Teachers Convention, New Brunswick, NJ Stuart Country Day School, Princeton, NJ Isles, Trenton, NJ Middlesex Public Library Princeton Public Library, Princeton, NJ Princeton Packet Kids to Work, Princeton, NJ Summit Middle School, Summit, NJ National Science Teachers Convention, Philadelphia, PA Princeton Center for Yoga and Health, Princeton, NJ EarthSpirit Rising, Louisville, KY Cotsen Library, Princeton University Green Mountain Monastery, Greensboro, VT Raritan Valley Planetarium, Branchburg, NJ Villa Victoria Academy, Trenton, NJ Princeton Friends School, Princeton, NJ Barnes & Noble, Princeton, NJ Dana Lynn AndersenDana Lynn Andersen, M.A., of Santa Rosa, California, is a multi-media artist, playright and teacher with degrees in philosophy and consciousness studies. Her paintings, often very large in size, explore the swirling forces of energy that underlie matter and seek to reveal life's numinous mystery. She believes that as our "depth perception" expands -- billions of galaxies discovered in our lifetime! -- it is also essential to expand perception inwardly to the vastness within. She is founder of Awakening Arts, a network of artists who "affirm the noble purpose of art as a vehicle for uplifting the human spirit." Dana provides programs and hands-on projects that have students creating like the Universe. Originals, fine art prints and posters are available from www.awakeningarts.com |
CONTACT INFORMATIONJennifer Morgan 249 Mt. Lucas Rd. Princeton, NJ 08540 609-430-1424 JMMorgan@  Thomas Berry and Jennifer Morgan. Thomas wrote The Dream of the Earth and The Universe Story with Brian Swimme. Both books inspired Jennifer to write a Universe Story Trilogy for children.  Jennifer with her son Morgan Martindell at Camp Treetops, Lake Placid, NY.  Dana Lynn Andersen (left) and Jennifer Morgan holding Dana's painting of the early Earth just before presenting it to Thomas Berry at a conference in December 2002. Thomas wrote The Dream of the Earth, a book that inspired them to create a Universe Story Trilogy. |
