A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Z

Jane M. Rabb, PhD, Harvard U.; teaches literature and composition for Harvard and Radcliffe adult education programs; author, Charles Dickens and His Original Illustrators and other monographs on Keats and Pearl S. Buck; editor of Literature and Photography: Interactions, 1840-1990.

Nahid Rachlin, author of Persian Girls, Jumping Over Fire, Foreigner, Married to a Stranger, The Heart's Desire, and a short story collection, Veils; stories also published in Shenandoah, Confrontation, Literary Review, and anthologies; reviews in NYT Book Review and Newsday; recipient, NEA grant, Wallace Stegner Fellowship, and PEN Syndicated Fiction Project Award.

Fernando Ramirez, Esq., JD, Brooklyn Law School; attorney in private practice for transactional entertainment law; has represented producers, writers, composers, directors, and media personalities on projects acquired by Artisan, Columbia Pictures, BET, Court TV, ESPN, HBO, and Sundance; frequent guest panelist and lecturer at colleges, universities, film festivals and industry conferences; legal articles are published in entertainment trade magazines.

Wendy S. Raver, PhD, NYU; lectures on ancient history, religion, and 19th-century travel and exploration; contributor to Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt and Encyclopedia of Travel and Literature; has written for KMT and the Bulletin of the Egyptological Seminar.

Adele Ray, MA, The New School, artist of traditional and new media production and design, personal documentary filmmaking, and fictional narrative filmmaking.

Jonathan Raymond, MFA, The New School; freelance arts writer, screenwriter; independent curator; author of the novel, The Half-Life; assoc. editor, Tin House Magazine; editor, Plazm Magazine; published in Tin House, Bookforum, The Oregonian.

Nancy Reardon, MA, Hunter College, doctoral studies, CUNY Graduate Center; coaches TV anchors and reporters; actress; cast member, Ryan's Hope; Broadway, Off-Broadway, and repertory theater credits include productions of Fame and Macbeth;; author of On Camera: How to Report, Anchor and Interview.

John Reed, MFA, Columbia U.; author of the novels, A Still Small Voice, Snowball's Chance (an SPD bestseller), and The Whole; fiction and nonfiction has appeared in such venues as BOMB, Playboy, Open City, New York Press, Timeout New York, and Paper Magazine.

Thomas Reed, MPA, Princeton U.; has developed educational and promotional materials for NYC Dept. of Health; member and trainer for NY Mac User Group.

Mark Reilly, MPhil, Trinity College Dublin, ABD, PhD, European Graduate School, Switzerland; interactive media designer and experimental filmmaker; assistant director, Web Design and Development, European Graduate School; freelance media designer, editor, and developer to 13/WNET, Scholastic, and Columbia University Digital Knowledge Ventures.

Rebecca Reilly, MFA, The New School; editor-at-large, LIT magazine, the literary journal of the New School Writing Program.

Glenn Reynolds, PhD, SUNY Stony Brook; published articles include "Image and Empire: Anglo-American Cinematic Interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1921**n37" in South African Historical Journal, and "Playing Cowboys and Africans" in Historical Journal of Film, Radio & Television.

Thomas Riggins, PhD, CUNY Graduate Center; has taught at Lehman College and CCNY; articles published in Philosophy East & West, Korea Focus, and International Philosophical Quarterly.

Justin Rizzo, MA, St. John's U.; has taught English in Italy at Universita di Catania, the Japanese School of Milan, and the American School of Milan; currently also teaches ESL at Queens College-CUNY.

Martin Roberts, PhD, Cambridge U., has taught at NYU, MIT, and Harvard U.; research centers on media and cultural studies, globalization, and popular culture; articles on ethnography and surrealism, world music, and the role of media in formation of national and transnational identities.

Roxana Robinson, author of novels, collections of short stories, and a biography of Georgia O'Keeffe; work has appeared in The New Yorker, Atlantic, Harper's, Daedalus, One Story, Best American Short Stories, and New York Times; four of her books named New York Times Notable Books; fellowships from the NEA, MacDowell Colony and Guggenheim Foundation.

Terre Roche, BA, SUNY-Empire State College; member of folk group The Roches; has recorded with artists including Paul Simon, Was Not Was, and Philip Glass; the Roches album Keep On Doing one of Acoustic Guitar Magazine's "10 most important records for an acoustic guitarist to own."

Matthew Rohrer, MFA, Iowa Writers' Workshop; author of A Green Light (shortlisted for 2005 Griffin International Poetry Prize), A Hummock in the Malookas, Satellite, and Nice Hat. Thanks (with Joshua Beckman); recipient, Avery Hopwood Award for Poetry at U. of Michigan; co-founder and poetry editor of Fence Magazine and Fence Books.

Linda Romanelli-Leahy, culinary educator; former test kitchen director, Weight Watchers Magazine; former contributing editor to Cooking Light Magazine; author of The All-Natural, Sugar-Free Dessert Cookbook, The World's Greatest Peanut Butter Cookbook, and 366 Healthful Ways to Cook Leafy Greens.

Daniel C. Rosati, chef and pastry chef; CAREF scholarship recipient; member, Intl. Assn. of Cooking Professionals; medal winner for pastry work, Société Culinaire Philanthropique; owner, La Villa Cucina: Cooking School Vacations in Italy.

David M. Rosen, JD, Cornell Law School; asst. deputy public defender in Essex County, NJ, representing indigent clients through all phases of criminal system in Superior Court of New Jersey.

Sue Rosen, MS, Florida Intl. U.; freelance writer published in American Medical News, St. Petersburg Times, Aim Intercultural Magazine; poetry in Anthology of Southern Florida Poets and others; Juried Writer, Florida Arts in Education Program; has taught English in Thailand.

Justus Rosenberg, PhD, U. of Cincinnati; Russian Studies Research Fellow, Columbia U.; African Studies Research Scholar, Syracuse U.; chairman of Languages & Literature Div., Bard College; author of Constant Factors in Translation, Russia Past & Present, and Brecht in Mandarin.

John Ross, BFA, Cooper Union; graphic artist, co-author of The Complete Printmaker; his prints have been exhibited at the Library of Congress and MOMA and are included in major collections.

Randi Ross, BA, NYU; public relations writer whose work has been on radio and in print media; designer of a college-level writing curriculum; teaches at the Inst. of Design & Construction and CUNY.

Nadja Rottner, MPhil, Columbia U., Magister der Kunstgeschichte, Karl-Franzens Universität Graz; editor, Ruth Vollmer, 1961-1978: Thinking the Line and Gego: 1957-1988: Thinking the Line.

Andrew Rubenfeld, PhD, NYU; has written on Walt Whitman for New Jersey Audubon Magazine; prepared text for "Mark Twain & Huck Finn," a Natl. Geographic Society exhibit; does special projects editorial work for The Library of America.

David Rudofsky, MBA, Wharton; president of Rudofsky Associates; finance and strategy consulting; former director of strategic planning at Altria; frequent contributor to the New York Enterprise Report.

Selina Rutovitz, MFA, UC-San Diego; internationally exhibited visual artist; freelance digital imagist and art director working in advertising, editorial, and entertainment; president, dodge + burn, digital imaging studio.