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

Toby Talbot, MA, Brooklyn College; teaches Spanish at NYU; author of A Book About My Mother and children's books; translated Timerman's Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number and Ortega's On Love; directed documentary film, Berimbau.

Stephen Tarshis, BMus, Berklee College of Music; guitarist, composer, arranger; has worked with artists ranging from Bo Diddley to the Joffrey Ballet; composing credits include records, film scores, and ads; author of Original Jimi Hendrix and Teach Yourself Lead Guitar.

Richard Tayson, MA, NYU; author of two books of poems, The World Underneath (forthcoming 2008) and The Apprentice of Fever (Tom & Stan Wick Poetry Prize); essays and reviews appear in Virginia Quarterly Review, Gay and Lesbian Review, Lambda Book Report; recipient of a NYFA grant, Pushcart Prize, the Edward Stanley Award from Prairie Schooner; Chancellor’s Fellow in English at CUNY Graduate Center.

Catherine Texier, graduate, U. of Paris; NEA Fellowship recipient; author of novels Chloë l'Atlantique, Love Me Tender, Panic Blood, and Camille; co-edited two anthologies of short fiction, Between C & D and Love Is Strange; contributor to NY Times Book Review; has taught at Bennington Summer Writing Workshops, The Writer's Voice, and Hofstra U.

Helga Tilton, PhD, NYU; author of a textbook, Deutsch mit Emil.

Douglas Tirola, MFA, Columbia U.; president and producer of 4th Row Films, formerly head of production and development for Emerging Pictures; has written screenplays for Fox, Paramount, Nickelodeon, and New Line; directed A Reason To Believe released by Lions Gate.

Linda A. Tobash, MA, TESOL, Columbia U. Teachers College; has taught ESL/EFL since 1975 in the U.S. and Korea; involved in teacher training projects in Europe, Korea, and the U.S.; has conducted intercultural communication workshops in the NYC area; currently director of Admission, LaGuardia Community College.

Addie Tomei, owner/president of Savory Sojourns; conducts culinary and cultural tours of New York City; TV personality.

Betty Tompkins, MA, Central Washington State College; artist; solo and group shows in NYC at White Columns, P.S. 1, The New Museum, Aldrich Museum, and Alternative Museum; represented in 2003 Biennale de Lyon and permanent collection of Centre Georges Pompidou; awards include Yaddo and MacDowell Colony and Visiting Artist at Rutgers, Fairleigh Dickinson, etc.; teaches at SVA.

Paul Tomzak, independent computing trainer/consultant on the Mac and IBM; winner, Intl. Award for Design for annual report for the American Bible Society; other clients include National Herald and City Guide; former budget director for Parkson Advertising and Olhymer Advertising Agencies.

Phyllis Trout, BFA, Kansas City Arts Inst.; solo and group exhibitions at Manhattan Graphics Center, Kirkland Fine Arts Center, Snug Harbor Culture Center, Cheekwood Museum, Heckscher Museum; printmaking instructor at Friends Seminary.

Yunus Tuncel, PhD, The New School for Social Research; research interests include philosophy, art, literature, and culture; teaches philosophy at various schools and moderates discussions in the tradition of Café Philosophique.

Gina Turner, MA and doctoral studies, New School U.; has taught at Eugene Lang college; research interests include language use in collaboration and social support.