Pam Monk

Master's degree: University of Illinois, CC
Bachelor's degree: Hunter College, CUNY

Pamela Monk joined the faculty at Penn State in the fall of 1999 after 25 years in public education teaching writing and general science. In 1983, she began her continuing career as a freelance writer and playwright.

At Penn State she teaches courses in both the journalism and English departments, covering creative writing, both fiction and non fiction, and freelance feature writing for magazines. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Newsday and the Philadelphia Inquirer, as well as in local publications in State College and in Ithaca, N.Y., where she resided before moving to State College.

She serves as founding faculty adviser to Phroth, the Penn State
Humor Magazine,and PSNtv, the student television network. In addition, Monk is a juried artist for the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. In this capacity she has conducted playwriting residencies, and freelance writing workshops in a variety of Pennsylvania public schools.

She is the author of a humor column—"The Rules of Family, Advice from Donna Corleone"—which appears monthly on the Web (happywomanmagazine.com) and in print (Voices of
Central PA) Her plays have been produced in both New York and Pennsylvania.

She is also the creator of Pamelapolis Productions, an independent producing company.

Her service to the State College Community includes service on community arts boards, including Galaxy Arts in Education, the State College Community Theatre,and most recently, The State Theatre Inc. She teaches non fiction courses regularly for CALL, the Community Academy for Lifelong Learning.