Anna Copeland Wheatley, PhD
Education
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Ph.D., English 1990-01-01 - 1995-01-01Work Experience
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Current
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
University of Phoenix
Current
University of Phoenix
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Current
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Southern New Hampshire University
Current
Southern New Hampshire University
Academic
Current
Academic
Ashford University
2013-02-01 - 2016-08-01
Ashford University
DeVry University
2005-01-01 - 2015-12-01
DeVry University
Education, Entreprneurship, Business & Science
2001-01-01 - 2012-01-01
Education, Entreprneurship, Business & Science
Skills
Summary
Shortly after beginning my doctoral studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, I made a life-changing discovery. Over the Thanksgiving holidays I read a novel entitled Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance by Richard Powers. It was big and brilliant and literally took my breath away. That said there was much scientific theory discussed in the novel that I did not understand. So, I abandoned my proposed topic of spectacle in Renaissance literature and spent the next two years reading history and philosophy of science and writing a dissertation about the relations of art and science in the first five novels of Richard Powers. Serendipity led to my next leap when OMNI Magazine moved its editorial offices to Greensboro. I became an editor, eventually moved to New York, and then launched my own magazine, AlleyCat News, which covered science, technology, and finance in the tri-state area. More recently, I have expanded my expertise to include not only writing and editing, but also production and design working for clients in education and science. I am also the editor of an independent feature-length film and I am in production on a documentary that examines the history of the state mental health institution in Alabama. Based on my own experience as a life-long learner, I am proud to be teaching working adults who realize that there is always more to learn. In addition to teaching, my passions include food, wine, and roaming around my neighborhood in Chelsea in New York City or wandering the back roads of Alabama.
