Gladys Coggswell
Storyteller / Speaker / Author / Folklorist / Educator
P O Box 56, Frankford, MO 63441   (573)784-2589

Numerous schools and libraries throughout the United States (references provided upon request)

• AVENUES "Team/Staff Building With Stories" Hannibal, MO November 2001
• Moberly Area Community College Moberly, MO October 2001
• Quincy Park District Quincy, IL October 2001
• Oral & Moral Storytelling Conference Hannibal, MO October 2001
• Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence conference Springfield, IL October 2001
• Quincy Museum Folk Arts Festival Quincy, IL September 2001
• Fort Leonard Wood Literacy Festival Waynesville, MO September 2001
• Sikeston Cotton Festival Sikeston. MO September 2001
• Northern Appalachian Storytelling Festival Mansfield, PA September 2001
• Chillicothe Chautauqua Chillicothe, MO September 2001
• Raintree Arts Council's River Lore Intergenerational Project Elsberry, Louisiana and Winfield Missouri Schools August 2001-May 2002
• Women's Center of Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL August 2001
• Salt River Folklife Festival Florida, MO August 2001
• Nebraska Storytelling Festival Omaha, NE June 2001
• Sioux Falls Storytelling Festival Sioux Falls, SD June 2001
• Old Courthouse Heritage Museum Sioux Falls, SD June 2001
• National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Conference Washington, DC May 2001
• Mineral Area College Park Hills, MO February 2001
• Culver Stockton College Canton, MO February 2001
• Regional storyteller at numerous festivals

• Big Muddy Folk Festival Boonville, MO
• Ironworld Button Box & Quilt Festival Minnesota
• Small Farm/Nutrition Conference Cahoka, MO
• New Salem Storytelling Festival (twice) St. Petersburgh, IL
• Vermont College Writer's Conference Montpelier, Vt
• Storytellers' Yagbe Milwaukee, WI
• Suncoast Writer's Conference St.Petersburg, FL
• St. Louis Storytelling Festival (twice) St. Louis, MO
• NABS Festival Kansas City, MO
• Trails West St. Joseph, MO
• PBS St. Louis
• PBS Springfield, IL
• CSPAN (for portrayal of Mrs. Dred Scott during the Quincy, IL enactment of the Lincoln Douglas debates)

• National Storytelling Network Annual Conference 1998 Kansas City, MO
• National Storytelling Festival Exchange Place 1998 Jonesborough, TN
• St Louis Storytelling Festival 10 years
• Maple Woods Community College Storytelling Festival

INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHT

• Traveling as an Education & Storytelling Delegate to the People's Republic of China with members of the National Storytelling Network 1997 (Bejing. Gaochung City, Shanghai. Gung Vllage)
• Telling Stories at Shaanxi Normal University Xi'An, China

• Scholarship recipient to Southern Arts Federation Conference for Professional Development Training 2001 and 2000
• Oral Histories Project Grant through MAC/MFP administered by Clarksville, MO's Raintree Arts Council 2000
• Missouri Historical Society Research Grant (Brownlee Fund) 1999
• MFP/MAC.MFS Storytelling in MO grant 1999
• MO Master Folk Artist in the area of Storytelling 1990, 1991, 1993, 1998
• National Association of Black Storytellers Life Membership Award 1998
• Project Grants (as Executive Director of FGAC/Hannibal) 1993,1994, 1995, 1996
• Making A Difference Award (St. Louis Continental Society) 1996
• Outstanding Leadership Award (Phi Theta Kappa) 1981
• Outstanding Student of the Year 1979
• Full Career Scholarship to Washington University, St. Louis 1979

• Master Degree in Education (M.Ed.) University of Missouri, St. Louis
• Bachelor Degree in Psychology Washington University, St. Louis
• Certificate with honors in Journalism Washington University, City
• Associate Degree in General Education St. Louis Community College at Forest Park

• Excellence In Teaching University of Missouri/Columbia 1999 1998
• Fundamentals of Arts Management Missouri Arts Council
• Conflict Resolution Training Certificate (Martin Luther King Center) 1981
• Outstanding photography (President's Choice) St. Louis Community College at Forest Park 1979
• Student of the year (St. Louis Community College at Forest Park) 1979