Creative Nonfiction
“Nesting,” Black Fork Review, Ashland University, December 2020
braided lyric essay
“Haircut,” Cleaning Up Glitter, August 2019
memoir
“Control,” Gravel, University of Arkansas at Monticello, May 2019
flash nonfiction
“Reckoning,” The Same, Knoxville, TN, August 2018
essay
“Child’s Play,” This I Believe, WFYI-FM (NPR affiliate), Indianapolis, IN, 2007
essay
Edited Anthologies
Listening Still (2015), co-editor with Susan Adamson and Libby Duggan, Partnership for Inquiry Learning: Indianapolis, IN
Blazing the Real (2011), co-editor with Susan Adamson, Indiana Partnership for Young Writers: Indianapolis, IN
Moving Earth (2009), co-editor with Susan Adamson, Indiana Partnership for Young Writers: Indianapolis, IN
Edited Handbooks (Digital)
Bird Photography (2020) North American Nature Photography Association: Alma, IL
Contest Secrets: What to know before you enter a photo (2020) North American Nature Photography Association: Alma, IL
Make It Work: The business of nature photography (2020) North American Nature Photography Association: Alma, IL
5 Strategies for Effective In-House Professional Development: A guide for administrators, coaches, and faculty (2019) Partnership for Inquiry Learning: Indianapolis, IN
Parent Orientation Kit: What does inquiry-based workshop teaching in reading, writing, and math look like in grades K-8? (2019) Partnership for Inquiry Learning: Indianapolis, IN
Healthy Workplaces series
(2017-2018) Jump IN for Healthy Kids: Indianapolis, IN
3 Steps to a Healthy Workplace
4 Strategies to Increase Healthy Eating in the Workplace
5 Simple Steps to Increase Physical Activity at Work
5 Ways to Promote Healthy Habits to Employees
Community Engagement: 3 Ways to Expand Employee Wellness into Your Community
52 Ready-to-Use Wellness Messages
Poetry
“Derek’s Rebuttal.” The Juggler. University of Notre Dame: Notre Dame, IN, Spring 1995
Marketing/web content
(abbreviated list, see also Craft Essays & Pedagogy section)
“Five Tips for Writing a Great Photographer Bio,” North American Nature Photography Association, March 13, 2020
“Find the right community wellness partner,” Jump IN for Healthy Kids, December 6, 2017
“50 ways to reduce childhood obesity in central Indiana,” Jump IN for Healthy Kids, September 6, 2017
“Pike Township Schools’ focus on student wellness earns prestigious national award,” Jump IN for Healthy Kids, May 18, 2017
“Workplace wellness starts with one person—it could be you!” Jump IN for Healthy Kids, May 11, 2017
“Low cost employee wellness program ideas,” Jump IN for Healthy Kids, April 14, 2017
“Employee wellness program idea: stock a healthy break room,” Jump IN for Healthy Kids, March 15, 2017
“5+ Ideas to launch or expand your employee wellness program,” Jump IN for Healthy Kids, Indianapolis, IN, June 23, 2016
“Environmental Grant Supports Projects with Impact,” NANPA Foundation, September 23, 2015
“Photograph the “Quiet Side” of Ireland in 2016,” NANPA Foundation, September 18, 2015
“The Brains Behind Your Brain,” Center for Early Childhood Research, Chicago, IL, Fall 2002
Guest Articles/Commentary
“Something Old, Something New,” One Bookshelf, September 17, 2012
“Drawing Teaches Us to Focus” Mooresville-Decatur Times, Mooresville, IN, October 2004
“Think Your Customers Are Nuts?” Marketing Computers, Northbrook, IL, May 2000
Craft Essays & Pedagogy
“How to Raise Money for Professional Development” Partnership for Inquiry Learning, September 23, 2019
“Reading Like a Writer: A Close Look at ‘Speech Class’” Partnership for Inquiry Learning, February 20, 2019
“Inside Ms. Cusick’s Reading Workshop” Partnership for Inquiry Learning, December 2, 2018
“3 Things I Wish I’d Understood Sooner About Conferring with Student Writers” Partnership for Inquiry Learning, October 3, 2018
“5 Reasons to Make Books in PreK” Partnership for Inquiry Learning, August 13, 2018
“Feedback Is Important (and I Mess Up)” Indiana Partnership for Young Writers, April 23, 2018
“First, Convince Them They Are Writers” Indiana Partnership for Young Writers, April 4, 2018
“Writing as a way of life” Inside the Teaching Artist Studio, Arts for Learning Indiana, February 2018
“I Have Lived” Sharing Our Notebooks, October 27, 2017
“One Way to Revise: Excavate at Exclamation Points” Indiana Partnership for Young Writers, October 16, 2017
“Endings: What Can You Teach” Indiana Partnership for Young Writers, March 20, 2014
“Beginnings: 3 Examples (And Why They Work)” Indiana Partnership for Young Writers, March 6, 2014
“Hold Readers at a Climax” Indiana Partnership for Young Writers, February 13, 2014
“The Trouble with Beginning, Middle and End” Indiana Partnership for Young Writers, January 30, 2014
“How to Read a Poem” Indiana Partnership for Young Writers, February 19, 2013
“The Difference Between Poetry and Prose: Line Breaks and White Space,” Indiana Partnership for Young Writers, 2013
“4 Craft Strategies to Notice in ‘The Leaving Morning’ (and Why)” Indiana Partnership for Young Writers, October 30, 2013
“Interactive Bulletin Boards that Support Writing” Indiana Partnership for Young Writers, November 6, 2012
“Now That’s a Story! Learn from a 1st Grade Writer” Indiana Partnership for Young Writers, September 10, 2012
“Feed Your Writer’s Notebook This Summer” Indiana Partnership for Young Writers, July 11, 2012
“Notebook Strategies to Help Generate and Revise Poems,” Indiana Partnership for Young Writers, April 2012
“Julie’s 5 Most Frequently Used Notebook Strategies” Indiana Partnership for Young Writers, Fall 2011
Journalism
“Ordinance to target dogs out of control” The Indianapolis Star, October 20, 2005, W-1
“Signs alert truckers to restrictions” The Indianapolis Star, October 6, 2005, W-1
“Parks budget seeks office fix-up” The Indianapolis Star, August 24, 2005, W-2
“Tighter dog leash law sought” The Indianapolis Star, August 4, 2005, W-1
“Sewer plant gets an upgrade” The Indianapolis Star, June 23, 2005, W-1
“Town grants tax abatements for 3 projects” The Indianapolis Star, June 14, 2005, W-2
“Town employees will breathe easier at work” The Indianapolis Star, May 20, 2005, W-2
“Access road along Ind. 67 approved” The Indianapolis Star, May 5, 2005 W-2
“Ambulance service will get $50,000 from Town Council” The Indianapolis Star, April 21, 2005, W-1
“Rescue service could be reduced” The Indianapolis Star, April 7, 2005, W-1
“Rezoning OK’d for new plants” The Indianapolis Star, March 17, 2005, W-2
“Council rejects plan for fire area” The Indianapolis Star, March 3, 2005, W-1
“Fire departments may merge” The Indianapolis Star, Feb 3, 2005, W-2
“Town, township look at fire, EMS merger” The Indianapolis Star, Jan 22, 2005, W-1
“Senior living community gets go-ahead” The Indianapolis Star, Jan 6, 2005, W-2
“Council will spend $21,000 on plumbing” The Indianapolis Star, Dec 9, 2004, W-2
“Mooresville company seeks tax abatement” The Indianapolis Star, Nov 25, 2004, W-7
“Machining firm gets tax break” The Indianapolis Star, Nov 5, 2004, W-2
“Council upholds parking limits” The Indianapolis Star, Oct 21, 2004, W-1
“Building’s owner seeks OK for work” The Indianapolis Star, Oct 7, 2004, W-1
“Excavation contract awarded a 2nd time” The Indianapolis Star, Sept 23, 2004, W-2
“New drive OK’d by old council” The Indianapolis Star, Sept 10, 2004, W-5
“Access to property confusing for now” The Indianapolis Star, Aug 21, 2004, W-2
“Council OKs $90,000 for projects at park” The Indianapolis Star, Jul 23, 2004, W-2
“Subdivision getting town sewer service” The Indianapolis Star, Jul 9, 2004, W-2
“Town OKs contract for renovation work” The Indianapolis Star, June 19, 2004, W-4
“Cemetery out of plots, so town creates more” The Indianapolis Star, June 3, 2004, W-2
“Town OKs tax abatement for industrial adhesive firm” The Indianapolis Star, May 20, 2004, W-1
“Cleanup day to let residents get rid of junk” The Indianapolis Star, May 7, 2004, W-1
“Annexation, sewer projects proceed for subdivision” The Indianapolis Star, April 22, 2004, W-1
“Owners balk at price offered for parking lot site” The Indianapolis Star, Apr 8, 2004, W-1
“Town Council approves three rezone requests” The Indianapolis Star, March 18, 2004, W-1
“Downtown might get additional parking” The Indianapolis Star, March 4, 2004, W-1
“New 143-lot development wins Town Council OK” The Indianapolis Star, Feb 19, 2004, W-1
“Residents, council talk of possible annexation” The Indianapolis Star, Feb 5, 2004, W-1
“New decorations will adorn town next December” The Indianapolis Star, Jan 22, 2004, W-1
“Town will offer to annex section” The Indianapolis Star, Jan 8, 2004, W-1
“Alleys will give way to library’s expansion” The Indianapolis Star, December 18, 2003, W-1
“Officials ponder what to do with $1.4 million” The Indianapolis Star, Dec 11, 2003, W-4
Julie regularly interviewed creative nonfiction authors while serving as a co-editor for Mud Season Review.
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