- Jan
- Vallone Roberts
- Professore Invitato
Academic degrees earned
B.A., Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
J.D., New York University School of Law, New York, New York
M.A.T., Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Washington
M.F.A., Goddard College, Port Townsend, Washington
Courses at the Angelicum
Brief biography
Born and raised in New York, New York, I now have a home in Seattle, Washington, where I live part of the year. My grandparents were all Sicilian immigrants who arrived in the US in the early 1900s, so I am very attached to Italy. Since 2016, I’ve been living part-time in Rome and teaching English language arts (literary and textual analysis, writing composition and critical thinking skills) at both the secondary and university levels.
I haven’t always been a teacher. I had a previous career as a lawyer, the profession my parents chose for me. Law was never the work of my heart, so after 18 years of lawyering, I decided to do what I’d always wanted to do: teach English language arts. Over the years, I’ve earned a bachelor of arts, a doctorate in law, a masters in teaching and a masters in fine arts in nonfiction writing. I’ve been teaching language arts at the secondary and university levels since 2002.
In addition to teaching, I love reading, writing, studying Italian and theology, gardening, walking, practicing yoga, traveling and spending time with family and friends. I have a husband, two grown children and a granddaughter who love to visit when I am in Italy.
Areas of Academic Specialization and Interest
English language arts and pedagogy
Select Publications
Pieces of Someday: One Woman’s Search for Meaning in Lawyering, Family, Italy, Church, and a Tiny Jewish High School: Green Darner Press, 2013.
“Na’aseh V’Nishma,” published in Chicken Soup for the Soul Christmas Magic, Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC, 2010.
Multiple essays published in Good Letters, the literary blog of Image Journal, 2013-2016. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/goodletters/author/janvallone/
“The Truth Told Slant,” published in Faith and Values in the Public Square, January 2014.
“The Truth Told Slant,” published in the blog for the Center of Courage & Renewal, July 2013.
“Na’aseh V’Nishma,” published in Catholic Digest, December 2011.
“For the Time Being,” published in The Seattle Times, June 2011.
“Perspective,” published in Writing it Real, September 23, 2010.
“A Greater Peace,” published in English Journal, Vol. 95, No. 6, July 2006.
“As If,” published in Guideposts, Vol. 60, No. 10, December 2005.
“A Teacher’s Voice: Poetry Primer,” published in Curriculum in Context: Journal of the Washington State Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Vol. 31, No. 1, Spring/Summer 2004.
Curriculum Vitae
