Jean takes a leading role in the research digest business of Spann
Communications (SC) and contributes to its policy brief series. She
also handles SC logistics. In addition to her assignments for SC, she
directs the Public and Professional Writing program at the University
of Pittsburgh, where she teaches classes in Writing for the Public,
Integrating Writing and Design, Advanced Research and Documentary
Writing, and Tutoring Peer Writers. She is a recipient of the Pitt
English Department's Distinguished Teaching Award. She has also taught
writing in graduate classes at both the Heinz School of Public Policy
and Management and the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon
University.

Jean's degrees include a BA in liberal studies with a certificate in
Jewish studies; an MA in literature; and a PhD in English with a
certificate in Composition, Pedagogy, and Literacy, all from the
University of Pittsburgh.

Jean is an avid reader and writer of nonfiction (especially nonfiction
that explores social problems and advocacy).

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