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Editor's Bio

Diana Clarke is an Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis graduate with a Liberal Arts degree concentration in science and math. She also graduated from City College of San Francisco with a Liberal Arts degree concentration in natural science. She is a California adult educator and an award winning poet, who has earned a post-graduate certificate in online teaching and has done graduate work in special education, including the study of Attention Deficit Disorder. She has also completed epidemiology courses offered through the Centers for Disease Control. She completed training in Standard Days Method (natural birth control), Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies; and Preconception Care, School of Public Health, Univeristy of New York at Albany.

She has taught students, including learning disabled and gifted students from elementary through college level. Subjects she has taught include computer applications, English, English as a Second Language, and science. She has taught professional writing to students in Silicon Valley and was an English, ESL and science tutor.

She has also served as the college test facilitation coordinator at De Anza College in Cupertino, CA.

Honors and Awards

Her video "The Story of Sutro Baths" is part of the Sutro Library collection.

She won the 2001 Talba Wallis Poetry Competition, and in January 2003, she and Susan Schulter, professor of English at West Valley College, judged the 2002 Talba Wallis Poetry Competition.

During October and November 2005, her Blueprint art was on display at Citrus Heights City Hall.

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Articles

Her work has appeared in publications, including the San Jose Mercury News, Listen Magazine, a high school drug education magazine; and The World Of English (Beijing, China), an English as a Second Language journal.

While she was a contributing editor for the Cupertino Courier, she wrote several cover stories.

Diana Clarke's articles at yourskinandsun.com:

• The Urban Heat Island: Microclimate Warming
• How to Increase the UPF of a T-shirt
• Tan Lines: How to Protect Yourself from the Sun When you Won’t or Can’t say no to the Outdoors
• Interview with Kathryn Hatch, Ph.D, on How Consumers can Select and Care for Their Own Garments to Improve Their Sun Protection
• Photosensitivity : Another Reason for UVA Skin Protection
• The Myths and Facts of Vitamin D and Sun Exposure
• Sunbathing Since the Turn of the Last Century: How Social Norms Influence Behavior
• Non-Invasive Skin Rejuvenation Treats Aging Skin with Light
• Treating “Lazy Eye” in Older Children
• More Butterflies are Coming to Town
• Facial Cleansing for Your Skin Type
• The San Francisco Wild Parrots
• The Parrots of Irena Street
• Sunscreen: the Basics
• Turn Back the Hands of Time
• A Career with the FBI
• Teens to Raise Money in Skateboarding Marathon for Cancer Research
• Jeopardy: For Entertainment and Education
• Sun-safe Clothing: FDA Approved as Medical Devices
• Measuring your shadow
• Taking Photos While You're Protecting Your Skin
• Melanin: Aging of the Skin and Skin Cancer
• Non-Invasive Skin Rejuvenation Treats Aging Skin with Light
• Earth's Energy and the Seasons
• The European Day Spa Experience
• UV Radiation Detection and Forecasting
• Take Care in the Sun

Other Published Articles

Hobbies and Interests:

Amateur radio--general class license
Herpetology, particularly amphibians as indicator species (health of the ecosystem).
Health psychology
Welfare-to-Work and programs for the homeless
Distance Education

Wild Animal Videos

My Favorite Telenovela
La Fea Mas Bella
Bloopers

A Special Thanks to Shanna Lefebvre who serves as my proofreader.

Send comments to dianaclarke@alumni.indiana.edu .

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