Dorothy Barnhouse was an early member of the Teachers College Writing Project, first working there through a fellowship while studying writing at Columbia University. She was instrumental in initiating the concept and developing the teaching of writers’ notebooks. She has taught writing to undergraduate and graduate students at Teachers College, New York University, and Long Island University and was a freelance writer and editor for many years. Her essays, journalism and fiction have appeared in various publications including the New York Times, The Daily News, and Columbia: A Magazine of Poetry and Prose. She continued to teach reading and writing in the New York City schools through various organizations, including AUSSIE and the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, and currently consults across the country. She is the recipient of several grants for writing, including the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Vogelstein Foundation and the MacDowell Colony.
