Rodney Kleber

Background

About Rodney Kleber

With a B.A. degree, summa cum laude, in English from Lowell State College, an M.A. degree in English from the University of Washington, and an M.Ed. degree in TESOL from Boston University, I have taught at both the secondary level and in higher education, and my areas have extended from English and ESL to learning skills, journalism, creative writing, and debate. I have been chosen for the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program for India, been recognized by the Grinspoon Charitable Foundation with the Grinspoon Excellence in Teaching Award, earned grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, been selected for several programs sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, and published educationally, including the ESL textbook Build Your Case: Developing Listening, Speaking, and Thinking Skills in English, which operates through students' solving sixteen original Sherlock Holmes-styled mysteries. In addition, with firm belief in the idea that "Those who teach do more," I am also a published writer of short fiction and poetry, including the collection Playing for Time, which came out in October 2020. I also continue to be active in theater, most recently appearing as Gonzalo in a production of Shakespeare's The Tempest in April 2019 and acting in, directing, and producing my own comic verse drama Coming to Light, An Advent Progress in December 2019.