User:Aleta Curry

As a freelance writer and historian now resident in Australia, my curriculum vitae spans several countries with extensive experience in research, writing and publishing.

Areas of expertise are:

• The Performing Arts: Dance, film and theatre

• Dogs: History of dog breeds: Working Dogs (herders and terriers); History of Fox Terriers; Dogs in Film and Literature; Dogs and Society; Dogs in Art

• Social History: Domestic service, etiquette, forms and formality

Current interest: History of dog breeds: Specializing in Australian Working Dogs; National dog breeds; Independent dog breeds

BA in history; minor: political theory; minor: film theory. Graduate courses: History. Ten years’ experience in methods analyst and procedural writer. Professional ballroom dance teacher and performer for over 10 years. Co-founder of a theatre performance group.

Current/recent publications:

Articles:

• Not just Another Pretty Face: The Working Origins of Australia’s Show Dogs. In Dog’s Life magazine, March-April 2007.

• The Border Collie. Anticipated publication: December, 2007. [Part of a continuing series The All-Australian Dog in the Southern Village View Magazine. Published so far: The Australian Cattle Dog, The Jack Russell Terrier, The Koolie, The Miniature Fox Terrier, The Tenterfield Terrier.

Books:

• The 20th Anniversary Show Book: Twenty Years of the Mini Foxie Club of Australia. ISBN: 0-9758380-0-8. Sydney: 2006. Editor and contributor.

A Radio Interview:

• http://www.pettalkradio.com/ PTR #183 Seg: 4/5 Not Just A Pretty Face - Aleta Curry