Jane Bernstein’s first teaching experience was at Rehabilitation Phase Halfway, a halfway house in the Lower East Side in
New York, where she taught a poetry workshop. She also ran poetry workshops at Phoenix House, a drug rehabilitation program in
Brooklyn. Her earliest college-level experience was as a coadjutant instructor of journalism and mass media at Rutgers University
in Newark, New Jersey. Later, she was a lecturer at Rutgers University in New Brunswick.
In 1991, she joined the Creative Writing Program at Carnegie Mellon University. Since then, she has taught seminars and workshops in fiction, nonfiction, and screenwriting and has spoken widely about disability issues. In 2004, she was a Fulbright Lecturer at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel.
In 1991, she joined the Creative Writing Program at Carnegie Mellon University. Since then, she has taught seminars and workshops in fiction, nonfiction, and screenwriting and has spoken widely about disability issues. In 2004, she was a Fulbright Lecturer at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel.
Guest teaching:
Split Rock Arts Workshops, University of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN.
Mid-Atlantic Creative Nonfiction Summer Writers' Conference, Goucher College, Towson, MD.
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction Program, (low-residency program) Goucher College, Towson, MD.
Summer Writers Conference, Rutgers, Camden Campus.
Summer Writers Conference, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY.
Mid-Atlantic Creative Nonfiction Summer Writers' Conference, Goucher College, Towson, MD, August 1996.
Ligonier Writers Conference, Ligonier, PA.
Carlow College, Madwoman in the Attic MFA Program.
Western Pennsylvania Writing Project, Annual Fall Retreat,
Deep Creek Lake, MD.
Dartmouth College summer series, Hanover, NH.
Modern Masters Series, Loyola College of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
The Big Dog Writing Series, Bloomsburg University,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
The Electric Voice, Old Dominion University's 21st Annual
Literary Festival, Norfolk, VA.
Rider College, Lawrenceville, NJ.
Trenton State Writers Conference, Trenton, NJ.
Unity and Diversity, Ursinus College, Collegeville PA.
St. Francis College, Loretto, PA.
Stonecoast Writers Conference, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME.
Bennington College Writers Conference, Bennington, VT.
Split Rock Arts Workshops, University of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN.
Mid-Atlantic Creative Nonfiction Summer Writers' Conference, Goucher College, Towson, MD.
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction Program, (low-residency program) Goucher College, Towson, MD.
Summer Writers Conference, Rutgers, Camden Campus.
Summer Writers Conference, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY.
Mid-Atlantic Creative Nonfiction Summer Writers' Conference, Goucher College, Towson, MD, August 1996.
Ligonier Writers Conference, Ligonier, PA.
Carlow College, Madwoman in the Attic MFA Program.
Western Pennsylvania Writing Project, Annual Fall Retreat,
Deep Creek Lake, MD.
Dartmouth College summer series, Hanover, NH.
Modern Masters Series, Loyola College of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
The Big Dog Writing Series, Bloomsburg University,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
The Electric Voice, Old Dominion University's 21st Annual
Literary Festival, Norfolk, VA.
Rider College, Lawrenceville, NJ.
Trenton State Writers Conference, Trenton, NJ.
Unity and Diversity, Ursinus College, Collegeville PA.
St. Francis College, Loretto, PA.
Stonecoast Writers Conference, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME.
Bennington College Writers Conference, Bennington, VT.