Julia Ward

Retired/Emerita Instructor

wardj@miamioh.edu

Education

  • M.A. German, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
  • B.A. English and German, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

Teaching Interests

  • English for foreign students
  • Composition and literature
  • Creative writing: short fiction and poetry

Research Interests

  • Travel writing

Selected Publications and Broadcasts

  • “Patriotism in the Land of the Midnight Sun” by Julia Duffy Ward. Reading by Julia Duffy Ward. “Around Cincinnati.” NPR. WVXU, Cincinnati, 30 September. 2012. Radio.
  • “Loving Places” by Julia Duffy Ward. Reading by Julia Duffy Ward. “Around Cincinnati.” NPR. WVXU, Cincinnati, 01 January. 2012. Radio.
  • “The Traveler as Collector” by Julia Duffy Ward. Reading by Julia Duffy Ward. "Around Cincinnati, NPR. WVXU, Cincinnati, 01 January. 2012. Radio.
  • “A Pig in a Suitcase” by Julia Duffy Ward. Reading by Julia Duffy Ward. "Around Cincinnati," NPR. WVXU, Cincinnati, 12 December. 2011. Radio.
  • “Turkish Travel Stories” by Julia Duffy Ward. Reading by Julia Duffy Ward. “Around Cincinnati,” NPR. WVXU, Cincinnati, 02 October. 2011. Radio.
  • “Since Bitter Lemons, Two Sides of a Fine Green Line” by Julia Duffy Ward. Reading by Julia Duffy Ward. “Around Cincinnati,” NPR. WVXU, Cincinnati, 07, 14, 21, 28 August. 2011. Radio. 
  • “A Chameleon in Cairene Clothing” by Julia Duffy Ward. Reading by Julia Duffy Ward. “Around Cincinnati,” NPR. WVXU, Cincinnati, 15 May. 2011. Radio.
  • “Familiar Messages from the Atacama” by Julia Duffy Ward. Reading by Julia Duffy Ward. “Around Cincinnati,” NPR. WVXU, Cincinnati, 17 April. 2011. Radio.
  • “A Pig in a Suitcase.” Christmas Stories from Ohio. Ed. Dorothy Dodge Robbins and Kenneth Robbins. Kent State University Press, August 2010.
  • “On the Road to Reform: The Traveler Within,” The New York Times, Sunday, March 12, 2000.
  • “Secret Hideways — Great Vacation Spots Only the Locals Know,” About New Choices, Vol.37, No. 1., (February 1997), pp 26-32.
  • “One Woman’s Spice Route”, Travelers’ Tales—Food, Ed., R. Sterling, Travelers’ Tales, San Francisco, CA., 1996, pg. 155-159.
  • “New and Different Vacations You’ll Love,” New Choices, Vol. 36, No. 1, (February 1996), pp. 32-39.
  • “Suffering Short Cuts With a Map Reader,” The New York Times, Sunday, April 2, 1995.
  • “Stories from the Haman,” Thoughts of Home, Ed. Elaine Green, The Hearst Books, New York, 1995, pp. 268-274
  • “A World Tour, via the Root Canal.” The New York Times, Sunday, October 2, 1994.
  • “Stories from the Haman,” House Beautiful, April, 1994, pp. 17-23.
  • “When Departure is Bittersweet,” The New York Times, Sunday, February 20, 1994.
  • International Menus of Istanbul, ed. Julia Duffy Ward and Madeleine F. Panarelli, Redhouse Press, Istanbul, Turkey, 1966