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Saundra G. Kelley
2832 Kilkierane Drive
Tallahassee, Florida
(423) 946-9359
saundra@saundrakelley.com; www.saundrakelley.com; www.saundrakelley@blogspot.com
GOALS
Oral Tradition Storyteller, Keynote Speaker,
Workshop Presenter, Author
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SAMPLER
Featuring personal narrative and original works of a southern gothic nature,
legends, myths and folktales from around the world
o Fairy and Earth Festival, Flat Rock, North Carolina May 2016
o Interactive Presentation ‘How to Tell Your Story.’ Tennessee Mountain Writers
Conference, 2016 Carol Grametbauer
Troupe Performances ‘Dispatches from the Other Side’ 2007 – April 2016 w/Joseph
Sobol PhD and Kenneth Telford
o ‘Storytelling Overview of Appalachia,’ Human Resources Generalists. January 2016.
Holly Cook
o ‘Tell and Capture Your Audience,’ July 2014 Florida Authors & Writers Conference,
Orlando, Florida. Terri Gerrell
o ‘Reading Skills to Capture an Audience,’ Roanoke Regional Writing Conference,
Hollins University, January 2015/2016. Dan Smith
o ‘Nana Noel Comes Home for Christmas.’ December 2013, 2014, 2015
o Workshop, “How to Build a Better Storytelling Guild,” Kentucky Storytelling
Conference, November 2015. Mary Hamilton
o Keynote, ‘Jonesborough, TN and Colquitt, Georgia Prospering with Stories’ Save
Our Towns Summit, Virginia Tech Southwestern Higher Education Center, Abingdon,
VA, October 2015. Susan Short
o Research Collection, ‘Living on $2 A Day,’ a project of the Universities of Michigan
and Johns Hopkins, 2014. Luke Schaefer and Katherine Eden
o A Drop Side of Yonder: Jacquelyn Brunais, a memoir. Narration, 2015
o Instructor of Record, East Tennessee State University Storytelling Summer Programs.
2013. Joseph Sobol
o Storyteller and Workshop Presenter, Brescia University, Owensboro, KY. 2012
Belinda Thomson
o Presenter, Cancer Summit, Pidgeon Forge, TN 2010. Toni Bounds
o Teller-in-Residence, Guest lecturer and Featured Performer, Starburst Festival,
Anderson University & Public Library. 2010 Marybeth Evans
o Research Assistant collecting interviews for Cancer Communication Project, East
Tennessee State University 2008

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TRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT
o Community Relations Coordinator, Big Bend Hospice, Tallahassee, FL, 1994 – 1999/
2004-2006. Diane Tomasi
o Finance Development Director, Easter Seal Society, Tallahassee, Florida 2010
o Director, American Lung Association Big Bend Region, Tallahassee, FL, 2000-2002
Brenda Olsen
AUTHOR
‘Southern Appalachian Storytellers: Interviews with Sixteen Keepers of the Oral Tradition,’ 2011,
McFarland Publishers
‘Danger in Blackwater Swamp,’ Environmental Romantic Suspense, 2013. Southern Yellow Pine
Publishers
‘The Day the Mirror Cried,’ Collection of short stories, poetry and essays, 2014. Southern Yellow Pine
Publishers
CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS
o Jonesborough Storytellers Guild/Performing Member and Immediate Past President
o National Storytelling Network
o Florida Storytellers Association
o Tallahassee Writers Association
EDUCATION
M.A. in Education, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN,
Concentration in Storytelling
o Employed as Graduate Assistant in Department, leading to grant-funded work in
therapeutic storytelling utilizing qualitative interview technique
B.S. in Political Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 1994
o Minors in Communication and Creative Writing