Frank Faranda, PhD, Alelphi U.; dissertation on “The Purposive Self and the Dreaming Mind”; psychotherapist in private practice in New York City; former fellow of the Glass Inst. for Psychoanalytic Research.

Jane Tainow Feder, PhD, Union Inst.; professor and former chair, English Dept., NYC Technical College-CUNY; author of “Can Johnny Write Yet?” in Perspectives; designer of writing curricula for junior high through postgraduate level; reviews English textbooks for publishers.

Stanley Feldstein, PhD, NYU; historian; author of The Land That I Show You, Once a Slave, The Ordeal of Assimilation, and The Poisoned Tongue; professor, CUNY Center for Worker Education.

Adam Fernandez, BFA, Parsons The New School for Design; freelance photographer published by New York Times, Daily News, AP, Scientific American, and Ticker Magazine; clients include NYC Board of Elections and Natl. and Rural LISC.

Margaret Stanek Fiore, MA, Columbia U.; MEd, Boston U.; has taught writing classes at American U. in Paris and CUNY/Hunter College; has worked in NYC high schools as a teacher consultant for the NYC Writing Project and as a literacy coach.

Deirdre L. Fishel, BA, Brown U.; graduate of American Film Inst. Director's Program; wrote, directed, and edited a feature film, Risk (premiered at Sundance); writer and director of Separate Skin, Witness, and The Best of Both; three feature film projects currently in development; work exhibited at film festivals internationally.

Bernard C. Flynn, PhD, Duquesne U.; professor of philosophy, Empire State College-SUNY; has taught at U. of Southern Illinois, U. of Montreal, and Skidmore College; author of Political Philosophy at the Closure of Metaphysics; recipient of New School Distinguished Teaching Award.

Thomas Forster, MLA, U. of Oregon; former policy director, Community Food Security Coalition; organic farmer; public policy campaign architect supporting development of local and regional food systems, school meals, and community-based market development; advocate for sustainable agriculture in U.S. Congress and UN Commission on Sustainable Development.

Karl Fotovat, MA, The New School for Social Research; 2009–2010 Teaching Fellow at The New School; editorial assistant, Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal.

Julia L. Foulkes, PhD, U. of Massachusets-Amherst; chair of the New School for General Studies Department of Social Sciences; author of Modern Bodies: Dance and American Modernism from Martha Graham to Alvin Ailey; was an advisor on the 2001 PBS documentary Free to Dance; recently scholar-in-residence at the Rockefeller Archive Center and Fulbright Senior Scholar at Potsdam University (Germany).

David Fractenberg, PhD, U. of Kansas; professor emeritus, Communication & Human Relations, SUNY-New Paltz; specializes in rhetoric, semantics, political communication, theories of persuasion, and interpersonal communication; human relations trainer in the private and public sectors.

Michele Frank, LCSW; psychotherapist in private practice specializing in childhood trauma, chemical dependency, and career transition; formerly with the NYU Ehrenkranz School of Social Work Trauma Recovery Program and CAP Behavior Associates.

Lisa Freedman, MFA, The New School; articles published in the New York Times, Art & Understanding, and POZ; wrote and performed in educational plays with the AIDS Theatre Project; recipient of a Puffin Foundation award and a Blue Mountain Center residency; 2005 U. of Connecticut Soul Mountain Fellow.

John Freitas, MA, The New School; former development analyst for Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures; has sold screenplays to Dustin Hoffman, Hakalax & Mandrake Productions, Finland, Canal+, producer Vincent Maraval (City of God), and legendary independent producer Edward R. Pressman (Badlands, Reversal of Fortune, The Cooler); also teaches at Hofstra U.

Melissa Friedling, PhD, U. of Iowa; filmmaker, video maker, and critic; short film and videos screened at festivals, galleries, and museums internationally; grants include NYSCA and NYFA; Fulbright Scholar Award in 2000; 2002 International Studio and Curatorial Program resident; author of articles on film, art, and contemporary culture and a book, Recovering Women: Feminisms and Representations of Addiction.

Terry Frishman, MBA, Columbia U.; president, Creative Marketing Workshops; award-winning food industry consultant specializing in strategic planning, public relations, and product launches; former product manager, Kraft General Foods; member, board of directors, New York Women's Culinary Alliance; served on boards of Roundtable for Women in Foodservice and Intl. Wine & Food Society.