Expertise



Southeastern Colorado history, particularly the early 1940s Japanese/Japanese-American experiences during World War II

The experiences of a US citizen who taught/worked internationally (Sénégal and The Bahamas)

The experiences of a woman who entered the ordained Christian ministry in the 1980s, at a time when such professional exposure was not all that common.

Speaking Experience



Health insurance and retirement plan administrator—presentations to employee groups (firefighters, police officers, public works employees, insurance company employees), 4 years

Pastor/preacher—preached, taught classes, led groups, 7 years

University professor—taught classes, 5 years

English language program director in francophone Sénégal—led a faculty and staff of 30, 2 years

Biography

Virginia (Ginny) graduated from the University of Michigan with a joint degree in English and Education and taught "freshman comp" at the university and then at The University of The Bahamas. Her MDiv is from McCormick Theological Seminary (Chicago), and she was a pastor/preacher in churches in the Midwest and on the East Coast. She directed an English language program in Sénégal, West Africa. Her historical novel, Greenwood Riven (2016), is set in a Colorado community that splinters along racial lines during WWII. Her biography of Rev. Dr. Allen Maruyama, a Colorado native, is titled Nisei Resistance and Resilience: A Japanese-American Life (2021).

Publishing History

Nonfiction-Biography

Nisei Resistance and Resilience: A Japanese-American Life (2021)

The story of Dr. Allen Maruyama

Historical Fiction

Greenwood Riven (2016)

A community near a Japanese Internment camp