George Ella Lyon (1949-)

University of Kentucky, Lexington, instructor in English and creative writing, beginning 1977, member of executive committee of Women Writers Conference, 1979-84, visiting assistant professor, 1991-92; freelance writer and teacher. Centre College of Kentucky, visiting assistant professor, 1979-80, writer in residence, 1985, 1995; Transylvania University, lecturer in humanities and creative writing, 1984-86; Sayre School, Lexington, writer in residence, 1986; Radford University, member of visiting faculty, 1986; Shepherdstown College, writer in residence, 2001. Executive director of Appalachian Poetry Project, 1980; Kentucky Arts Council, Frankfort, KY, coordinator of writers' residency program, 1982-84; creator and host of writing program Everyday Voices, for Kennedy Educational Television, 2001. Speaker at schools.