Author of the irreverent writing un-textbook "Pity the Poor Reader," Associate Professor Charles Haddad has been teaching writing to college and high school students for more than five years. His lessons are based on 30 years of writing experience, which includes three children's novels, all published by Random House, one of the first successful online columns and award-winning writing and editing work for such major publications as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Business Week magazine. He spent ten years covering the likes of Ted Turner, Rupert Murdoch and other Hollywood moguls. At present, Haddad teaches journalism and narrative nonfiction writing at Stony Brook University and runs a study abroad program in China. He has also taught nonfiction writing at Emory University and served as director of a Knight Fellowship that promoted excellence in medical and public health journalism. As part of that fellowship, he ran training programs for journalists from around the world, including conferences in India and China. He's a graduate of Harvard University and Sarah Lawrence College.