Michele Decoteau
micheledecoteau@verizon.net
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Freelance Writer, 2003 - present
Grant writing clients include:
- Asa Waters Mansion, Millbury
- Blackstone River Watershed Association
- Blackstone River National Heritage Corridor Commission
- Boys and Girls Club of Marlboro
- Computer Science Dept. at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Editing Clients include:
- Jones & Bartlett Publishers
- Lori Greshler - author
- Donna Picard - author
- Mark Coley - Renaissance
- a painting company
Articles
Blackstone Valley Shopper
- Plumb CPA – January 2007
- Shall we Dance – January 2007
- Take out Thanksgiving – November 2006
- Haunted Blackstone Valley – October 2006
- Gravestone Girls – October 2006
- Victoria’s Barn – November 2006
- Waters Farm Days – September 2006
- Golf Gems in the Blackstone Valley – August 2006
- Crystal Caves – August 2006
- Ice Cream Hot Spots – July 2006
- West End Creamery – June 2006
- Ideal Kitchens – June 2006
- Mother’s Day – May 2006
Mom Matters – Millbury Sutton MOMS Club
- Busy Bees - June 2007
- May Flower – May 2007
- National Frog Month - April 2007
- Mud - March 2007
- The Color Red in Nature - February 2007
- Snow – January 2007
- Getting Ready for Winter - November 2006
- Animals in Winter - December 2006
- Pumpkin Exploration - October 2006
- Leaves - September 2006
- A is for Apple - August 2006
HappyNews.com
Pagewise.com
Circuit Rider, 1999 – 2001
Massachusetts Watershed Coalition, Leominster, Massachusetts
Administrative Assistant, 1998 - 1999
Southern Arizona Women’s Fund, Tucson, Arizona
Instructor, 1998 - 1999
Tucson Audubon Society, Tucson, Arizona
Education Coordinator, 1995 - 1997
Assistant Education Coordinator, 1995
Natural History Instructor, 1993 - 1995
Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary, Massachusetts Audubon Society,
Worcester, Massachusetts
Publications (under maiden name Michele R. Bennett)
- Ayson, A. and M. Bennett Decoteau. Streams of Consciousness, Journal of the New England Environmental Educators Society, 12 (2): 23-29, 1998.
- Bennett, M.R. and R.L. Rossi. New Rules of Environmental Civility,
Journal of the New England Environmental Educators Society, 11 (1):13-19,
1997.
Research Assistant, 1993 - 1995
UMass Medical School, Department of Neurology
Worcester, Massachusetts
Publications (under maiden name Michele R. Bennett)
- Bennett, M.R. and Schwartz, W.J. Altered circadian rhythmicity is an early sign of murine dietary thiamine deficiency. J Neurol Sci. 163(1):6-10, 1999.
- Schwartz, W.J., Peters, R.V., Aronin, N., and Bennett, M.R. Unexpected c-fos Gene Expression in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus of Mice Entrained to a Skeleton Photoperiod. Journal of Biological Rhythms, 11 (1), 35-44, 1996.
- Bennett, M. R., Aronin, N. and Schwartz, W.J. In vitro stimulation of c-Fos protein expression in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of hypothalamic slices Molecular Brain Research, 42 (1), 1996.
- Schwartz, W. J., Aronin, N., Takeuchi, J., Bennett, M. R., Peters, R.V. Towards a molecular biology of the suprachiasmatic nucleus: photic and temporal regulation of c-fosgene expression. Seminars in Neuroscience, 7 (1), 1995.
- Bennett , M.R. and Schwartz, W.J. Are glia among the cells that express
immunoreactive c-Fos in the suprachiasmatic nucleus? NeuroReport 5(14),
1994.
Education
University of Massachusetts, 1989
Neuroscience and Behavior
Florida State University, 1987
Biology and Psychology
University of Wyoming, 1984
Community Service
Board of Directors, Millbury Sutton MOMS Club, Millbury MA
Board of Directors, Blackstone River Watershed Association, Central MA/RI
Board of Directors, Blackstone Headwaters Coalition, Central MA
Board of Directors, Worcester MOMS Club, Worcester, MA
Open Space Committee, Town of Millbury, Millbury, MA
Education Committee, Tucson Audubon Society, Tucson, AZ
Editor, Vermilion Flycatcher, monthly newsletter - Tucson Audubon Society,
Tucson, AZ
Board of Directors, ALS Association, Tucson, AZ
