Kathleen Saccopoulos

Education

M. Sc.,Journalism and Mass Communication, Iowa State University, 1974

B. Sc., Technical Journalism, Iowa State University, 1966

Primary and Secondary Education: Perry Public Schools, Perry, Iowa

Academic Background

Louisiana State University, Manship School of Mass Communication, adjunct associate professor, 1997-2001

North Carolina State University, Department of Environmental Design, visiting lecturer, 1992-95

Mississippi State University, School of Architecture, adjunct associate professor, 1988-92

Iowa State University, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, tenured associate professor, 1986-88; faculty member, 1973-85

Professional Background

Free-lance writer/photographer, 1995-2001

Fine-Art Photographer, 1970 to present

Editorial Assistant, Athens Center of Ekistics, 1968-72

Market Research Analyst, ICAP Hellas, 1966-68

Reporter/photographer, Fort Dodge Messenger newspaper, 1966

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions in galleries in Baton Rouge, LA; Raleigh, Durham and New Bern, NC; Starkville, MS; Ames, Storm Lake and Cedar Rapids, IA; Athens, Greece

Gallery artist: Raleigh Contemporary Gallery, Raleigh, NC; Studio 801, Baton Rouge, LA

Acceptances in over 50 juried national and international group exhibitions

Honors/Awards

Two purchase awards, Iowa Art-in-State-Buildings competitions

Mississippi State University's nominee for Phi Kappa Phi National Artist award, 1992

Awards in 5 national juried competitions

Selected Publications

Tou Nisiou Mou: Paradoseis tis Kythnou (My Island: Traditions of Kythnos), Giorgis Venetouilas with photographs by Kathleen Saccopoulos, (Athens: En Plo, 2007, ISBN 978-90-6719-13-4); 189 pages, 116 photographs

Kythnos: The island of Manolas, a memoir in text and photographs, Kathleen A. Saccopoulos (Athens: Th. Petroulakis, S.A., 1993, ISBN 960-7110-02-1); 55 pages, 40 duotones

Weekends Away, a regular monthly feature article in Country Roads magazine, St. Francisville, LA, 1998-2001