Martine Robinson Beachboard* has long loved foreign languages and international travel. In her first career, she was a newspaper editor in Arizona. Her weekly personal column developed a loyal following and evoked a range of reader responses and emotions. When she moved to Europe she continued writing her hometown press.
A former Idaho State University professor, Dr. Beachboard is currently a teacher of English as a Secondary Language. Her work has been published in Research in Higher Education and in the Journal of Advertising Education. She peer-reviews scholarly articles for Informing Science journals and is affiliated with Livingwell Publishing. She has spent recent summers serving as a public relations Fulbright Scholar in Kosovo and as a kitchen helper at a convent in France.
Attending graduate school at Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, on a teaching/research assistant scholarship, she worked for two years with dozens of Humphrey Fellows. These mid-career learners were journalists from countries in Africa, Asia, Southeast Europe, and the Middle East. She remains in contact with several of them. [The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program is a Fulbright Exchange Program of the U. S. Department of State.]
Martine has lived or visited in 40 countries. The more unfamiliar the situation, the more she revels in the travel.
During her years as a journalist, she was honored with first place in column writing from the Arizona Press Club. Her editing has been recognized with four first-place awards by Arizona Press Women. A Penney-Missouri Newspaper Awards competition made her a finalist in single-story reporting.
Early in her journalism career, she learned that everyone has a story. With increased interviewing experience, she realized that everyone is a story. That is what she continues to write about: fascinating but not famous people in far flung places.
Misfits Abroad found the author adjusting to life in Germany, France, and Italy.
Misfits Further Abroad takes readers on adventures in Egypt, India, Jordan, Kosovo, Morocco, Pakistan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam.
* Yes, that’s my real name! Do you think anyone would invent a moniker like that?