Susan C. Strong

SUSAN C. STRONG, Ph.D., is the Executive Director and Founder of The
Metaphor Project . Begun in 1997, the Project helps
activists learn how to mainstream their own messages with language that evokes the
best American values. Susan C. Strong brings both in-depth academic,
research, and activist experience to her work with the Metaphor Project. She taught
communication about contemporary issues at U.C. Berkeley's Rhetoric
Department for more than a decade and also at the Communications Department
of St. Mary's College.

On the activist side, she is a former Senior Research Associate
at the Center for Economic Conversion (Mountain View), a former Peace Action
National Board member, representing California, and served as a National
Peace Action Strategy Co-Chair. She was a co-founder of the original Peace
Action Peace Economy Campaign and a co-founder of The "Who's Counting?"
Project. Her writing has been published on Alternet, Common Dreams,
in The Christian Science Monitor, The Boston Review, The San Francisco
Chronicle, The Sacramento Bee and nationally syndicated by Pacific News
Service and The Progressive Media Project, among many other venues.