Helping People GrowPattie Thomas, Ph.D.
Author
Speaker
Educational Consultant
Business and Professional Development Coach
Upcoming Events
(speaking, public appearances, seminars and other sightings)
updated 06/15/06

DateEventCost
June 23-25, 2006
Pearlsong Press
will be selling
autographed copies of
Taking Up Space

Conference
Cleveland, Ohio
Case Western Reserve University
At the Sheep Barn
Squire Valleevue Farm
37125 Fairmount Blvd.
Hunting Valley, OH 44022-6684
$25.00 for books,
see
ASDAH for details on conference costs and registration
Archived Events
Mon, Sep 26, 2005
9 a to 11 a (CDT)
Health at Every Size Radio Guest Appearance
Radio Free Nashville: Listen Online
Free!!!
Wed, Oct 5, 2005
1:30p to 3:30p (AzT)
Dream a Little Dream for Me:  Preparing Yourself for Success
Career and Business Development Seminar
1802 E. Thomas Rd, Suite 8
Phoenix, AZ
$35 per person
Go to
Principal Tutoring
to sign up.
Oct 7-9 2005
1:30p to 2:30p (CDT)
Southern Festival of Books
Debut of Taking Up Space
Free!!!
Sat, Oct 15, 2005
10:30a to 12:30p (AzT)
Risk Management for Teenagers:
Getting Your Teenager to Make Better Choices

Family Development Seminar
1802 E. Thomas Rd., Suite 8
Phoenix AZ
$15 per person
Go to
Principal Tutoring
to sign up.
Sun, Oct 16, 2005
Sun, Oct 23, 2005
2:00p to 3:00p (AzT)
Free Tutoring Program--2 Dates!
Informational Meeting
1802 E. Thomas Rd., Suite 8
Phoenix AZ
Free!!!
Go to
Principal Tutoring
to sign up.
Wed, Oct 19, 2005
1:30p to 3:30p (AzT)
Who Is in Control?
Career and Business Development Seminar
1802 E. Thomas Rd, Suite 8
Phoenix, AZ
$35 per person
Go to
Principal Tutoring
to sign up.
Sat, Oct 22, 2005
10:30a to 12:30p (AzT)
Helping Your Teenagers in Transition:
Moving from Middle School to High School

to College to Adult Life
Family Development Seminar
1802 E. Thomas Rd., Suite 8
Phoenix AZ
$15 per person
Go to
Principal Tutoring
to sign up.
Sat October 22
1:00p to 1:30p (EDT)
Size Matters Too Radio Guest Appearance
WCRS Radio -- Akron Ohio Listen Online
Free!!!
Sun October 23 to
Sat October 29
starting midnight (EDT)
Size Matters Too Radio Guest Appearance
archived shows Listen Online
Free,
during the first week
 -- small fee after
Thu, Oct 27, 2005
1:00p to 2:30p (CDT)
Taking Up Space:  
Book Signing Event
9th Street Bookstore
111 S. 9th Street
Columbia, Missouri
Free!! -
Open to Public
Please contact
9th Street Bookstore
573-443-2665
for more information.
Thu, Oct 27, 2005
4:00p to 5:30p (CDT)
Taking Up Space:  
Sociological Memoir as Method and Mission
Department of Sociology
University of Missouri--Columbia, Missouri
Free!! -
Open to Public
Please contact
David Brunsma, Ph.D.
for more information.
Fri, Oct 28, 2005
11:00a to 1:00p (CDT)
No Fat Chicks:  
How Feminism is Failing Fat Women (and Therefore All Women)

Questioning Feminism:  Fall Conference 2005
Women and Gender Studies, University of Missouri
Life Sciences Auditorium
University of Missouri--Columbia, Missouri
Free!! -
Open to Public
Please contact
Jessica Jennrich
for more information.
Wed Nov 2 2005
1:30p to 3:30p (AzT)
Now What?
The Importance of Answering the "How" Question in Enterprise
Career and Business Development Seminar
1802 E. Thomas Rd, Suite 8
Phoenix, AZ
$35 per person
Go to
Principal Tutoring
to sign up.
Thu, Nov 8, 2005
7:00p (CST)
Kick-off Size Matters Book Club
Goodyear Branch -- Akron Public Library
Akron, OH
Free!!!
Stay tuned for more info!
Wed, Nov 16, 2005
1:30p to 3:30p (AzT)
Conquer, Compete, Cooperate or Collaborate:
The Art and Science of Doing Business with People

Career and Business Development Seminar
1802 E. Thomas Rd, Suite 8
Phoenix, AZ
$35 per person
Go to
Principal Tutoring
to sign up.
Tue, January 17, 2006
7:30p (CST)
No Fat Chicks:  
How Feminism is Failing Fat Women (and Therefore All Women)
Carleton College -- Athenaeum
Northfield, MN
Free!!!
Sponsored by the
Gender and Sexuality Center

April 8th, 2006
7p - 9p (EST)
Don’t They Know How Bad They Are? –
The Uses of Health to Justify the Social Stigma of Fat

Fat and the Academy Conference, April 7 though 9, 2006
Size Matters (campus anti-sizism organization)
Smith College
Northhampton, MA
$15 to $50 for conference
Register online
or contact Size Matters