Susie Shellenberger Explained

Susie Shellenberger
Alma Mater:Southern Nazarene University
Notableworks:Brio, SUSIE Magazine

Susie Shellenberger is an American speaker, author, and magazine editor.

Career

Shellenberger has a bachelor's degree from Bethany Nazarene College (1978).[1] She taught high school speech and English teacher,[2] and was a youth pastor.[3] She created Brio, Focus on the Family's publication for teen girls in 1989, and presented "realistic role models" while using magazines such as Seventeen magazine for ideas.[4] She edited the magazine throughout its 19 years of publication. In 2001, she founded Brio and Beyond for girls aged 16 to 19. For seven years she co-hosted a national weekly call-in radio show for teens, called Life on the Edge Live, also produced by Focus on the Family.[5] When Focus on the Family ceased publication of Brio, Shellenberger joined forces with marketing agency Premier Studios to create SUSIE Magazine, a monthly print magazine, in 2009.[6] [7] Shellenberger shared the messages of the SUSIE brand with young people by speaking before music concerts played by ZOEgirl.

She also led teens on mission trips to different countries, including Brazil,[8] Panama City, and the Caribbean.[9] She has been featured as a keynote speaker for the Girls of Grace conferences[10] with Point of Grace and has also traveled as an opening act for singer Rebecca St. James.[11] Shellenberger has written multiple books, starting with There's a sheep in my mirror in 1985.[12] Her books have been reviewed by several newspapers[13] [14] and by School Library Journal.[15]

Selected publications

Honors and awards

Olivet Nazarene University awarded her with their Centennial Award in 2000, and awarded her its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.[16]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 1986-12-30 . Youth revival services set at Nazarene Church . 5 . Telegraph-Forum . 2022-04-11.
  2. News: 1986-01-10 . Chief's contract renewed by Bethany school board . 59 . The Daily Oklahoman . 2022-04-11.
  3. News: Fry . Martha . 2004-03-28 . Magazine editor lends christian ear to teens . 38 . The Tampa Tribune . 2022-04-10.
  4. Book: Bendroth . Margaret Lamberts . Women and Twentieth-century Protestantism . Brereton . Virginia Lieson . Brereton . Virginia . 2002 . University of Illinois Press . 978-0-252-06998-7 . 118, 122, 124 . en.
  5. Web site: Susie Shellenberger Author Profile . New Release Tuesday . 2008-06-27 . 2010-11-02.
  6. News: 2009-06-06 . Teen Girl Magazine SUSIE Launches Despite Print Magazine Industry Decline . Marketing Weekly News . .
  7. News: Hinton . Carla . 2009-06-06 . City resident creates girls magazine . 75 . The Daily Oklahoman . 2022-04-10.
  8. News: McCaffrey . Raymond . 19 June 1999 . Girl joins 300 in mission to needy areas of Brazil . LIFE3 . The Gazette; Colorado Springs, Colo. [Colorado Springs, Colo] . ProQuest.
  9. Book: Gresh, Dannah . Secret Keeper: The Delicate Power of Modesty . 2011-07-01 . Moody Publishers . 978-0-8024-7849-8 . en.
  10. News: 2008-01-28 . Saegertown church hosting 'Girls of Grace Nation' . 5 . The Titusville Herald . 2022-04-11.
  11. News: 1997-12-06 . Ready to rock the carols . 18 . The Daily Oklahoman . 2022-04-11.
  12. Book: Shellenberger, Susie . There's a sheep in my mirror! . 1985 . Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City . 0-8341-1054-7 . Kansas City, Mo. . 12738694.
  13. News: Robinson . Erika . 1992-04-06 . Book helps teens deal with puberty . 15 . The Californian . 2022-04-10.
  14. News: Cochrum . Alan . 2000-11-04 . Book review . 87 . Fort Worth Star-Telegram . 2022-04-10.
  15. Soulliere . Joan . November 1995 . Nonfiction -- Lockers, Lunch Lines, Chemistry, and Cliques: 77 Pretty Important Ideas on School Survival by Susie Shellenberger and Greg Johnson . School Library Journal . 41 . 11 . 132 . EBSCOhost.
  16. Web site: 2010-10-06 . Olivet awards Shellenberger with Lifetime Achievement Leadership Award . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720024034/http://olivet.edu/news/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2FChannels%2FSite+Wide&WorkflowItemID=47384717-81f8-4e49-a44d-d9d9738b9d13 . July 20, 2011 . Olivet Nazarene University . 2010-11-02.

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