"On My Own," by Karen Kelley Perkins, Personal Essay in What I Didn't Know: True Stories of Becoming a Teacher, Publ. by Journal of Creative Nonfiction (2016). www.creativenonfiction.org/books
“The best first-person account of teaching I’ve ever read. The stories these educators tell are essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand how the politics of educational policy shake out in the daily lives of teachers.” –Jessica Lahey, author of The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed
“Candid accounts of what is happening in the intimate spaces of classrooms across the country—microcosms of the issues that simmer below the surface of our world at large.” –Brenda Miller, co-author of Tell it Slant: Creating, Refining, and Publishing Creative Nonfiction.
“The best first-person account of teaching I’ve ever read. The stories these educators tell are essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand how the politics of educational policy shake out in the daily lives of teachers.” –Jessica Lahey, author of The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed
“Candid accounts of what is happening in the intimate spaces of classrooms across the country—microcosms of the issues that simmer below the surface of our world at large.” –Brenda Miller, co-author of Tell it Slant: Creating, Refining, and Publishing Creative Nonfiction.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
For the Love of Ferns, by Karen Perkins. (2014)
science.sciencemag.org/content/346/6216/1586
“The Drosophila Fos-Related AP-1 Protein is a Developmentally Regulated Transcription Factor.” Genes and Development 4, 822-834, 1990. (Perkins, K.K., Admon, A., Patel, N. and Tjian, R.) genesdev.cshlp.org/content/4/5/822.abstract
“In vitro analysis of the Antennapedia P2 promoter: Identification of a new Drosophila transcription factor.” Genes and Development 2, 1615-1626, 1988. (Perkins, K.K., Dailey, G.M. and Tjian, R.) genesdev.cshlp.org/content/2/12a/1615
“Novel Jun- and Fos-related proteins in Drosophila are functionally homologous to enhancer factor AP-1.” European Molecular Biology Org. Journal 7(13), 4265-4273, 1988. (Perkins, K.K., Dailey, G.M. and Tjian, R.)
“In vitro formation of a lariat structure containing a G2’-5’G linkage.” Journal of Biological Chemistry 262(9), 4267-4273, 1987. (Freyer, G.A., Arenas, J., Perkins, K.K., Furneaux, H.M., Pick, L., Young, B., Roberts, R.J. and Hurwitz, J.)
“Analysis of mRNA splicing using fractions isolated from HeLa cells and mutant adenovirus pre-mRNAs.” Cancer Cells (Cold Spring Harbor Publ.) 4, 249-258, 1986. (Perkins, K.K., Furneaux, H., Freyer, G.A., Arenas, J., Pick, L. and Hurwitz, J.)
“RNA splicing products formed with isolated fractions from HeLa cells are associated with fast sedimenting complexes.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 83, 887-891, 1986. (Perkins, K.K., Furneaux, H. and Hurwitz, J.)
“Isolation and characterization of two fractions from HeLa cells which are both required for RNA splicing.” Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences 82, 684-688, 1985. (Furneaux, H., Perkins, K.K., Freyer, G.A., Arenas, J.A. and Hurwitz, J.)
“Ozone degrades into hydroxyl radical under physiological conditions: a spin trapping study.” Plant Physiology 72(4),
1016, 1983. (Grimes, H., Perkins, K.K. and Boss, W.F. )
For the Love of Ferns, by Karen Perkins. (2014)
science.sciencemag.org/content/346/6216/1586
“The Drosophila Fos-Related AP-1 Protein is a Developmentally Regulated Transcription Factor.” Genes and Development 4, 822-834, 1990. (Perkins, K.K., Admon, A., Patel, N. and Tjian, R.) genesdev.cshlp.org/content/4/5/822.abstract
“In vitro analysis of the Antennapedia P2 promoter: Identification of a new Drosophila transcription factor.” Genes and Development 2, 1615-1626, 1988. (Perkins, K.K., Dailey, G.M. and Tjian, R.) genesdev.cshlp.org/content/2/12a/1615
“Novel Jun- and Fos-related proteins in Drosophila are functionally homologous to enhancer factor AP-1.” European Molecular Biology Org. Journal 7(13), 4265-4273, 1988. (Perkins, K.K., Dailey, G.M. and Tjian, R.)
“In vitro formation of a lariat structure containing a G2’-5’G linkage.” Journal of Biological Chemistry 262(9), 4267-4273, 1987. (Freyer, G.A., Arenas, J., Perkins, K.K., Furneaux, H.M., Pick, L., Young, B., Roberts, R.J. and Hurwitz, J.)
“Analysis of mRNA splicing using fractions isolated from HeLa cells and mutant adenovirus pre-mRNAs.” Cancer Cells (Cold Spring Harbor Publ.) 4, 249-258, 1986. (Perkins, K.K., Furneaux, H., Freyer, G.A., Arenas, J., Pick, L. and Hurwitz, J.)
“RNA splicing products formed with isolated fractions from HeLa cells are associated with fast sedimenting complexes.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 83, 887-891, 1986. (Perkins, K.K., Furneaux, H. and Hurwitz, J.)
“Isolation and characterization of two fractions from HeLa cells which are both required for RNA splicing.” Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences 82, 684-688, 1985. (Furneaux, H., Perkins, K.K., Freyer, G.A., Arenas, J.A. and Hurwitz, J.)
“Ozone degrades into hydroxyl radical under physiological conditions: a spin trapping study.” Plant Physiology 72(4),
1016, 1983. (Grimes, H., Perkins, K.K. and Boss, W.F. )