Patricia Lynne Duffy 1195840 173828399 2007-11-26T04:53:22Z AgentPeppermint 1519900 '''Patricia Lynne Duffy''' is an instructor in the [[UN Language and Communications Programme]]. She has an M.A. from Teachers College, [[Columbia University]]. She is an Acting Officer of the UN Society of Writers and its liaison to the UN 1% for Development Fund. Duffy is the author of ''Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens: How [[Synesthesia|Synesthetes]] Color their Worlds'', which has been reviewed in both the popular press as well as in academic journals, Cerebrum and the APA Review of Books. She has taught English at [[New York University]], the [[City University of New York]], and the [[UN]] Language Programme and has written articles for numerous publications including [[New York Newsday]], the [[San Francisco Chronicle]] (All the Colors of the Rainbow), the [[Boston Globe]], and the [[Village Voice]]. Ms. Duffy wrote two award-winning essays, Taipei Tales and Dining in French for a literary newspaper, ''Literal Latte''. Her work is included in the anthologies They Only Laughed Later: Tales of Women on the Move (Europublic Press) and Soulful Living (HCI). She has traveled extensively throughout [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] and lived and worked in [[China]] for a year and a half. Her special interest is in what she terms "personal coding", the unique way in which each person codes [[information]] and makes a one-of-a-kind "inner map" of the world around them. She has been interviewed about her research and her [[synesthesia]] by a number of publications including the [[New York Times]], the [[Washington Post]], [[Smithsonian]] Magazine, [[Discover Magazine]], and [[Newsweek]], as well as on tv and radio programs such as [[National Public Radio]], the [[BBC]], [[Public Radio International]] and the [[Discovery Channel]]. Duffy has given presentations on [[synesthesia]] at [[Yale University]], [[Princeton University]], the [[University of California, San Diego]], [[Rockefeller University]], the [[University of Virginia]], and others. She is a co-founder of and consultant to the [[American Synesthesia Association]]. ==External links== * [http://www.bluecatsandchartreusekittens.com/ Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens] * [http://www.unepd.info/ Action through Words] - Learning English through learning about the United Nations [[Category:People with synesthesia|Duffy, Patricia Lynne]] [[Category:Living people|Duffy, Patricia Lynne]]