Neile, Caren Schnur: - Caren S. Neile, PhD, is a performance storyteller and affiliate professor at Florida Atlantic University, where she has taught storytelling studies since 2001. Dr. Neile has performed and taught throughout the United States and abroad, including in Jerusalem, Vienna and Warsaw. She is the former chair of the National Storytelling Network and is a former co-founding editor of the international academic journal Storytelling, Self, Society, published by Wayne State University. Dr. Neile cohosts The Public Storyteller, a weekly segment on South Florida public radio WLRN 91.3 FM. Her numerous publications include the book The Great American Story, and she contributes a regular column on storytelling for the Florida Jewish Journal.