Publications

Books

Well Worth a Shindy: The Architectural and Philosophical History of the Old Well at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . iUniverse Press, 2004. The book presents extensive research in the UNC Chapel Hill university archives on the commissioning of the Old Well in 1897 by President Edwin Alderman and its restoration by university officials in 1954. Because the Old Well is an exemplar of eighteenth-century garden structures, descended from ancient temples, I included a description of their descent through western European history, as well as a catalogue of similar structures in Europe and the United States. No other study of the Old Well exists.

President Emeritus of the University of North Carolina, William Friday, wrote the foreword for Well Worth A Shindy.

Articles

“Animals Get Help during Disasters.” Chapel Hill Herald, Monday, January 21, 2008.

"A Tribute to Florence Soltys." Chapel Hill Magazine, November-December 2007, pp. 77-8. Florence Soltys died September 27, 2007. The article is about her work with and for Chapel Hill's and North Carolina's elderly.

"The Old Well, Back When." Chapel Hill Magazine, September-October 2007, pp. 124-27. Biography of Eugene Lewis Harris, the designer of the Old Well at UNC Chapel Hill.

Sarah Madry, "Volunteers Answer 911's Call," Chapel Hill Herald, Monday, March 4, 2002.

Sarah Madry, "UNC Workshop Targets Latino HIV Prevention," Chapel Hill Herald, Sunday, February 3, 2002.

Awards

2004 Best in Show, Color Category, Adults, The Arts Center Community Photography Contest for Child of Provence.

Web Page Design

http://www.med.unc.edu/aging/
UNC-CH School of Medicine Center for Aging and Health/Division of Geriatric Medicine
web designer and content manager from February 2006 to May 2008

Until May 2001, writing, construction, image editing and photography for:
http://www.unc.edu/depts/arts/, the webpage of the Arts and Sciences Foundation at UNC Chapel Hill. This page is no longer available on the Internet.

Graphic Design

Portfolio of selected graphic design can be found at www.artsonthehill.com/graphics.html

Computer Skills

Access (database design and entry), Blackboard, Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Excel, Photoshop, InDesign, PageMaker, Acrobat, PageMill, Dreamweaver, QuarkXPress, Google Earth, Google SketchUp, NCWISE - NC database for tracking student discipline and attendance and Advise - UNC Chapel Hill Office of Advancement interface for the alumni database, many email and scanning programs

Selected Previous Employment

2007 - present - writing, editing, and graphic design for individual scholars and writers including designing a medical chart for book publication for a UNC cancer researcher. References available upon request.

Fall and winter 2008 - Temporary work for UNC Tar Heel Temps in various UNC-CH departments

November 2005 - May 2008 - Donald W. Reynolds Coordinator and Web/Communications Designer, Center for Aging and Health/Division of Geriatric Medicine, School of Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill

WUNC Radio (9 years), Arts and Sciences Foundation (3 years)

Other University of North Carolina Activities

In 2001 I authored a short history of UNC Chapel Hill north campus buildings for the benefit of student guides who give tours of the university.

International Experience, Contacts

I have traveled often in Europe and attended a Paris private school in 1963, where I learned French, which I speak and read fluently.

Business Affiliations

In 2003 I created Arts on the Hill, a consulting business specializing in graphics, editorial services, and relational database design. I am also Vice President of Informatics International, Inc., a diversified corporation, which provides GIS, GPS, and satellite remote sensing consulting and teaching. I manage the graphic design and business administration of the company. My husband, Scott L.H. Madry, President and CEO, is also Research Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at UNC Chapel Hill.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Endowments

My family gave the Paul and Melba Brandes Course Development Award to the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1990. In memory of my parents, Paul (former speech professor in the Department of English), and Melba, the fund awards small grants to professors who wish to create new, innovative courses in the College of Arts and Sciences. Both my parents being deceased, my husband and I are the current stewards of this fund.

My husband and I established a fund to pay for the restoration of the full-length portrait of UNC President Edward Kidder Graham (1876 - 1918) for the first UNC student center, Graham Memorial. Our donation was joined by gifts from Edward Kidder Graham's grandchildren.

My husband and I have also donated various gifts to these UNC-CH departments and funds: The Carolina Family Scholarship, the Graduate School, the School of Education, the Memorial Hall Renovation, the Division of Geriatric Medicine, and the College of Arts and Sciences.

Lectures

• October 2009. “Garden Design as Dynastic Strategy.” The Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC (four Monday evening two-hour lectures)
• June 2008. “The History of Round Temples in Gardens.” Sunrise Assisted Living Community, Raleigh, NC
• June 2008. “The History of Round Temples in Gardens.” Chapel Hill Preservation Society, Chapel Hill, NC
• February 2006. “The Parc Monceau in Paris: The English Garden of the Duc de Chartres.” Carol Woods Retirement Community, Chapel Hill, NC
• March 2005. “Crossing the Great Lawn of the Cedars.” The Cedars at Meadowmont, Chapel Hill, NC
• September 2004. “All Quiet on the Western Front: Erich Maria Remarque and the Causes of World War I.” Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, NC
• April 2004. “How to Design an Access Database.” Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, NC
• October 2003. “When to Reunion I Return: The History of the Old Well.” UNC Chapel Hill
• February 2002. “From Rome’s Aqua Virgo to Orange County’s Morgan Creek: Two Thousand Years of Water.” NC Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC

Last updated 6/11/2009.