Now teaching English at Fulton High School in Fulton, Mo., James F. Muench is also an author, long-time free-lance journalist and instructor of English, journalism and strategic communication.
His career as an educator includes teaching assignments at Columbia College, the University of Missouri, Lincoln University, Stephens College and Westminster College. In addition, he taught English and Journalism at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo., and taught English and Speech/Debate at North Callaway High School in Kingdom City, Mo. Prior to teaching, he served as science writer for the MU News Bureau and then as communications director for Westminster College, the Missouri Division of Energy and the Missouri Department of Economic Development, and launched a free-lance writing and reporting business, Far West Enterprises, which closed in 2020. He has authored three published books: The Historic 1830s German Immigration to Missouri, co-authored with three Missouri historians, in January 2016, Five Stars: Missouri’s Most Famous Generals in 2006, and The Teutonic Cross in 2013. The historic mystery adventure novel follows the story of Heinrich Kueter, a young history professor who solves the murder of a Chinese exchange student, finds love and fights racism in a small Missouri college town on the eve of World War I. Muench offers an extensive background of experience writing in many genres, from newspaper and magazine journalism to playwrighting. Five Stars was recognized by the Missouri Writers Guild, and his award-winning play, "The Eye of the Sun," received three staged readings at Rockhurst College, the Missouri Playwrights Workshop and William Woods University. |
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