Writings

Writing Awards

• Finalist, Independent Book Publishers Perennial Seller Award, 2017

• Co-host, Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse, Medfield, MA

• Board Member, Rainbow Lifelong Learning Institute

• Induction into International Educators Hall of Fame, 2015

• Semifinalist, 2015 Fineline Competition, Mid-American Review

• Semifinalist, 2014 Mary Ballard Poetry Chapbook Prize

• Semifinalist, 1996 International Poetry Competition, Atlanta Review

• Member, Los Angeles 1998 Slam Team

Published Fiction

• The Swallow and the Nightingale, Strong Voices Publishing, 2014

• “A Matter of Time”, short story, Common Lives/Lesbian Lives, 45, Winter, 1992

Published Poetry Books

• The Sanctuary of Artemis: A Collection of Contextual Poetry, Huntington Beach, CA: Tebot Bach, 2011

• When Civilizations Die, limited edition chapbook, 1997

• Be Ye Love, limited edition chapbook, Inevitable Press, 1997

• A Matter of Time and Poems, limited edition chapbook, 1996

Published Poetry (Selected)

• “Keeping the Ground,” Poetry Super Highway, 26th Annual Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Poetry Issue, 2024

• “What Light Is”, In: Tiny Moments Vol II (David Pring-Mill, ed), Bronze Birds Books, 2024, p. 16

• “March 18, 2011”, In: Tiny Moments Vol II (David Pring-Mill, ed), Bronze Birds Books, 2024, p. 52

• “Another Day,” Poetry Super Highway, 25th Annual Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Poetry Issue, 2023

• “Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett,” ONTHEBUS, Issue 23, Bambaz Press, 2018.

• “My Mother’s Hands,” ONTHEBUS, Issue 23, Bambaz Press, 2018.

• “Separation,” In: Short Poems Got Nobody To Love, (ed., Raundi Moore-Kondo), For the Love of Words, 2016.

• “My Star Light,” In: Short Poems Got Nobody To Love, (ed., Raundi Moore-Kondo), For the Love of Words, 2016.

• “Hard K Sounds,” Spectrum 3, 2016

• “As We Speak,” Spectrum, 2015

• “The Evolutionary Record,” Soul-Lit, Summer, 2015

• “On The Sanctuary of Artemis Dying,” Soul-Lit, Summer, 2015

• “Friday Night at Agios Konstantinos,” Soul-Lit, Summer, 2015

• “Lovesickness,” In: A Poet is a Poet No Matter How Tall: Episode Two: Attack of the Poems (ed., Raundi Moore-Kondo), For the Love of Words, 2014

• “Libraries Lost,” In: A Poet is a Poet No Matter How Tall: Episode Two: Attack of the Poems (ed., Raundi Moore-Kondo), For the Love of Words, 2014

• “Hard K Sounds,” Moon Tide Press Poet of the Month. June 2014

• “I should know something about death. I have been in the seat.” Moon Tide Press Poet of the Month. June 2014

• “Orejas de Elephante,” In: A Poet is a Poet No Matter How Tall (ed., Raundi Moore-Kondo), For the Love of Words, 2013.

• “The Recipe,” In: A Poet is a Poet No Matter How Tall (ed., Raundi Moore-Kondo), For the Love of Words, 2013.

• “Me and Meryl Streep,” The Hummingbird Review, Vol. IV, 2013

• “Evolutionary Record,” The Hummingbird Review, Vol. III, 2012

• “I Love Popcorn”, Don’t Blame the Ugly Mug, ed. Steve Ramirez and Ben Trigg, Tebot Bach, 2011

• “When Civilizations Die”, The Hummingbird Review, Spring, 2011

• “Friday Night at Agios Konstantinos”, The Hummingbird Review, Spring, 2011

• “The Small Fortress at Terezin,” Poetry Super Highway, Apr, 2009

• “The Rock of Sibyl at Delphi”, poeticdiversity.org, August 2008

• “Keeping The Ground,” In Blood to Remember,(ed. Charles Fishman), Time Being Books, 2007

• “The Synagoga Stara at Krakow,“ Poetry Super Highway, Apr 16-22, 2007

• “Perception,” Get Underground, March 2007

• “Someone Said Everything is a Gift,” New Works Review, 2007

• “When They Go”, New Works Review, 2007

• “Abracadabra”, Mannequin Envy, Winter, 2007

• “Garden of the Dead”, poeticdiversity, April 2007

• “Abracadabra”, Blue Arc West: An Anthology of California Poets, Tebot Bach, 2006

• “On The Sanctuary of Artemis Dying”, ONTHEBUS, 19/20, 2005

• “Dinner at Archanes, Crete”, Sunspinner, 2nd issue, 2004

• “Evolutionary Record,” The Southern California Anthology, Vol. XVIII, 2003

• “Abracadabra”, Rattle, December 1998

• “Be Ye God”, Spillway, Vol 8, October 1998

• “The Campground Host”, Peregrine 1997, Vol XVI, November 1997

Published Creative Non-fiction

• “Destiny”. In: Cynthia Gregory (Ed). LOVE NOTES From the Soul: Stories of Transformation and Hope, Mayacamas Press, 2024
• “Finding My Authentic Self,” Side-Eye on the Apocalypse: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry from 2020, Common Forces Press, 2021

• “The Difference,” Fired Up Magazine, Climate Change and Consciousness special edition, 2019

• “Another Blue Day,” In: Earth Etudes for Elul, Katy Z. Allen (editor), Strong Voices Publishing, 2018

• “Dandelions and Teshuvah,” In: Earth Etudes for Elul, Katy Z. Allen (editor), Strong Voices Publishing, 2018

• “The First Time I Closed An Airport” In: Firsts: Writers’ Loft Anthology, 2016

• “The Gender Gap in 1968”, 45 Magazine, October 2015

• “And Just Who is the Supermodel?” Spirit of Change Magazine, Spring, 2015

• From Whence Comes Love (ghostwriter), Laguna Woods: RI Publishing, 2013

• “The Witch of North Long Beach,” In: Books by Authors: North Long Beach Anthology, Smolar Corp, 2009

Published Non-fiction

• “100TPC at the Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse” in 100 Thousand Poets for Change: 10+ Years of Poetic Activism, A Collective Memory (2011-2023), Edited by Pilar Rodriguez Aranda, Lisa Vihos, and Canuto Roldan. Ediciones AnArca Editions, 2023

• “Inspirational Play at Expresso,” Medfield Hometown Weekly, August 24, 2017

• “Coffeehouse Celebrates Its First Anniversary,” Medfield Hometown Weekly, February 23, 2017

• “Laguna Beach: We Did It For You!”, National League of American Pen Women Magazine, Fall/Winter 2012

• “Contextual Poetry”, The Hummingbird Review, Vol. III, 2012

• “Beyond the First Draft”, In: News Clips and Ego Trips, G. Murray Thomas, Ed., Write Bloody Publishing, 2011

• “Contextual Poetry”, IP eNews, Vol 3, No. 2, 2001

Produced Plays (selected)

• “We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History”, produced by We Did It For You LLC, directed by Kerri Cooper, musical director Carolyn Waters (various venues throughout Massachusetts) www.WeDidItForYou.org

• “We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History”, produced by SMART Theatre Productions, directed by Terra Taylor Knudson (various venues throughout California) www.WeDidItForYou.org

• “The Only Thing Greek About Me Is My Name”, directed by Karen Aschenbach (various venues) 

• “At Seven”, children’s musical, (music and lyrics by Penni Rubin), Toledo Repertoire Theatre, directed by Madge Levinson.  2006-2008

• “Vanillaville”, 15-minute musical, The Colony Theatre, Glendale, CA 2004

• “Primed for Love,” The Eclectic Company Theatre, North Hollywood, CA, 2004

• “Amacry! The Neuronic Musical”, (music by James Harding and Peter Grand), directed by Glory Vernon, The OUT Theatre, Long Beach, CA 2004

• “When I Was Called Tony”, (one-act) The OUT Theatre, Long Beach, CA 2002

Staged Readings (selected)

• “We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History”, Millis Cultural Arts Festival, April 2017

• “We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History”, Mission Viejo Public Library, March 2016

• “We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History”, Toledo Public Library, March 2014

• “We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History”, Pacific Club, Newport Beach, CA, June 2013

• “Walking the Dog”, Look and Listen Performing Arts Series 5 Minute Play Festival, San Diego, CA, March 2013

• “Primed for Love”, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA, October 2012

• “The Hole”, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA, October 2012

• “Primed for Love”, Theatre Guild, Laguna Woods, CA, August 2012

• “The Only Thing Greek About Me Is My Name”, ANMT, March 30, 2007

• “Vanillaville”, Hollywood Court Theatre, Los Angeles, August 15, 2005

• “The Hole”, one-act play, FirstStage Playwrights Express, May 21, 2005

• “Life is Not a Flame,” Moving Arts Theatre, Los Angeles, March 18, 2004

• “Brain Swamping”, Strawn’s Attic, Los Angeles, CA, September 2003

Film/Video Documentaries

•  We Did It For You! – the story of how women in America got their rights, told by the women who were there. Producer and screenwriter 2022 www.wediditforyou.org
• Feminist Building Project. Can a disabled woman use feminist theory to build a house and still pass inspection? Running time: 5 minutes. Director and Editor. Screened at Outfest ’99, Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (1999), Cleveland Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (2000), National Women’s Music Festival, Muncie, Indiana (2000), SF Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (2000), NY Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (2000), Out at the Movies, San Antonio, TX (2001). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s76DUuQTZI

Guest Blogs

• “Earth Etude for Elul 23 – You Don’t Have To Make It Up”, Congregation Beth El, Sept 16, 2025 https://www.bethelsudbury.org/2025/09/23_elul/
• “Earth Etude for Elul 25 – Past, Present, Future”, Mayan Tikvah, Sept 26, 2024 https://www.mayantikvah.org/post/earth-etude-for-elul-24-past-present-and-future
• “Earth Etude for Elul 1 – The Perception of Time”, Mayan Tikvah, Aug 17, 2023 https://mayantikvah.blogspot.com/2023/08/earth-etude-for-elul-1-perception-of.html
• “Not Just the Physical Level” Dec 11, 2022 https://www.shirleyriga.com/post/not-just-the-physical-level
• “All Because of a Dog:, Nov 20, 2022 https://www.shirleyriga.com/post/all-because-of-the-dog
• “Discovering My Choice,” Oct 13, 2022 https://www.shirleyriga.com/post/discovering-my-choices
• “Earth Etude for Elul 23 – Signal Hill”, Mayan Tikvah, Sept 18, 2022 https://mayantikvah.blogspot.com/2022/09/earth-etude-for-elul-23-signal-hill.html
• “Earth Etude for Elul 29 – At the Hoh”, Mayan Tikvah, Sept 5, 2021 https://mayantikvah.blogspot.com/2021/09/earth-etude-for-elul-29-at-hoh.html
• “Picking Up Trash: July 10, 2921 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/picking-up-trash
• “Air is Deceptive” June 26, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/air-is-deceptive
• “Subpersonalities and Ego States” June 7, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/subpersonalities-and-ego-states
• “Stuff of Stars” June 5, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/the-stuff-of-stars
• “Decisions, Decisions” May 28, 2021  https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/decisions-decisions
• “My Intention Drives My Experiences” May 27, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/my-intention-drives-my-experiences
• “Being in Flux” May 20, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/being-in-flux
• “Digging a Hole” May 15, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/digging-a-hole
• “Friend or Companion” May 5, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/friend-or-companion
• “The Process of Letting Go” May 3, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/the-process-of-letting-go
• “The Stages of Learning” April 28, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/the-stages-of-learning
• “Ten to One” April 22, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/ten-to-one
• “Steadfast or Change” April 17, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/steadfast-or-change
• “Choice Point” April 2, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/choice-point
• “Introspection” March 29, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/introspection
• “Tuning Forks” March 21, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/tuning-forks
• “Broken Open” March 14, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/broken-open
• “Inner Storms” March 7, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/inner-storms
• “Anger” March 4, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/anger
• “Core Beliefs” Feb 24, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/core-beliefs
• “Internal/External” Feb 17, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/internal-external
• “Want or Have” Feb 10, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/want-or-have
• “Parenting Myself” Feb 7, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/parenting-myself
• “Living With/Living Alone” Feb 2, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/living-with-living-alone
• “The Valley of Nothingness” Feb 1, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/the-valley-of-nothingness
• “The Valley of Bewilderment and Astonishment” Jan 24, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/the-valley-of-bewilderment-and-astonishment
• “The Valley of Unity” Jan 22, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/the-valley-of-unity
• “A ‘Yes And’ Day: Reflections on the First Four Valleys” Jan 9, 2021 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/reflection-on-the-first-four-valleys
• “Contemplating the First Three Valleys of Attar” Dec 27, 2020 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/contemplating-the-first-three-valleys-of-attar
• “The Valley of Understanding.” Dec 19, 2020 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/the-valley-of-understanding
• “The Valley of Love,” Dec 12, 2020 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/the-valley-of-love
• “The Valley of the Quest,” Dec 1, 2020 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/the-valley-of-the-quest
• “Being in the Now”, Oct 24, 2020 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/being-in-the-now

• “An Act of Service, Oct 19, 2020 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/an-act-of-service

• “Blessings,” Oct 12, 2020 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/blessings

• “Wounds into Wisdom,” Oct 8, 2020 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/wounds-into-wisdom

• “The Love Window,” September 19, 2020 https://www.conqueringyourfears.com/post/the-love-window

• “Earth Etude for Elul 14 – Finding My Authentic Self”  Sept 2, 2020
  https://mayantikvah.blogspot.com/2020/09/earth-etudes-for-elul-14-finding-my.html

• “Earth Etude for Elul 3 – 200 Jewels.”  Sept 3, 2019 https://mayantikvah.blogspot.com/2019/09/earth-etude-for-elul-3-200-jewels.html

• “Earth Etude for Elul 10 – People’s Climate March 2017,” Aug 20, 2018 

• “Earth Etude for Elul 29-Another Blue Day,” Mayan Tikvah, Sept 18, 2017

• “Earth Etude for Elul 5-Where are we going?”, Mayan Tikvah, Aug 26, 2017

• “Earth Etude for Elul 5- Changing Ourselves”, Mayan Tikvah, Sep 7, 2016,

• “Earth Etude for Elul 5 – Dandelions and Teshuvah”, Mayan Tikvah, Aug 19, 2015,

• “The Danger of the Patriarchal Domination Mindset: Can We Do Anything About It?”, Feminism and Religion, April 23, 2013. Web. Feminism and Religion.

• “Climate Change: End Game or a Second Chance?” San Juan Capistrano Patch, July 10, 2013 with Joanna Clark

Published Interviews and Articles

• “Author Spotlight: Thea Iberall” 45 Magazine Women’s Literary Journal , May 25, 2022 https://45magazineiwa.com/2022/05/25/author-spotlight-thea-iberall/
• “Framingham library to sponsor livestream of Dedham playwright’s story of women’s suffrage”, Dedham Times, August 18, 2020
•  “Thea Iberall Loves Bridging the Gap Between the Arts and Sciences” by Carine Nadel, Senior Reporter, January 2014
• Interview conducted by Michelle Angelini, Graffiti Verite, 2007

Cultural Grants

• Attleboro Cultural Council, MA (2021)
• Brockton Cultural Council, MA (2021)
• Chicopee Cultural Council, MA (2021)
• Easton Cultural Council, MA (2021)
• Foxborough Cultural Council, MA (2021)
• Norton Cultural Council, MA (2021)
• North Attleboro Cultural Council, MA (2021)
• Lexington Cultural Council, MA (2020)
• Medway Cultural Council, MA (2020)
• Foxboro Cultural Council, MA (2020)
• Chicopee Cultural Council, MA (2019)
• Needham Cultural Council, MA (2019)
• Framingham Cultural Council, MA (2018)
• Norfolk Cultural Council, MA (2017)
• Millis Cultural Council, MA (2017)
•  Medfield Cultural Council, MA (2017)
• Walpole Cultural Council, MA (2017)
• Natick Cultural Council, MA (2017)

Scientific and Technical Books

• The Grasping Hand with C. MacKenzie, North-Holland: Elsevier, 1994

• Dextrous Robot Hands (ed) with S. Venkataraman, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1990

• Computer Architecture, 3rd Ed., with C. Foster, MA: Van Nostrand-Reinhold, 1985

Scientific and Technical Papers (Selected)

• Iberall, T. Human Prehension and Dextrous Robot Hands, Intl Journal of Robotics Research, 16(3), June, 1997.
• Iberall, T. and Fagg, A.(1996). Neural Network Models for Selecting Hand Shapes. In: A.M. Wing, P. Haggard, and J.R. Flanagan (Eds) Hand and Brain: The Neurophysiology and Psychology of Hand Movements, NY: Academic Press.
• Iberall, T. and Arbib, M.A. (1990). Schemas for the control of hand movements: an essay on cortical localization. In: M. Goodale (ed) Vision and Action: The Control of Grasping, NJ: Ablex, 204-242.
• Iberall, T. (1987, March-April). The nature of human prehension: Three dextrous hands in one. Proceedings of the 1987 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 396-401.