A position that will enable me to utilize my skills as a writer, researcher, editor, and web designer.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago, IL
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park, MD
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, PA
CANDIDATE FOR PH.D. IN ENGLISH LITERATURE, 1990-1993. ABD. Concentration: Contemporary literature and film. Honors: Century Scholarship, 1990-93.
M.A. IN ENGLISH LITERATURE, 1990. 4.0/4.0 GPA. Honors: University of Maryland Graduate School Fellowship, 1988-90. Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1990.
B.A. IN ENGLISH LITERATURE, 1988. Graduated Magna Cum Laude with Distinction in the Major. Honors: Rose Foundation Award for Undergraduate Research, 1988. Dean's List, 1987 & 1988. Numerous creative writing and journalism awards.
WRITING AND EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
INTERNET
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ENTERTAINMENT
Staff writer, interviewer, television and book reviewer for Trek Nation, 2001-present. Staff writer, film and book reviewer for The Green Man Review, 2002-present. Former staff writer interviewer and television reviewer for now-defunct SlipstreamWeb, 2001-2003. Former reviewer and columnist for Cinescape Online, 2001. Former reviewer and columnist for for now-defunct Family Wonder, 1999-2001. Former editor, writer and reviewer for now-defunct Another Universe, later Fandom, Inc., August 1997-April 2001.
Assistant Live Performance Editor, The Green Man Review, 2002-present. Media Editor for Mania Magazine of Another Universe, 1998-2000. Editor in Chief, Now Voyager, 1995-2000. Feature Editor, The Charred Phoenix (formerly The Backroom Press), Chicago, IL, 1990-1992. Fiction Editor, Ethos, College Park, MD, 1988-1990. Copy-edited two academic books by Dr. S. Schoenbaum, Shakespeare's Lives and William Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life, 1989-90. Feature Editor, The Daily Pennsylvanian, Philadelphia, PA, 1987-1988. Film and books editor, 34th Street Magazine, 1985-1987. Editorial Intern, Center For Strategic And International Studies, Washington, D.C., 1987.
1988-present. The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, SFX, TrekWeb, MSNBC, WizardWorld, Phillysport, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feminist Forum, various other journals and literary magazines. Narrated a segment of a BBC documentary on conspiracy theories. Clips available.
Chapter on Octavia Butler in Worlds of Difference: Utopian and Science Fiction By Women, ed. Donawerth and Kolmerten, Syracuse UP, 1994. Article "Huston's Honor: John's Legend, Anjelica's Legacy," Visions 1992. Paper "Radical Pedagogy: Dis-organizing the Classroom," co-presented with Donna Harrington-Kenny and Eric Bond, National Graduate Women's Studies Conference, 1990. National League of American Pen Women, Philadephia Branch Award for Outstanding College Writing, 1988.
Extensive background in academic libraries, online databases and electronic resources. Good knowledge of html, most word processing and layout programs, including Microsoft and Pagemaker, some Photoshop. Volunteer in Bells Mill Elementary School Library. Research assistant working at the Folger Shakespeare Library, 1989-90. Library assistant in Reference and Periodicals at University of Pennsylvania's Van Pelt Library, 1985-88.
Twenty years' experience in community theater. Panelist at Starland's Starfest and Toronto Trek conventions. Panelist at Daily Pennsylvanian Alumni Association Steven A. Marquez Journalism Conference. Founded and incorporated KMAS Inc., Kate Mulgrew's official fan club, 1995-2000: chaired board of directors, edited and published bi-monthly newsletter Now Voyager, oversaw web design, raised funds for charity, organized convention events, ran internet mailing lists. Wrote for numerous print and electronic professional and amateur fan publications.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY, Chicago, IL
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park, MD
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, PA
INSTRUCTOR, 1991-93. Taught College Reading, Basic Writing, College Writing and Research, and Supplemental Instruction courses. Taught in the Summer Bridge Program for minority attrition. Advised thesis of student in honors program at Knox College, Galesburg, IL.
TEACHING AND RESEARCH ASSISTANT, 1988-90. Taught Introduction to Shakespeare, Basic Writing, and Introduction to Writing. Textbook review committee member. Helped edit manuscripts of Shakespeare's Lives and William Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life, assisted Dr. S. Schoenbaum with fact-checking research.
WRITING TUTOR, 1986-88. Assisted undergraduates with technical and stylistic aspects of composition. Taught clinics on writing for freshmen. Staffed the Writing Advisors' Office. Tutored high school students enrolled in college classes.
PERSONAL
Published fiction writer and poet. Experienced actress, technician and playwright. Enthusiastic reader and educator. Literary agent: Jane Jordan Browne, Multimedia Inc., 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60605. Married, two children. I plan to remain in the Washington, D.C. area but have phone/fax/e-mail capabilities to telecommute anywhere.
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