Christopher Ferrante Email & Phone Number

South Orange, NJ

• Formerly Graduate Assistant
• Lead weekly classes with complete academic freedom and autonomy; responsible for classes of 15+ collegiate students across Literary Theory, Rhetoric, Drama, Non-Fiction, and Fiction.
• Design and create syllabi for two 100 Level English classes per academic semester.
• Administer exams, grade assignments, and hold office hours for students regarding feedback, performance, and development.
• Attend weekly professional development meetings and trainings; collaborate with peers on educational theory, practice, and provide/receive constructive feedback.
• Elected as the graduate staff representative for the curriculum’s First Year Writing Development Committee; collaborate with faculty to collect student feedback to iterate and redesign the future curriculum.

South Orange, New Jersey, United States

• Maintaining a productive, high-performing learning environment with effective classroom management strategies. Teaching 3 to 5 University Life courses per semester.
• Evaluating and revising curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction for University Life courses.
• Advising students' course registration throughout the first year with ongoing monitoring of academic progress throughout the first year experience.
• Monitoring a case load of 160 students and intervening with at-risk students. Specialization with working within the First Year Experience, Transfer Student Body, and Nursing Students.
• Processing and documenting student reports via Compass, DegreeWorks, and Slate.
• Attending and hosting university open houses, and orientations in partnership with Admissions staff.

Secacus, NJ

• Work collaboratively on an Edit floor to create highlight packages shipped off for real-time multi-media usage utilizing Adobe Premiere, and MLB’s proprietary Diamond Logging editing software.
• Select and insert advertisements into live broadcasts for MiLB and MLB games.
• Effectively and accurately transcribe, and database MLB game broadcasts, post-game melt footage, interviews, and press conferences using MLB’s proprietary DIAMOND Logging editing system.
• Generate detailed and specific written notes for Major League Baseball games and events to identify and track promotional and advertorial campaigns.
• Acting brand ambassador for MLB Baseball.

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

• Support the editorial staff by acting as a liaison between authors, reviewers, assistants, and editors.
• Copy, prep, and proof 50+ manuscripts using the Chicago Manual of Style and magazine's house style to retain magazine’s “voice” and meet publication deadlines.
• Partner with the Managing Editor to assess and resolve manuscript errors, inconsistencies, reviewer feedback, book deliveries, and publisher issues.
• Critically assessed layout functionality and suggested changes where necessary.
• Maintain and implement internal database regarding publication information, contract agreements,reviewer information, and departmental communications.
• Externally source reviewers on behalf of the magazine; research, invite, coordinate and maintain professional contact with 30+ academic reviewers both domestic and international.

• Lead weekly classes with complete academic freedom and autonomy; responsible for classes of 15+ collegiate students across Literary Theory, Rhetoric, Drama, Non-Fiction, and Fiction.
• Design and create syllabi for two 100 Level English classes per academic semester.
• Administer exams, grade assignments, and hold office hours for students regarding feedback, performance, and development.
• Attend weekly professional development meetings and trainings; collaborate with peers on educational theory, practice, and provide/receive constructive feedback.
• Elected as the graduate staff representative for the curriculum’s First Year Writing Development Committee; collaborate with faculty to collect student feedback to iterate and redesign the future curriculum.

• Supervised 15 Desk Assistants and oversaw the residential operations of a building with 600+ residents.
• Collaborated with a Residence Director to address facilities, maintenance, and interpersonal issuesunder collective purview.
• Independently organized and maintained physical departmental inventories, program budgeting,program supply acquisition and shipment, and corresponding digital tracking of these processes via MS Excel.
• Clearly and effectively responded to resident and staff questions to ensure prompt resolution and optimal workflow.
• Served on a campus wide crisis response duty rotation, working with professional staff and local law enforcement.

Master'S Degree, English - Creative Writing, Summa Cum Laude

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology (Law And Society Interdisciplinary Concentration), Minor In Criminology

Activities and Societies: Certified Mediator – State of New Jersey