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