Jennifer Kearny Bates Email & Phone Number

San Luis Obispo, California Area

• Introduce students to technical documents and writing skillsets necessary for effective communication in industry settings• Analyze audience, purpose and document conventions to design user-centered communication with an emphasis on translating technical information for non-specialist audiences • Introduce professional culture to the classroom through establishing teams, team managers, project planning forms, multiple deadlines, and individual work accounts• Conduct workshops for students to draft and improve resumes & cover letters • Establish best practices for peer-review & editing processes; IEEE style citation

Greenwood Village, Co.

• Analyzed and evaluated research reports, literature reviews, white papers, monographs, and grant proposals specific to diseases, medical procedures, and drug studies to determine the use and appropriateness of data within a clinical context• Wrote and edited pharmaceutical content for Truven’s Micromedex 2.0® databaseo Read and evaluated clinical trials, case studies, and drug package inserts to create concise and actionable drug information for hospitals, pharmacies, emergency room departments, and the Poison Control Center o Researched online, using reputable sources such as PudMed.gov, FDA.gov, TGA.gov o Created content about Warnings & Precautions, Adverse Drug Effects, Reproductive Effects, Drug Interactions, Dosage & Administration, Monitoring, and Clinical Teaching• Wrote and edited patient education content for Truven’s CareNotes® and DrugNotes® o Read and evaluated journal article articles, case reports, and drug package inserts to translate the technical language of specialists into plain language for patients o Composed newsfeeds announcing developments in procedures, patient care, disease management, and drug use and safety

Greater Denver Area

• Created, developed, and implemented company content for corporate website, email copy, email blasts, landing pages, banner advertisements, and rip-cards. • Supervised the redesign and relaunch of corporate website o Devised, refined, and implemented messaging consistent with company’s vision and valueso Managed agency relations and guided creative and copy on a daily basis• Advised executive team on media placements • Maintained budgets on advertising campaigns and internal initiatives• Planned trade shows and managed vendor partnerships• Directed and executed social media marketing efforts

Greater Denver Area

Writing Instructor, English Department • Focused students on becoming active and critical readers• Guided students toward constructing organized, coherent, and well-reasoned essays that consider the type of information being conveyed, the purpose of the document, and the audience to whom it is directed• Trained students to conduct research through electronic databases; evaluate the authority, reliability, and value of sources; compare discourse communities; and consider the usefulness and significance of data, information, and arguments• Assigned frequent short essays—formal and informal—to encourage focused and well-supported arguments based on evidence and logic• Encouraged revision activities through peer-review and workshops on grammar, punctuation, and mechanics • Met individually with students to review and prepare for essay assignments• Taught documentation styles appropriate to field of study: MLA, APA, ASA, and Chicago Manual of Style• Introduced students to major genres of literature and terminology used to discuss literary worksCreative Writing Instructor, English Department • Fostered peer-reviewing, workshop environments for creating original poems and short stories; completing in-class writing assignments; keeping a “free-writing” journal; and providing feedback for other student’s work• Provided literary terminology and techniques for analyzing exemplary works by selected authors Instructor, Honor’s Program & Gender and Women’s Studies • Examined representations of women in Classical Literature; analyzed stories of women in their historical contexts alongside the poetry and drama of the periodCore Lecturer, Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences • Created writing-intensive, multidisciplinary course that fulfills the upper-level general education requirement for all majors• Focused on active and critical reading, historical and visual analysis of texts and artifacts

Ph.D., English

M.A., English