Kate Firestone, Phd Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Pennsylvania, United States

I work with a range of clients (i.e., international and national professors, graduate students, undergraduate students, college applicants) from a range of disciplines and universities to provide relevant and personalized comments and suggested edits on academic documents. I specialize in editing faculty manuscripts, dissertations, theses, grant proposals, and essays.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

‣ Leading coordination with state and national c4 tables, BIPOC organizations, affiliates, and staff to build a culturally responsive super PAC civic engagement program‣ Recruiting and training volunteer and paid phonebankers to make 21,519 calls to AAPI voters in Pennsylvania‣ Writing persuasion and GOTV scripts using FAB model of deep canvassing‣ Leading and facilitating 9 persuasion and GOTV phonebanking sessions using ThruTalk dialer‣ Writing website content for AAFC PA webpage and coordinating with Korean and Chinese translators‣ Maintaining c4 and PAC compliance‣ Presenting program highlights to funders and board members

Lansdale, Pa

‣ Developing, managing, and evaluating College Intern, Youth Leadership, and Civic Engagement programs‣ Hiring, training, mentoring, and supervising college interns in local civic engagement activities‣ Collaborating with local universities and AAPI and BIPOC organizations for immigrant justice‣ Participating in coalition meetings, committees, lobby days, and actions for immigrant justice campaigns‣ Creating training and promotional materials and leading trainings on civic engagement, storytelling, and community organizing for leadership and professional development of interns, canvassers, and volunteers‣ Organizing virtual and in-person community events for Korean and AAPI community building‣ Organizing and leading voter registration canvassing and door-knocking to build AAPI voting power

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

‣ Founded and managed a $10,000 budget for the Crafting Adoptee Identity (CAI) project‣ Recruited 8 local Chinese and Korean adoptee project participants and 7 Chinese and Korean adoptee community leaders as guest speakers‣ Designed and led two in-person sessions and two virtual sessions on critical histories of transnational, transracial adoption from Asia, adult Asian American adoptee community, and storytelling through crafting‣ Created and maintained project Instagram account (https://www.instagram.com/cai_project/)

Remote

‣ Leading remote and in-person communication and relationship building with U.S. legislators to educate and garner Congressional support for the Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2021‣ Creating agendas, taking notes, and participating in strategy and coordination meetings‣ Creating and maintaining spreadsheets for tracking co-sponsorship and campaign activities‣ Supervising social media intern for creation of educational and promotional materials‣ Attending and supporting in-person events like marches, community dinners, and days of action

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

‣ Attended weekly meetings with the Director of the Red Cedar Writing Project (RCWP) ‣ Designed and circulated promotional content for program advertisements and social media engagement (Facebook & Twitter). ‣ Created flyers for, attended, and photographed RCWP events. ‣ Helped coordinate RCWP programming (mini-conferences, poetry readings, writing camps). ‣ Set up and maintained payment for events using CashNet.

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

‣ Participated in weekly meetings and pedagogy discussions based in the interdisciplinary field of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). ‣ Conducted a qualitative study with Dr. Guinsatao Monberg on the function of writing in capstone final projects in humanities classrooms. ‣ Attended speakers and presentations at the Residential College for Arts & Humanities. ‣ Presented poster results at university-wide reception.

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

‣ Designed and taught culturally competent curricula as an instructor of first-year writing. ‣ Met with students individually about their work. ‣ Graded and provided feedback on all class assignments and major projects. ‣ Coordinated opportunities to earn extra credit by attending and participating in departmental and university events.

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

‣ Worked with Dean of the Graduate School to create program. ‣ Designed and led fellows’ training as writing group facilitators in their disciplines. ‣ Designed and implemented resources and measures for mid-semester check-ins as well as end-of-semester reflections and deliverables.

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

‣ Organized and maintained graduate student writing groups. ‣ Designed and led the training of writing group facilitators. ‣ Compiled end-of-semester reports on program statistics. ‣ Promoted writing groups in writing center orientations, workshops, and around campus. ‣ Coordinated and facilitated monthly Write-Ins with the Graduate School and the Navigating the MA and PhD workshops.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Rhetoric And Composition/Writing Studies, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Co-founder & President of the Asian Pacific American Graduate Alliance (APAGA), The Writing Center @ MSU.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Rhetoric And Composition/Writing Studies, 3.9

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Language And Literature, General