Laine Weatherford Schmelzer Email & Phone Number

Austin, Tx, Us

Austin, Texas, United States

Associate in the trial and appellate section.

Texas, United States

Clerk for the Honorable Justice Jeffrey S. Boyd

Austin, Texas, United States

Austin, Texas, United States

Austin, Texas, United States

Maple Lake, Minnesota

- Completed grant applications in support of agency programs, often designing programs and developing budgets in the process.- Researched grant-making organizations and developed grant tracking system for future agency use.- Provided public relations consulting, drafting the agency’s Annual Report, press releases, and templates for further use; assisting in coordinating a campaign for increased volunteer participation; and managing agency social media content.- Wrote content for massive community outreach campaign.- Drafted all written content for new WCCA website (wccaweb.com).- Utilized technical writing skills to craft agency correspondence and written materials for a variety of programs, including templates for future use.- Copyedited a variety of grant requests, agency correspondence, and all communications material. - Provided instruction and technical assistance for new agency grant writers.

Pittsburgh, Pa

- Conducted hour long tutoring sessions with university staff, Ph.D., master’s and undergraduate students on written, verbal, and visual communication projects. - Worked with expert clients across scientific and humanities disciplines, developing audience-awareness, argumentative sophistication, and design skills for academic publications, advanced research assignments, and professional and technical projects. - Mastered and utilized best pedagogical practices in making recommendations to clients that would be transferrable across projects and disciplines. - Completed research and content production projects studying best practices for tutor feedback, handouts for tutoring sessions, and application materials for digital platforms and subsets of graduate education.

Pittsburgh, Pa

- Worked with a section of 16 non-native English speakers (NNES) on developing structure, content, and organizational skills within course writing projects. - Provided cultural and pedagogical support as students adapted to western academic practices. - Participated in a weekly practicum to study and practice pedagogical practices vital to first year composition and NNES writing instruction.

Edmond, Oklahoma

- Conducted 45-minute tutoring sessions with students to assist with grammar, content, and organization. - Participated in professional development events emphasizing Non-Native English Speaker (NNES) tutoring in writing centers, as well as development of general writing center pedagogical practices.

Maple Lake, Minnesota

- Wrote grants applications in support of agency goals, often designing new programs in the process. (My work often supported programs such as Raising a Reader, Mobile Food Shelves, and a children's Backpack Food Program.)- Researched grant opportunities and develop grant tracking system for future agency use- Provided consulting on agency public relations and social media strategies; press releases, social media posts, fundraising efforts, assisting on agency annual report, etc. - Contributed and managed technical writing projects, agency correspondence, form materials for a variety of agency programs- Copyedited grant requests, agency correspondence, and communications material

Edmond, Oklahoma

- Worked within the admissions office as a student ambassador- Called 125 prospective students per week to share university information and answer questions

Edmond, Oklahoma

- Served as a traveling representative for the university at six different summer camps- Led countless activities and programs as a counselor in accordance with camp goals- Wrote and delivered speeches on university experience and fielded questions

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Texas Law Review, Teaching Quizmaster (TQ), Women's Law Caucus, Public Interest Law Association.

Master'S Degree, Rhetoric

Activities and Societies: Faculty-Elected Graduation Speaker

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Writing

Activities and Societies: Soundings Literary Journal - Administrative Director, Soundings Literary Journal - Copywriter, Phi Omega Nu.

Education record