Lauren E. Rinke Email & Phone Number

Independence, Michigan, United States

• Develop and implement Township communication plan.
• Develop protocols and policy to help align social media and other public communications in all Township departments with Township messaging.
• Write, edit, and distribute content across multiple channels including social media, website, media inquiries, press releases, and newsletters.
• Serve as a liaison between the organization and media
• Represent Township and/or prepare talking points for Township staff to use in written, radio, and on-camera interviews.
• Proactively promote Township happenings and initiatives to media outlets to generate positive coverage.

Lecturer in Writing and Rhetoric - supervised writing studies

Rochester, Michigan, United States

• Lecturer in first year composition.
• Instruct students in the area of documentation (MLA and APA) composition style (various genre and media), research practices, critical reading and text interpretation, essay revision and paragraph structure.
• Teach partially online courses, utilizing Moodle (online course management system) for out of class discussions.
• Facilitate individual and group discussions during office hours.Committee Work (First-Year Writing Committee, Placement Taskforce)

Big Oak Books is a mobile bookstore, selling used and vintage books in Southeastern Michigan.

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Managed daily operations of The Writing Center at University of Detroit Mercy by supervising, training, and mentoring student and part-time employees. Established and maintained customer service standards by evaluating employee adherence to training standards and protocols, and facilitating student, staff, and faculty inquiries about services. Maintained.

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, United States

Designed and supervised curriculum, schedules, building/facility usage, and staffing; established budgets, hiring and staffing guidelines; provided timely written reports with appropriate back up, as requested, including but not limited to: Tribe or class lists, staff schedules, employee hiring documentation (prior to commencement of camp), bi-weekly.

Assisted with coordination of writing camp activities; developed and coordinated creative writing curriculum for grades 3-12.

Rochester, MI

Facilitated youth creative writing camp at Meadow Brook Hall and Gardens, as part of the ongoing Meadow Brook Writing Project (branch of the National Writing Project)

Greater Detroit Area

Freelance work in K-12 educational publishing; Created content for English textbooks regarding literature analysis and non-fiction writing/analysis; Evaluated texts for alignment with Common Core Standards; Edited publication materials for clarity and accuracy; Proofread and fact-checked textbook materials and educational catalogues

Clinton Township, MI

Instructor of first and second-semester composition coursesWriting center tutor

• Managed production of Voces textbooks.
• Coordinated production and oversee designers, contributing writers, proofreaders, artists and printers.
• Edited text for increased clarity and eloquence.
• Created and oversaw marketing campaigns.

• Coordinated and oversaw proofreading and evaluation of all new and existing products
• Wrote descriptive and concise product copy for catalogue and Web site
• Edited and re-wrote all books and activities which are unfit for publication
• Found and procured proofreaders who are fluent in French, German, or Spanish
• Approved in-house publications for print and design

• Instructed students in the areas of sentence structure, grammar rules, essay development and basic research.
• Worked with a diverse student population.
• Provided additional writing assistance both in the classroom and outside of school.

• Instructed students in the areas of argumentative writing, research, documentation and critical reading.
• Created a stimulating and open classroom environment.
• Creatively engaged students to be passionate about the writing process.

• Assisted students with all steps of the writing process (Freshman to PhD Candidates).
• Maintained working knowledge of APA and MLA documentation styles.
• Assessed and evaluated students’ skills and challenges.
• Worked with a culturally diverse student population.
• Assisted student within the autism spectrum.
• Developed schedules and oversaw administrative tasks.

M.A., English

Comparative Literature Literary Theory Consultant at the OU Writing Center

Matse Coursework, Secondary Education And Teaching

Activities and Societies: Field Placements Lake Orion, Scripps Middle School, 7th Grade English Michigan Collegiate Academy, Warren, 11th.

B.A., English, Film

Activities and Societies: Mayo Hall President (2000-2002) MSU Literacy Corps - Read to Succeed (2000-2003)Double major in English and Film.