Michael C. Harris Email & Phone Number

Evanston, Il, Us

Evanston, Illinois, United States

Created, designed, and teach Undergraduate writing intensive/critical thinking course titled "Impact of the Press on the Music Business" and Graduate critical writing/analysis course titled “Music As Cultural Practice.”Student Evaluation Average (20 years): 3.8/4

• Writing has appeared in: Rolling Stone, Spin, Chicago Magazine, Metromix, Red Eye, Miami New Times, Screen Magazine• Articulate Creative Communications: Developed and wrote animated online product demos for Sterling Commerce’s financial and supply chain fulfillment systems (winner of 2008 Telly Award)http://articulatecc.com/work/sterling_e_invoicing• Scholastic: Elementary level books Dinosaur Bites and Smart Words Reader: Rain, Lightning, & Thunder• Discovery Channel Education / 6 Red Marbles, LLC: Wrote high school level lessons for teachers incorporating Discovery Channel video assets and text selections to meet Common Core Standards.• Prentice Hall, Quarasan: Reality Central series for at-risk readers, grades 6–10. Wrote 32 nonfiction articles on contemporary topics. Also wrote the Writer’s Journals and Teacher Resources.• University of Chicago Hospitals: Oncology program web site content. Edited kidney transplant surgery patient manual.

Ongoing writing, professional development, and multimedia content, including:• 12th Grade British Literature Textbook (lessons), CA, TX, and national• Media Study Lessons & Teacher Resource Guides (46 over Grades 6–12) • Professional Development Teacher’s Resource site

• Developed, wrote, and edited scripts for Discovery Channel's "Discover The Web With The Internet Coach" weekday morning series• Wrote and edited software program documentation and manuals• Developed and maintained content for all seven APTE web sites • Wrote and edited all Internet Coach columns in print and online (AOL@School,BellSouth.com, Discoveryschool.com)• Consulted in development of APTE's product branding campaignhttp://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bellsouth-and-the-internet-coachr-team-up-on-web-safety-discovery-channel-celebrity-to-visit-schools-in-metro-atlanta-55555512.html

• Managed editorial content for monthly magazine founded in 1974• Raised circulation from 70,000 to 90,000• Posted first million dollar ad sales years in magazine's history (1994-1999)• Extensive critical (reviews) and feature writing (7-10,000 words per month) on local, national, and international musicians and artists and media personalities, editorial opinion pieces on entertainment, the media, and social and political issues.• Interviewed hundreds of celebrity and media figures.• Assigned and edited features (12 per month), reviews (40 per month), columns (8 per month), market-targeted special advertising sections• Coordinated 30-plus freelance writers, subject editors, designer, and photographer assignments• Directed magazine design, monthly copy flow, page layout, and production• Managed six full-time staff members, 25-40 freelance writers and photographers, part-time employees, interns• Coordinated employee insurance benefits• Appeared as a guest commentator on Chicago radio and television (WGN, FOX, ABC, WXRT, WLUP, Q101), as well as a speaker at national music industry seminars and area universities• Co-host of a weekly radio show "Rock Tonight" with Chicago Tribune rock critic Greg Kot (February 1995 -- September 1996)