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United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

I teach students how to understand the principle of discourse variation by examining different forms of the essay, working with a range of texts to understand how writers negotiate linguistic, cultural, and political differences in a society divided along the lines of class, race, gender, sexuality, language, nationality, and so on, to understand the writer's responsibility to participate in conversations about diversity and to hold themselves accountable for their position and how it influences the conversation, and lastly to identify and work with rhetorical strategies that are typical of the reasoning in academic and intellectual writing.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

I work to equip students new to Emerson with the skills, tools, and knowledge to support their academic and personal transition. Through interactive class discussions, I help orient freshman to Emerson’s resources, culture, and expectations. Topics covered include academic success, personal and intercultural development, engaged community, and health and well-being.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Virtual

I edited and proofread autogenerated AI prompts and responses to ensure accuracy, readability, and grammatical coherency.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Tutoring high schoolers and undergraduates in grammar and syntax, college application essay structure, and reading comprehension skills has helped my communication as well as built upon my editing and writing background.

Carrboro, North Carolina, United States

In addition to learning new skills such as slugging, ebook conversion, and indexing, I get to hone prior skills like copy editing and proof reading. I use these skills in many different genres and following various style guides like ANA, Chicago, AMA, and FEB. This internship has focused on the technical side of editing and beautification of books prior to print.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Previously an editor, I am now managing editor for HER during my senior year at UNC. These roles included developmental and copy editing authors articles prior to print for clarification and beautification. These roles included communicating with authors and other editors about due dates and edit suggestions, as well as adapting to new authors and editors each semester.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Idiosyncrazy is an undergraduate literature magazine in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. I edited for the English fiction and philosophy submissions in a syntax and grammar based way, as well as rankling and suggesting which pieces should be published. This editing position included much work with prose and poetry. Collaboration and teamwork was also emphasized in this role as we worked on teams for each genre and had to agree on edits and ranks.

This position included mostly copy edits and proofreading for other authors. The Social Talks publishes both fact and opinion pieces based on prevalent events in the world as well as more media and cultural related topics. Editing these pieces gave me experience with various types of writing and author voices, as well as article formatting for clarity and readability.

Winter Park, Colorado, United States

Tubing hill involves rotating stations of either pulling tubes, helping with exit, or providing safety briefs. All three stations communicated internally for smooth work days. This job required much public speaking as well as patience due to the high amount of adults and children in need of guidance and reassurance.

Winter Park, Colorado, United States

Running a big ropes course, a rock wall, the alpine slide, a mini golf course, and a small children’s ropes course. Each position rotated and required different knowledge and experience to be used. Working with parents and their kids involving much patience and public speaking skill as adults and children were in need of guidance and reassurance.

Franklin, North Carolina, United States

Waitressing is one of the hardest jobs there is. Fast paced and challenging, I took orders, cleared tables, and kept preexisting customers happy simultaneously. This job taught me communication skills, both with fellow employees such as cooks and bidders and with various clientele.

Franklin, North Carolina, United States

Working in a book store helped me familiarize myself with new authors and works, as well as getting to see what was most popular. I alphabetically stocked books and worked the cash register. I also read to a children’s group every Saturday in store to garner interest and continued patronage for our children’s books.

Franklin Nc

Summer job during highschool. Physically very demanding but taught me teamwork with the fellow waitresses and dishwashers as well as experience with the food industry and customer satisfaction.

Master'S Degree, Writing, Literature, Publishing

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

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Track, XC, B Naturals Choir, Outreach Position for Rotary ClubAP and Dual Enrolled Quality Student