Resume

• 2012

  Master’s Degree

  English Language and Literature

  General

  Serpentine Magazine

  City University of New York-College of Staten Island

• 2006

  Bachelor's degree

  Fine and Studio Arts

  Serpentine magazine.\nArt club. \nEmerging Leaders Program.

  College of Staten Island

• Used Microsoft Excel to document and update grant information \nUpdated memberships on a database\nAssisted with the set-up of cultural events\nOversaw production of promotional postcards\n

  COAHSI: Council on the Artists & Humanities for Staten Island

  Drawing

  Creative Writing

  Sculpture

  Writing

  Tutoring

  College Teaching

  Illustration

  Teaching

  sculpting

  Student Affairs

  Photography

  Typing

  Screenwriting

  Photoshop

  Research

  Art

  All Citadels Must Fall

  Cade and Weylin

  two adult orphans with powers

  stumble into a sinister Facility that is run by the Director who wants to harvest a genius mind. All Citadels Must Fall

  my urban fantasy novel

  explores brotherhood and the state of being downtrodden by circumstances.

  All Citadels Must Fall

  My screenplay incorporates mantis culture to depict a female and male couple who shed their culture’s norms while external forces attempt to break them apart. Melina experiences a burning desire to form a family

  but she wonders if she can resist the urge to hurt Ty when the time comes to have offspring. Melina and Ty go to their diverse set of insect friends and families for advice on their quest of self-discovery. A hidden enemy wants to be with Melina and hires ruthless mercenaries to get rid of Ty. However

  an honorable mercenary

  the dragonfly Cipher

  along with Ty’s gay mantis friend

  Orchid

  and Melina try to rescue Ty.

  Break the Wave

  Cipher has collected a new crew of even more monstrous entities whose minds can withstand the madness that dwells within the white edge of the universe. This is an open-ended adventure without an overt purpose or plot. Cipher travels around with this crew

  catering to their desires. I intended for Cipher’s Culmination

  my science-fiction novel

  to be about the pinnacles of madness. However

  the characters said no. They wanted something more

  so I changed the context for them. This book evolved to comprise madness and methods of healing trauma. Cipher sees it done. He shows the characters and the readers how they can overcome the demon at the edge before they become the demon at the edge.

  Cipher’s Culmination: Demon at the Edge

  This novel follows the jacketed characters as they build a New Atlantian style island for monsters. This piece is a comprehensive all-inclusive cross-comparative meta-commentary that explores monsters of myth from all nations and puts them in dialogue with each other. Specifically

  my book utilizes a sociological lens that shows monsters as possible representations of groups who are othered rather than the overt readings of monsters from myth as only anxieties and fears.

  The Jackets: Sundering the Jail

  I have cross-referenced two different editions of Thomas Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur to craft a screenplay about the life of King Arthur’s bastard child. To rationalize Mordred’s hateful motives

  I have his character obsess over the Mayday Massacre

  a tale that many people do not know because writers often do not detail Arthur’s crimes. Because of Merlin’s prophesy that Mordred would one day usurp Arthur’s throne

  Arthur

  who does not know which child is his

  puts scores of children on a boat that is shipwrecked in Arthur’s attempt to kill them all. Mordred is the only survivor and comes back to annihilate his father’s court.

  Mordred: The Endbringer of Mayday

  This novel follows the lives of Kevin and Kiah

  siblings who travel the world and help people to die with agency. They follow a practice of interviewing their candidates to see if they are severely ill and in need of assisted suicide. Kev and Kiah’s story is one of psychological intrigue

  gray morality

  emotional void-spots and grief as they assist candidates who each ask to die in a creative way.

  Oath to Manslaughter

  My novel details four siblings and a close friend who go into a secret basement room and find a set of mysterious powerful jackets that their recently deceased father has bequeathed to them. Allistair

  Clover

  Cody

  Kira and their friend Donovan are not generic monster-killing heroes. The children of the monster break cliché traditions of literary bigotry by siding with the monsters of mythology to fight an ancient human cult. Monsters have been forced into the role of villain for too long. No more. In this adventure of a lifetime

  monsters are the heroes.

  The Jackets: Children of the Monster

  This is a screenplay that depicts Norse mythology from the perspective of Loki and Angrboda's monstrous children

  Jormungandr

  Fenrir and Hella. Odin sees a prophesy of Ragnarok and banishes the three siblings. His actions cause a self-fulfilling prophesy since rejecting and isolating these creatures causes them to become hateful. They survive on their own for long enough until they can return to enact vengeance.

  Children of Ragnarok

  My collection of poems pick apart the bigotries and hypocrisies of the world. I give particular attention to attacking the pervasiveness of contemporary aesthetics. My collection focuses on treating insects

  animals

  plants and monsters with more respect than they are usually given. I also explore themes of bullying

  conflict and racism as well.

  Monstrosity: The Benevolent Infection

  This is a young adult novel about a group of six friends who use their imaginations to spice up their quiet upstate New York town where they struggle with growing up.

  My Days in Cold Spring

  This is a short screenplay about twelve warriors who are teleported into a barren wasteland and forced to fight the machines of a mysterious narrator. As the twelve figures struggle through the wastes

  they begin to understand the bizarre motive of their faceless foe.

  Metagame

  This is a seventy page children’s book that I wrote and illustrated. My compilation of seven interconnecting children’s stories has an overarching theme about not judging others by their appearances. Some sub-themes are learning how to play without hurting others

  accepting others who are disfigured

  teaching life lessons to siblings

  helping the disabled

  growing up without a father

  and building the confidence of those with body-image insecurities. My primary goal as a writer is to prove that benevolent monsters can be just as internally and externally gorgeous as those who fit within the norm of modern aesthetics.

  The Story of Typhon and Echidna

  This novel depicts the life of Lorien

  a chameleon-like bipedal alien who is trying to make a living as a shuttle bus driver to support her son

  Arbor

  who aspires to be an architect. Through their adventures

  I explore themes of grief and motherhood.

  Leaving the Shuttle Behind

  This is a short philosophical play about the severe effects of bullying. Chris and his mom

  Lorraine

  interact with his memories

  which play out in front of them. I display various issues of racism

  post-traumatic stress disorder

  and methods to survive bullying without resorting to suicide or violence. This is a self-help guide for anyone who needs a way to endure bullying without resorting to hurting themselves or others.

  The Dragon Under the Mountain

  My English writing and grammar guide has been built from years of tutoring college students. Through working with them

  I have found creative ways to help them improve and understand aspects of writing

  grammar

  and mechanics. The guide also gives tips on writing novels

  poems

  memoirs and essays.

  Typhon's Volcano Guide to Writing

  This is a sci-fi action adventure novel with mystery elements. A group of warriors

  soldiers and killers struggle to survive as an army of puppets are decimating their planet. The protagonists embark on a quest to discover the identity of the mad puppeteer before all life is annihilated on their planet.

  I Have Strings

  This novel details the madness that can warp the mind of an untouchable in a caste system. C is an untouchable in New Vadria’s caste system on an alien planet that possesses elemental mines. After years of working in the sewers as an untouchable

  the protagonist’s nose and taste buds are damaged. He betrays his nation by stealing weapon secrets from their academy and selling them to an enemy nation on the other side of the world. While attacking the mines

  he focuses on his mission to free other untouchables who are scattered through a verdant land that is ruled by the uppers.

  Mana Vein

  My sci-fi memoir’s sequel depicts a new species

  referred to as the Apathy

  who threatens to dominate the universe. Planets are falling and being dominated by the Apathy and Cipher rallies the protagonists and antagonists to fight in the war that he has been plotting for years. Cipher causes a war that spreads across the universe all to bait out his true foe

  the master of the Apathy beings. On their adventure

  they experience life lessons that delve into the various beneficial and negative uses for apathy.

  Apathy's Extinction

  Melina and Ty along with their children and friends find themselves in the midst of mosquito bombings. The Vampire returns to exact vengeance on humanity for killing his children in their sleep with poison mists. Melina and Ty must make a choice between protecting humans from being infected by a mass West Nile outbreak or allowing The Vampire to seek justice for his slaughtered kin.

  Break the Haze

  My screenplay details one of the most unknown and underrated stories in Greek Mythology. Echidna and Typhon are two innocent monstrous heroes who engage in a cataclysmic battle to dethrone the tyrant

  Zeus. Before going to war

  Echidna and Typhon have children and the children grow up fatherless because Typhon he loses in the end and is wrongfully imprisoned for life (he is essentially a POW). This screenplay is a response to all of the generic writers who perpetrate literary bigotry against monsters (whether consciously or subconsciously). Writers

  who force monsters into the role of generic stepping stones to be killed and abused by humans

  demigods and gods

  perform a severe disservice to monsters by denying them a voice. These writers lack true depth and as a result

  their words subtly teach others that bashing and killing those who look different is acceptable. Monsters shall be stepping stones no more. Typhon and Echidna will see to that.

  The Tales of Typhon and Echidna: Gaia's Avengers

  Christopher

  College of Staten Island

  City University of New York

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  College of Staten Island

  City University of New York

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  Prepared a class of Eng 111 freshmen for college level writing\nDesigned curriculum for an introductory level English composition course\nSelected works of literature; encouraged students to engage in class discussions and share ideas regarding reading assignments\nOffered thorough feedback to students to assist them in improving their writing skills

  Adjunct Professor

  College of Staten Island

  Sign students in and out of tutoring sessions and computer lab\nAddress various areas of weakness for which a tutee requests help \nMaintain file of each scheduled tutee to track progress\nAssist tutee to think creatively when brainstorming for ideas\nProvide supplemental instruction in writing as necessary\nAssist international tutees with pronunciation

  English Tutor

  College of Staten Island

  City University of New York

  English

  Peter Vallone Scholarship

  College of Staten Island

  CSI Auxiliary Services Corporation Scholarship

  Shugrue Family Scholarship

  Jason Turetsky Memorial Scholarship

  College of Staten Island

  Jennie and Donato Ferraro Scholarship

  College of Staten Island

  Student Government Scholarship

  College of Staten Island

  Giacomo Scano Scholarship

  College of Staten Island