Resume

• 2006

  • Led activities for children living in housing shelter\n• Advocated for young homeless mothers during shelter closing\n

  Horizons for Homeless Children

  • Tutored adult learners in writing and math\n• Created a scholarship program and chaired advisory board to supply testing fees to students in need\n

  North Shore Community College Adult Learning Center

  Tutoring

  Newsletters

  Writing

  Instructional Design

  Public Speaking

  Leadership

  Project Management

  Public Relations

  Higher Education

  Press Releases

  Advocacy

  Teaching

  Editing

  Program Management

  Community Building

  Grant Writing

  Research

  Curriculum Design

  Training

  Advising for College and Career Success -- Panel Presentation

  Advising for College and Career Success -- Panel Presentation

  Nina Ha

  Teaching Writing When You've Been Trained to Do *Anything But* Teach Writing

  Eva Balogh

  Marianna Geraskina

  Bridging Organizational Divides to Support Students’ College and Career Aspirations -- Conference Presentation

  Tiered Advising: Scaffolding Educational & Career Coaching Within ABE Programs -- Webinar

  What Do I Tell My Students?

  Poetry

  Joseph Cianciarulo

  Robert Hibbard

  Three Organizations

  One Goal: College Readiness Beyond Institutional Borders -- Conference Presentation

  Copy I have written for e-newlsletters

  web pages

  brochures

  flyers

  direct mail campaigns

  funding proposals

  business plans

  etc...

  The 'Nistas

  Fisher

  Shawn

  Immigrant College & Career Services

  Gordon College

  Mass General Brigham

  Endicott College

  Bunker Hill Community College

  Beverly

  MA

  Oversaw semester scheduling and promotional efforts for the College’s largest academic division. Planned and implemented academic orientation and registration for first-year Arts & Sciences students each year. Managed the division’s records within the college-wide Jenzabar database and collaborated with Registrar’s Office on database management

  degree audits

  and transfer evaluations. Wrote

  designed

  and edited press releases

  web pages

  online news items

  promotional materials. \n\n• Designed new scheduling procedure to plan 250+ Arts & Sciences courses each semester

  in consultation with administrators and faculty; conducted degree audits to account for student needs in course planning\n• Advised and supported Dean

  Department Chairs

  and 100+ full- and part-time faculty members regarding student issues

  curriculum

  scheduling

  policies

  and procedures\n• Created and delivered engaging presentations for prospective students and parents\n• Contributed to curriculum revisions for academic programs within division; in particular

  researched and proposed revisions for Liberal Studies major \n• Spearheaded effort to create unique promotional materials for the division and to redesign web pages; created in-house e-newsletter which increased faculty participation in promotional efforts

  Academic Coordinator

  Arts & Sciences Division

  Endicott College

• 2004

  Peabody Essex Museum

  JVS Boston

  Salem

  MA

  Handled all aspects of member-related activity: customer service

  planning events and promotions

  maintaining Raiser’s Edge membership database

  working with Marketing Department to build revenue for the museum. Wrote copy for membership promotions

  marketing materials

  and fundraising campaigns.\n\n• Wrote and designed monthly members’ e-newsletter (distributed to over 3

  000 member households); wrote fundraising materials for one of the museum’s largest direct-mail membership promotions\n• Improved online membership transaction module with webmaster

  Membership Coordinator

  Peabody Essex Museum

  Greater Boston Area

  Taught a highly diverse student population

  including working adults

  English Language Learners

  and first-generation college students. Developed dynamic lesson plans

  curricular materials

  and online course sites.\n\n• Collaborated with advising services (e.g. Early Alert) to support persistence and academic success\n• Contributed to professional development sessions

  collaborating with administrators and instructors on student-success initiatives

  e.g. improving delivery of developmental writing courses

  Adjunct Professor

  Bunker Hill Community College

  Boston

  MA

  Managed a new college-readiness project for Adult Basic Education classes within a non-profit collaborative of 4 organizations

  at 11 sites throughout Greater Boston. Led team meetings

  developed project goals and benchmarks

  and monitored progress for two grant-funded initiatives (funders included DESE

  The Boston Foundation

  City of Boston). Advised hundreds of students on college access and success.\n\n• Trained site directors and instructors on project standards and expectations – orchestrated team training sessions as well as one-on-one consultations; created resource materials (e.g. manuals

  checklists

  lessons)\n• Built and administered new assessment tools; analyzed key metrics to strategically guide efforts \n• Created data-collection tools; evaluated project data; prepared outcome reports for funders\n• Developed and presented engaging college- and career-readiness workshops to GED and ESL learners \n• Hired

  trained

  and managed College Readiness Coach; developed job description for new position

  Project Manager + Pre-College Integration Coach

  JVS Boston

  Wenham

  MA

  •\tTaught College Composition

  creating lessons on grammar

  voice

  critical thinking

  document design

  and research

  teaching students to write for specific purposes/genres\n•\tAdvised students regarding academic and occupational plans

  Instructor

  Gordon College

• 2001

  • Led tours of current exhibitions and collections

  engaging visitors of all ages with the museum and art works\n• Led dynamic art activities to connect visitors with exhibitions more deeply and lastingly\n• Collaborated with Curator of Education on engagement strategies and programming

  Plains Art Museum

  Adult Education Advisor / Marketing & Communications Associate

  • Designed and wrote copy for promotional materials and e-newsletter\n• Consulted on educational and career options for new refugee arrivals

  Greater Boston Refugee Ministry

  Temple Baptist Church

  •\tCreated and programmed text-based multi-user virtual environment based on historical Native American village for NDSU Archaeology Technology Lab\n•\tContributed to conference presentations

  grant proposals

  and journal articles

  North Dakota State University

  Immigrant College & Career Services

  Greater Boston Area

  Launched immigrant-serving consulting and advising business

  providing training and support. Researched and composed business plan and executive summary. Met with potential funders and partners throughout Boston. \n\n• Developed training workshops and resource guides for ESL administrators

  instructors

  and volunteers\n• Provided direct support on issues such as foreign transcript evaluation

  college admissions and enrollment

  financial aid

  resume building

  and integration for highly skilled immigrants

  Founder / Advisor / Consultant

  Mass General Hospital

  Boston

  Training Program Coordinator

  Mass General Brigham

  Greater Boston Area

  Oversaw Transition Program orienting over 200 new students to college culture each year – responsible for all aspects of program

  including scheduling

  staffing

  outreach

  enrollment

  student support. Partnered with internal offices and Boston-area organizations to align services

  promote the program

  and prepare students. \n\n• Significantly improved enrollment

  orientation

  and advising procedures within the Transition Program by standardizing operations and launching formal collaboration with Advising team\n• Recruited

  trained

  supervised 7-10 faculty members; trained

  supervised 12-15 peer mentors per year\n• Streamlined data collection

  analyzed program data

  and created survey tool to evaluate program effectiveness; utilized various databases (e.g. ZogoTech

  Ellucian Colleague

  Qualtrics)\n• Regularly partnered with Enrollment Services and Advising departments to advise students on start-of-semester processes such as registration

  financial aid

  student payment

  etc.\n• Served on college-wide committees (e.g. Accreditation sub-committee

  Ad Hoc Governance Committee) to support continuous improvement in College operations

  College Transition Associate

  Bunker Hill Community College

• 2000

  North Dakota State University

  •\tTaught College Composition I and II -- solely responsible for course design

  instruction

  grading

  creating online Blackboard sites

  conferencing with students\n•\tTeaching assistant for upper-level interdisciplinary course

  “Social Implications of Computing”\n•\tCreated a “Writing Partners” program with a fellow instructor

  linking my college students to local middle-school students\n•\tServed on search committees to hire new faculty members

  North Dakota State University

• 1998

  The Stock Market Photo Agency

  New York

  NY

  Sales Assistant

  The Stock Market Photo Agency

  Horizons for Homeless Children

  Summa Cum Laude

  B.A.

  International Study: Oxford University

  English

  Gordon College

  North Dakota State University

  M.A.

  English

  Literature