Resume

• 2007

  Master of Arts

  Thesis Advisor: Nicola Masciandaro

  Associate Professor of English

  Brooklyn College.\n\nArea of Specialization: Early Modern English Literature\n\nMaster’s Thesis — “Lat Hym Appiere and Wexe a Philosophre: Literary Alchemy as Demonic or Angelic Transformation in Chaucer’s 'Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale' and Milton’s Paradise Lost”

  English Literature

  Graduate English Conference Committee

  Brooklyn College

• 2001

  Bachelor of Arts

  Capstone Instructor and Advisor: Dr. Alison Hurley

  Assistant Professor of English

  Miami University.\n\nAreas of Specialization: English Literature and Creative Writing\n\nCapstone Project — “The Estate of Aula Lucis: An Imagined Garden of British Nationalism”

  Literature

  Creative Writing

  Delta Upsilon

  Miami University

• Community Outreach

  Management

  Curriculum Development

  Creative Writing

  Editorial

  Blackboard

  Hybrid Courses

  Microsoft Office

  Conference Facilitation

  English Composition

  Books

  Library Databases

  Copy Editing

  Public Speaking

  Grant Writing

  Literature

  Clerical

  Curriculum Design

  Higher Education

  Blogging

  D'Amato

  Stephen

  D'Amato

  Institute of Reading Development

  BASIS.ed

  York College/CUNY

  Fusion Academy

  Brooklyn College/CUNY

  Shakespeare and Co. Booksellers

  •\tDeveloped curricula for and taught first-year Composition and Literature courses

  and advanced Composition and Research Writing courses\n\n•\tAttended curriculum development meetings and faculty enrichment workshops which addressed means to achieving both Department milestones and various General Educational requirements as mandated by The City University of New York \n\n•\tSubmitted proposals for elective courses on a special topic in English studies\n\n•\tGenerated and conducted confidential student evaluations of offered courses\n\n•\tIncorporated computer and internet technology as a vital pedagogical learning tool into the classroom via unique

  course-specific weblogs

  Adjunct Lecturer for the Department of English

  Greater New York City Area

  York College/CUNY

  •\tCreated curricula for and taught Composition

  Core-Curriculum

  and Literature courses\n\n•\tProduced and maintained all course materials and relevant administrative records \n\n•\tCollaborated with peers at professional-development workshops in order to bolster existing pedagogical knowledge and instructional skills \n\n•\tRepresented the English Department during the Spring Undergraduate Open House

  Adjunct Lecturer for the English Department

  Greater New York City Area

  Brooklyn College/CUNY

  •\tTutored students of the Philosophy Department in the areas of writing

  reading

  study skills

  and time management\n\n•\tConducted

  collected

  and organized student quality-response surveys\n\n•\tCreated and distributed outreach flyers and emails announcing tutoring services on campus\n\n•\tActed as a liaison between the Director of the Brooklyn College Learning Center and the Philosophy Department Chairperson to reassess and seek ways to improve tutoring services\n\n•\tAttended monthly professional enrichment meetings

  Field Writing Tutor for the Philosophy Department

  Greater New York City Area

  Brooklyn College/CUNY

  Greater New York City Area

  • Teaches Honors and AP Language Arts and Composition courses

  and middle school English

  Language Arts

  and Literature\n\n• Coordinates Honors English course curricula with AP History course curricula in order to best prepare high school students for their AP examinations \n\n• Aids annual statistical and qualitative review of BASIS.ed's network-wide analysis of their standardized English midterm and final examinations \n\n• Assists the Office of Student Affairs as Student Support Advisor for pupils in need of academic tutoring and mentoring\n\n• Moderates Minecraft Club

  the most populous extracurricular at BASIS Independent Brooklyn\n\n• Records minutes of weekly faculty meetings\n\n• Helps facilitate student bus arrival and departure

  Subject Expert Teacher at BASIS Independent Brooklyn

  BASIS.ed

  •\tSupervised the sales floor

  daily opening and nightly closing duties

  and customer services\n\n•\tCommunicated with vendors

  publishers

  and college faculty regarding book orders\n\n•\tOversaw stock room receiving and organization of trade and textbook inventory\n\n•\tProduced and distributed the weekly staff schedule \n\n•\tManaged cashier staff

  and weekly safe and bank deposit accountancy \n\n•\tHired and trained new “rush” employees during pique-sales season each academic term

  Staff Manager

  Greater New York City Area

  Shakespeare and Co. Booksellers

  Greater New York City Area

  • Taught and tutored students from sixth to twelfth grade in English

  Language Arts

  and Literature as well as DJ Performing Arts\n\n• Worked with graduating seniors in preparing their written college application materials \n\n• Assisted students with their classwork in study hall spaces known as the Homework Café\n\n• Supported the Director of First Impressions with front desk operations

  paperwork

  organization

  and other administrative tasks\n\n• Recorded and disseminated Staff Meeting minutes weekly\n\n• Contributed to annual curriculum rewriting and development projects; e.g.

  authored \nFusion’s most current Middle School English Language Arts curriculum

  and helped \ncreate and establish Fusion’s first DJ Performing Arts music curriculum

  Teacher/Mentor

  Fusion Academy

  •\tTaught individuals at multiple academic levels (from kindergarten to collegiate students to young professionals) the skills necessary to promote active reading

  analytical strategy

  and

  crucially

  imaginative immersion in works of fiction and nonfiction

  Instructor

  Greater New York City Area

  Institute of Reading Development

  Greater New York City Area

  • Created and coordinated 1:1 class schedules between 25+ staff and 60+ students \n\n• Managed and coached a part-time Scheduling Assistant responsible for systems upkeep \n\n• Assisted with admissions by overseeing 75% of the registration and enrollment processes for new and returning families \n\n• Supported the College Counselor in developing academic plans

  which adhere to NYS High School Graduation Requirements

  any applicable IEPs

  and students’ immediate and post-secondary goals\n\n• Co-facilitated upkeep of student permanent records and transcripts with the East Coast Registrar \n\n• Collaborated with the Billing and IS Departments and East Coast Registrar in order to maintain campus accountancy

  student transcripts

  and other permanent records

  Director of Student Development

  Fusion Academy