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COLLEGE, CONTINUING EDUCATION TEACHING EXPERIENCE
CUNY / Borough of Manhattan Community College
"Fundamentals of Speech"
Professor
Taught course that explores effective skills in speech communication and
public presentation. Students also learn to generate topics, organize ideas into
outlines and master elements of audience psychology.
New York, N.Y., 2002 -
present.
SUNY / Old Westbury
Introduction to Creative Writing Professor
Created curriculum for, and taught this course on prose, multimedia memoir,
oral history and other forms of contemporary creative nonfiction.
Old Westbury,
N.Y., 2003-Present
Fordham University/Lincoln Center campus
"The Comic Voice" Creative Writing Professor
Created curriculum for, and taught this course that explores different
genres
of comic writing, from prose to scriptwriting to poetry and spoken word,
while also covering creative writing fundamentals. New York, N.Y., 2002
New School University / Parsons School of Design
Introduction to Creative Writing "Real World Writing" Professor
Created curriculum for, and taught this course on prose, multimedia memoir,
oral history and other forms of contemporary creative nonfiction.
New York,
N.Y., 2000 - present
Gotham Writers' Workshop
Playwriting & Screenwriting Instructor
Created curriculum for, and taught workshops for adults that explored
dramatic writing fundamentals through writing exercises and script analysis.
New
York, N.Y., 2000-present
TEACHING ARTIST
EXPERIENCE
Teachers & Writers Collaborative
Poetry, Prose, Memoir/Oral
History Writer-in-Residence Teaching Artist
Created curriculum for, and conducted Poetry, Prose Memoir and Oral History
workshops as writer in residence for elementary school students (including ESL
and Special Education students) in the NYC Public School system. Residencies
culminated with an anthology of student writings, which I compiled and edited.
NYC, 2000-present.
Elders Share the Arts / Writer-in-Residence Teaching Artist
Facilitated "Living Arts" memoir and poetry workshops for senior citizens,
wherein they wrote about their life experiences. Residencies culminated with an
anthology of student writings, which I compiled and edited. NYC, 2001
Theatre/Playwriting Teaching Artist, 2000 - present
Taught playwriting, performing, theatre craft and aesthetic theatre
appreciation to middle and high school students through improvisational acting
and
writing exercises, and then supervised productions of plays written by students
through the following programs:
Roundabout Theatre, Page to Stage & Producing Partners,
N.Y.C.
Theatre For a New Audience, New Voices, N.Y.C.
City Lights Youth Theatre, Create-A-Play/Arts in the Schools,
N.Y.C.
Bay Street Theatre, Young Playwrights Program, Sag Harbor,
N.Y.
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