Summary
Throughout a varied career in journalism, education program design and administration and the completion of my doctoral studies, I’ve continued to teach writing at both the high school and college levels.
Highlights
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Teacher of writing, journalism, media studies, literature and more (20+ years)
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Editor and program director for a citywide, subscription-based monthly newsmagazine (circ. 75,000) written by and for urban teenagers and staffed by a team of professional editors (8 years)
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Director of education programs for a statewide organization promoting the humanities among high school teachers, students, librarians and community based organizations (5 years)
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Journalism professor/program director at a four-year college (3 years)
Education
Columbia University in the City of New York, School of Journalism
Ph.D., Communications, 2011
Dissertation: ‘Guttersnipes’ & ‘Eliterates’: City College in the Popular Imagination
School of the Arts, Writing Division
Charles Revson Fellow on the Future of the City of New York (non-degree),1994-95
New York University
M.A., Latin American Literature, 1988
B.A., Dramatic Literature, Theater History and Cinema, 1984
New York University, Dept. of Media, Communication and Culture
Adjunct Professor, 2020-
The City as Medium (inquiry seminar); Crime, Violence & Media
Foment Formació, Barcelona, Spain
Instructor, 2019
Advanced English C2A, Intermediate English B1D. Cambridge exam preparation
American School of Barcelona, Spain
Substitute Teacher, 2018-19
IB English Language & Literature, Middle School Humanities, etc.
Bronx Community College, NY
Adjunct Assistant Professor of History, 2015-2016
Columbia University Summer Programs for High School Students, New York, NY
Instructor, Summer 2015
Friends Seminary, New York, NY
Instructor of English and Journalism, 2013-2014 (one-year replacement position)
Journalism & the Literature of Witness; ‘Mind Has Mountains’: Madness in Literature and Film; British and Post-Colonial Literature. Advised student newspaper
College of Staten Island, Department of Media Culture, NY
Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2013
Media @ the Margins; Writing for Advertising and Public Relations
City College of New York, Department of Media & Communication Arts
Assistant Professor and Journalism Program Director, 2006-2009
Intro to Journalism; Reporting & Writing I; Print Journalism Workshop; Independent Study. Advised students, conducted research, designed curriculum, recruited and coordinated adjunct instructors, advised student newspaper, served on faculty committees
Adjunct Lecturer, 1999-2002
Journalism Ethics, Law, & the Public Interest; Advanced Reporting & Writing; Research & Writing for the Media
Humanities Teacher Institute, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Director, 2001-2003
Newspapers in American Life, 2001; Beloved: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Slavery and American Literature, 2002; Adaptations: Teaching Shakespeare through Film, 2003. Designed curriculum and teaching materials, recruited other institute faculty and participants and managed intensive summer program for teachers (graduate level)
Hunter College, Department of Film & Media Studies, New York, NY
Adjunct Lecturer, 1997-1999
Basic Reporting
Institute for Literacy Studies, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
Instructor, 1995-1996
Writing, Revising, & Publishing with High School Students
Bilingual & Bicultural Arts School (PS7), Community School District 4, New York, NY
Bilingual Classroom Teacher, 1989-1990
New York University, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Teaching Fellow, 1987-1988
Elementary Spanish, Intensive Elementary Spanish
Administration
New York City Health & Hospitals, Test & Trace Corps (Insight Global)
Supervisor, 2020
New York Council for the Humanities
Director of Education Programs, 2000-2004
Designed and implemented enrichment programs for teachers, students and the general public focusing on humanities based writing and research, local history, and family literacy, including residential summer institutes for teachers and annual essay contests for high school students
Common Cents, New York, NY
Program Director, 1999-2000
Developed and coordinated community service learning projects in over 500 schools
New Youth Connections, Youth Communication, New York, NY
Editor and Program Director, 1990-1997
Recruited, trained, and supervised adult and teen staff of monthly magazine written by and for New York City high school students (circulation 75,000); assigned/developed editorial content and coordinated all phases of production
Books
Things Get Hectic: Teens Write About the Violence That Surrounds Them. New York: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 1998 (editor)
Starting with ‘I’: Personal Essays by Teenagers. New York: Persea Books, 1997 (editor)
Out With It: Gay and Straight Teens Write About Homosexuality. New York: Youth Communication, 1996 (editor)
Selected Articles, Reviews & Letters
“Transgressing the Grid: Adventures On (and Off) Manhattan Island.” Urban Omnibus, Feb. 29, 2012
“Tackling Education.” Letter, New Yorker, Jan. 19, 2009
“Being Effective as a Teacher.” Letter, Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb. 13, 2004
“Striking Differences: What really happened at Ocean Hill-Brownsville?” Review, City Limits, Apr. 2003
Miscellaneous
Fluent spoken and written Spanish; Extensive freelance translation experience
Advanced-level desktop publishing, database design and management skills
Patient Registrar/Interpreter/Navigator, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, Armory COVID-19 Vaccination Site, 2021
Selection Committee Member, James Aronson Awards for Social Justice Journalism, 2007-2016
Advisor, September 11, 2001 Oral History Narrative and Memory Project, Columbia University, 2003
Writing Project Fellow, Lehman College Institute for Literacy Studies, Summer 1993