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Curriculum Vitae

Education:

2001-5 Master of Education

Philosophy of Education, University of British Columbia

1997-8 Master of Arts

English Literature, University of Toronto

1993-7 Bachelor of Arts

English Literature & Contemporary Studies, Dalhousie University & University of King’s College

 

Work Experience:

2008-11 Freelance Writer and Academic Editor

Wrote six elementary school reference books for Crabtree Publishing

Created indices for books published by Routledge and NYU Press

Edited academic theses and dissertations

Worked extensively with the Brock Centre for the Arts

Worked as a developmental editor for Wilfred Laurier University Press

Guided manuscripts through the academic review process

Edited publications for the Niagara Artists Centre

 

2006-8 Learning Skills Instructor, Student Development Centre, Brock University

Administered ~ 100 workshops per semester on writing and academic topics

Co-authored a grant report that secured $960,000 in government funding

Oversaw the development and delivery of an online essay writing workshop

 

2006 Teaching Assistant, Brock University

English 3P41: Gothic Literature, 2P45: Poetry& Poetics, 2P27: Rhetoric

 

2003-5 Course Instructor, University of British Columbia

EDST 314: Social Analysis of Education, EDST 427: Philosophy of Education

 

2001-3 Research Assistant, Sustainable Development Research Institute, (UBC)

 

2001-2 Teaching Assistant, University of British Columbia

EDST 314: Social Analysis of Education

 

2001 ESL Teacher, Western Town College; Vancouver, BC

 

1998-2000 Production Assistant, This Hour Has 22 Minutes; Halifax, NS

 

1998 Teaching Assistant (English), Dalhousie University

 

1998 Teaching Assistant (Philosophy), University of King’s College

 

Awards:

2003-5 Cordula and Gunter Paetzold Fellowship, University of British Columbia

2002-3 University Graduate Fellowship, University of British Columbia

1997-8 University of Toronto Open Fellowship, University of Toronto