Experience

Ellis Porter - The Immigration Attorneys
• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Legal Writer

  • Sep 2021 - Present


Dawn Treader Book Shop

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Book Seller

  • Aug 2020 - Aug 2021

  Manage and organize stock at a used bookstore. Help customers, including selling books and locating titles. Shelve new books, merchandise and display titles. Manage and organize stock at a used bookstore. Help customers, including selling books and locating titles. Shelve new books, merchandise and display titles.



University of Michigan

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Zell Postgraduate Fellow

  • May 2020 - May 2021

  Fellowship to work on a debut novel. Organized and led a series of community events focused on discussing novel-writing.

• Graduate Student Instructor

  • Aug 2019 - Apr 2020

  Taught creative writing and English composition classes to undergraduates. Designed syllabi while meeting curriculum standards from the university's English Department Writing Program.



Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE)

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Assistant

  • Feb 2017 - Aug 2018

  Program and events coordination for a research unit specializing in labor and employment. Managed purchasing, reimbursements, student hiring, and a visiting scholars program. Organized and publicized institute events, including conferences and a regular speaker series. Coordinated logistics for research studies. Program and events coordination for a research unit specializing in labor and employment. Managed purchasing, reimbursements, student hiring, and a visiting scholars program. Organized and publicized institute events, including conferences and a regular speaker series. Coordinated logistics for research studies.



PRI's Living on Earth

• Editorial Intern

  • Jun 2016 - Sep 2016

  Produced segments for an environmental news program broadcast on 250 NPR member stations. Wrote scripts and web content, researched stories, recorded interviews, edited audio, pre-interviewed guests. Produced segments for an environmental news program broadcast on 250 NPR member stations. Wrote scripts and web content, researched stories, recorded interviews, edited audio, pre-interviewed guests.



Change-Magazine Inc.

• Online Audio and Video Media

• Campus Editor

  • May 2015 - May 2016

  Founded and led the Bowdoin branch of a national student-run magazine. Edited and published weekly online articles using Wordpress. Promoted articles via social media. Recruited student writers, led weekly staff meetings, and trained new editors. Founded and led the Bowdoin branch of a national student-run magazine. Edited and published weekly online articles using Wordpress. Promoted articles via social media. Recruited student writers, led weekly staff meetings, and trained new editors.



Bowdoin College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Administrative Assistant, Center for Co-Curricular Opportunities

  • Sep 2013 - May 2016

  Ensured the smooth operation of Bowdoin's offices of Off-Campus Study, Student Fellowships and Research, and Health Professions Advising. Greeted visitors, managed calendars and scheduled appointments, compiled data, wrote promotional material for the center's website.

• Circulation Assistant, Beckwith Music Library

  • Sep 2013 - May 2016

  Greeted patrons and answered research questions; helped patrons locate recordings and scores; processed and shelved materials according to the Library of Congress classification system; helped patrons operate computers, printers, and copiers.

• Rusack Coastal Studies Fellow

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Researched and wrote a creative writing project inspired by the coast, as part of an honors thesis defended in May 2016.



Private Tutor

• Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• English Teacher

  • Jan 2015 - May 2015

  Taught English language lessons to elementary-school aged children. Taught English language lessons to elementary-school aged children.



William H. Jordan Farm

• United States

• Blogger

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Wrote blog posts about life on a family farm. Wrote blog posts about life on a family farm.



Bowdoin Scientific Station

• Artist in Residence, Kent Island Summer Fellow

  • May 2013 - Jul 2013

  As a Kent Island Summer Fellow, worked on a collection of island-inspired short fiction while living at a biological research station on remote Kent Island. As a Kent Island Summer Fellow, worked on a collection of island-inspired short fiction while living at a biological research station on remote Kent Island.