Experience

Stephens College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• • Jul 2022 - Present

• • Jan 2019 - Present

• • May 2014 - Present

  English/Creative Writing ProgramTeaching:* Story & the Power of Story: Starting With Story; Scripting Change; Characters & Their Worlds* Scriptwriting (multiple levels): Playwriting, Advanced Scriptwriting; Audio Drama; Writing Through Performance* Literature: Women's Detective Fiction; Fiction, Fact, & Film; Time Travel Lit; Screwball Literature; Baseball in Literature* First Year Experience: Passion Projects: Women, Leadership, & Creativity; Love Actually: Cultures & Relationships Show less

• • Aug 2007 - May 2014

  Courses:* Scriptwriting: Screenwriting (3 levels); Playwriting (3 levels); Audio Drama; Writing Through Performance; Starting With Story* Film Studies & Script Studies: Love Actually: Studies in International Film; Screwball & Romantic Comedy: Comic Courtships & Witty Women; Women in Film; Scripting Change* Literature: Women's Detective Fiction; Fiction, Fact, & Film; Baseball in Literature Events Produced:* Coordinate Stephens College Scriptwriting Competition sponsored by the English/Creative Writing Program* Produce the Stephens College New Script Showcase sponsored by the English/Creative Writing Program: recruit student directors for five winning plays, schedule and organize auditions, host staged readings of the five winning plays Show less

• • Aug 2005 - Aug 2007



Envelope Sky Creative

• Columbia, Missouri Area

• Owner

  • Mar 2011 - Present

  Envelope Sky Productions is dedicated to creating and producing stories for screen, stage, and new media that entertain, connect, and transform. "Nooner" (short film): A young woman recovering from heartbreak watches from her window table at a restaurant as life passes her by. Through a year of lunch hours seeing the changes and growth of those around her, she learns how to step back into life. -- At its heart, "Nooner" is a story about the power of reaching out and connecting with others. Film Festivals: - Citizen Jane Film Festival, October 2013 - Kansas City FilmFest, April 2013 - Beloit International Film Festival, February 2013 * Kate Berneking Kogut - writer, director, producer "Children Learn" (short film) Dinner at the Hippie Rose Cafe' becomes a lesson in life and love for a little girl, her parents, and the patrons of the restaurant. Film Festivals: - Downtown Tyler Film Festival, Tyler TX, September 2013 * Kate Berneking Kogut - writer, director, producer, actress "I Am One" (short film) A high school baseball star learns what it takes to be the one to stand up for what is right when a teammate bullies his best friend, a closeted lesbian. Film Festivals: - Citizen Jane Film Festival, November 2014 * Steph Borklund - producer, director, writer, editor * Kate Berneking Kogut - producer, screenwriter * Chris Rowland - producer Show less



University of Missouri

• Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2002 - May 2006

  Taught while a Ph.D. student and candidate in the Department of Theatre at the University of Missouri: * Screenwriting * Beginning Playwriting * Acting for Non-Majors * Theatre in Society - introductory lecture course for 200+ students * Performance of Literature Taught while a Ph.D. student and candidate in the Department of Theatre at the University of Missouri: * Screenwriting * Beginning Playwriting * Acting for Non-Majors * Theatre in Society - introductory lecture course for 200+ students * Performance of Literature



University of Missouri School of Medicine - Family & Community Medicine

• Program Assistant

  • Nov 1999 - Jul 2002

  * Coordinated Teaching Patient Program: recruited, trained, and scheduled patients to work with third-year medical students * Developed newsletter for community-based preceptor physicians * Performed as a Standardized Patient for medical students in a clinical setting: post-exam evaluation with students included discussion of communication and clinical skills practiced in clinical encounter * Coordinated Teaching Patient Program: recruited, trained, and scheduled patients to work with third-year medical students * Developed newsletter for community-based preceptor physicians * Performed as a Standardized Patient for medical students in a clinical setting: post-exam evaluation with students included discussion of communication and clinical skills practiced in clinical encounter