Shoshana Akabas Barzel
Executive Director at New Neighbors Partnership- Claim this Profile
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Spanish Elementary proficiency
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Pashto Elementary proficiency
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Experience
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New Neighbors Partnership
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Executive Director
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Jul 2020 - Present
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Columbia University in the City of New York
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Instructor
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Jan 2016 - Jan 2021
Taught and developed curriculum for undergraduate writing composition courses in the School of Arts and Sciences Taught and developed curriculum for undergraduate writing composition courses in the School of Arts and Sciences
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Pfizer
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Events Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Publications Specialist
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Jun 2014 - Sep 2015
Managed the publication of scientific papers on the results of early stage drug research. Managed the publication of scientific papers on the results of early stage drug research.
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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United States
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Editorial Intern
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May 2014 - Aug 2014
Provided editorial feedback on manuscript submissions and prepared press materials for newly published books for Farrar, Straus and Giroux and the Scientific American imprint. Provided editorial feedback on manuscript submissions and prepared press materials for newly published books for Farrar, Straus and Giroux and the Scientific American imprint.
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Editor-in-Chief
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Sep 2011 - May 2014
• Selected pieces for publication in UPenn’s premier literary magazine and assisted with magazine production tasks such as copy editing and layout design • Selected pieces for publication in UPenn’s premier literary magazine and assisted with magazine production tasks such as copy editing and layout design
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The Daily Pennsylvanian
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United States
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Newspaper Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Staff Writer
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Sep 2011 - Dec 2013
• Wrote features including coverage of the Occupy Philadelphia movement in 2011 and an exclusive interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz • Wrote features including coverage of the Occupy Philadelphia movement in 2011 and an exclusive interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz
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McSweeney's
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United States
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Editorial Intern
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May 2013 - Aug 2013
• Reviewed submissions, fact-checked articles, assisted with editing, and transcribed interviews for "The Believer" and Voice of Witness, among other editorial tasks • Reviewed submissions, fact-checked articles, assisted with editing, and transcribed interviews for "The Believer" and Voice of Witness, among other editorial tasks
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Editorial Intern
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Jun 2012 - Aug 2012
• Worked for agents for bestselling authors, Philip Roth, Salman Rushdie, Henry Kissinger, and Dave Eggers • Provided editorial feedback on manuscripts, reviewed submissions and contracts, wrote pitch letters • Worked for agents for bestselling authors, Philip Roth, Salman Rushdie, Henry Kissinger, and Dave Eggers • Provided editorial feedback on manuscripts, reviewed submissions and contracts, wrote pitch letters
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Editorial Intern
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May 2009 - Feb 2010
• Worked for Merrilee Heifetz, agent for best-selling authors Neil Gaiman, Cynthia Voigt, and Laurell K. Hamilton • Reviewed submissions, wrote editorial letters, reviewed contracts and compiled readers’ reports • Worked for Merrilee Heifetz, agent for best-selling authors Neil Gaiman, Cynthia Voigt, and Laurell K. Hamilton • Reviewed submissions, wrote editorial letters, reviewed contracts and compiled readers’ reports
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Education
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Columbia University in the City of New York
Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Fiction writing and literary translation -
University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English / Creative Writing, Organic Chemistry -
Stuyvesant High School