Resume

• 2018

  Full-time faculty member in the Department of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago teaching poetry and composition.

  University of Illinois at Chicago

  Roosevelt University

  Chicago

  Teaching Intern

  Writing 101

  Roosevelt University

  Fall 2012. \n\n-Led class on numerous occasions \n-Prepared and executed lesson plans\n-Conferenced with individual students on writing projects\n-Facilitated in-class writing assignments\n-Commented on student writing\n-Met with students outside of class to provide individual tutoring and mentoring in the Writing Center at Roosevelt University

  Teaching Intern

  Chicago

  IL

  Visiting Lecturer

  University of Illinois at Chicago

  Taught in the First-Year Writing Program in the English Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago. First-year writing courses at UIC are informed by the concept of situated writing—the view that writing is crafted in response to a particular situation

  within a certain context

  and for a specific audience

  all of which influences the genres used and forms the writing takes.

  University of Illinois at Chicago

  Oyez Review at Roosevelt University

  Chicago

  The Oyez Review is the literary magazine of the Creative Writing Program at Roosevelt University. It is published annually

  edited by a staff of MFA candidates under the direction of a faculty member with professional experience in the publishing world.\n\n-Selected content for Roosevelt University’s 38th Volume of Oyez Review\n-Helped in organizing the structure of the magazine\n-Gained copy-editing experience \n-Worked with and contacted authors \n-Lead contact with the featured artist

  Assistant Editor

  Chicago

  The Haymarket Group is a Chicago public affairs consulting firm. Formed in 1987

  it is an organization of professionals skilled and experienced in government

  politics

  the media

  the law

  community organizing

  public relations and mediation. \n\n-Worked closely with Children’s Memorial Hospital and Resurrection Healthcare providing support for both clients and our senior team in dealing with community and governmental relations\n-Responsibilities included: Coordinating meetings

  events and fundraisers

  in addition to authoring letters

  agendas and preparing materials for various clients

  such as elected officials and hospital executives

  Junior Associate

  The Haymarket Group

  Chicago

  Adjunct Professor

  English 102

  Harry S. Truman College.\n\n-Composition course that introduces methods of research and writing of investigative papers\n\nAdjunct Professor

  English 101

  Harry S. Truman College.\n\n-Composition course with the aim of developing critical and analytical skills in writing and reading expository prose\n\nAdjunct Professor

  English 98

  Harry S. Truman College.\n\n-Composition course with elements of reading

  writing

  and speaking basic English\n\nComposition Instructor

  Middle College at Harry S. Truman College.\n\n-Provide writing instruction to 17 to 21 year olds who dropped out of high school and are looking to earn a high school diploma

  Adjunct Professor of English Composition and Composition Instructor

  Harry S. Truman College

  Chicago

  PAWS Chicago is the city's largest No Kill humane organization

  focused on solutions to end the killing of homeless pets.\n\n-Cared

  cleaned

  and performed vet-tech duties on shelter animals at one of Chicago's finest non-profits

  Animal Caregiver

  PAWS Chicago

  My poem \"On Silence\" was nominated by the editors of Ghost Ocean Magazine for Best of the Net.\n\nBest of the Net promotes the diverse and growing voices who are publishing their work online

  a venue that continues to see less respect from such yearly anthologies as the Pushcart and Best American series. This anthology serves to bring greater respect to an innovative and continually expanding medium in the same medium in which it is published.

  Pushcart Prize Nominee

  My poem \"On Silence\" was nominated by the editors of Ghost Ocean Magazine for the Pushcart Prize.\n\nThe Pushcart Prize honors the best poetry

  short fiction

  and essays published in the small presses over the previous year.

  Pushcart Press

  Finalist for the DIAGRAM Chapbook Contest

  DIAGRAM is an electronic journal of text and art.

  DIAGRAM Literary Magazine

  Featured Poet for 2015

  Once a year Blue Fifth Review puts out a special poetry feature that highlights the work of a single poet. The feature contains five original

  unpublished pieces along with the author's commentary.

  Blue Fifth Review

  Honoring Our Professors’ Excellence (HOPE) Award Nominee

  Campus Housing at the University of Illinois at Chicago

  realizing how important it is for students to build a connection with faculty members

  established the Honoring Our Professors Excellence (HOPE) Award program as a way to recognize and thank exemplary faculty members for contributing to their residents' success.

  University of Illinois at Chicago

  Best of the Net Nominee

  My poem \"From the Fire\" was nominated by the editors of Eclectica Magazine for Best of the Net.\n

• 2015.

  The Upper Peninsula Misses You

  About the Book: The Upper Peninsula Misses You is a book of poems that tells an unpitying family tale with brutal sympathy-a narrative that is fractured by semi-historical acts or section breaks. While it is very much writing of place

  the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

  the broken landscapes and languishing families can be found all across America.

  Now available for pre-order.Ships on or after September 15

  Book (ELJ Editions

  2015)

  News Writing

  Creative Writing

  Publications

  Public Affairs

  Copy Editing

  Editing

  Nonprofits

  Journalism

  Public Speaking

  Teaching Writing

  Literature

  Public Relations

  Publishing

  On Innocence

  Poetry - Web

  On Innocence

  Poetry - Print

  driving gone to spring

  Poetry - Print

  famous

  Poetry - Web

  Three

  Poetry - Web

  Into the Monochrome

  Poetry - Print

  down you coast

  Poetry - Web

  About an Artist

  Poetry - Web

  The Ritual

  Review - Web

  Night-Sky Checkerboard

  a Challenging Lesson in Existence

  Poetry - Print

  From the Fire

  Poetry - Print

  now tell me

  Review - Web

  Ron Rash Turns the Voices and Forests of Appalachia into Pure Music

  Poetry - Web

  Feature Poet at Blue Fifth Review (Five poems and commentary)

  Poetry - Web

  Two Poems

  Creative Nonfiction - Web

  Chef!Chef!Chef!

  Poetry - Web

  down we roll

  Poetry - Web

  Two Poems (Memorial Day & From the Fire)

  Poetry - Print

  Five Poems

  Poetry - Web

  Awake

  Poetry - Web

  A Love Letter Imagined for My Grandmother from My Imaginary Grandfather

  Peruse here for all projects/things writing.

  Magoon

  Mark

  Magoon

  The Daily Iowan

  Roosevelt University

  Truman College

  Oyez Review at Roosevelt University

  PAWS Chicago

  University of Illinois at Chicago

  The Haymarket Group

  Harry S. Truman College

  Roosevelt University

  University of Illinois at Chicago

• 2010

  Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

  -M.F.A. in Creative Writing

  Roosevelt University

  Chicago

  Illinois

  December 2012.\nMaster’s Thesis: The Upper Peninsula Misses You

  Interim Director: Peggy Shinner

  Thesis Chair: Kathleen Rooney.\n\n-Credential in the Teaching of Writing

  Roosevelt University

  Chicago

  Illinois

  December 2012. Interim Director: Amanda Wornhoff.

  Creative Writing - Poetry

  -Teaching Intern

  Writing 101

  Roosevelt University

  Fall 2012.\n-Assistant Editor

  Oyez Review

  Roosevelt University

  Fall 2010.

  Roosevelt University

• 2004

  Bachelor of Arts

  -Took all of the Creative Writing courses that were offered to undergraduate students\n-Spent a great deal of time at or around the the Dye House learning from professors

  guest speakers

  and MFA students at the historic Iowa Writer's Workshop

  English

  University of Iowa

• 19

  Iowa City

  Iowa

  The Daily Iowan is an independent

  500-circulation daily student newspaper serving Iowa City and the University of Iowa community. It has consistently won a number of collegiate journalism awards

  including multiple National Pacemaker Awards

  and is generally regarded as one of the finest student newspapers in the country.\n\n-Covered local politics\n-Wrote

  reported

  and pitched original news pieces

  Reporter

  The Daily Iowan

  Chicago

  Illinois

  Adjunct Professor

  English 101

  Roosevelt University. \n\n-Composition course designed to help students gain competence in analytical reading and writing. Students engage in writing as a process of critical inquiry

  revision and collaboration and are invited to actively participate in a writing community.

  Adjunct Professor of English Composition

  Roosevelt University

  Chicago

  Taught composition while also providing one-on-one consultations with students of all skill levels to strengthen their writing and build their confidence in the Truman College Writing Center. \n

  Adjunct Professor of English Composition and Writing Consultant

  Truman College

  Truman College

  Writing Tutor

  The Writing Center at Harry S. Truman College.\n\n-The Writing Center offers students one-on-one consultations on their writing assignments with the goal of offering supplement classroom instruction by providing support that strengthens their skills and builds their confidence as writers.

  Writing Tutor

  Truman College Writing Center

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  Mark Magoon is a writer and teacher of writing. His publishing credentials feature works of poetry and creative nonfiction that have been nominated for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize. His debut book of poems

  The Upper Peninsula Misses You

  was released by ELJ Publications (2015).

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