Resume

• 2015

  Richard Crocker Award for Outstanding Service to Students Nominee

  March

  March 2014

  March 2013

  Elizabethtown College Student Senate

  Bermudian Springs Education Association Education Award Scholoarship Recipient

  Bermudian Springs School District

• 2012

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

  Recipient of the 2012 Norris Church Mailer Award. \nAnalytical/Critical Thesis: \"Mischief

  Mayhem

  Self-Descruction? The Ideological Evolution of Protest and Revolutionary Groups in 20th Century American Literature.\" \nTeaching Internship as an adjunct instructor in service to Elizabethtown College.

  Creative and Professional Writing

  Wilkes University

• 2011

  Judging Reader.

  Mischief

  Mayhem

  Self-Destruction? The Ideological Evolution of Protest and Revolutionary Groups in 20th Century American Literature

  MFA Critical/Analytical Thesis. Unpublished but archived in the E.S. Farley Library at Wilkes University.

  The Contingent Writing Life: Balancing Teaching and Writing

  Ongoing qualitative research with a proposal under consideration for Hippocamp 2017

  the annual conference for Hippocampus Magazine in Lancaster

  PA. Co-author and co-researcher with Vito Gulla

  MFA and Jeff Minton

  MFA.

  Manipulating Pawns: Characters as Objects

  Ongoing critical/analytical project with a proposal in preparation for the 2017 Pennsylvania Writer's Conference. Co-author and co-researcher with Vito Gulla

  MFA and Jeff Minton

  MFA.

  Grimm

  Writer

  editor

  and educator with over eight years of experience in writing and editing for various media

  communications

  media relations

  marketing content writing and editing

  organizational strategic engagement

  teaching at the college level

  academic advising and mentoring

  program development

  creative writing

  journalism

  publishing and writing for publication

  research

  and copywriting/editing.\n\nSpecialization in professional writing

  communications

  composition and rhetoric

  journalism

  fiction

  screenwriting

  and editing. Recipient of the 2012 Norris Church Mailer Award. Experience in various genres and media

  with a professional and personal appreciation for compelling writing.\n\nResume

  CV

  Writing Samples

  and Portfolio available upon request.

  Tyler

  Elizabethtown College

  NHS Human Services Inc.

  Brinker Capital

  AccessLex Institute

  Cornell-Abraxas

  University of Delaware

  Editorial and Writing Services

  Taught composition

  Rhetoric

  and First-Year Writing.

  University of Delaware

  AccessLex Institute

  West Chester

  Pennsylvania

  Content creation and editing for marketing communications and campaigns

  media relation strategy and creation

  blog curation

  promotional email content development and creation

  product branding strategy

  and development of informational and marketing products and presentations.

  Marketing Content Writer and Editor

  Gettysburg

  Pennsylvania

  Therapeutic support in Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Pervasive Developmental Disorder classrooms

  specializing in Behavioral-Modification Therapy

  Applied Behavioral Analysis

  and Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

  Therapeutic Support Staff

  NHS Human Services Inc.

  Greater Philadelphia Area

  Writing and editorial consultation services for clients to meet individual project or business needs. Projects include but not limited to website content creation and editing

  beta reading for publisher

  small business promotional content creation and editing

  rebranding

  style guide development

  editing across media

  and messaging consultation. List of projects and clients is available upon request.

  Writing and Editorial Consultant

  Editorial and Writing Services

  Mont Alto

  Pennsylvania

  Counselor in the Leadership-Development Program

  a subsidiary of the larger juvenile detention program

  specializing in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.

  Counselor

  Cornell-Abraxas

  Elizabethtown College

  Elizabethtown

  PA

  Specialization in first-year writing

  composition and rhetoric

  writing and analyzing the short story

  the psychology of creative writing

  novel and novella writing

  modern and postmodern literature

  feature writing

  research

  argumentation

  and logic

  advising first-year students

  and pedagogy.\n\nCourses Taught:\nEN100: Writing and Language\nEN281: Writing and Analyzing the Short Story\nEN482: The Novel and Novella\nEN498: Directed Senior Research I \nEN499: Directed Senior Research II \nFYS100: The Psychology of Creative Writing\n\nAdditional Courses Developed:\nEN440: American Authors

  Don DeLillo\nFYS100: The Hero(ine)'s Journey Through the Paranormal and Supernatural\n\nSelected Additional Responsibilities:\nAcademic Advisor

  Writing Consultant for the Department of Business

  Consultant for Interdisciplinary Writing

  Student Learning Outcome Curriculum Assessor for Power of Language

  First-Year Seminar

  and Guided Writing and Research Areas of Understanding

  Invited Lecturer in the Liberal Arts Living and Learning Community

  Invited Speaker for the Sophomore Year Experience

  Purposeful Life Work Mentor

  Faculty Advisor for the Creative Writing Club

  Faculty Advisor for the Gamer's Club

  Consultant for the Mellon Grant Externship Program

  Founding Member of the Elizabethtown College Peer Interconnected Circle (EPIC).

  Instructor of English

  Elizabethtown College

  Brinker Capital

  James Jones Literary Society

  The Norman Mailer Society

  Association of Writers and Writing Programs

  Elizabethtown College

  Norris Church Mailer Award Recipient

  The Mailer Society

  Freemason Award Scholarship Recipient

  Hebron Masonic Lodge 465

• 2010

  Master’s Degree

  Creative Thesis: \"Bleed American

  ” a novel

  Creative and Professional Writing

  Wilkes University

• 2005

  Senior Officer -- Secretary and Publications Committee Chair

• 2003

  Bachelor’s Degree

  Senior Research Thesis: \"Selective Persuasive Cues in Anxiety States\" \nSupervised Internship: Therapeutic Support Staff in service to Momentum Human Services. \nSenior Officer (Secretary and Publication Chair) for the Shippensburg University New Student Orientation Committee.

  Psychology

  Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

• Publishing

  Pedagogy

  Creative Writing

  Public Speaking

  Teaching

  Social Media

  Research

  Academic Advising

  Writing

  Fiction

  Feature Writing

  Editing

  Copywriting

  Journalism

  Higher Education

  Copy Editing

  “It’s In The Blood”

  “It’s In The Blood”

  \"Don't 'Just Say No'​ to Drug and Alcohol Counseling

  \"A Near-Life Experience\"

  “The Trauma Museum”

  \"Hooking Your Students

  Hooking Yourself\"

  \"Choose Fresh Produce\"​

  “The United Stigma of America”

  Not archived online. Hard copy available upon request.

  \"Green Bean Casserole

  \"​ a short story

  \"Review of Damascus by Joshua Mohr\"​

  Not archived online. Hard copy available upon request.

  \"Broken Smile

  \"​ a short story

  \"Civil War Heritage Sites in the Mason Dixon Region\"​

  Featured on Zite

  an Apple iOS application. \n

  \"Review of The Rebel Wife by Taylor Polites\"​

  \"​'Green'​ Green Grass\"​

  Not archived online. Hard copy available upon request.

  \"Asthenia

  \"​ a short screenplay

  Content Writer and Editor.\n

  Selective Processing of Persuasive Cues in Anxiety States

  Author and Researcher. Undergraduate Research Thesis in Psychology.

  Text Reviewer for Bedford -- St. Martin's

  Elizabethtown College Department of Politics

  Philosophy

  and Legal Studies Website

  Editor and Editorial Consultant. \nElizabethtown College Department of Politics

  Philosophy

  and Legal Studies website and all affiliated pages. \n

  Creating a Chain Reaction: Causality as a Requirement of Theme

  Structure

  Plot

  and Style

  Co-researcher and co-author with Vito Gulla

  MFA and Jeff Minton

  MFA

  presented at the Pennsylvania Writer's Conference in August 2016.\n

  The Safe Coast Virginia Report

  Assistant and Researcher for Rae Tyson

  independent journalist associated with USA Today and co-author of the Safe Coast Virginia Report. \n

  Smoked Bar & Grill

  Editorial Consultant for menu and promotional Items.\n