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A'Dora Phillips CV
A'Dora Phillips CV
EDUCATION
PhD, English (Creative Writing), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (in progress)
MFA, Creative Writing Fiction, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA (2011)
BA, Creative Writing and Literary & Culture Studies, Carnegie Mellon University (1987)
Studies in representational drawing and painting, The Art Students League of New
York, The Water Street Atelier, and The Florence Academy of Art (1998-2003)
.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
City University of Hong Kong MFA Program in Creative Writing, Hong Kong
August 2014-present
Associate Mentor (completed in the distance-mode)
EN6309 & EN6310 Directed Reading & Critical Writing I & II
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
September 2011-August 2013
Lecturer
Natural Sciences 397A: Junior Year Writing in the Sciences (3/4 load; 2012-2013;
renewable lectureship)
English 112: College Writing (3/3 load, 2011-2012)
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
September 2007-May 2010
Teaching Associate
As a Graduate Teaching Assistant, I was the sole instructor for College Writing,
Experimental Writing (The Creative Potential of Constraint), and Creative Writing, 2
courses per year.
Abraham House, New York, New York
May 2005-August 2007
Tutor
Taught reading, writing, and drawing to children and young adults whose parents were
incarcerated.
Additionally, from September 1989 to June 1991, I served as an English as a Foreign
Language Instructor in Prague and Greece. Taught advanced high school English
Language Learners in Aigio, Greece and beginning English language learners at an
elementary school in Prague. In Prague, also taught childrens parents to encourage
effective learning.
AND
EDITING EXPERIENCE
PUBLICATIONS
Translations
Marina Tsvetaevas Letter to the Amazon (translated from French), Ugly Duckling
Presse, forthcoming chapbook, 2016
Marina Tsvetaevas Letter to the Amazon (translated from French), The Kenyon
Review, Fall 2013
Fiction
Cleaving, New York Stories, Winter 2006
Wednesday, The Kings English, Summer 2004
Creative Nonfiction
Dark Energy, elimae, January 2010 (highlighted in The Rumpus:
http://therumpus.net/2010/07/heres-some-essays-i-like/)
Mortal Saints and Immortal Callings: Vocation in the Lives of the Saints (book of
creative nonfiction). Paraclete Press, Fall 2006.
Mortal Saints and Immortal Callings, Ruminator Review, Spring 2003
HONORS
AND
AWARDS
TEACHING COMMENDATION
UMass Amherst Distinguished Teaching Award Nominee, Fall 2011.
UMass Amherst Residential First-Year Experience Student Choice Award, Fall 2010.
SERVICE
Reader
Cincinnati Review, Reader, January 2015-present
University of Massachusetts Press, Juniper Prize for Fiction, 2009-2010 & 2010-2011
Academic Years
Screened manuscripts from among hundreds of submissions (both years I served on
the reading committee, my manuscript choice was awarded the final prize)
Philadelphia Stories Editorial Board Member
Served as a reader/screener of manuscripts for this Philadelphia-based literary
magazine, May 2004-October 2006
University Committee Work
University of Massachusetts Amherst Writing Program, January 2008-May 2011
From September 2009 to May 2011, I served on the Diversity Committee. Attended biweekly meetings to discuss issues of diversity and inclusion in the college writing
classroom; developed and delivered training seminars to College Writing Teaching
Associates; and posted lesson plans meant to focus classroom efforts on teaching with
inclusiveness in mind.
From January 2008-May 2009, I also served on the Textbook Committee. Participated in
selecting essays for a new textbook for the universitys College Writing Program. At
the same time, in consultation with others, I read and selected student essays for
Student Writing Anthology, a yearly compilation of exemplary student writing used as
a text in the first year writing program.