E. Christopher Clark

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Education

MFA

Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program
Thesis: Down the Cape, a novel-in-progress
August 2003 – July 2005

BA

Bradford College, Bradford, Massachusetts
Major: Individual Studies, with a concentration in Writing & Theatre
Senior Project: Wrote and directed for the stage, The People vs. Jesus Christ
Other Honors: Wrote and delivered commencement address
September 1995 – May 1999

Publications

"The Panel on Mythology in the K-12 Classroom." ALSC Newsletter, vol. 12, no. 1, 2006.
Report on the panel on Mythology in the K-12 Classroom, held in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the eleventh annual conference of the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics in November 2005.

"An MFA Student Ponders His Navel and Life After the Degree." The Valve, 2005.
Guest post for the literary weblog, The Valve, available online at thevalve.org. http://www.thevalve.org/go/valve/article/241

Those Little Bastads. Clarkwoods Press (Dracut, Massachusetts) and Booksurge, LLC. (Charleston, South Carolina), 2002.

Professional Experience

Adjunct Instructor

Lesley University | Cambridge, Massachusetts | 2007-Present

  • Fall 2008 Courses: Two sections of English Composition (Theme - Family History in Context)
  • Winter 2008 Course: Writing and the Literary Arts
  • Fall 2007 Course: English Composition (Theme - Family History in Context)

Office Manager

Association of Literary Scholars and Critics | Boston, Massachusetts | 2004-Present

  • Redesigned official ALSC website (www.bu.edu/literary) - August-September 2008
  • Design and produce quarterly newsletter (Literary Matters) using Adobe InDesign.
  • Maintain and continue development on ALSC membership database using Microsoft Access.
  • Write, edit, and publish content to Association's Website using Macromedia Dreamweaver.
  • Assist with the implementation of fundraising initiatives via direct mail and e-mail.
  • Assist with the organization of and preparation for the ALSC's annual conference.
  • Supervise and delegate authority to administrative and editorial interns during day-to-day operations, and at annual conference.
  • Keep organization's books reconciled using Intuit QuickBooks.

Marketing Communications Manager

Hands On Technology Transfer | Chelmsford, Massachusetts | 2002-2004

  • Developed content for two print/electronic "Success Guides" for promotion of company’s industry certification and academic training programs, assisted in the design of each guide, and facilitated the in-house printing of each document.
  • Wrote and distributed weekly marketing e-mail campaigns to both existing customers and recently acquired leads, creating workarounds for incompatible database and e-mail applications as needed.
  • Crafted brief marketing blurbs for academic and professional training directories found during daily research of the World Wide Web, adhering to strict word and language limitations imposed by each directory’s terms and conditions.
  • Wrote copy for key informational sections of the corporate Website, for direct-mail campaigns, and for other printed and electronic materials as necessary.

Web Coordinator for PR Solutions

LexisNexis | Boston, Massachusetts | 2000-2002

  • Edited and published Website content provided from all areas of the business utilizing Macromedia Dreamweaver.
  • Created and sent weekly marketing e-mails, and managed the contact database.
  • Revamped and re-launched Website for PR Solutions piece of company within 3 months of hire.
  • Managed 2000 PRESStige Awards competition and marketing effort with responsibilities including press release editing and development of online voting forms.

Editorial Assistant/Production Coordinator

IDX | Boston, Massachusetts | 1999-2000

  • Wrote and edited copy for ChannelHealth healthcare Website, including descriptions of diseases, possible treatments, and medicinal options.
  • Created and maintained HTML code for the Website.
  • Managed Microsoft Access database responsible for driving the Website.

Editor-in-Chief

The Bradford ReView | Haverhill, Massachusetts | 1996-1999

  • Edited and approved content for biannual literary magazine.
  • Designed and produced magazine layout using Quark XPress.
  • Wrote biannual "From the Editor" pieces for magazine.

Selected Graduate Course Work

I Hear Voices: Style as Character in First-person Narration (Michael Lowenthal); We’ll Love You Forever, Little Black Sambo (David Elliott); Dialogue, The Deliberate Illusion (Tony Eprile); No Stone Unturned: On Developing Character (Rachel Kadish); Structuring A Novel (Roland Merullo); The Magic of Magical Realism (Indira Ganesan); Type A Revision (A.J. Verdelle)