College Assistant

JEANNE K. COSMOS

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Motivate and inspire others to be their best and to achieve; Advocate for those unable to communicate and advance their position; Brainstorm ideas and implement; results oriented.

Education:

Goddard College – Masters in Fine Arts - Creative Writing, Plainfield, VT

New England School of Law, Juris Doctorate - Law, Boston, MA

Harvard University Extension School, Graduate Studies, Psychology (plus 40)

Bachelor of Arts Degree - English Literature, University of Massachusetts

Graduate Studies:

Framingham State Colleges - Psychology, Philosophy, Guidance & Education

Hellenic College -Greek Language, French Literature, English Literature, Philosophy

Harvard University Extension School Graduate Studies:

English Literature in the Enlightenment, and Modernism/Postmodernism, 2006

University of MA-Boston

Graduate Studies “Advance Fiction Writing Seminar” - 2005

JFK Library (sponsored by UMA) – American Studies Summer Institute,

Debates over Morality in Public Life: An Examination of the American Experience - 2005

The Impact of "Intelligence" on American Political Life and Culture, Past and Present- 2012

Teaching and Professional Experience:

Adjunct Faculty, Quincy College, Quincy – Fall 2012 – Present

English 101, 102, 100, American Novel II

Visiting Lecturer – Endicott College, Beverly – Spring 2012 – Present

English 101, 102, Psychology 100

Adjunct Lecturer, Bunker Hill Community College -Spring 2008-Present

Behavioral Sciences Division, Principles of Sociology, Psychology 101

Humanities Division, English 111-112

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Adjunct Lecturer, Mass Bay Community College, Wellesley -Fall 2009 – Present

Teaching English 101, English102, Critical Thinking - Undergraduate, English Department

Adjunct Lecturer, Curry College, Humanities Department, English Department, Writing Program,

Teaching undergraduate writing classes -Fall 2001- Fall 2009

Assigned -Writing Workshop I & II, Business Writing, Cyberspace & Crime, American Novels

CE Classes -Critical Thinking, Literature & the Law, Business Writing

Visiting Lecturer, Bridgewater State College, English Department, University of Mass/Lowell

Teaching – Freshman English & Composition 101 & 102, 101T

Freelance Writer, The Hellenic Voice, National Weekly Publication, ongoing.

Adjunct Professor, Mass Bay Community College, Wellesley, 1998-2002.

-Business Law -Business Communication

-Criminal Law & Procedure -Trial Preparation for Paralegal

Law Practice, Solo Practitioner, Cambridge, Boston & Natick, MA.

-Criminal Defense, Medical Tribunal Hearings/Member- Superior Court, Guardianship Petitions,

Appeals – Civil Matters, Estate Planning, Litigation (Civil & Criminal)

Assistant General Counsel -06, Department of Mental Health, Advocate for Residential Clients, Presented Guardianship Petitions to Family Court, Training re: Rogers Matters

Assistant District Attorney, Middlesex District Attorney's Office, Cambridge

Prosecuted criminal cases, interview victims & witnesses - Trials - Jury of Six Session.

Affiliations:

Natick Arts Council – Appointed July 2013 - Present

Theater Reviewer, New Rep Theater, Watertown, MA – Fall/Winter Season 2009

Member - National Writers Union & Cambridge Chapter of Writers Union

Elected National Co-Chair Journalist Division 2011- present

Elected National Delegate, Chicago 2009/Detroit 2011

Volunteer – January 25th Anniversary Event (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)

Morse Institute - Recipient of the 'Women Writer Publishing Grant' 2006

Elected Natick Town Meeting Member (1993-98) -Sponsored Warrant Articles re: Arts in Natick

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Bacon Free Library, South Natick, Member - Board of Trustees - July 2004-2008

-Co-Chair - Fundraiser Bacon Free Library - February 2006

-Member of Maintenance Committee & Signor for Budget & Salaries

The Natick Arts Center - Board of Electors Member 2004-January 2008

Committee Member, Fundraiser, November 2005

Volunteer for the Arts, Music venues 1995 – present

Volunteer - Attorney for Arts Group – pro bono - one year term

Cambridge Adult Education – Lecture – One Day Conference Speaker – ‘Agatha Christie’ 2008

Participant – ‘Ocean State Writing Conference’ – University of Rhode Island 2007, 2008

Participant – Bunker Hill Community College, Professional Development, 2008 - 2012

Participant – Curry College, Professional Development, 2001-2009

Member, Sisters in Crime (Boston Chapter of National Writers’ Group) -Reader – 2009 – Event

Team Captain/Volunteer, Newburyport Literary Festival, April 2009

Curry College, Member-AAUP Roundtable Agreement Review, April-2009

Speaker at Faculty Event, ET Seminar, 2005 “Free-Writes, Creative Writing & Motivating Students”

Judge, Committee for the Freshman Writing Competition 2004-2005

Participant, Television Program, Interview & Advise communication students

Faculty Member, Parents’ Weekend and Open House, Participant, 2003- 2008

Massachusetts Bar Association, Litigation Section, Legislative Subcommittee

Middlesex Bar Association-Council Member, Chair Educational Seminars

Middlesex County Bar, Education Seminars, Chair & Presenter

-Conferences on Guardianship training and interpretation of Rogers

Middlesex County Bar, Law Day Conferences, Chair - Speakers Event

Cambridge/Somerville Legal Services, Member, Board of Trustees

N.E. School of Law Alumni Association, Trustee - Board of Trustees - Appointed two terms

International Bar Association, -Participant-Human Rights Conference, Third World Nations -Issues of Hunger, Homelessness & Humanity. London, 2001

Middlesex DA's Reunion Committee 2001, 2004

Mentor, Group Leader ‘Money Conference for Women’, sponsored by MA, March, 2002

Workshops for Women and Finances under auspices of Treas. Shannon O’Brien

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Human Rights Committee Member – Five Years – Recommendations to Commissioner re: Intrusive treatment plans and Human Rights Issues for residents of Fernald & Met State Hospital

-Metropolitan State Hospital, Member -Fernald State School, Member

Soviet Union-United States Law Conference, Delegate

-Traveled to Moscow, Erevan, Tblisi, Kiev at invitation of Moscow Bar Association,

-Conferences regarding implementation of criminal laws; Conferences with Judiciary

-Participant in seminars & roundtable discussions / law & cultural issues

Hellenic College - Guest Speaker “Women & the Law” Women’s Conference, Brookline, MA

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