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Location:
Lafayette, CO
Posted:
December 10, 2012

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MARJ HAHNE

**-* ******* *****, *********, CO ****6 303-***-**** ****@*********.***

EDUCATION

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

C ollege of General Studies, Undergraduate writing workshops in poetry and creative nonfiction 1997 1998

G raduate School of Education, Graduate coursework in secondary English education 1994 1995

TESOL certificate (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) 1998

West Chester University, S chool of Education, West Chester, PA 1991 1992

Undergraduate coursework in English literature, mathematics, and education; Dean s List

Cornell University, S chool of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Ithaca, NY 1983 1987

Bachelor of Science, May 1987

EDITORIAL/WRITING EXPERIENCE [strictly freelance work from 2000 present]

F reelance Editor/Proofreader 2001 present

Edit and proofread full-length book manuscripts, websites, and papers for writers, businesspeople, and students.

Sounds True, Boulder, CO Summer/Fall 2006

P roduction Editor (3-month temporary). Managed copyediting and proofreading stages of full-length-book

production schedule; copyedited and proofread audio-program booklets and CD liner notes; proofread product

packaging, direct-mail and trade catalogs, direct-mail and website promotions, and marketing/publicity ads and flyers.

N EW N 2003 2006

P oetry Editor . Selected poems for publication and wrote instructive essays for quarterly literary journal.

Delia s, New York, NY 2002 2005

C opyeditor/ Proofreader/ Production Coordinator . Copyedited and proofread mail-order catalogs for retailer of

teenage girls clothing; coordinated tracking of copy between production/editorial and art departments during

temporary position vacancies.

About.com Guide to Poetry 2000 2002

W ebsite Journalist . Wrote front-page articles; reported Philadelphia-area poetry events for Museletter column.

Teachers & Writers Collaborative, New York, NY Spring 2001

P roofreader . Proofread anthologies of writing by K 12th-grade students composed during writers residencies.

Center for the Study of Youth Policy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1994 1995

A s sistant to Associate Researcher . Edited grant proposals, letters, reports, and submissions for publication in

research journals; coordinated data collection for survey research project, and assisted in data entry and coding.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE [strictly freelance work from 2000 present]

International Women s Writing Guild, New York, NY 2001 present

W orkshop Director . Design and teach poetry writing workshops for day- and week-long conferences.

Teaching Artist 2000 present

Design and teach poetry writing workshops for elementary, middle, and high school classrooms; and at conferences,

bookstores, museums, arts centers, and hospitals.

P artners for Arts Education, Syracuse, NY (4- to 5-day residencies in 2 public schools) 2006

J ust Buffalo Literary Center, Buffalo, NY (5- to 10-day residencies in 10 public schools) 2004 2006

Y oung W riters Days, Philadelphia, PA (1- to 5-day residencies in 10+ public schools) 2000 2005

C ity Lore, New York, NY (5-day residencies in 3 public schools) 2002 2003

M iscellaneous workshops 2000 present

Colorado Art Ranch Artposium (Durango), Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Philadelphia; for Faith Ringgold s

Tar Beach 2 quilt exhibit), Katonah Museum of Art (NY; ekphrasis workshop for painter Edward Giobbi exhibit),

Mount Sinai School of Medicine (NYC; adults with Traumatic Brain Injury), El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice

(Brooklyn), Briarcliff Manor High School (NY), Oswego High School (NY), Just Buffalo Literary Center, Manayunk

Art Center (Philadelphia), Agawum Mills (West Warwick, RI), 101 Artists Colony & Art Caf (Encinitas, CA), The

Anthology Caf (Mesa, AZ), Write Here (Sedona, AZ), Writers Colony at Dairy Hollow (Eureka Springs, AR)

Tutor, Philadelphia, PA; New York, NY; Groton, NY; and Boulder, CO 1998 present

Privately tutor adults and children in English-as-a-Second-Language, mathematics, and writing.

Substitute Teacher, Groton Central School District, Groton, NY 2004 2006

Substitute-taught all grades and subjects, including special-education and inclusion classes.

Groton Municipal Park, Groton, NY Summer 2004

A rts & Crafts/Recreation Assistant . Coordinated arts & crafts program for park/pool patrons, ages 5 and up.

American Center for Technical Arts and Sciences, Philadelphia, PA 2000 2001

T eacher, Business English and Language Arts

Best Academy, Upper Darby, PA 2000 2001

T eacher, Language Arts, Mathematics, and English-as-a-Second-Language to Korean children and adults

Friends Select School, Philadelphia, PA 1998 2000

M athematics Teacher, Algebra II and Precalculus, grades 9-12-199*-****

A ssistant Director of After - School Program, part-time 1998 1999

C oordinator of Parent Programs, part-time 1998 1999

ADMINISTRATIVE/MANAGERIAL EXPERIENCE [strictly freelance work from 2000 present]

People s Poetry Gathering, New York, NY Winter/Spring 2001 & 2003

C oordinator . Managed ticket sales; built and supervised an 80-volunteer team for a three-day, 120+-event poetry

festival held in Lower Manhattan.

Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY 2001 2003

Designed and coordinated pre-opening plans for club s coffee bar; produced poetry, music, theater, and dance events.

Epiphany Records, New York, NY 2002

B ooking Agent . Promoted music of one singer-songwriter and one ensemble; researched and booked appearances at

venues and radio stations; wrote press releases and generated publicity.

Poets House, New York, NY Spring 2001

C oordinator . Assisted the Director of Development with the 6th Annual Poetry Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge.

Aresty Institute of Executive Education, The Wharton School, Philadelphia, PA 1997 1998

A ssistant to Director of Custom P rograms . Assisted with the contracting, design, and delivery of executive

education programs for international clients.

Bucks County Coffee Company, 30th Street Station, Philadelphia, PA 1995 1996

M anager . Managed two high-volume retail coffee and food operations; increased annual sales revenue by 16%;

recruited and developed a 20-member staff with a low turnover rate.

Callahan Catering, Philadelphia, PA 1990 1993

S upervisor and Staffing Manager . Managed off-premise events; staffed 50+ part-time employees for all events.

ARA Services, Philadelphia, PA 1987 1990

F ood Service Director, Haverford Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Havertown, PA 5/88 2/90

F ood Production M anager, The Hospital for Sick Children, Washington, DC 10/87 5/88

M anagement Trainee, Medford Leas Retirement Community, Medford, NJ 7/87 10/87

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Colorado Art Ranch, Arvada, CO 1/08 present

P oet Laureate and Advisory Board Member . Serve nonprofit nomadic arts program that delivers twice-yearly

literary and visual artist residencies and public interdisciplinary art symposia.

Frasier Meadows Health Care Center, Boulder, CO 11/07 present

P oetry Group Leader . Facilitate Alzheimer s group poetry-writing activities and discussions; read poems aloud.

International House, Philadelphia, PA 1998

T eacher of English - as - a - Second - Language . Designed and taught adult conversational English classes to

international students and business people representing six languages.

PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Awarded a month-long writer s residency in Durango, Colorado, by Colorado Art Ranch (2007)

Recorded a poetry CD titled notspeak and self-published two chapbooks of poetry titled Finding What Hides and

Remembrance: for September 11, 2001

Poems published in Many Mountains Moving, Paterson Literary Review, Painted Bride Quarterly, Alimentum, DIAGRAM,

Matter, Mad Poets Review, Schuylkill Valley Journal of the Arts, La Petite Zine, Mountain Gazette, Arts Perspective,

Writers Notes Magazine, Rain Taxi (poetry book reviews), and the anthologies Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry

Jam, anniversary di-verse-city, An Eye For An Eye Makes The Whole World Blind: Poets On 9/11, Off the Cuffs: Poetry By

and About the Police, and Beloved on the Earth: 150 Poems of Grief and Gratitude, and The Obama-Mentum Collection

Poems exhibited in 33 Ideas!, Denver International Airport; Reflect and Respond, ArtForms Gallery (Philadelphia)

and Krasdale Gallery (NYC); REACTIONS, Exit Art (NYC); A Tribute to New York, Perkins Center for the

Arts (NJ)

Traveled the United States on 4-month, 50-gig (readings & workshops) Plastic Igloo Poetry Tour (2003)

100+ poetry readings, including television & radio appearances and collaborations with visual artists & dancers, at

caf s, bookstores, museums, arts & literary centers, festivals, and conferences in the Mid-Atlantic & New England

Wrote grant proposal and secured funding for poetry reading series featuring professional poets and open mic

Finalist for 2004 Rita Dove Poetry Award and top finalist in Many Mountains Moving 2005 poetry contest

College Alumni Society Poetry Prize, University of Pennsylvania (1998)

Samuel P. and Ida S. Merrill Award for the Personal Essay, University of Pennsylvania (1998)

Perkins Prize for best poem entry, A Tribute to New York, Perkins Center for the Arts (2002)

Sculpture exhibited in A Gathering of Women: A Healing Place, 1000 Expressions of Life, Abington Art Center (1999)

Poetry and the Performed Word seminar with Charles Bernstein, Poetry Society of America (1998)

Contemporary Poetry and Modern Culture: A Poetry & Performance Lab with Saul Williams, Omega Institute (2001)

The Practice of Poetry seminar with Sam Hamill, Poets House (2003)

4th Mid-Atlantic Region Haiku Workshop, University of Delaware (2000)

The Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Annual Conference (2003, 2008, 2010)

10th Annual Cape May Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway, Writing for Children with Pamela Curtis Swallow (2003)

Poetry and the Public Sphere conference, Rutgers University (1997)

Magazines to Zines Publishing 2000, 4th Annual Publishing Conference, Rosemont College

The Center for Educational Outreach and Innovation, Columbia University Teachers College

Friends Council on Education symposiums, Philadelphia, PA

Institutes on Teaching and Learning, Prospect Center for Education and Research

Educating for the Culture of Peace in the New Millennium, United Nations

Center for Literacy Tutor Training, Philadelphia, PA

Landmark Education courses in personal transformation, productivity, and communication



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