State University Assistant

RINITA BANERJEE

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Masters in English (Concentration: British and American Literature), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina (2014 – 2016)/ GPA: 3.926

Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Psychology, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi University, Delhi, India (2001 – 2004)

CERTIFICATIONS

Diplome de Langue in French; Alliance Française, New Delhi (2007)

Business English Certificate (BEC) Examination; British Council of India, Kolkata (2000)

Credit Certificates in Educational Testing Centre’s examination in English; New South Wales University, Australia (1996 – 1999)

Grades 2, 4, 5 and 7 - Vocal Contemporary Western Music; Rock School, Trinity College (London)

(2007 – 2011)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT & RESPONSIBILITIES Instructor, ENG-101 (Academic Writing and Research), North Carolina State University

(August 2015 – May 2016)/ (Graduate Teaching Assistant, August 2014 – April 2015)

Intensive instruction in academic writing and research to undergraduates involving principles of rhetoric and strategies for academic inquiry and argument and usage of various genres in writing and perception of composition as multimodal

Instruction and guidance in critical reading; accommodation/adaptation of content according to audience; strategies to evaluate print and electronic sources for research; and attention to grammar and conventions of standard written English

Grading and feedback

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE NON-ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS & RESPONSIBILITIES Intern (Editorial) at Algonquin Books (September 2016 - Present)

Write critical reports (involving analysis of theme, dialogue, style, tone apart from plot summaries) for editors on fiction and non-fiction manuscript-submissions

Log in submissions to database through use of FileMaker Pro, and track all submissions

Read and review and respond to mail queries

Content Writer (Freelance) for Demand Signals (June 2016 - Present)

Compose original micro-targetted content/articles for the web, with a focus on natural results on a search engine results page (SERPs)

Think critically and constructively to optimize content applying concepts like keyword ranking and client- and user-intent, among other SEO best practices

Study client brand by researching/analyzing their history, products and competitors Research Assistant (short term scholar position) to Professor Timothy L. Stinson, Department of English, North Carolina State University, North Carolina (August 2016 – December 2016)

Collaborating on research related to Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde, and the Canterbury Tales, responsibilities include evaluation of sources, critical reading and building bibliographies. Assistant Editor (volunteer position) on a forthcoming title The Elizabeth Keckley Reader (Volume 2), edited by Sheila Smith McKoy (Professor and Department Chair at Kennesaw State University, Georgia, and former Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies, and Director, Africana Studies Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina), with ENO Publishers, Hillsborough, North Carolina (August 2016

– September 2016)

Responsible for converting texts from PDFs to Word files, proofreading the original against the converted file, fact-checking (when necessary), copy editing to ensure the essays conform with Eno Publishers’ house style

Securing permissions from the original publishers

Working with authors on their bio notes

Editorial Assistant (Freelance) to Dr Sujata Mody (Assistant Professor, Department of Languages and Literatures, North Carolina State University) on a book project (June 2016 – August 2016)

Copy/content editing of an initial draft of the manuscript as well as reference formatting for the endnotes and bibliography

Editorial Assistant Intern at J&J Editorial, an organization that supports the editorial management of a variety of scholarly publications, primarily academic journals. (January 2016 – April 2016)

Researching/ searching for reviewers for the submissions for medical journals (Future Science Group) by using resources like ScholarOne, PubMed and Scopus

Tracking submissions of manuscripts and ensuring that these are formatted correctly

Check that authors take on board the revisions asked for Editorial Assistant to Dr Sheila Smith McKoy on her published edited volume The Elizabeth Keckley Reader: A Determined Life, Volume 1 (September 2015 – January 2016)

Assisting with research on American Spiritualism

Assisting with and handling of correspondence over clearance of copyright permissions

Assisting in digitizing text in that converting PDF/HTML to Word Documents applying OCR

Editing and checking for accuracy of bibliography and references within new articles submitted for the volume

Project Assistant for the Piers Plowman Electronic Archive (PPEA; part of the ongoing projects under the Medieval Digital Humanities cluster at NC State University, Raleigh, NC), a collaborative open-access, online archive of the various textual versions of William Langland’s fourteenth-century poem “Piers Plowman.”

(May 2015 – August 2015)

Transcription of a literary manuscript titled “Piers Plowman: The Crowley and Rogers editions,” ed. by Jim Knowles and Timothy L. Stinson (forthcoming from the Piers Plowman Electronic Archive), and encoding it in XML for web publication

Assisting with the development and online publication of scholarly editions

Collating secondary sources for ongoing research on the project

Consulting on project-branding and logo creation

Developing and designing online teaching aids (on book history) for university faculty Copyeditor, Technician, the North Carolina State University newspaper (May 2015 – August 2015)

Editing news/feature stories and gathered experience handling texts against AP guidelines Freelance Copyeditor for Social Science and Literature in Translation titles (October 2013 – April 2014)

Copyedited titles with Sahitya Akademi, and Orient BlackSwan Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, India. Editor, Social Sciences, under Social Sciences, Examinations, and Trade division (2011 – 2013/ Assistant Editor, 2009 – 2010) at Orient BlackSwan Pvt. Ltd. & Academic Consultant, English Proficiency Examinations held by Trinity College, London in India (August 2009 – September 2013)

Copyediting and proofreading manuscripts/editions (experience in editing using Chicago Manual of Style)

Working with typesetters on designing layouts, and designers to finalize covers of books/series

Coordinating with authors/editors to solve queries regarding manuscripts

Collaborated with freelance copyeditors as production editor

Supervised editing of other editors and also worked with co-editors jointly on projects

Writing blurbs; arranging for endorsements; working through costs involved in producing books; handling copyright clearances; dealing/negotiating with image providers (museums/galleries/artists)

Worked on the “Children’s Series” (since 2011); found new illustrators and negotiated with them; coordinated their work with series editors; copyedited manuscripts and keyed them in.

Commissioned new manuscripts with new authors, and contacted existing authors for new manuscripts

Collected feedback from colleges/universities on existing titles and textbooks; worked on redesigning company website; prepared and coordinated marketing material for books, launches, fairs, and catalogs

As part of the core team of training professionals for the Trinity College (London) English proficiency exams: visited schools and trained/guided candidates as per GESE and ISE grade specifications for lexis, grammar, etc.

Sub-Editor (Content), TV-Web Synergies Team at NDTV Convergence (NDTV.COM), New Delhi, India (May 2008 – July 2009)

Developing and editing content including news stories

Researching, conceptualizing, and implementing microsites, show pages, and specials related to various television initiatives in coordination with web designers and technology teams

Writing original feature articles

Creating fact-based and theme-based photo galleries for the webpage for breaking news items and environmental concerns

Copywriter (Trainee) at Fusion Advertising Agency, New Delhi, India (December 2004 - January 2005)

Worked in tandem with illustrators and creative designers as part of the ‘Creative Team’ writing and conceptualizing headlines and copy for various brands and companies, mostly print advertisements INDEPENDENT PROJECTS

Writes prose-fiction in English; see http://tuckmagazine.com/2016/07/14/fiction-the-door/

Blogs about food, memories and the everyday through text and photographs at https://wordsandtalesbyrb.wordpress.com/

WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

Program Assessment: Assessing our Smaller Classes, First Year Writing Program (FYWP) Professional Workshop, North Carolina State University (October 2015)

Critical Reading Strategies for FYW Students, First Year Writing Program (FYWP) Professional Development Workshop, North Carolina State University (September 2015)

Gamification – An Effective Strategy to Engage Your Students, DELTA SUMMER SHORTS, North Carolina State University (August 2015)

Using Quiz Feedback and Choice to Engage Students as Active Learners in Moodle, DELTA SUMMER SHORTS, North Carolina State University (August 2015)

Research Assignments and NCSU Libraries, North Carolina State University (March 2015) SERVICE & OTHER AUXILIARY POSITIONS

Volunteered for ‘Butterfly’, an NGO in New Delhi; taught economically disadvantaged orphans

(2002)

Volunteered for National Service Scheme as part of the project called ‘Jeevan Jyoti’ run by the Missionaries of Charity; taught children and helped them with various activities (2001 – 2002)

Secretary of the Psychology Department, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi

(2002 – 2003)

Member of the Editorial Board of the Department Newsletter Publications (2002 – 2004)

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