Renardo Barden
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
*********@*****.***
Education: BA University of Colorado
Related Employment and Experience:
WriteXpression
Co-proprietor of WriteXpression, a writing and editing business in NYC. Structured, wrote and edited many websites and documents.
Subud New York/Subud Chelsea Center
Beginning October, 1996, and ending January of 2014, served as facilities coordinator and rental agent for Subud New York, a nonprofit organization in NYC. Duties included managing a 10,000 square foot building in Manhattan. Negotiated and wrote contracts with long and short-term rental tenants, planned events, managed small staff.
Human Ecology
Copy edited Human Ecology, a quarterly journal of cultural anthropology published by Plenum Publishing Corporation in conjunction with the Anthropology Department at Hunter College in NYC. Duties included consultations and meetings with the editors of the journal and revisions to articles.
Willamette Week
Wrote visual and cultural arts criticism, and stories for this weekly newspaper published in Portland, OR. Also wrote for and published in the Oregonian, Seattle Weekly, and other publications,
Karate Illustrated
Served as executive editor of Karate Illustrate Magazine, at the time, the second leading monthly martial arts magazine in the USA. Assigned and edited freelance articles, interviewed subjects worked with photographers, and attended notable martial arts events.
Wrote and published more than a dozen books aimed at young adults. Served as contributing editor for an encyclopedia on endangered wildlife, significantly rewrote and revised books on the paranormal and modern medicine.
A novel, Lurching Toward Yonder, is available on Amazon.