Graduate Researcher

Leela Srinivasan

Austin, TX *****

******@******.*** 732-***-****

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing, The Michener Center for Writers, UT Austin, Austin, Texas

Anticipated Graduation: May 2022

Track: Poetry (Primary Focus), Fiction (Secondary Focus) GPA: 4.0

Master of Arts, Communication, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 2019 Track: Media Studies

Thesis: Better Than I Was Yesterday: A Qualitative Analysis of Motivations to Self-Track GPA: 4.026

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 2018 Track: Mind, Culture, & Society

Minor: Creative Writing (Poetry Focus)

Interdisciplinary Honors in Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Thesis: The Shame to Cure: A Counter-Epic of Gender, Language, and the Mind Study Abroad: Renaissance Literature Focus in Florence, Italy Graduated with Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa

GPA: 4.025

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Marketing Director, Bat City Review, Austin TX (2020-2021) Created and managed social media posts promoting UT Austin’s literature magazine, Bat City Review. Organized events, readings, and socials celebrating latest magazine issues and promoted them to the Austin community at large. Graduate Researcher, Pennebaker Language Lab, UT Austin, Austin, TX (2020-Present) Collaborated with professor and other graduate students on research studies involving language and mental processes. Created and edited literature reviews. Peer-reviewed papers for academic journals.

Teacher, Berkeley2 Academy, Austin, TX (Summer 2019) Taught classes in SAT (Writing & Critical Reading), English, and Human Geography for high school students. Led discussions, designed activities, and graded assessments. Student Researcher, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (2014-2019) Conceptualized and executed independent research studies. Organized and catalogued large datasets for labs in departments of psychology, communication, education, business, and political science. Identified and communicated trends and critiques to senior researchers and professors. Created and edited extensive literature reviews. Oversaw studies with student and community participants. Designed surveys using Qualtrics, SONA, and Google Forms. Analyzed results primarily using Microsoft Excel and R.

Teaching Assistant, Stanford University (January 2017-March 2019) SYMSYS 1: Minds and Machines (Winter 2019)

Led sections about the interdisciplinary study of cognition, communication, and language, with an emphasis on theory. Designed and graded assessments. Collaborated with instructor and fellow teaching assistants. 50% FTE TAship. ME104B: Designing Your Life (Fall 2018)

Led and facilitated discussions about career readiness and life philosophies. Collaborated with instructors and fellow teaching assistants to maximize student engagement. Completed PSYCH103F: Intergroup Communication Facilitation (Winter 2018) Facilitation training course modeled after the University of Michigan’s Program on Intergroup Relations.

EDUC155X: First Year Reflections Seminar (Winter 2017) Facilitated discussions about well-being, goal-setting and mindfulness. Revised and updated curriculum based on student feedback. Led classroom activities surrounding wellness topics.

Workshop Leader, Stanford Splash, Stanford University (December 2018) Designed and taught two sections of workshop titled “Identity and Spoken Word Poetry” for high school students. Facilitated poetry watching, writing, and discussion based around themes of personal identity.

Tutor, Cardinal Tutors, Los Altos, CA (September 2018-June 2019) Worked one-on-one with high school students in English, Spanish, geometry, algebra, biology, and history. Set goals, asked questions, and talked through ideas to ensure student comprehension.

Media Assistant, Stanford Center for Professional Development, Stanford, CA (April 2018- December 2018)

Edited and uploaded dozens of video assets daily and transferred them to appropriate destinations. Maintained, catalogued, and cross-referenced educational databases. Used technology and platforms such as AvideMux, EdTech, Canvas, YouTube, and AdminTool to produce videos. Supervised and trained other student worker. Essay Editor, Synocate, Palo Alto, CA (2016-2017)

Edited content and grammar of college application essays for high school students. Assisted students with college coaching and the college application process. PUBLICATIONS

Birdcoat Quarterly, “Anxiolytic,” Fall 2021

Kestrel, “No Dominion,” “Winterspell,” Summer 2021 Meridian, “Movement Therapy,” Spring 2021 *Nominated for Best of the Net 2021 Sweet: A Literary Confection, “As the Sky Changes Shape,” Winter 2021 Up the Staircase Quarterly, “You Get Bored of Everything Nowadays,” Fall 2020 Vagabond City, “to illness, with love,” Fall 2020

Neon Mariposa, “Bottleneck,” Fall 2020 *Nominated for Best of the Net 2021 Crab Creek Review, “Habits,” Summer 2020 *Finalist for Crab Creek Review Poetry Prize the tiny journal, “Specimens,” Summer 2020

Ligeia Magazine, “Fault Lines,” “Until Now You Had Left Your Sickness by the Road,”

“Barycenters*,” Summer 2020 *Nominated for 2020 Pushcart Prize The Inflectionist Review, “acid rain,” Summer 2020

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