Wendy S. Greenleaf

245 Broadway Street

Farmington, Maine 04938

207-779-1212

Greenleaf.wendy@hotmail.com

 

Objective

To serve J.Weston Walch Publishing Co. as a textbook editor

 

Editorial Experience

Editorial Intern, Beloit Poetry Journal (BPJ), Farmington, Maine, Sept. to Dec. 2004

·         Screened manuscripts and nominated poets for the annual Pushcart and Chad Walsh prizes

·         Drafted copyright and other legal agreements for BPJ and its poets

·         Sat on the editorial board for the Fall 2003 issue

·         Organized Proud as a Peacock, the BPJ’s 50th anniversary reading

·         Designed brochures and promotional pieces with Adobe PageMaker

·         Wrote and designed content for the BPJ website with MS FrontPage

·         Represented BPJ at several literary conferences

 

Editorial Intern, Maine Public Broadcasting Network, Lewiston, Maine, June to Aug. 2003

·         Edited footage for Quest, a weekly, MPBN-produced science education program, using Apple iMovie

·         Conducted background research to support executive producers

·         Profiled Quest subjects for the MPBN website

·         Organized volunteers to staff the MPBN fundraising telethon

 

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant, University of Maine at Farmington (UMF), Farmington, Maine, Sept. to Dec. 2004

·         Taught 20 students in the second quarter of ENG 100, a first-year composition course

·         Designed syllabus and reading list

·         Graded homework assignments and journal entries

·         Met with students individually to support their development of paper topics

 

Tutor, UMF Writing Center, Farmington, Maine, Sept. to Dec. 2002

·         Taught grammar, usage, and mechanics to undergraduate students

·         Assisted first-year students with their written assignments for ENG 100

·         Edited manuscripts for BFA students applying to graduate school

·         Tutored students who were struggling to pass the writing section of the Praxis I-PPST exam, required for Maine teacher certification

 

Education

University of Maine at Farmington, Farmington, Maine

·         B.F.A. in Creative Writing, May 2005

·         3.6 GPA overall, 3.8GPA in major

 

Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, England, Spring 2004

·         Semester abroad in school’s publishing program, focusing on commissioning and acquisition