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rebecca.maslen@gmail.com
My interest
in writing and technology has been my professional and personal passion for
over 10 years. Not only have I taught technology to a wide variety of audiences
(as young as 5 and as old as 80+), but I have worked on various personal
web-based projects, some of which delve into the shared territories of
multimedia and writing. I am very articulate, creative, able to pick up new
skills and knowledge quickly and pass that knowledge to others, and unafraid to
take risks and challenges, whether it is on the job or in my writing.
Master of Fine Arts in
Creative Writing, Fiction. Rosemont College, 2006
Thesis: "An Experiment
Gone Horribly Awry" Liz Corcoran, Advisor
Bachelor of Arts in
Humanities, Concentration in Writing. Medaille College, 2000
Senior Thesis: "Better
Living Through Reckless Experimentation: Poetry, Digital Art and Something in
Between" Douglas Anderson, Advisor.
Certificate in
Interactive Multimedia. Medaille College, 1999
Designer and
Technology Coordinator. Starcherone Books, 2008-Present
Work closely with authors and editors to design book interiors and book covers using InDesign. Design and maintain the current incarnation of starcherone.com.
Technology Program
Coordinator. Caring People Alliance, 2003-2008
Teen Program Coordinator. CPA, 2008-2009
Taught computer and technology classes in After School, Summer Camp, Teen and Older Adult programs at the Fels South Philadelphia Community Center. Taught multimedia programs for the United Way of Southeast Pennsylvania’s Teaming for Technology program. Supervised and developed technology curriculum for After School and Summer Camp programs, implemented across the agency. Mentor and advisor for the South East Philadelphia Collaborative’s (SEPC) Youth Intern program. Mentor for the Fels Community Center’s Teen Program. Designed the CPA Technology department web site (www.cpatech.org).
Assistant Multimedia Specialist. Medaille College, 1997-2000
Supervisor and teacher for summer computer outreach programs (ArtStart and macAdemics). Assistant teacher for Fundamentals of Multimedia class. Assisted with computer seminars (Buffalo Police Department, etc.). Assisted students, faculty and staff with general computer and multimedia projects.
Graphic and Book Design. Front-end Web Design. HTML/CSS, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, InDesign, Flash, Premiere, iMovie, Quark Xpress, Director/Lingo, Microsoft Office Suite, OpenOffice. Comfortable with Mac and PC environments.
Parlor Journal - "Electric Chill" (fiction)
Flashquake - "rock me Amadeus" (prose-poem)
ArtVoice - "US Rte. 80" and "bflo." (poetry)
Nominated for the 2008
Pushcart Prize for "rock me amadeus"
Nominated
for the 2008 Million Writers Award for "Electric Chill"
Attended the Fiction Collective 2's The Writer's Edge (Innovative Fiction
Conference)
Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. Rosemont College, 2006
Roger F. Bonenfant Memorial Scholarship ((based on academic standing). Medaille College, 1999
Developing a creative writing program to be implemented at non-profit programs
Currently working on a novel about the wrestling business
Continuing work on collaborative hypertext fiction (M.F.A. thesis) at rebeccamaslen.com
Designed and developed my personal web site rebeccamaslen.com and a blog at rebeccamaslen.blogspot.com
Web Project Manager. National A-1 Advertising, 2001-2002
Webmaster for several company sites. Research and development for new sites. Design graphics and layout for new sites. Administrative duties on company sites. Writing copy for web sites and newsletters.
Membership Coordinator. The Franklin Institute, 2000-2001
Organized membership
functions. Assistant to the Assistant Vice President of Operations. Assisted
Membership department in administrative duties.
Front
End/Merchandising Manager. Media Play, 1994-1997
Supervised cashiers, customer service desk and cash office. Set up displays for in-store promotions and weekly ads.
Ted Pelton, Ph.D., Professor, Medaille College. Founder and Editor, Starcherone Books.
Liz Corcoran, M.A., Former Director of Creative Writing and English Literature, Rosemont College
Courtney Grim, M.F.A., Associate Professor, Medaille College
William Butler, Center Director, Caring People Alliance
Steve Cotilus, Assistant Center Director, Caring People Alliance