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Leslie S. Wolcott

Teaching Experience:

Visiting Instructor and Instructor, University of Central Florida, August 2011-presentDeveloped new classes/assignments for Department of Writing and Rhetoric, including

Writing for Social Change (class where students read theory, then went into community and

practiced engagement and writing for community groups) Rhetoric and Civic Engagementstudentsmapped transportation challenges on a large public

university campus in Florida Designed materials for online delivery version of Writing about Science and Technology

Taught Introductory writing classes, ENC 1101 and 1102. Outstanding teaching and annual reviews and elected to department leadership

Adjunct Faculty, Lansing Community College, August 2008-May 2011 Adjunct Faculty, Baker College of Jackson, September 2007-June 2011 Teaching Assistant, Core Writing Program, University of Nevada, Reno, 2005-2007

Work Experience (non-teaching)

Freelance writer, 2005-present. Write blogs, press releases, magazine-style articles, white papers, grants,and other projects as an independent contractor. Clients have included AOL, Lansing Capital Gains, Boysand Girls Club affiliates, and a university affiliated biotechnology company

Coordinator, Peace Education Center, January 2008-Fall 2010At the Peace Education Center, my duties included coordinating social and alternative media (newsfeeds, twitter, facebook, flickr and other photography sharing, peace and justice news reporting, writing), webdesign, and coordinating people and supplies for events, as well as directing fundraising projectsand outreach campaigns. Wrote and won a $20,000 capacity building grant for the organization. This workalso influenced my teaching philosophy, and I try to bring ideas like decision making by true consensus,advocacy through streaming events and making materials available to more people, and deep rhetoricallistening to my classes.

U.S. Forest Service, Ecologist, 2005, 2006-2007

Wrote an extensive annotated bibliography and co-authored a Best Management Practices manual for aproject about hazardous fuel reduction in Floridas forests. Publications available upon request.

Research Assistant for twobook projects at the University of Nevada, Reno

Education:

M.A. in English (Environmental Writing), The University of Nevada, Reno May 2007 Comprehensive exams focused on environmental justice In addition to major coursework, graduate level elective courses in Land and Water Resource

Policy Race, Gender and the Environment member, Students and Educators for EnvironmentalDevelopment and Sustainability

B.A. in English, May 2005, The University of Georgia. Foundation FellowSpanish Minor, Environmental Ethics Certificate, Magna Cum Laude, High Honors in English.

science and math courses included several ecology classes, geology, statistics, environmentalpolicy, environmental dispute resolution, and seminars in natural resource lobbying and government

relations. Foundation Fellow the University of Georgias most prestigious academic scholarship. President, campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity

Computer Skills: Proficient in

Microsoft Office Suite and Open Source Equivalent, Adobe Photoshop & Adobe Suite & Open SourceEquivalents, Understanding of SGML, HTML, and basic UNIX codingEndnote, blogging software including Wordpress, Wix, and other platforms

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Selected Volunteer, Writing, and Outreach Work:

Wrote Volunteer Management Plan for Orlandos bid for the Gay Games, 2018Communications Coordinator/ Executive Board, Lansing Bicycle CooperativeCenter for Progressive Leadership State Fellow, Michigan, 2009Knight Environmental Journalism Reporting Boot Camp, 2008Great Lakes Environmental Journalism Training Institute

Publications, Conference Presentations, and volunteer experience: full list available upon request

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