Instructor

Posted on: 2007-04-30

Georgia Gelmis 215 NE 3rd St., Apt. C Gainesville, FL 32601 [email protected] ~ 917-463-6840 EDUCATION M.F.A., Creative Writing (Fiction), University of Florida Expected May 2007 B.A., English (Writing), Minor: Environmental Science, Barnard College, Columbia University Earth Semester, Biosphere 2 Center, Oracle, AZ (Spring 2000) May 2001 Saint Ann’s School, Brooklyn, NY Diploma Received June 1997 EXPERIENCE Instructor, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL August 2005-Present Technical Writing (2 semesters) English Composition (3 semesters, 6-week summer session) Beginning Fiction Writing (1 semester) Honors Fiction Writing (1 semester) Co-Director, MFA@FLA Graduate Reading Series, Gainesville, FL July 2006-Present Organized readers, coordinated with local bookstore, P.R., assisted with Writers’ Festival. Associate Teacher, Saint Ann’s School, Brooklyn, NY 3rd Grade: 2002-03, 2004-05 1st Grade: 2003-04 Restaurant Manager, Last Chance Restaurant, Tannersville, NY June-September 2003 Reading & Writing Tutor, Brooklyn, NY Jan. 2003-Apr. 2005 BookCourt Clerk, BookCourt (independent bookstore), Brooklyn, NY Sept. 01-July 02 Editorial Assistant, The Saint Ann’s Review, Brooklyn, NY Jan. 2002-July 2004 Editorial Intern, Time Out New York, NY, NY Sept. 2001-Feb. 2002 Landscaper, Twilight Park, Haines Falls, NY June-Sept. 1999 & 2000 Research Assistant, Hudson Valley Regional Review, Bard College, Annandale, NY January-May 1998 Assistant Teacher, Bard College Preschool, Bard College, Annandale, NY August-December 1997 Office of U.S. Congressman Edolphus Towns 10th Congressional District, Brooklyn, NY Sept. 1996-Aug.1998 Special Assistant: Constituent Casework (Immigration, Housing) Congressional Assistant: Organized task forces, assistant to Chief of Staff Congressional Intern: Answered constituent mail, research AWARDS The Howard M. Teichmann Writing Prize (English Dept. Honors) Barnard College, May 2001 The Rachel Carson Award for Excellence in Writing Columbia University’s Biosphere 2 Center, Oracle, AZ, May 2000 Winner, The Peter S. Prescott Prose Competition Barnard College, April 2000 PUBLICATIONS “Cake Like This” (short story) The Saint Ann’s Review Vol. 1 Number 1, Spring/Summer 2000 “I Am Still In This City” (poem) The Saint Ann’s Review Vol. 2 Number 1, Summer/Fall 2001 “City of the Dead” (short story) The Saint Ann’s Review Forthcoming in Summer 2007 REFERENCES David Leavitt, Co-Director, MFA Program in Creative Writing, University of Florida P.O. Box 117310, 4008 Turlington Hall Gainesville, FL 32611-7310 352-392-6650, ext. 234 [email protected] Gabriel Howard, Head of the Lower School, Saint Ann’s School 129 Pierrepont St. Brooklyn, NY 11201 718-522-1660, ext. 457 Drew McGhee, Head Teacher, Third Grade, Saint Ann’s School 129 Pierrepont St. Brooklyn, NY 11201 718-522-1660, ext. 457 (work) ~ 718-797-2570 (home) [email protected]