James Ardis

James Ardis

$25/hr
Content Writer, Researcher, and Editor
Reply rate:
25.0%
Availability:
Hourly ($/hour)
Age:
35 years old
Location:
Kansas City, MO, United States
Experience:
5 years
James Ardis ​ ​ - Cell Phone:- __________________________________________________________________________________________ EDUCATION Echo English, Bangkok, Thailand TEFL Certification (Teaching English as a Foreign Language), October 2018 University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS M.F.A. in Poetry, August 2016 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR B.A. in English/Creative Writing, Magna cum Laude, May 2014 __________________________________________________________________________________________ SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE Content Writer ​ April 2019-Present - Publish articles, poems, and book reviews related to pop culture in journals such as ​The Rumpus, The Junction​, and ​Heavy Feather Review ​- Produce client-friendly copy for businesses and academics ESL Teacher ​ April 2018-Present North Kansas City Schools - Organize lesson plans and teach weekly courses to a diverse classroom of immigrants and refugees from over a dozen different countries - Teach proper grammar, spelling, colloquialisms, and prepare students for the citizenship test and the GED when applicable Research Analyst ​ January 2017- January 2018 Research and Travel Coordinator​ August 2016- January 2017 University of Arkansas- Advancement - Strategized outreach efforts as part of a $1 billion University of Arkansas fundraising campaign - Independently aggregated alumni information with WealthEngine, iWave, and other software to guide the plans of the university’s chancellor and deans - Wrote detailed reports on foundations, companies, and individuals who could support the university - Established the university’s first fund dedicated entirely to gender studies Assistant Director ​ January 2016 - May 2016 Graduate Assistant ​ August 2015 - January 2016 University of Mississippi Writing Center -​ ​Managed the daily schedule of 30 employees with When I Work software - Operated and supervised MyWritingLab, a software used to make appointments at the writing center - Hosted and facilitated weekly meetings to promote employee feedback Graduate Teaching Assistant ​ August 2014 - August 2015 University of Mississippi English Department - Collaborated with the instructor of record and fellow teaching assistants to create cogent lesson plans that achieved our core learning objectives - Communicated with students and uploaded grades with BlackBoard software Teaching Assistant ​ February 2012-June 2012 Soonchunhyang University, Asan, South Korea - Engaged Korean university students with American culture and the English language - Balanced acclimating to a new country, taking 9 credit hours, and teaching a course on native English pronunciation __________________________________________________________________________________________ BOOKS They Said: A Multi-Genre Anthology of Contemporary Collaborative Writing​ by Simone Muench et al., Black Lawrence Press, July 2018. (Contributors include James Ardis) A Head Full of Dreams​ by James Ardis, Long Day Press, April 2018. Your Arkansas: A Strategy Guide​ by James Ardis, Gauss PDF, October 2016. __________________________________________________________________________________________ AWARDS Nominee for the Slope Editions Book Prize, 2016 Nominee for the Driftless Poetry Prize, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2016 Creative Writing Award, Southern Writers Southern Writing Conference, University of Mississippi, 2015 Nominee for the Emerging Writer Award, Association of Writers and Writing Programs, 2015 Honors College Study Abroad Scholarship, University of Arkansas, 2013 Sturgis Scholarship, University of Arkansas, 2012 Walton Family Scholarship, 2010
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