James Ardis
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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
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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
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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.
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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
