Victoria S.
Private tutor in Omaha, NE
Education
Master of Arts in Critical Theory and Creative Research at Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA), August 2015 (GPA 3.6) Bachelor of Arts in English (focus in Creative Writing) and History at Gonzaga University, May 2014 (GPA: 3.75) High School, St. Mary's Academy, Englewood, CO, May 2010 (GPA: 3.85)
Experience
-Editor and freelance beta reader for Cogitate Studios in Portland, OR (2014-present) -Extensive work and familiarity with the Chicago Manual of Style as well as MLA formatting -Writing published in Toothtaker Zine, Madison, WI (Aug 2015) -Took the following courses in my master's program: Critical Theory Seminar Research Design and Methods Graduate Writing and Critique Seminar Philosophy of Grammar Special Topics Research MA Thesis Summer Intensive -Graduate Teaching Assistant experience in undergraduate course at PNCA (Spring 2015) Writing in Context: Sex in American Literature -Thesis Oral Defense and various Pecha Kucha Presentations of my thesis work, "Quote Culture and the Community of Mind: Towards a Theory of the Quippie" -Worked hand-in-hand with artists during my master's program's CT+CR Colloquium/Artist Residency at the Caldera Arts Center in Sisters, OR. My class took part in a four-day Field Image Training retreat with Korean artist Atta Kim (September 2014). My class spent four days with Iranian filmmaker, Anahita Ghazvinizadeh, wherein she taught a seminar on Film and Parafiction, in which we watched, analyzed, and discussed several Iranian films, as well as each made and screened our own films (April 2015). -Critical Pedagogy Intensive course (Jan 2015) -Was a participant in the Junto Society, the monthly meeting of friends and acquaintances to prepare for and discuss a selected topic/theme (Aug 2014-Aug 2015) -Presented my paper, “The Rabbit Inside: Psychoanalysis in Donnie Darko,” at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research Conference (April 2014) -Winner of the 2014 Michael and Gail Gurian Writing Award in Poetry (April 2014) -Poetry reader and editor for Eastern Washington University’s poetry, fiction, and nonfiction journal, Willow Springs, Spokane, WA (Spring 2014) -Invited poet at “Collab: Art with, for, and because of People,” Spokane, WA (Spring 2014) -Writing published in Gonzaga’s literary and art journal, Reflection (Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2014) -Semester abroad at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (Spring 2013), where I took the following classes: The Hundred Years War (History) Medieval and Renaissance Romance (Literature) Modernist Women’s Fiction (Literature) The Marriage Plot (Literature)
Availability
Weekdays after 12 Noon, Saturday in the morning, Sunday in the afternoon
Can Meet
Up to 30 minutes away at my regular hourly rate
Hobbies
-I really enjoy reading and writing many different genres (including fiction, nonfiction, and theoretical/critical works), but in particular poetry. I take part in a private weekly poetry blog with several other very established and successful Northwest female poets and I have had my work published in several journals. (See Experience/Qualifications for publications and awards) -I have become increasingly interested in cross-stitch and embroidery. Recently, I have been commissioned and have begun to sell some of my work to friends, relatives, and on Etsy. -I recently moved from Portland, OR to Omaha, NE, and in both of these very different but very fun cities my boyfriend and I have been able to pursue our passion for live music by going to different shows and concerts. He recently began a music blog which I occasionally contribute to. -And now for the more academic one: my thesis, "Quote Culture and the Community of Mind: Towards a Critique of the Quippie," focused on specific modes of idealism and elitism in digital language use, in particular, the appropriation of quotations within social media as identity markers, belief signatures, and formulaic acts. I take great stock in and have a great interest in the responsible and creative use of language, continually reminding myself to take care in the words I use and encouraging others to always ask why a certain word or words might be used in a particular context. These ideas have been a focus of my poetry as well as some of my cross-stitch/embroidery artwork, as I think this medium is an interesting paradigm for the juxtaposition of words or their source with medium (taking for example, the new and popular notion of "subversive cross-stitch").
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