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Artistic Resume

LD GREEN
1146 McKinley Avenue Apartment 4

Oakland, CA 94610
lizgreen79@gmail.com


EDUCATION
Mills College, MFA English and Creative Writing                                                 May 2007
Vassar College, BA American Culture, Cum Laude                                                 May 2002

PUBLICATION/PRODUCTION HISTORY

Publications: Books

We've Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health--Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model
            North Atlantic Books, 2019 (co-editor and contributor with Kelechi Ubozoh)

Publications: Journals, Magazines, and Anthologies
 

"A Thing with Feathers" We'll Never Have Paris, 2020
"Not Confused, Not Crazy: On Being a Non-Binary Radical Mental Health Advocate" PULP, 2020
“We’ve Been Too Patient: Mutual Aid Practices for the 21st Century”                                   
The Body is Not an Apology (TBINAA.com)                                                                     2017
“Psychiatric Survivor: The Trauma of Involuntary Hospitalization”                                        2016
“7 Lessons Losing My Cat Taught Me About Life and Love” TBINAA                                 2016
“10 Lessons I Learned While Healing from Relationship Addiction” TBINAA                      2016
“Coming Back Around to Bi” TBINAA; also published in Foglifter                                         2016
“A Letter to My Dildo” Sparkle and Blink                                                                                 2016
“5 Lessons I’ve Learned About Mental Health Care in Spite of Psychiatry” TBINAA            2016
“Why Friends Make the Best Medicine: Radical Self Love for the Neuroatypical” TBINAA    2016
“No, Really, Give Yourself an Orgasm: Radical Self Love and Masturbation” TBINAA         2016                            (some of the above articles were published under the penname “Imogen Prism”)
“The Awkward Threesome: Geek, Nerd, and Dork”   truth-out.org                   March 2013
“The Queen of Spades”                                               Sinister Wisdom                         July 2011
Regular, featured blogger of eleven articles on geekgirlonthestreet.com, 2009-2010
Including:
“Avatar: Same Feces, Different Species,” “Watchmen’s Big Blue Balls,” “Neil Gaiman’s Coraline,” “Exactly Why Twilight Blows (Parts 1-3)” “Interview with James Marsters, Excitable Geek”                        
3 poems                                                           The Walrus                               2007
“She Did Not Apologize”                                High Desert Voices                     2005

Productions/Readings
 Selected Performances and Events:
See "Appearances" for events in 2019 and 2020


Reader, Lyrics and Dirges                                                                                May 2018
Panelist and Reader, The Body is Not an Apology book launch                            February 2018
Bay Area Generations featured reader                                                             March 2017
Liminal Writer in Residence Showcase                                                             September 2016
Liminal BEASTCrawl Reading                                                                        July 2016
Radar/Quiet Lightning Collaborative Reading                                                February 2016
The Crow Show                                                                                               November 2015
Anne Sexton Tribute Reading                                                                          November 2015
BEASTCrawl (East Bay Literature Fest)                                                          July 2015
Nomadic Press: New York Writing                                                                 May 2015
Liminal Center Feminist Writing Showcase                                                   February 2015
Featured Reader, Litquake's Litcrawl event (Lambda showcase)                    October 2014
Featured Reader, Litquake, North Atlantic Books                                          October 2012
Ensemble Theater, writer/performer                                                               2007-2008
Co-Poetry Slam Champion of San Francisco, and SF Team Member                       2004

Objective Overruled: The Life and Words of Mumia Abu-Jamal given staged reading with Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco                                                                                               2004
“Airtight Security” performed through PCSF as part of San Francisco Fringe Festival   2003

 Runner-up for the Princess Fellowship in Playwriting                                                  2002

Featured poet at: Mental Graffiti in Chicago, Boise Poetry Slam, Berkeley High School, San Ramon High School, Los Angeles Community College, Las Positas Community College, Alameda Middle School, Watershed Poetry Festival, Pride Stage 2005, The Ill List Modesto Invitational 2004, Berkeley Poetry Slam (three times)

CONFERENCES, RESIDENCIES, ORGANIZATIONS

Featured Reader, Women Who Submit Lit, AWP                                     February 2019
Locus Workshop with Annalee Newitz                                                        October 2019
Reader, FogCon                                                                                               March 2018
Locus Workshop with Charlie Jane Anders                                                      July 2017
Fiction Workshop with Nick Mamatas, San Francisco Creative Writing Institute    Spring 2016
Presenter, Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference                     April 2015
Attended Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference                   February 2014
Catwalk Artists’ Residency                                                                                    August 2013
Tin House Writer’s Workshop, Fiction                                                                   July 2012
Lambda Literary Foundation Emerging Writers’ Retreat, Fiction                         August 2010
Co-Presenter on “Slam and the Academy,” Individual World Poetry Slam               Oct 2009
Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco, Membership Outreach Director                   2003-2004

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor of English Los Medanos College, Pittsburg, CA       Aug 2016-present
Visiting Professor of English San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco Aug 2013-May 2016
Adjunct Professor of English, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA            April 2011-June 2016
Adjunct Professor of English, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA   Aug 2007-Dec 2013
Adjunct Professor of English, Merritt College, Oakland, CA               Aug 2008-May 2012





Teaching Resume

LD GREEN
1146 McKinley Avenue Apartment 4

Oakland, CA 94610
lizgreen79@gmail.com
(415) 425-1806
 
SUMMARY: Spirited, professional, and intellectually engaged teacher, writer, and performer.
 
EDUCATION
 
Mills College, MFA English and Creative Writing                                           May 2007
Vassar College, BA American Culture, Cum Laude                                             May 2002
 
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Los Medanos College 2016-present
 
English 95 (Accelerated Reading and Writing), English 100 (Composition), English 150 (LGBTQ+ Literature), English 111 (Introduction to Creative Writing), English 230 (Critical Thinking and Literature), English 221 (Critical Thinking), English 114 (designed and taught--Creative Writing: Introduction to Story)
Have taught composition, rhetoric, and literary analysis; have selected interesting and relevant course material and designed rigorous yet accessible syllabi; have analyzed, edited, and proofread papers for grammar and argument/logic; lectured and led class discussions in response to non-fiction, poetry and fiction; have held weekly office hours; developed curriculum and SLOs.  Have taught creative writing.
 
San Francisco Art Institute 2013-2016
English 203 Spoken Word Poetry: Writing, Performance, and Contexts
San Francisco Art Institute, Visiting Professor, San Francisco, CA        August 2013-present
English 101B (Literature-based Comp. Theme: “Contemporary Queer Literature”) and English 100: The Writers’ Studio (Freshman Comp) 101B: “The Graphic Novel as Literature” “The Trickster in Art and Literature” and “Taking Humor Seriously”
English 95 (Developmental Reading and Writing)  
Have taught composition, rhetoric, and literary analysis; have selected interesting and relevant course material and designed rigorous yet accessible syllabi; have analyzed, edited, and proofread papers for grammar and argument/logic; lectured and led class discussions in response to non-fiction, poetry and fiction; have held weekly office hours; developed curriculum and SLOs.  Have taught creative writing.
 
De Anza College, English Instructor, Cupertino, CA                           April 2011-present
 
Currently teaching:  English 1A (Freshman Comp) and English 2 (Critical Thinking)
Have taught English 1B (Literature focused reading, writing, and research).: English Writing 2 (Critical Thinking, Reading and Writing) and English 211 (Developmental Reading and Writing)


Have taught composition, rhetoric, and literary analysis; have selected interesting and relevant course material and designed rigorous yet accessible syllabi; have analyzed, edited, and proofread papers for grammar and argument/logic; lectured and led class discussions in response to non-fiction, poetry and fiction; have held weekly office hours.
 
 
Diablo Valley College, English Instructor, Pleasant Hill, CA                   Aug 2007-Dec 2013
Have Taught: Freshman Composition (122), Composition and Literature (123),
Critical Thinking (126), College Reading and Development (116), College Writing Development (118), The Graphic Novel as Literature (176), Short Story Writing (223)
Have taught composition, rhetoric, and literary analysis; have selected interesting and relevant course material and designed rigorous yet accessible syllabi; have analyzed, edited, and proofread papers for grammar and argument/logic; have responded sensitively and incisively to creative submissions; have lectured and led class discussions in response to non-fiction, poetry and fiction; have held weekly office hours.
 
Merritt College, English Instructor, Oakland, CA                                   Aug 2008- May 2012
 
Have Taught:  Reading and Composition (1A), Critical Thinking (5) and the Learning Center based, student-paced English 270 and 280 (English Fundamentals Workshops), Writing Lab Instructor for English 252 A and 252B (Developmental Reading and Writing) English 201 A/B (Developmental Reading and Writing) in a Title III Grant Learning Community with Sociology 1
 
Have taught composition, rhetoric, and literary analysis; have selected interesting and relevant course material and designed rigorous yet accessible syllabi; have analyzed, edited, and proofread papers for grammar and argument/logic; lectured and led class discussions in response to non-fiction, poetry and fiction; have held weekly office hours, tutored in the student-paced courses at the Learning Center, developed curriculum and SLOs
 
 
 
Online Writing Lab Tutor, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA            Jan-Aug 2008
Supported students’ writing process from varied disciplines and language backgrounds
Learned about the special needs of ELL students and worked with them one-on-one          
 
Lindamood-Bell Tutor, Berkeley, CA                                                                 June-Aug 2007
Taught reading and writing skills to learning disabled youth through a specialized symbol imagery program.
 
Writing Center Tutor, Mills College, Oakland, CA                                              Jan-May 2007
Edited, proofread documents from varied disciplines and language backgrounds
Learned about the special needs of ELL students and worked with them one-on-one.
 
Mary Elizabeth Inn, Transitional Housing Facility, San Francisco                     Feb-Apr 2007
Taught creative writing and literature to adult women.
 
Instructor, English Five                                                                                      Aug-Dec 2006  
Taught the basics of composition, including grammar and rhetoric
Taught critical thinking and reading
Analyzed, edited, and proofread papers for grammar and argument/logic
Lectured and led class discussions.
Teaching Assistant, English One                                                                        Aug-Dec 2006
Lectured and led class discussions
Weekly one-on-one tutorials
 
Playwriting Instructor, Each One Reach One,
San Francisco Youth Guidance Center                                           May 2006
Mentored incarcerated youth
Taught basics of dramatic writing
 
ArtGate Theater/Poetry Teacher, Richmond and Oakland                  Sep 2004-Jun 2005
Taught the basics of improvisation, dramatic scriptbuilding, and poetic composition to at-risk students at an alternative high school
Developed collaboration skills
 
COURSE WORK ON WRITING PEDAGOGY
 
“Theories and Strategies of Teaching Writing” Fall 2005, Mills College
 
“Theories of Creativity” (Creative Writing Pedagogy), Spring 2007, Mills College
 
 
COMMITTEE, VOLUNTEER WORK, and PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 
Lead Organizer, Los Medanos College Creative Writing Contest (with ceremony and reading)  2018
 
Lead Organizer, Queer Comedy Showcase at Los Medanos College (with Bay Area stars) 2017
 
LGBTQ+ Faculty and Staff Caucus                                                                 2016-present
 
Creative Writing Committee                                                                   2016-present
 
SFAI Literary Festival Co-Lead Organizer                                    January 2016-April 2016
 
Recipient, Curriculum Innovation Grant for Off-Campus Study, SFAI                    January 2016
 
Attended CORA: Teaching Community College Men of Color—one week  Dec 2015
 
Presenter, Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference              April 2015
 
Attended Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference            February 2014
 
Advisory Board Member, Liminal: A Feminist and Womanist Writing Space   February 2014-present
 
Member of Title III Grant/Learning Communities Committee, Merritt College                                                                                                                              
  Fall 2011-Spring 2012
 
Attended workshop on Integrative Learning Communities, held by the Washington Institute for Improving Undergraduate Education, conducted at Merritt College                                       
    February 2012
 
Workshop Presenter on Spoken Word Poetry in the Community College Developmental English Classroom,
             De Anza College Faculty Retreat                                                May 2011
 
Workshop Presenter on Spoken Word Poetry in the Community College Developmental English Classroom,
            ECCTYC Conference, Pasadena                                                 Oct 2009
Co-Presenter on “Slam and the Academy,” Individual World Poetry Slam   Oct 2009
Best Practices Committee, DiabloValley College                                       Oct 2009-May 2010
Co-Presenter on “The Uses of Pop Culture in the English Classroom,” DVC          Dec 2009
College Success Workshop presenter, Diablo Valley College                         Fall 2008, Spring 2009 
Attendee, CCCC Conference, San Francisco                                                              Spring 2008
Reading Across the Curriculum presenter, Diablo Valley College                                      Spring 2009
People’s Hurricane Relief Fund of New Orleans, grantwriter                                       March 2006
Theater for Social Change Conference, Outreach Committee                                        Spring 2004
Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco, Membership Outreach Director                             2003-2004
  
SKILLS
Up-to-date approach to the teaching of developmental and transfer-level composition, critical thinking, literature, and creative writing
Integrated use of Blackboard, WebCT, Moodle with classroom curriculum
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Ability to write and edit in a variety of formats  
Strong interpersonal/people skills 
Performer with a sense of humor
Innovative approaches to teaching

 
 
 

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