Yasmin marie dalisay

Yasmin Marie Dalisay
EDUCATION
• Sarah Lawrence College; Bronxville, New York
• Brown University; Providence, Rhode Island
• International Teaching English as a Foreign Language Certificate; Prague, Czech Republic
• King’s College, University of London; semester abroad, London, England

HONORS AND AWARDS
Awarded The Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Scholarship, The Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA. Member, The Phi Beta Kappa Society
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Lecturer, English and SEEK Departments Substitute Lecturer, English Department Adjunct Lecturer, English Department • Teach composition at the 100, 101, and 201 levels; teach literature at the 300 level •Aid in the administration of the Writing Across the Curriculum program • Serve as Appeals Deputy reviewing CATW appeals • Currently developing a learning community for the SEEK Department • Piloting the use of Digication software for e-portfolios in the SEEK Department • Work closely with SEEK students in a program that offers extra tutoring, counselling, and financial aid. • Design and teach interdisciplinary syllabi on themes of love, the image, American families, and crossing borders • Worked with a variety of team teachers to improve 100-level students’ writing, using the theme of prison literacy • Worked with team teachers to prepare 100-level students for the CUNY ACT writing exam
Teachers & Writers Collaborative
• Created and implemented 10-week poetry-writing residencies with 2nd-5th grade New York City public school children • Worked closely with teachers to tailor lessons to individual classes • Published anthologies of poetry for each school • Organized a reading and celebration for the students at the end of each residency
Mercy College; Dobbs Ferry, New York
Instructor, Written English and Literary Studies • Instructed students in writing persuasive essays with literary content, including analysis of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex and Shakespeare’s Othello • Prepared students for a college-wide final exam which requires an argumentative essay on literature • Addressed issues of writing in English in a primarily Spanish-speaking classroom
SUNY Purchase College; Burgos, Spain
• Designed and taught a writing course which focused on historical and cultural analysis of texts • Oversaw research and writing on the topic of American expatriatism within a study abroad context • Read several drafts of student papers and offered suggestions for improvement during individual conferences Bronx Community College GEAR UP Program; Bronx, New York
• Planned and taught creative writing workshops to youth living in public housing • Oversaw the creation of a magazine of student work
Bertelsmann’s World of Expression Summer Writing Institute; New York, New York
• Created and led poetry workshops for high school writers • Aided in the revision process for magazine submissions
Bronx Writers’ Center; Bronx, New York
• Encouraged 10-14 year-olds to read, write and revise poetry as part of a Neighborhood Initiative Development Corps after-school program • Developed curriculum that integrates written and spoken poetry
SUNY Purchase College; Purchase, New York
Teaching Assistant, College Writing • Worked with students to improve structure and content of college essays and research papers • Participated in a course entitled “Teaching Good Prose,” taught by the Director of the Writing Program at SUNY Purchase College
Sarah Lawrence Summer Workshops for High School Students; Bronxville, New York
Creative Writing Workshop Instructor • Co-taught creative writing workshops for high school students from diverse backgrounds • Held individual conferences with students and discussed their poems and college entrance essays • Led students through the production of a film
Teachers & Writers Collaborative; New York, New York
• Worked with a mentor to teach 2nd and 3rd grade poetry classes during the 10-week residency • Assisted the students with reading, writing and revising poems
OK Centrum Language School; Prague, Czech Republic
Autumn 1997-
Teacher of English as a Foreign Language • Successfully prepared students for the Czech State Exam in English • Designed an innovative curriculum with music, drama and creative student writing • Facilitated group discussions on race, class, gender and sexuality WorkPlus InterStaff; Prague, Czech Republic
Teacher of English as a Foreign Language • Taught one-month intensive courses to intermediate adult students • Implemented a dialogue journal program to encourage teacher-student communication
RESEARCH
Cultivating Humanity: A Classical Defense of Reform in Liberal Education; California, Nevada, Utah
Research Assistant for the Author, Professor Martha Nussbaum • Interviewed university students and professors on their opinions about curricular diversity • Attended the Sunstone Magazine 1994 conference and chaired a discussion on academic freedom
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Center for Women and Children in Crisis; Provo, Utah
• Offered free, confidential support for victims of domestic violence • Admitted women and children into protective shelter Southeast Asian Mentoring Program; Providence, Rhode Island
• Tutored junior high school students in the Rhode Island Gang Prevention Program • Co-designed and led workshops on issues such as violence, race and education
American Civil Liberties Union; Salt Lake City, Utah
• Assessed complaint forms concerning civil liberties violations • Met with prisoners at the Utah State Prison to gather evidence for a class-action lawsuit
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Earshot Jazz; Seattle, Washington
• Co-ordinated jazz education programs for schools and for the public • Successfully wrote grant applications for organizational funding
Brown University Office of Development; Providence, Rhode Island
• Managed databases concerning scholarships and other university funds • Corresponded with donors and scholarship recipients
Brown University Office of Residential Life; Providence, Rhode Island
• Provided confidential support and information for first-year college students • Worked with co-counselors to organize group activities Computer Applications: Microsoft Word and Excel, Adobe InDesign, PageMaker and PhotoShop, FileMaker Pro
Foreign Language Proficiency: Spanish, French and Czech

PUBLICATIONS
“Prague” published in Traveler’s Journal: Written Discoveries, a publication
of the 2000 King County Poetry & Art on the Buses Project “Over Drinks” and “In the Days After” published by BigCityLit.
“Cuts” published in Lumina
“The Picnic” published as a limited-edition broadside by the Center for Book Arts
“Teaching Prague in the Classroom,” for the Rusoff Literary Agency website
“Persephone Begins” in Rhino
“Sarah” in avocado
“Shores” in avocado
“At Fordham Road” in You Are Here: New York City Streets in Poetry

PUBLIC READINGS
A-Space Poetry Reading Series, Sarah Lawrence College. Read with Mark Doty
Cornelia Street Café, New York City. Organized, hosted and read poetry
KGB Bar, New York City. Read as a part of a BigCityLit recording session
Cornelia Street Café, New York City. Read from The Builders, a novel manuscript

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
Centrum Summer Writers’ Workshop, 2000, Port Townsend, Washington.
Teaching Freshman Composition, a seminar with Robert Danberg of Cornell University
Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts, a week-long fiction-writing seminar

Source: http://johnjay.jjay.cuny.edu/profiles/pdfs/Dalisay_Yasmin.pdf