Associate Professor provides lessons and feedback on English fundamentals, composition, Business Communication as well as Academic writing and research

John's resume

CURRICULUM VITAE

John William Tidwell 421 South 44th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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SKILLS
• Teaching university-level English and Journalism, in traditional classrooms, online and hybrid online classes
• Science Writing: Science news, conservation writing, environmental journalism: in print and online.
• News Writing: Hard news, features, magazine journalism, online journalism
• Corporate Communications: Annual reports, campaign materials, talking points, public relations, news releases
• Video production: editing, writing, directing, editing

DEGREES
Master of Science (Journalism) Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1988
Thesis: The ethics of new reproductive and genetic technologies for humans

Bachelor of Arts (English)
State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY

TEACHING
Adjunct Associate Professor
University of Maryland University College (2012–present) Courses taught in online hybrid classes for undergraduates:
• Academic Writing & Research (WRTG 291)
• Advanced Academic Writing and Research (WRTG 391)
• Introduction to News Writing (JOUR 201)

English Instructor
Latin American Youth Center/Upward Bound (2010–2011) Supplemental English studies for local high school students

The Community College of the District of Columbia (2010) Courses taught in a traditional classroom setting:
• English Fundamentals
• English Composition 1




Strayer University, Manassas campus, English (2008–2009) Courses taught in a traditional classroom setting:
• English Fundamentals (ENG 090)
• English Composition (ENG 115)
• Research and Writing (ENG 215)
• Business Communications (ENG 240)

The Art Institute of Washington, General Studies (2007–2008) Courses taught in a traditional classroom setting, multiple sections:
• Preparing for College English (EN 090)


PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND JOURNALISM

STAFF
Staff Writer, Global Communications
Conservation International, Washington, DC (2004–2006)

Online Writer, website content.
The National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Bethesda, MD (2004)

Director of Development and Fundraising Music in the 20th Century documentary series FilmAmerica Inc., New York, NY (1994–1995)

FREELANCE
Journalist, articles for print and web series Faces of Agent Orange
Vietnam Veterans of America (2012)

Reporter
Adventures in Climate Change.com (2011)
• “Dead Zone Imperils Chesapeake Bay”
• “Hot Times in the City,” part 1 and 2

Writer
Online accessibility campaign
University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD (2004)

Conservation brochure
The RARE Center for Tropical Conservation, Washington, DC (2002)

Conservation brochure
The World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC (2000)

National Institutes on Aging (NIAD), elder care directory Johnson, Bassin & Shaw, Silver Spring, MD (2000)




Television Script Writer, Animal Planet News
Discovery Communications, Bethesda, MD (1999)

Television Script Writer, Discovery Digital Networks
Discovery Communications, Bethesda, MD (1998–1999)

Writer, interactive CD-ROM project
The National Geographic Society, Washington, DC (1998)

Script Writer, kid’s television pilot
Weather Services International Inc., Boston MA (1999)

Writer/Producer, several documentary films for The American Museum of Natural History Pacific Street Films Inc., New York, NY (1996)

Director of Development and Fundraising,
Pacific Street Films Inc., New York, NY (1994–1995)

Writer, researcher for several documentary projects Pacific Street Films Inc., New York, NY (1990–1993)

Newswriter, for two morning news programs Cable News Network, New York, N.Y (1990)


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Science Writing and Journalism
• “Faces of Agent Orange”, Vietnam Veterans of America (vva.com), January 2012
• “Hot Times in the City” (Parts 1 and 2), Adventures in Climate Change.com, October–December 2011
• “Dead Zone Imperils Chesapeake Bay”, Adventures in Climate Change.com, August 2011
• “High on Kangaroos”, Zoogoer magazine, June 2007, 24–28
• “Small Cats Looming Large” (cover story), Zoogoer magazine, March 2007, 16–23
• “Sea Turtles: Living fossils from our primordial past”, Conservation Frontlines, 6.2 (Spring 2006), 2–4
• “The True Wealth of Nations” (cover story), Conservation Frontlines, 6.1 (Winter 2006), 7–4
• “The Live Fish Trade” (cover story), Conservation Frontlines, Summer 2005, 4–9
• “Evolution’s Treasure Islands”, Conservation Frontlines, Spring 2005, 10–1
• “The New Hotspots” (cover story), Conservation Frontlines, Winter 2005, 6–8
• “Requiem for a Primate”, Zoogoer magazine, October 2004, 8–15
• “Liberia’s Last Best Hope”, Conservation Frontlines, Fall 2004, 6–9 “The Wilder Side of Sex”, Zoogoer magazine, April 2004, 10–15
• “The Maroons” (cover story), American Legacy, Winter 2003, 41–50




• “Raiders of the Forest Cures”, Zoogoer magazine, October 2002, 14–21
• “The Great Dismal Swamp”, American Heritage, May 2002, 67–73
• “Making Room for Elephants ” (cover story), Zoogoer magazine, April 2002, 10–17
• “The Fall of the Wild (cover story)”, Zoogoer magazine, October 2001, 8–17
• “Sturgeon Fishes and Caviar Dreams”, Zoogoer magazine, June 2001, 8–19
• “The Intoxicating Birds of New Guinea”, Zoogoer magazine, April 2001, 14–21
• “Parrots and Profits” (cover story), Zoogoer magazine, December 2000, 8–17
• “House calls of the Future.” Modern Maturity, December 1998, 3
• “Computer Project Is Close To the Heart.” Modern Maturity, December 1998, 4

LECTURES AND PUBLIC SPEAKING
• Maroon societies around the world, radio interview, WLIB 1190 AM radio, NY, 2002
• Marronage in North America, lecture, The Capoeira Angola Foundation, Takoma Park, MD, 2002
• The international trade in exotic birds, lecture, The National Capitol Bird Club, Washington, D.C., 2000

AWARDS (1994)
For development of a bioethics documentary series
• The Pettus Crowe Foundation, $5,000 grant
• The New York Council for the Humanities, $5,000 grant
• The Greenwall Foundation, $5,000 grant

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
• The National Association of Science Writers
• The Writer’s Guild of America, East,
• The Society of Professional Journalists
• International League of Conservation Writers
• The Newspaper Guild