Writer and tutor gives lessons on multiple aspects of English in Boston

Robert's resume

Work Experience

 Private Tutor, Boston and Brookline, MA (1998-present)
 Helped adults and children learn ESL, academic writing, reading comprehension, spelling, Hebrew, and American and world history

 Freelance Editor/Proofreader, Greenbelt, MD; Boston and Brookline, MA (1997-present)
 Help clients improve their professional, academic, and creative writing
 Edited informational pamphlet for the Greater Boston Shatnez Laboratory

 Research Associate/Supervisor, ORC International, Boston, MA (2005-2016)
 Proofread, edited, and wrote qualitative and quantitative reports and proposals
 Coded and wrote code lists for categorizing open-ended survey comments
 Tested web surveys before live deployment
 Trained new associates
 Supervised and liaised with client on special inbound phone project
 Wrote bios of some of my colleagues for company website
 Conducted online research as needed

 Instructor, Brookline Community Center for the Arts, Brookline, MA (2004-5)
 Taught poetry workshop with weekly lesson focusing on particular elements of craft while also critiquing students’ poems

 Tutor, University of Maryland Writing Center, College Park, MD (1995-1997)

Publications

 Self-published three poetry collections, Minutes From A One-Man Meeting (2016), Mystical Symphony (2019), and The Account (2021), as well as a business writing guide, Topline, Bottom Line (2017)

 Poems published in several magazines including The Baltimore Review, The Lyric, The Eunoia Review, Literary Imagination, and The Penwood Review, and on the websites Helium and HubPages

 Book reviews published in The Beacon Street Review, Poet Lore, Helium, and HubPages

 Essays and articles published in the Greenbelt News Review, The Jewish Advocate, Shalom! Magazine, Helium, and HubPages

Other Activities

 Guest Lecturer, Torah Academy, Brookline, MA (2010)
 Spoke to 8th grade boys’ English class on the history of the English language and the role of connotation in word choice

 ESL Conversation Host, Friends of the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA (1997-2001)
 Helped non-native English-speakers improve their English by leading conversation groups

 Staff; Head Reader; Poetry Editor, The Beacon Street Review, Boston, MA (1997-1999)
 Read and evaluated poetry submissions
 Tabulated readers’ scores for submissions
 Selected submissions for publication and helped arrange their position in magazine

 Member, Greenbelt Writers Group, Greenbelt, MD (1995-1997)
 Edited first anthology of members’ work, Genius Loci
 Wrote press releases and a feature article for local newspaper on group activities
 Master of ceremonies for monthly open readings

 Volunteer Hebrew Tutor, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (1995-1996)

Education

 Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, Emerson College, Boston, MA (1999)
 Graduated with 4.00 GPA
 Received Emerging Writer Award

 Bachelor of Arts in English, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (1997)
 Graduated summa cum laude
 Received Henrietta Spiegel Award for creative writing

Skills

 Trilingual: proficient in French and Hebrew