1. Elan Durham
10 Glassworks Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts
02141
617-583-3950
europabridge1@gmail.com
Twitter: @europabridge1
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Selected Highlights - Professional & Personal Biography
After many years in Los Angeles and New York working in sales and real estate, I made a
transition to education in the 90’s, and taught university at the University of North Carolina in
Wilmington. More recently, after years of travel in Europe, I relocated to the Boston-Cambridge
area, where I am seeking a position that asks me to use what I know about writing, editing,
marketing, and travel. Open to relocation …
Education:
MFA Writing and Literature, University of North Carolina – Wilmington
BA Comparative Humanities, University of Alabama - New College
Selected Professional Experience:
Administration, Sales & Marketing: 1992-1998
Skills: Marketing and sales of multi-million dollar properties, administrative assistance,
public relations, hospitality and events support in the entertainment and hospitality
industries.
The Corcoran Group, 660 Madison Avenue, New York, Administrative Assistant: Assistant
Broker with a focus on luxury properties in Manhattan. See the New York Times link for a
representative sale - The Etro Loft: Habitats/7,000 Square Feet for Sale in TriBeCa
Nature’s Own, Santa Monica, California. Called ‘the best store of its kind’ by the New York
Times, as Floor Manager I assisted such clients as George Harrison, Cher, and Billy Crystal,
among many others. See the New York Times link for shopping on Main Street in Santa
Monica: From Fossils to Footwear
University Instruction: 1998-2005
Skills: Course development and presentation, research, student conferences,
evaluation of student work, and coordination of related extra-curricular activities.
Adjunct Faculty: University of North Carolina-Wilmington, English, Creative Writing, and
Women’s Studies Departments
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2. Courses Taught: ENG 373 The Female Tradition in Literature, ENG 210 Women in Literature,
ENG 110 World Literature Surveys; ENG 100, 101, 103, 201 College Writing & Reading; CRW
201 Creative Writing; WMS 210-Introduction to Women’s Studies, WMS 495-Seminar in Special
Topics. Also see Masters of Liberal Studies Program
Management, Editing, Administration: 1997-2001
Skills: Managing editor, coordination of community outreach, fundraising, and grant
writing.
Managing Editor & Assistant to Coordinator of Creative Writing: Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge. Creative Writing Department. Edited proofs, interfaced with the publisher,
helped redesign the journal, wrote a successful grant, and established an advertising base for
the New Delta Review.
Tutor: Writing & Reading Center, University of North Carolina, Wilmington. Trained staff and
students in essay writing, editing, research, and writing across the curriculum.
Various: 1989-2001
Guest Lecturer, California Institute for the Arts: Critical Studies Program. Los Angeles,
California. Theatre performance and Q & A for students in the BFA playwriting program.
Manuscript Mentor/Panel Participant: Literary Festival mentor and participant for
undergraduate students in the BFA program at UNCW.
Actor, Dramatist Guild of America: Performances in Los Angeles to assist playwrights in the
development of original works written for the theatre.
Producer, The Vagina Monologues, University of North Carolina
Awards and Recognitions:
• William Faulkner Festival Scholarship: Awarded LSU Writing Scholarship from the
Faulkner Festival in New Orleans
• Significant Impact: Recognized by the Vice-Chancellor of Student Affairs and Dean
of Arts & Sciences for making a significant impact on UNCW students’ lives.
• Champion-McDowell Davis Scholarship: Nominated for artistic excellence by
Creative Writing Department in 2000, University of North Carolina Wilmington.
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