EDUCATION
9/03 – 5/08 THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC, USA.
Ph.D. in English (Dissertation on The British and American Academic Novel).
Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) in the English Department with 4-year fellowship.
9/01 – 6/02 UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA, Norwich, England.
M.A. in Creative Writing (Prose) with UK Poet Laureate Andrew Motion and W. G. Sebald.
9/99 – 3/00 WEST HERTS COLLEGE, WATFORD, England.
Postgraduate Diploma in Multimedia Publishing. Covered all aspects of Editorial (copy-editing and proof-reading), Marketing (planning an integrated campaign), Commissioning, (researching and planning a list), Print Production (paper and print technology), DTP (QuarkXPress and Illustrator), and Multimedia (Photoshop, Web Page construction and developing a prototype CD-ROM).
9/95 – 6/98 UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, LADY MARGARET HALL, England.
B.A., English Language and Literature, (2:1)
Activities: College rowing captain of 2nd eight crew (1996-97), and 1st eight crew (1997-98); squash and darts captain, also tennis and pool teams (1996-98); The Oxford Isis Student Newspaper (Film reviewer, 1997-98); Oxford Student Radio (presenter sidekick on radio show for Night Talk program, 1996-97).
9/88 – 6/95 THE MANCHESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL, England.
6/95 3 A Levels – all Grade A
· English
· French
· Geography
6/94 Warren Prize for English
Lower-sixth Geography Prize
93 – 94 8 GCSEs – all Grade A
· Maths, English Language, English Literature (Oral Distinction),
French, German, Geography, Latin, Chemistry
TEACHING
01/09 – 04/09 THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, ROYAL HOLLOWAY
(based in Bloomsbury, Central London)
01/09 – 04/09 Teaching the M.A. in Creative Writing alongside UK Poet Laureate Andrew Motion (Director of the M.A. in Creative Writing), poet Jo Shapcott and novelist Susanna Jones.
01/09 – 04/09 Teaching a postgraduate workshop (Fiction) in which I teach the class for first half of the term, and then swap students for the second half (and vice versa) with Professor Motion.
01/09 – 04/09 Teaching a postgraduate class (Reading as a Writer) in which a weekly novel is studied alongside a critical text in order to inspire fiction-writing in the above
Fiction workshop.
9/04 – Present THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC, USA.
9/08 – Present Professorial Lecturer in English (current title)
9/08 - 12/08 Taught class “Introduction to American Literature, 1865-Present.”
9/07 – 12/07 GTA for Professor Jonathan Hsy, “Early English Literature: Imagined Realms, Expanding Horizons.”
1/07 – 4/07 Taught Introduction to British Literature, “The Nineteenth and Twentieth Century.” Covered last two centuries of British literature, teaching freshman through seniors.
9/06 – 12/06 Taught Introduction to British Literature, “The Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century.” Covered four centuries of British literary history in one class, teaching freshman through seniors.
9/05 – 6/06 Taught University Writing freshman composition class, “Extreme Censorship: Adaptation from Text to Screen.” (Fall 2005 and Spring 2006).
9/04 – 6/05 Taught University Writing freshman composition class, “Lost in the Academy: The Academic Novel in Britain and America.” (Fall 2004 and Spring 2005).
9/04 – 12/04 Tutored DC police in writing in the Police Science B.A. program.
9/03 – 6/04 Tutored undergraduates for four semesters in the University Writing Center.
PUBLICATIONS
9/08 Dissertation: The British and American Academic Novel
Offered contracts by VDM Publishing, Edwin Mellen Press and University Press of America.
9/08 Novel: The Pride and the Sorrow, with London literary agent James Wills of Watson Little.
7/08 Opening chapter of The Pride and the Sorrow published in Word Riot.
TBD Opening chapter of The Pride and the Sorrow to be published in THEMA.
8/08 Screenplay: The Knight of New Orleans, with London agent Meg Davis, Director of MBA Literary Agency, and registered with the Writers Guild of America, East.
6/02 Short Story: For Kicks published in Paper, Scissors, Stone: New Writing from the University of East
Anglia (2002).
Critical Reviews: The St. Ann’s Review.
Summer/Fall 2003 Future, Past, Present (review of novels).
A Review of Anne Ursu’s Spilling Clarence and The Dissaparation of James.
Winter/Spring 2004 Deciphering Stones (review of poetry).
A Review of Ben Dowling’s The Calligraphy Shop.
1999 – 2002 Poetry: Poems published in Island, Fire, Poetry Monthly, Manifold and Weyfarers (UK magazines).
AWARDS
7/08 Winner of Bookhabit Unpublished Novel Competition 2008 for The Pride and the Sorrow, my novel
about New Orleans chess player Paul Morphy. See www.bookhabit.com/newsdetail.php?nid= 48
and www.mattfullerty.com for more details.
6/08 “Almost Finalist” in The Faulkner-Wisdom Competition for The Pride and the Sorrow. See The Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society at www.wordsandmusic.org/competition2008FaulknerWinners.html
5/08 I am the alternate choice to live in Jack Kerouac's old house for 3 months as part of The Kerouac Project (www.kerouacproject.org). The Kerouac House in Orlando, Florida, is the house where Kerouac lived when On The Road was published and where he wrote The Dharma Bums.
4/06 English Department Graduate Teaching Award 2006-2007 (George Washington University).
9/03 – 4/07 4-year GTA Scholarship Award 2003-2007.
CONFERENCES
4/09 Paper entitled "My research and publication plans and the Seamus Heaney Centre."
Queen's University, Belfast.
Presentation before the English department.
3/09 Panel organizer and chair, The Runnymeade Literary Festival
Showcasing novels and short stories for the M.A. Creative Writing, Prose Writers (7 speakers)
The University of London, Royal Holloway.
1/09 Paper entitled “Telling a national story: the John McGahern Archives and the value of literary archives to Creative Writing programs.”
The National University of Ireland, Galway.
Presentation before the Board of Assessors.
4/07 Paper entitled “The Invisible Line: Ethical Responsibility between Professor and Student in the Academic Play, Butley (1971), Educating Rita (1980) and Oleanna (1992).”
College English Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Conference Theme: Empathy and Ethics.
3/05 Paper entitled “When Fiction and Theory Meet: Cascading Time and Einstein’s Dreams.”
English Student Association, CUNY Graduate Center, New York City, New York, USA.
Conference Theme: Owning It: Theory/Anti-Theory/After Theory.
3/05 Paper entitled “When Fiction and Theory Meet: Cascading Time and Einstein’s Dreams.”
American Comparative Literature Association 2005 Annual Meeting.
Conference Theme: Imperialisms – Temporal, Spatial, Formal.
“Something About Film.”
EMPLOYMENT
4/09 – Present ROSETTA STONE (www.rosettastone.com), Washington, DC.
Freelance for the world’s leading foreign language-software company.
Content Editor for UK – US (and vice versa) English Language Content.
9/08 – Present EXPERT RATING (www.expertrating.com), Washington, DC.
Freelance for ISO 9001-2000 certified company offering online certification and training services to individuals and companies in over 60 countries. Write testing content in the following subjects (both UK and US versions): English language skills, Creative Writing skills, Online Blogging skills, Language translations (between English and French, Spanish and German), Differences between British and American English, Grammar skills and Public Relations.
9/01 – 11/02 HEINEMANN EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHERS, Oxford, England.
Freelance editor for secondary schoolbooks: 35 projects completed. Edited and proofed wide range of books including English, Maths and Further Education (Sport, Psychology). Liaised with editors and authors.
3/00 – 7/01 HODDER & STOUGHTON EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHERS, London, England.
Desk Editor: 17 months on the Maths list for secondary school books. Handled manuscripts from initial copy-editing through to publication. Worked with in-house Production, Design and Marketing departments, and managed freelance copy-editing and proof-reading. Range of editing skills required: checking and re-writing English, breaking down questions for students and incorporating design elements.
1/00 – 2/00 ORION PUBLISHING PLC, London, England.
Intern, Fiction Department: Drafted press releases. Reviewed copies of newspapers for internal files. Wrote reports of forthcoming books’ opening chapters.
10/99 DARTON, LONGMAN & TODD PUBLISHERS, London, England.
Intern: Processed manuscripts’ publication declines and foreign right permissions in Editorial
department.
SKILLS
Computer:
· English Graduate Student Association, Website Designer http://www.gwu.edu/~egsa/index.html
· Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint.
· QuarkXPress, Illustrator, Photoshop, both Mac and PC. Designer of Web Pages, personal and corporate. HTML. Development of a commercial CD-ROM.
· Research and construction of an on-line database for Law Review of Cavendish Publishing.
Languages:
· French, good written and spoken.
· German and Latin, written.
Additional:
· Full, clean driving license.
· First Aid in the Workplace.
· Non-smoker.
· Marine Corps Marathon 2009, New York Marathon 2004.
· London Marathon 2000, raised £700 for children’s charity “Child-line.”
· MLA member 2005-present
· University of Oxford Alumni Society, Washington DC member
REFERENCES
Professor Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate (UK), University of London, Royal Holloway andrew.motion@btinternet.com
Jo Shapcott, Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of London, Royal Holloway
jo.shapcott@virgin.net
Judith Plotz, Professor of English and Dissertation Director, The George
Washington University, jplotz@gwu.edu
David McAleavey, Head of Creative Writing, The George Washington University
david.mcaleavey@gmail.com
Marshall Alcorn, Professor of English and Director of Graduate Studies, and
Dissertation Reader, The George Washington University, alcornma@gwu.edu
Margaret Soltan, Professor of English and Dissertation Reader, The George Washington
University, msoltan@gwu.edu
Gil Harris, Professor of English and Dissertation Chair, The George Washington
University, jgharris@gwu.edu
Tara Wallace, Dean of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, The George
Washington University, tgw@gwu.edu
Dr. Nicholas Shrimpton, Vice President (Lady Margaret Hall), University of Oxford
nicholas.shrimpton@lmh.ox.ac.uk
Dr. Helen Barr, Fellow and Tutor in English (Lady Margaret Hall), University of Oxford
helen.barr@lmh.ox.ac.uk