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CARLOS ANTONIO DELGADO CURRENT POSITIONS 2013-Present Lecturer, The Writing Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Teach courses in writing aimed to develop students’ ability to think critically, read actively, and communicate ideas thoughtfully and effectively while adhering to the forms and conventions of the academic discourse community. Courses taught: WRIT 140: HIST 265 affiliation (Fall 2013, Spring 2014); WRIT 150, Thematic Approaches: Issues in Contemporary Economics (course design, Summer 2014, Summer 2015; course taught Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016) 2015-Present Co-founder, Co-Director, Just Love Coalition, Whittier, CA The Just Love Coalition is an intersectional social justice community organizing hub serving the Greater Whittier and North Orange County areas, seeking to end oppressive and unjust systems everywhere through education, direct action, and events that foster community solidarity. The JLC has, among other things, partnered with the Ella Baker Center and ACLU in Orange County, CA, as an Anchor Organization for the Statewide Truth and Reinvestment Campaign; has partnered with the Whittier Latino Coalition to bring restorative justice practices to Whittier’s high schools; has begun a podcast called Embodied, aimed to facilitate conversations with faith leaders about the intersections of faith, race, sex, and gender. Dr. Cornel West has said that our responses to injustice can either be filtered through hate, vengeance, and fear or through courage, love, and wisdom; as an organization, we seek to filter our actions through a matrix of love, in our pursuit of justice for all. 2014-Present Director of Curriculum, WeaveWriter, Newport Beach, CA Build and improve curriculum for WeaveWriter, which exists to help writers love writing (again), by inspiring and empowering new and experienced writers to write every day, tell better stories, and make every word count—through the power of habit. 2012-Present Founder and Director, Life Writers Collaborative, Whittier, CA Life Writers Collaborative works to preserve stories in local families and hometowns: storytellers interview clients at length, then render life stories in any of a wide range of literary genres and voices, to capture the meaning and beauty of each life. EDUCATION 2005-2008

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Master of Fine Arts, English, Creative Writing Thesis Director: Chuck Kinder The Voice and Arms of God, a novella and stories

1996-2000

Biola University, La Mirada, CA Bachelor of Arts, Humanities, emphasis in Philosophy

EXPERIENCE 2012-2013

Teacher of English, Crenshaw Arts/Tech Charter High (CATCH), Los Angeles, CA Taught English 12; English 11, AP Language & Composition; English 10; Creative Writing; Digital Journalism

2012

Instructor of English, Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA (Part-time)

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Teach ENGL 52: Introduction to College Composition, and ENGL 100: Freshman Composition, teaching students to read responsibly, think critically, and write elegantly and persuasively 2012

Instructor of English, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA (Part-time) Teach ENGL A101: Critical Thinking, Reading, Writing in Literature, teaching students to read responsibly, think critically, and write elegantly and persuasively

2008-2011

Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric, Writing Program Director, Torrey Honors Institute, Biola University, La Mirada, CA Writing Program Director: Teach writing seminars and one-on-one tutoring; train faculty in writing pedagogy; hire, train, and supervise teaching assistants; facilitate and evaluate special writing projects; articulate writing program vision and maintain its standards; develop innovative curriculum for a top ranked, nationally recognized Great Books program; evaluate and mentor students individually for all general education units.

2006-2008

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Teacher of record: Introduction to Fiction; Introduction to Creative Writing; Seminar in Composition

2007

Scholar in Residence, Trinity Forum Academy, Royal Oak, MD One-week visiting faculty: presented on the role and purpose of storytelling in culture, at this nine-month residential learning community for emerging Christian leaders

2002-2005

Teacher of English and Philosophy, Lynwood High School, Lynwood, CA Taught Introduction to Philosophy; World Literature, Honors 10th Grade English; World Literature, Remedial 10th Grade English; British Literature, 12th Grade English; Fiction Workshop, Literary Society (after-school club)

2000-2001

Teacher of English, Bishop Montgomery High School, Torrance, CA Taught Basic (I-9) 9th Grade English; American Literature, 11th Grade English

ACADEMIC SERVICE & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2016-2017

Personnel Committee, Writing Program, USC, elected by colleagues, the Personnel Committee advises the Writing Director on matters having to do with faculty personnel and policy, including granting faculty requests for funding, faculty promotion files, appointing committee chairs throughout the department, hiring new faculty, transitioning department leadership, the Writing Center, etc.

2014-2016

Thematic Coordinator, Issues in Contemporary Economics, Writing Program, USC, supervising and facilitating assignment development for instructors of WRIT 150 (including full-time, part-time, and graduate student instructors). Thematic Coordinators coordinate and facilitate faculty development meetings for instructors within each thematic, develop faculty best practices, develop assignments with individual instructors, lead multiple socialization readings each semester, develop curriculum.

2014-2016

Faculty Mentor, Writing Program, USC, mentoring a part-time faculty, offering guidance concerning professional goals, lesson planning, writing assignments, conferencing techniques, grading challenges, etc., including in-class teaching observation and evaluation each year

2016

Faculty Panelist, “Engaging Students in the Classroom,” 5 February 2016, Faculty Development Committee, Writing Program, USC

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2016

Faculty Advisor, Poetry Slam Team of USC

2015-2016

Faculty Participant, Curriculum Caucus, Faculty Council, USC, partnering to develop proposals regarding curriculum in Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

2015-2016

Faculty Participant, Lower Division Curriculum Committee, Writing Program, USC, partnering to develop policies regarding lower division curriculum (Fall, 2015)

2015-2016

Faculty Participant, New Hire Transition Committee, Writing Program, USC, partnering to coordinate the arrival, orientation, and mentoring of incoming full-time faculty as they transition into their first year at USC; co-author, New Faculty Guide (Spring, Summer and Fall, 2015, Spring 2016)

2015

Merit Review Committee, Writing Program, USC, elected by colleagues, the Merit Review Committee reviews and evaluates Writing Program faculty Merit Review files (Fall, 2015)

2015

Session leader, Summer Orientation for New Faculty, Writing Program, USC, co-led two sessions for new Writing Program faculty: “Practicalities” and “Your Involvement in the Writing Program” (Summer 2015)

2015

Professor of English, Summer Academy, South Central Scholars, USC, curriculum development, coordinating and directing staff of four Teaching Assistants, giving daily lectures, facilitating discussion seminars, evaluating and giving detailed feedback on student work, leading writing workshops, mentoring students as they prepare for their final year in high school and college applications (Summer 2015)

2014, 2016

Teaching Assistant, Summer Academy, South Central Scholars, USC, working to support the lectures given and curriculum developed by professor, facilitating discussion seminars, evaluating and giving detailed feedback on student work, leading writing workshops, and mentoring students as they prepare for their final year in high school and college applications (Summers 2014, 2016)

2014-2015

Course Design, WRIT 150, Thematic Approaches: Issues in Contemporary Economics, Writing Program, USC, researching and developing syllabus, writing projects, readings, conceptual glossary, and ancillary writing activities for new WRIT 150 thematic in economics (Summer 2014, Summer 2015)

2013-2015

Mentor, (W)rites of Passage, Neighborhood Academic Initiative, USC, meeting individually and/or in small groups with local high school students in the NAI program, offering feedback and mentoring as students compose college applications

2014

Affiliation Group Coordinator, Writing Program, USC, supervising and facilitating assignment development for nine Part-Time Lecturers and Assistant Lecturers who teach WRIT 140 (Spring 2014)

2013

Affiliation Group Co-Coordinator, Writing Program, USC, supervising and facilitating assignment development for two Part-Time and Assistant Lecturers who teach WRIT 140 (Fall 2013)

2012-2013

Faculty Participant, CATCH Professional Development, CATCH Charter High, weekly professional development meetings in which faculty share experience and insights to improve classroom management and teaching skills, in order to meet specific state-

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mandated testing goals 2012

Faculty Participant, Part-time Faculty English Practicum, Cerritos College, a monthly gathering of part-time faculty in order to exchange ideas, share experience, and sharpen teaching skills, in order to grow pedagogically

2009-2010

Faculty Participant, Coalition of the Willing for the Integration of Faith and Learning, Biola University

2009

Faculty Mentor, Quick Start Faculty Mentor Program, Biola University

2009

Faculty Chaperone, Torrey Europe, three-week trip to study Plato, Dante, and the writings of Paul the Apostle, in Athens, Greece, islands of the Mediterranean Sea, and Florence, Italy, Biola University

2008

Torrey Honors Institute Writing & Speaking Curriculum Proposal, given one-course release to evaluate current writing program and propose a new program, Torrey Honors Institute, Biola University (proposal was approved to reboot Torrey Writing Program)

2007

Graduate Student Participant, New Faculty Search Committee, University of Pittsburgh

AWARDS, GRANTS & HONORS 2008-2016

EIDOS Fellow, grants in support of writing and speaking

2015

Master Teacher, Writing Program, USC, named by the Mentoring Committee for teaching excellence (Fall, 2015)

2010

Finalist, Very Short Fiction Contest, for short story “Is Still,” Glimmer Train (July 2010)

2009

Honorable Mention, Family Matters Fiction Contest, for short story “Mister, Are You Still Very Sad?” Glimmer Train (October 2009)

2008

Winner, Turow-Kinder Fiction Prize, for first two chapters of The Voice and Arms of God, University of Pittsburgh, Chuck Rosenthal, Judge

2008

Nominee, Best New American Voices 2010, for first two chapters of The Voice and Arms of God, University of Pittsburgh, nominated by Chuck Kinder

2008

Finalist, Elizabeth Baranger Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Pittsburgh

2007

K. Leroy Irvis Summer Research Fellowship, $8,700, University of Pittsburgh

2007

Special Commendation, for receiving the highest student evaluations of any Teaching Assistant or Fellow in the Fall 2006 semester, Dr. David Bartholomae, English Department Chair, University of Pittsburgh

2006-2008

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of English, one of eight M.F.A. students, in a department of over thirty, chosen to teach undergraduate courses in composition and creative writing, $13,900 annually, University of Pittsburgh

2006-2008

Student Honoree, Honors Convocation, University of Pittsburgh

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2006

Private workshop with visiting author Dan Chaon, of short story, “In These Circumstances,” selected as part of the Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series, University of Pittsburgh

2006

K. Leroy Irvis Summer Research Fellowship, $8,200, University of Pittsburgh

2006

Short story, “Dad Said Don,” selected for fiction workshop panel, as part of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize 25th Anniversary, panel included The Atlantilc Monthly’s C. Michael Curtis, Open City’s Joanna Yas, and past winners of the Drue Heinz Literature prize, Jane McCafferty and Darrell Spencer, Pittsburgh, PA

2005-2006

K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship, full tuition remission, $17,000 stipend, University of Pittsburgh

PUBLICATIONS “Christian Art: Devoted to Reality.” ConvergeMagazine.com 16 July 2012. Creative Nonfiction. “The Power of Mothers.” Catholic Digest. Nonfiction. May 2012. Creative Nonfiction. “On Storytelling.” Billtown Blue Lit. www.BilltownBlueLit.wordpress.com. 14 December 2011. Creative Nonfiction. “Is Still.” Twelve Stories. www.ReadTwelveStories.com. 7 November 2011. Short fiction. “Far Beneath.” Pittsburgh Noir. Akashic Books, June 2011. Ed. Kathleen George. Short Fiction. “Mister, Are You Still Very Sad?” Acentos Review, August 2010. Short fiction. “Reflections on Mother’s Day” (contributor). www.RelevantMagazine.com. Ed. John Pattison. 6 May 2010. Creative Nonfiction. “Dad Said Don.” Best of Relief Volume 1. Ed. Kimberly M. Culbertson, et al. Crystal Lake, IL: ccPublishing NFP, 2007. 115 – 127. Short Fiction. “Dad Said Don.” The Ankeny Briefcase. Ed. Jordan Green, et al. Crystal Lake, IL: ccPublishing NFP, 2006. 85– 102. Short Fiction. “Parable.” The Ankeny Briefcase. Ed. Jordan Green, et al. Crystal Lake, IL: ccPublishing NFP, 2006. 17–26. Short Fiction. COMMUNITY SERVICE, LEADERSHIP & ACTIVISM 2016-Present Children’s Minister, New Heart Community Church, Whittier, CA 2016

Organizer, “A Mother’s Story: the Path of Pain and Resilience”: panel presentation of mothers who have lost their children to police violence, including Samaria Rice, mother of Tamir Rice, Anaheim, CA

2015

Organizer, “Orange County #CaravanForJustice Stop,” Co-sponsored “teach-in” event with ACLU, Ella Baker Center, and Just Love Coalition, featuring Patrisse Cullors (founder, Dignity and Power Now; cofounder, #BlackLivesMatter; Truth and Reinvestment Campaign Director, Ella Baker Center), 8 October 2015, First Christian Church, Whittier, CA

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2015

Organizer, “Mobile Justice: OC Edition,” Co-sponsored “artivism” (art and activism) event with ACLU, Ella Baker Center, and Just Love Coalition, featuring art and performances by Patrisse Cullors, Jimena Sarno, and Damon Turner, 9 July 2015, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA

2015

Organizer, “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?” Just Love Coalition panel with JLC cofounder Justin Campbell and the Reverend Dr. Jeff Hood, 25 June 2015, First Christian Church, Whittier, CA

2015

Organizer, “Systemic Racism: Is That Really a Thing?” Just Love Coalition panel with JLC cofounder Justin Campbell, Jonnie Russell (Contributing Fellow, USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture; chaplain, Union Rescue Mission), and Dr. Brad Elliott Stone (Professor of Philosophy; Chair, Department of African American Studies, Loyola Marymount University) 3 June 2015, First Christian Church, Whittier, CA

2015

Organizer, “#BlackSpring Town Hall,” Panelist with JLC cofounder Justin Campbell, Evan Bunch (Dignity and Power Now, Black Lives Matter—Los Angeles), and Ray Lewis (Dignity and Power Now, Black Lives Matter—Los Angeles), Just Love Coalition, 5 May 2015, Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Whittier, CA, 5 May 2015, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Whittier, CA

2014-2015

AYSO Volunteer (Head Coach & Team Parent), AYSO Region 75, facilitating practices, games, and schedules for two seasons

2010-2015

Deacon, New Heart Community Church, Whittier, CA, organizing and leading in services, navigating church decisions and theological controversies, partnering with outside organizations such as My Refuge House, public speaking, facilitating events open to the public, leading ongoing church programs

2011-2013

Coach, Whittier Area Community Church (WACC) Sports Program, coaching six seasons in WACC’s children’s soccer and basketball programs

2004-2005

Director, Young Adult Ministries, WACC, Whittier, CA, leading and facilitating Sundaymorning and Thursday-evening gatherings, teaching, helping to form the community of the young adults socially, spiritually, and relationally

PUBLIC READINGS From The Voice and Arms of God, fiction Novel excerpt, Visiting Author, 23 February 2011, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA From The Voice and Arms of God, fiction Novel excerpt, St. John the Apostle Paper Conference, Keynote Speaker, 2 May 2009, Biola University From The Voice and Arms of God, fiction Novel excerpt, Graduate Thesis Reading & Defense, open to the public, 18 April 2008, University of Pittsburgh From The Voice and Arms of God, fiction Novel excerpt, Turow-Kinder Award Ceremony, 10 April 2008, University of Pittsburgh From The Voice and Arms of God, fiction Novel excerpt, Faculty and Graduate Reading Series, 1 November 2007, University of Pittsburgh

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“Shim Gets a Name (Or at Least a Sex),” creative nonfiction Graduate Thesis Reading & Defense, open to the public, at the special request of Chuck Kinder, 13 April 2007, University of Pittsburgh From The Voice and Arms of God, fiction Novel excerpt, Faculty and Graduate Reading Series, 29 March 2007, University of Pittsburgh “Don’t Remember,” fiction Faculty and Graduate Reading Series, 15 September 2005, University of Pittsburgh

PUBLIC SPEAKING & PRESENTATIONS “What is the Contract with the Reader?” Lecture, South Central Scholars, USC, 28 July 2016 “But Who Is My Prophet?” Sermon, New Hearth Community Church, Whittier, CA, 7 February 2016 Guest, Small Audience: Discussion and Improv, Episode 9: “Art and Vision” (podcast), 17 December 2015 “UMOJA Presents: American Denial.” Panelist, documentary screening, Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA, 19 November 2015 “Systemic Racism: ‘Is that really a thing?’” Panelist with Justin Campbell, Jonathan Russell, and Brad Elliott Stone, Just Love Coalition, 3 June 2015, First Christian Church, Whittier, CA “#BlackSpring Town Hall.” Panelist with Justin Campbell, Evan Bunch, and Ray Lewis, Just Love Coalition, 5 May 2015, Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Whittier, CA “The Apostles’ Puzzle. Or, Logic Karate. Or, How Not to Read the Bible, Please, Because It’s a Story, Not Metaphysics Class.” Sermon, New Hearth Community Church, Whittier, CA, 8 February 2015 “Praxis: Creative Entrepreneurs at Work.” Panelist, Go: The Converge Summit 2015, Newport Beach, CA, 10 January 2015 “Navigating The WeaveWriter Roadmap.” Panelist, WeaveWriter webinar with Dane Sanders, Newport Beach, CA, 22 October 2014 “The world is like itself; I mean, Who is God?” Sermon, New Heart Community Church, Whittier, CA, 14 September 2014 “Swedish Jesus. Reconciliation. And Peter’s Beautiful Awful Horrifying Dumb Lovely Faith.” Sermon, New Heart Community Church, 6 April 2014 “Christianity = Salvation = Faith = Not works = Beliefs = Agreeing with true sentences = Finding & agreeing with insightful true sentences make me a better Christian = Self-awareness & believing true sentences are all I really need. Discuss.” Sermon, New Heart Community Church, La Mirada, CA, 24 November 2013 “Alcoholics Anonymous, Spiritual Practices, and Lent.” Sermon, New Heart Community Church, 12 February 2012 “The logic of stories. Tertullian. Alcoholics Anonymous. Questions. Possibilities. Other things, too.” Lectures, Summit Ministries, Manitou Springs, CO, 4 July 2011 UnLearn Christianity: Diverse Identities Programming, guest panelist, representing a generous voice in

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Christian apologetics, Whittier College, 24 March 2011 Fiction Workshop, guest teacher and workshop leader, Department of English, Biola University, 16 September 2010 “Apologetics, the Letter to Diognetus, and My Friend Helen.” Lecture, Whittier Area Community Church, 8 October 2009 “Dante’s Poetry, Dante’s Landscape,” Lecture, Biola University, 27 May 2009 “A Rebellion of the Branches against the Tree: C.S. Lewis, the 20th Century, and Bright Eyes.” Lecture, Biola University, 31 March 2009 “A Fine Grain of Stupidity: Flannery O’Connor’s Craft of Fiction Writing,” Lecture, Biola University, 12 November 2008 “The Little Prince: How to Cultivate Community,” Lecture, Whittier Area Community Church, 30 October 2008 AFFILIATIONS Member, Association of Writers and Writing Programs Member, Modern Language Association Member, National Council of Teachers of English Member, Directory of Authors, Poets & Writers