B. E. Hopkins

Curriculum Vitae

FREELANCE EXPERIENCE

WRITER

The Impediments to Joy, novel, currently in production

Silent Light, translation of an art catalog by Matthieu Kavyrchine, July 2010

"Afghan à la Française," restaurant review, Steppe magazine, Summer 2009

Portfolio, translation of an art catalog by Matthieu Kavyrchine, Fondation Cartier, February 2009

"The Game," novel excerpt, Contrary magazine, Fall 2008

"The Rocks," novel excerpt, "The Writer Next Door" issue of PEN International magazine, Spring 2008

"The Halcyon Days of War," novel excerpt, Contrary magazine, Winter 2008

138 short biographies of influential Jewish figures, A Book of Jews, Boma Books, 2008

"Aurora's Lovers," translation of Amadou Lamine Sall's "Amantes d'aurores," "Context: Africa" issue of PEN International magazine, Winter 2008

"A New Test for Hachette Livre," "Voices" section of www.tagaro.fr, the Web site of a French media agency, Fall 2006

"The World Wild Web," review of Hillman Curtis on Creating Short Films for the Web, "Features" section, The Independent, a publication of the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers, November 2005

"The God of Love," essay on D. H. Lawrence's The Man Who Died, The Washington College Review, Fall 1998

Read from The Philosopher's Stone, an unfinished novel, on NPR's "All Things Considered," May 1997

Profiled in The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, The Frederick News-Post, and other mid-Atlantic newspapers, May 1997

"Jupiter Tonans," one-act existentialist play/essay, The Washington College Review, Fall 1994

Won the Sophie Kerr Prize, the largest undergraduate literary award in the United States, 1997

EDITOR
(April 2006–Present)

Copyediting and proofreading for various publishing companies including Penguin Group (USA), HarperCollins, Saqi Books, Constable & Robinson, Boma Books, as well as Steppe and PEN International magazine

ADJUNCT ENGLISH PROFESSOR

Frederick Community College (August 2009–Present)

Teaching English Composition (EN101)

East-West University (September 2004–June 2005)

Taught "Rhetoric and Style" (ENG151)

Taught "Introduction to Fiction" (ENG210)

INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN CONSULTANT

JetBlue University, JetBlue Airlines (June 2005–January 2009)

Designed and wrote a two-hour course on airline accident emergency response procedures

Designed and wrote hour-long e-learning courses on Aircraft Familiarization, Baggage Acceptance, Baggage Service, and Care Team airline disaster response

Consulted on JetBlue University's Reasonable Suspicion Drug and Alcohol Test Authorization course

Advised JetBlue University on using the NogginLabs Instructional Genome to create an effective training course for flight attendants working on the company's newest aircraft, the EMBRAER 190

Assisted with project management and acted as the liaison between JetBlue University and NogginLabs

Wrote, edited, and tested JetBlue's EMBRAER 190 training course and ensured its timely release at the start of October 2005

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc./Omniglobe, Inc. (March 2006–August 2006)

Consulted Synchronoss Technologies, Inc., a telecommunications corporation in Edison, New Jersey, on instructional design and training strategies

Wrote and edited Service Coordinator training materials

Helped to coordinate the training of Omniglobe, Inc., employees in India

FULL-TIME EXPERIENCE

CONTENT PRODUCER

NogginLabs, Inc. (September 2003–June 2005)

Researched and wrote online training courses

Helped to develop the instructional design for each course

Oversaw and helped to manage all aspects of e-learning course production by liaising with subject experts, client representatives, illustrators, Flash animators, audio producers, programmers, and designers

Copyedited scripts for a variety of other e-learning courses

Tested and revised course modules using Authorware , XML Spy, and Homesite

(Visit www.nogginlabs.com and select "Dialectical Behavior Treatment Skills Course" under Sample Courses to view a demonstration of the 20-hour course I helped to design and produce.)

PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO DR. WAYNE C. BOOTH, PROFESSOR EMERITUS

English Department, University of Chicago (September 2002–September 2003)

Copyedited and fact checked Dr. Booth's many book projects and articles

Line edited Dr. Booth's unpublished autobiography

Researched various topics for Dr. Booth's works in progress

DEVELOPMENT EDITOR

Triumph Learning (July 2001–April 2002)

Managed test preparation and educational book programs for Texas, Indiana, New Mexico, and Hawaii

Developed and scheduled book programs, individual titles, and revisions

Oversaw all aspects of book production, coordinated with authors, and approved final manuscripts

Line edited, copyedited, and proofread all projects

EDITORIAL COORDINATOR

Alpha Books (May 2000–July 2001)

Assisted Acquisitions Editors, Development Editors, and Production Editors with all stages of book production for the "Complete Idiot's Guides" and other Alpha titles

Maintained project agenda and production schedule

Contracted and managed new titles as an Acquisitions Editor-in-training

Hired and supervised cartoonists, copywriters, technical editors, and foreword writers

ASSOCIATE MANAGING EDITOR/ASSISTANT PRODUCTION EDITOR

Penguin Putnam Inc. (May 1998–May 2000)

Assisted Senior Managing Editor in all aspects of Berkley mass-market and trade-paperback production (140+ titles per year)

Managed all reprints of Berkley backlist (200+ titles per year)

Hired and supervised freelance proofreaders and copy editors

Answered editor, author, and designer requests and queries

Assisted Managing Editor in all aspects of mass-market, trade, and hardcover production for the Berkley Prime Crime and Ace Books imprints

Supervised copyediting and proofreading of manuscripts

Routinely proofread and copyedited

SCREENWRITING/FILMMAKING

Wrote the pilot episode and series bible of The Men Who Sold the World, an hour-long sci-fi comedy series, 2006–2007

"Pane of Glass," runner-up in the 2006 New York Midnight Movie Making Madness Screenwriting Competition

Cowrote The Vermin Supremacy, a half-hour television show of political and campaign satire, for Studio 7NY in New York City, 2006

Wrote, directed, and produced "Kobayashi Maru," an 18-minute digital film, 2006

"The Eccentrics," final-round runner-up in the 2004 New York Midnight Movie Making Madness Screenwriting Competition

"Pilotman," first-round winner in the 2004 New York Midnight Movie Making Madness Screenwriting Competition

Wrote Elysian Fields, a feature-length screenplay, 2002–2003

"We'll Always Have Metropolis," runner-up in the 2003 New York Midnight Movie Making Madness Competition

Grants

Appointed to the Community Arts Assistance Program (CAAP) Literary Grants Panel by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, 2004

Received a CAAP grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, 2005

Wrote, directed, and produced "Flowerbox," a short animated film, using CAAP grant funds, 2005

EDUCATION

Cours de Civilisation Française
La Sorbonne, Paris, France, 2007

Advanced-level certification in written and spoken French

M.A., Humanities
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 2002–2003

Concentration in Modernist European literature

Study Abroad
Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany, 1995–1996

Studied German and French

Awarded a stipend by the American Studies department

B.A., Humanities
Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland, 1993–1997

Honors on Senior Obligation and departmental honors

Teacher Merit Scholarship, Maryland Higher Education Commission, 1994–1997

Graduated magna cum laude

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