Matthew Pieknik

Brooklyn, NY USA
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Professional Experience

Diversely-skilled, energetic freelancer with significant experience with academic and research-based writing, as well as arts and culture features, as well as creative nonfiction forms. Have written about everything from 19th C. American literature, to contemporary theater, to international refugee issues. Specializations include outdoor writing, theater and literature, and children's writing.

Expertise

Copy Editor
4 Years
Editor
Entry Level
Writer
12 Years

Specialty

Books & Literature
12 Years
Arts & Humanities
10 Years
Theater
10 Years

Industries


Academia Other
4 Years
Nonprofit
2 Years
Academia Teaching
4 Years

Other Work History

English PhD student, SUNY Buffalo, 2007-2011

Technical Skills

Wordpress experience

Foreign Language Skills

Some Spanish, Thai

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, Windows XP and OSX, Wordpress and Blogger, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat

Equipment

laptop and digital camera

References

Joan Copjec, Editor-in-Chief, Umbr(a): A Journal of the Unconscious. joancopjec@hotmail.com

Awards

Presidential Fellowship, University at Buffalo, 2007-2011 Dean's Award, University at Buffalo, 2007-2011 Dwight & Leola Stocker Award for Creative Nonfiction, Kalamazoo College, 2004 Stephanie Vibbert Award for Nonfiction devoted to social justice issues, Kalamazoo College, 2004.

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