Jennifer Potter

6905 Penn Ave, #4 Pittsburgh, PA 15208 1.412.441.6377 jspotter@cs.cmu.edu


Education

Bachelor of Arts, Creative Writing, May 1994
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Employment
Distance Education, School of Computer Science, CMU, 1998 - Present
Courseware Specialist
Language Technologies Institute, SCS, CMU, 1993 - 1998
Graduate Program Coordinator
Software Engineering Institute, CMU, 1989-1993
Information Management
Affiliate Relations
Awards
School of Computer Science Staff Recognition Award, 1995
Experience
Document Production
wrote, edited, and designed graduate program brochures and guidebook
designed and coded web pages
compiled, edited, and formatted course materials
assisted the editor of the Machine Translation Journal
proofed galleys
compiled, edited, and distributed electronic newsletter
wrote and designed radio station program guide
free lance copy edited
wrote and produced public service announcements for radio
edited training manuals
coordinated publicity for special events
created author press packets
created color slide presentations
curated photograph collections and displays
Executive
coordinated educational materials for international distribution
scheduled regular and special programming for radio
organized and presented educational programs
led regular business meetings
served on a radio station executive board
researched and produced live public affairs programming for radio
trained, tested, and licensed radio operators
Computer
Macintosh: Illustrator, Photoshop, PageMaker, Word, Navigator, Explorer, Excel, FrameMaker, PowerPoint
UNIX: FrameMaker, GNU Emacs, LaTeX, xmh, Scribe
Clerical
coordinated graduate program admissions
scheduled graduate level courses
organized international conferences
handled correspondence and inquires
Internship
Cleis Press, January - May 1992
Community Activity
WRCT, 88.3 FM: disc jockey (1/90-5/99), producer (1/93-12/94), Program Director (1/92-5/93, 1/94-12/94), Training Director (5/91-12/91)
CMU Women's Center: collective member (1/93-5/95), staff member (8/92-9/95)
References and portfolio available on request.