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    Matthew Fishbane

    matthew.fishbane@nyu.edu

    EDUCATION

    New York University, School of Journalism. M.A., concentration in magazine writing, December 2007. Arthur Carter Fellowship (merit based).

    Harvard University, Graduate School of Education. Ed. M., Teaching and Curriculum, 1994.

    Rice University. B.A., English and French Studies, 1992.

    EXPERIENCE

    Editorial Fellow, Salon.com
    Contributed to Broadsheet, TV Daily, and published three features, as well as completing editorial and clerical tasks.

    Freelance Writer
    Researched, reported and wrote articles for the New York Times, Salon.com, the Christian Science Monitor, El Malpensante (Colombia), and others. Current interests include Colombian and Cambodian conflict resolution, language and globalization, and cross-cultural lives.

    Research Assistant
    Conducted book and article research, fact checking and clerical tasks for Patrick Symmes, contributing editor to Outside, and Clive Thompson, contributing writer to the New York Times Sunday Magazine.

    English Department Coordinator, Colegio Los Nogales, Bogotá, Colombia, 1994--1998; 2003--2006.
    Taught literature seminars at bilingual private school. As department chair, coordinated faculty of 18 Colombian and American teachers from preschool through 12th grade. Re-hired through the school's Program for Excellence in Teaching, one of two faculty distinguished in this manner.

    Freelance Translator, since 1994.
    Translation of literary and corporate texts to English from Spanish, French and Khmer. Book-length publications include Otras Voces, Otro Arte (Planeta, 2006), and Suramerica: Water Continent (Gamma, 2005). Simultaneous oral translation, such as the workshop "Privatization and Water Markets" for Colombia's National Environmental Forum.

    Head of English Department, International School of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2000--2002.
    Taught International Baccalaureate Diploma and Middle Years Programs. Wrote curriculum. Budgeted department resources and oversaw hiring.

    Upper School English Teacher, American School of Madrid, Spain, 1998--2000.
    Taught International Baccalaureate Diploma, Advanced Placement English, freshman English, American and British Literature survey courses, Creative Writing and Journalism.

    Teaching Intern, South Boston High School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1994.
    Taught Freshman English and Literature Enrichment.

    English Language Teacher, The European Management Institute, Prague, Czech Republic, 1992--1993.
    Taught English to business professionals on site. Designed courses.

    SKILLS

    Fluent in Spanish and French. Good spoken, fair written Khmer.
    Teaching License: Massachusetts Secondary Certification in English.
    Basic html and web design, audio and video editing (Pro Tools), photography