AMY T ALEXANDER
Nursing in Washington, DC

Award-winning Communications Professional at Corporate, News, or Non-Profit Organizations, Senior Writer and Content Manager at MarketResearch.com

Online Media

Corporate, News, or Non-Profit Organizations - Everywhere since Jan 1997 - Award-winning Communications Professional MarketResearch.com - Greater Washington, D.C. since Jan 2013 - Senior Writer and Content Manager Chronicle of Higher Education/Chronicle of Philanthropy - Washington, DC Feb 2012 - Oct 2012 - Editorial Promotions Manager APSCU - Farragut North, Washington, D.C. Jan 2010 - Nov 2011 - Editorial Director TheRoot.com - http://www.theroot.com/content/amy-alexander 2008 - 2011 - Contributor Book publishing - New York, Boston 1998 - 2011 - Author LDEF Sep 2009 - Jun 2010 - National Correspondent The Nation Institute Jan 2008 - Jan 2009 - The Alfred Knobler Fellow National Public Radio - Washington, D.C. Feb 2007 - Sep 2007 - Associate Producer Africana.com Jul 2000 - Jun 2005 - Media Columnist The Boston Globe Jan 1997 - Aug 2003 - Contributing Writer The Miami Herald Apr 1993 - Jan 1997 - Staff Writer The Fresno Bee - Fresno, California 1990 - 1993 - Staff Writer San Francisco Examiner 1988 - 1990 - Campus Correspondent/Staff Writer Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia Jun 1988 - Aug 1988 - Staff Writer, Features, Summer Intern

Harvard University 1995 - 1996
Nieman Foundation Affiliate, U.S. Women's History San Francisco State University 1981 - 1989
BA, Magazine Journalism

Editing, Stories, Writing, Books, Non-fiction, Publications, Radio, Copy Editing, Journalism, Blogging, Proofreading, Social Media, Web Content, Politics, News Writing, Media Relations, Creative Writing, Public Relations, AP Style, Press Releases, Editorial, Multimedia, Digital Media, Facebook, Public Speaking, Online Publishing, Newsletters, Research, Magazines, Publishing, Social Networking, Online Journalism, Video, Broadcast, Storytelling, Ap Style

Nonfiction (reading and writing), films, hiking, theater, YA literature, James Baldwin, the Weather Channel, ROBLOX.

Co-recipient The Life Saver Award, from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, 2001; California Newspaper Publishers Association Spot News Coverage Award, 1992 for the Los Angeles Riots (Fresno Bee)

French (conversational)

Alumna of the Year
San Francisco State University Journalism Department
Received the 2012 Alumna of the Year Award from the Journalism Faculty and Students at San Francisco State University.
Lifesaver Award
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Received the Survivor/Lifesaver Award from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for my book, "Lay My Burden Down: Suicide and the Mental Health Crisis Among African-Americans,' co-authored with Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D.
Breaking News Coverage Award
California News Publishers Association
Led The Fresno Bee team coverage of the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

Director of Undergraduate Education, College of Computer, Math, and Natural Sciences at University of Maryland

Higher Education

University of Maryland - College Park, MD since Feb 2007 - Director of Undergraduate Education, College of Computer, Math, and Natural Sciences University of MD - Robert H. Smith School of Business - University of MD Oct 1999 - Feb 2007 - Assistant Director - MBA and MS Programs

University of Maryland College Park 1986 - 1989
Rutgers - The State University of NJ 1978 - 1982
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Science Education

Academic Advising, Student Affairs, Student Development, Campus, Higher Education, Admissions, Career Counseling, Resume Writing

Associate Editor at National Public Radio

Writing and Editing