Susan Anderson

Experience

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  Freelance

  Jan 1995 - Dec 2016

  Writer, Editor, Tutor

  • Proofread Motherlunge (Winner of the 2011 AWP Prize for the novel) and Ajax at the End of Time by Kirstin Scott (2010, 2016)• Edited Access Art, Art Access’ biannual newsletter (2001-2011)• Worked on technical and instructional writing projects for In Credible English (1999-2001), creative radio pieces for KUER (1999-2001), and a book-length non-fiction manuscript for Dr. Ernst Beier, Professor Emeritus at the University of Utah (1998). • Assisted undergraduate and advanced degree students with essays, fellowship proposals, and professional statements (1995-2000). Show less

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  Various

  Jan 1996 - Dec 2016

  Volunteer and Committee Work

  • postcards.voters.org (Fall 2020)• Poetry Out Loud Judge (Spring 2019 & 2020)• Utah Poetry Festival's K-4 Poetry Pedagogy Workshop (April 2019)• Voter Registration, Salt Lake City Indivisible Voterise Project (2018-19)• U’s Grant Writing Collective Planning Committee (2017-2019)• Liberty Wells Community Garden Planning Team (2014-15)• Hawthorne Elementary, Poetry Instructor for K-3 Students and ELP Steering Committee Member (2007-2015)• Sundance Film Festival, Venue Theater Manager (1998-2001)• East Central City Intersection Closure Committee (2001)• U’s Graduate Student Steering Committee on Ethnic and Gender Diversity (1995)• U’s LEAP Steering Committee on Program Development (1994-1995)• U’s English Department Graduate Student Advisory Committee (1994-1995)• KUER, Fund drive (1996-2001)• Living Traditions Festival (2000)• Planned Parenthood (1996-99) Show less

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  University of Utah

  May 1997 - May 2004

  University of Utah English Department/Writing Program (1992-2004) and University of Utah Liberal Education Program (1994-1995).• Designed and/or implemented several courses: Literature as Protest, Literature and Politics, Professional Writing, Contemporary Literature, Introduction to Literature, Business Writing, and Introduction to College Writing. • Chosen by the UWP Director to develop syllabi and writing assignments, team-teach courses, and organize writing workshops and seminars during LEAP’s pilot year. Show less Assistant to the Coordinator for Science and Technology Center’s National Science Foundation Site Review (Summer 1997). University of Utah Computer Science Department.• Assisted Dr. Gerda Saunders (Coordinator for the U's Computer Science Department's Science and Technology Center) in planning and executing an eighty person, two-week National Science Foundation's on-site grant review. • Helped with review logistics, organized materials, and greeted and directed faculty and NSF reviewers. Show less

  • Adjunct Instructor and Teaching Fellow

    Aug 1992 - May 2004

  • Assistant to the Coordinator

    May 1997 - Sept 1997
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  Art Access Gallery

  Apr 2013 - Dec 2016

  • Helped local nonprofit organization that provides creative opportunities for people with disabilities and other underserved communities update grant language, get back on track with deadlines, add professionalism and efficiency to grant writing procedures, and diversify its funding base. • Researched and developed grant applications that resulted in increased donations from previous donors and garnered new donations from local, corporate, and national funders. Secured organization’s first federal grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for a 30th anniversary project on Creative Differences. Show less

  • Program Facilitator

    Jan 2012 - Dec 2016

  • Grant Writer

    Apr 2013 - Jan 2015
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  Tanner Humanities Center

  Aug 2015 - Dec 2023

  Development Officer

  • Establish fundraising priorities for major programming areas (public humanities engagement, educational outreach, academic research) and research local, state, and national funding opportunities.• Develop, write, and manage complex and deadline-driven development documents, including grant applications, budgets, letters of inquiry, letters of commitment, letters of support, newsletters, grant reports, and stewardship materials.• Research, cultivate, and track individual donors.• Communicate and coordinate fundraising efforts with development staff in the College of Humanities and the Office of Institutional Advancement and assure compliance with IA and the U's Office of Sponsored Projects.• Helped secure awards from prestigious local and national funding sources such as the O.C. Tanner Charitable Trust; the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation; the R. Harold Burton Foundation; The B.W. Bastian Foundation; Utah Humanities; the Salt Lake County’s Zoo, Arts and Park Program; the Salt Lake City Arts Council; the National Endowment for the Arts; and the National Endowment for the Humanities. • Played a central role in developing, planning, and executing two NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops• Assist with managing conferences, work-in-process talks for research fellows, teacher workshops, and free public events with high-profile speakers (recent speakers include Ibram X. Kendi, Maya Lin, Reshma Saujani, Anita Hill, John Brennan, Ben Fountain, Sandra Cisneros, Zadie Smith, Michael Chabon, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Stanley Nelson, Siddhartha Mukherjee, among others).• As a core member of the Tanner Humanities Center Team, participate in strategic, event, and program planning, project management, and stakeholder outreach and coordination. Show less

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  University of Utah

  Dec 2023 - now

  Program Manager, Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships

  • Inform students, faculty, and administrators about the 35 nationally competitive scholarships managed by ONCS, including the Rhodes Scholarship, Fulbright U.S. Student Program, Knight-Hennessy Scholarship, Churchill Scholarship, Goldwater Scholarship, etc.• Advise students on the nationally competitive scholarship process, including expectations, application materials required, evaluation criteria, endorsements, timelines, deadlines, and resources.• Assess scholarship eligibility and alignment based on an individual student’s academic record, leadership experiences, extracurricular activities, background, goals, and future plans.• Assist in developing written materials, including personal statements, statements of grant purpose, leadership essays, essays on programs of study, and short answer questions.• Strategize with students on letters of recommendation and discuss best practices for requesting them from administrators, faculty, staff and community members. Serve as liaisons between students and recommenders, if needed.• Help organize and communicate with endorsement committees, arrange and conduct practice interviews, and write endorsement letters.• Amplify student successes with an annual ONCS celebration in spring, an annual report, and media highlights throughout the year.• Interface with scholarship programs worldwide. Show less