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Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson

Various editing positions, photographer, reporter

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  • About me

    Word nerd, editor, writer, multimedia teacher, AP/collegiate English teacher and college counselor wants new challenge.

  • Education

    • Holland Hall

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    • Skelly Junior High

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    • The University of Tulsa

      1979 - 1985
      M.A., B.S. English, journalism, sociology

  • Experience

    • Tulsa World

      Jan 1977 - Jan 1987
      Various editing positions, photographer, reporter

      Layout editor, news editor, copy editor, reporter, photographer, copy boy.

    • University of Tulsa

      Aug 1983 - May 1985
      Graduate teaching assistant: English

      Taught Composition I and Composition II; tutored students in the Writing Center.

    • Tulsa Community College

      Jun 1985 - Jul 1987
      Adjunct professor of English

      Taught Composition II, Composition I, world literature and American literature.

    • Fort Worth Star-Telegram

      Jan 1987 - Jan 1997
      Various editing positions

      Layout editor, news editor, copy editor, assignment editor, assistant city editor, assistant national-foreign editor.

    • Tarrant County College

      Jan 1988 - May 2011
      Adjunct professor of English

      Taught American literature, world literature, Composition II, Composition I, developmental English.

    • Texas Christian University

      Jan 1989 - Jan 2000
      Adjunct professor of journalism

      Taught copy editing, Reporting I and Reporting II; quasi-adviser to the student newspaper.

    • Boswell High School

      Jan 1997 - Jan 2006
      English teacher

      Taught AP English Literature, AP English Language, senior English, junior English, freshmen English; was academic contests coordinator; coached several academic teams; supervised the yearbook; was AP academic coordinator.

    • The College Board

      Jun 2003 - Jul 2024
      AP Reader/Table Leader

      I manage a group of 7-9 collegiate and high school teachers each year to help them accurately score essays written for the AP English Literature exam.

    • Trinity Valley School

      Jul 2006 - May 2011
      AP English teacher

      Taught AP English Literature and AP English Language; faculty sponsor for student book club and environmental group.

    • Holland Hall

      Aug 2011 - Jul 2014
      English teacher

      I teach collegiate-level electives to seniors and rhetoric/composition to freshmen. The senior electives include: Literature and Human Nature: The Sociology of Literature; Women's Lives and Literature; and William Shakespeare: Selected Plays and Sonnets. The electives are designed and taught at the junior level of university or college.

    • Tulsa Community College

      Aug 2012 - Jul 2024
      Adjunct professor of English

      I primarily teach Composition II, a research-based course heavy with analytical writing.

    • Columbia Independent School

      Aug 2014 - May 2015
      College counseling director; AP Literature, AP Language teacher

    • Rocky Mount Academy

      Jul 2015 - May 2016
      Director of college counseling

    • Oklahoma Magazine

      Jul 2016 - Jul 2020
      Senior editor

      I worked with writers on their articles, copy edited and proofed the entire magazine, and reported/wrote 3-5 articles for each issue.

    • Bixby High School

      Aug 2016 - Jun 2019
      Director of journalism, multimedia and yearbook instruction

      I operated Studio B, where the journalism, multimedia and yearbook classes are taught. My mantra to students was one word: Produce. The only way to produce an online newspaper, a yearbook, a podcast, a video or a documentary is to work everyday at it.

    • Tulsa

      Nov 2021 - now
      Academic Advisor and College Counselor

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Oklahoma and Texas teaching certificates