Freelance Writer, Blogger, Speaker
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Freelance Writer, Blogger: http://www.alizahausman.net (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Adjunct Professional Writing Tutor at College of Mount Saint Vincent
- Freelance Writer at Presentense Magazine
- Editorial Intern at New York Family Magazine
- Freelance Film/DVD Critic at Tail Slate Magazine
- Lead 11th Grade English Teacher, Avid Advisor, 9th Grade English Teacher at City of New York/School of Arts & Technolog
- Freelance Reader Services/Temp Exec Assistant to the Editor-in-chief at Seventeen Magazine
- Sales Administrative Assistant & Assistant to the Vice President of Sales at MetTel
- Win-it! Prize Coordinator/Reader Mail Assistant at CosmoGirl! Magazine
- Copy Editer at America Online
- Editorial Assistant at Family Publications
- Editorial Assistant at Mediastart.com
- Administrative Assistant at Fordham University
- Education
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- Pace University
- Fordham University
- Writers Seminar
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Aliza Hausman’s Summary
Writing articles on race, culture, religion, community, family, relationships and films and pop culture.
Published articles for Presentense magazine, YU Commentator, Chabad, New York Family magazine, etc. Speaker on race and conversion in Judaism.
Writing a "overcoming adversity" memoir on a Latina's conversion to Judaism: Latina, American, Jew: Becoming Jewish in a Multicultural World.
Blogger at http://www.alizahausman.net
See Portfolio at: http://amhausman.googlepages.com/funny%2Cyoudon%27tlookjewish
Aliza Hausman’s Specialties:
writing, editing, factchecking, personal essay writing, interviews, features writing, religion, race, culture, community, family, relationships, pop culture, high school education
Aliza Hausman’s Experience
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Freelance Writer, Blogger: http://www.alizahausman.net
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)
March 2004 — Present (5 years 5 months)
While freelance writing on life, race, culture, religion, family, pop culture and all that jazz for various print and online publications, I'm working on a memoir about my conversion to Judaism for a Jewish publisher. My blog is an online journal of work that will end up in my book or a future article. Published in New York Family Magazine, Presentense Magazine, Tail Slate Magazine and The Yeshiva University Commentator.
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Adjunct Professional Writing Tutor
College of Mount Saint Vincent
(Higher Education industry)
September 2007 — May 2008 (9 months)
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Freelance Writer
Presentense Magazine
(Publishing industry)
September 2007 — December 2007 (4 months)
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Editorial Intern
New York Family Magazine
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
May 2007 — September 2007 (5 months)
Wrote and fact-checked articles and interviews for print family lifestyle magazine.
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Freelance Film/DVD Critic
Tail Slate Magazine
(Writing and Editing industry)
March 2004 — September 2007 (3 years 7 months)
Wrote film and DVD reviews and Arts & Culture pieces for an online publication.
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Lead 11th Grade English Teacher, Avid Advisor, 9th Grade English Teacher
City of New York/School of Arts & Technolog
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
September 2004 — June 2007 (2 years 10 months)
Trained in Ramp-up, Workshop Model, Balanced Literacy and UBD planning; Successful NYS English Regents pass rate; Strong emphasis on reading comprehension skills through writing, cooperative learning and practical application of skills; Lead 11th Grade English teacher--teaching 75% of the 11th grade class; Advisor for 9th grade AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) pilot program; 9th Grade English teacher utilizing balanced literary and Ramp-up fusion curriculum.
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Freelance Reader Services/Temp Exec Assistant to the Editor-in-chief
Seventeen Magazine
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
March 2004 — June 2004 (4 months)
Responded to reader letters and drafted standard responses for Editor-in-chief’s reader mail; Supported the Editor-in-chief with daily administrative duties; Managed and organized calendar, included preparation for travel and meeting arrangements.
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Sales Administrative Assistant & Assistant to the Vice President of Sales
MetTel
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
April 2003 — March 2004 (1 year)
First point-of-contact for incoming order requests from the Agent Sales channel; Entered, fact-checked, tracked and created tally of daily incoming faxed order requests; Provided Vice President of Sales with administrative assistance and managed travel arrangements.
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Win-it! Prize Coordinator/Reader Mail Assistant
CosmoGirl! Magazine
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
September 2000 — October 2003 (3 years 2 months)
Chief liaison between participating corporate sponsors, editors and readers; Managed CosmoGIRL! “Win-It!” Giveaway Department and interns; Coordinated winner selection, generated winner list and handled prize distribution; Supervised and ordered inventory of prizes and supplies; Assisted Reader Services Editor with daily duties; Read, tallied, sorted, archived and responded to reader and winner mail; Researched specific queries from reader and winner mail
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Copy Editer
America Online
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Internet industry)
September 2002 — February 2003 (6 months)
Provided daily Quality Assurance of Digitalcity.com for 5-10 cities; Utilized AOL functionality tools and Access to correct and log errors; Proofread, fact-checked, and copy-edited event and venue information.
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Editorial Assistant
Family Publications
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
June 2001 — September 2001 (4 months)
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Editorial Assistant
Mediastart.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
November 2000 — January 2001 (3 months)
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Administrative Assistant
Fordham University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
March 1999 — October 2000 (1 year 8 months)
Aliza Hausman’s Education
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Pace University
MS.Ed , Adolescent English Education 7-12 , 2004 — 2007
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Fordham University
BA , English/Communications , 1998 — 2002
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Writers Seminar
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Aliza Hausman’s Interests:
writing, editing, reading novels: fiction & nonfiction, reading and writing for magazines and online publications, yoga, swimming, aerobics, walking, hiking, television, films, etc.
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