Anthony Thomas Koranda
Department of English and Creative Writing
33 E Congress Parkway
Columbia College Chicago
Akoranda@colum.edu
Education & Licensure
In Progress Master of Fine Arts- Creative Writing
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
Focus: Fiction
May 2018 Illinois Substitute Teaching License
May 2017 Bachelor of Arts in English, Honors
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Honors and Awards
2019 Dwight Follett Fellowship- Columbia College Chicago
2018 Graduate Student Award- Columbia College Chicago
2014-2017 University of Iowa Dean’s List
2015-2017 University of Iowa Honors Program-English
2016 Laurence Fairall Scholarship- University of Iowa Department of English
2015 Helen Fairall Scholarship -University of Iowa Department of English
2014 The University of Iowa Transfer Scholarship (Full tuition for three years)
Teaching Experience
Fall 2019 Instructor- Writing and Rhetoric I
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
Fall 2019 Graduate Teaching Assistant- Epicenter of Pop Culture
Sam Weller (MFA)
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
Fall 2019 Guest Lecturer- Epicenter of Pop Culture
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
Summer 2019 Tutor- High school and College Literature and Composition, GED
Varsity Tutors, Chicago, IL
Spring 2019 Instructor- Writing and Rhetoric II
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
Fall 2018 Graduate Teaching Assistant- Design of Cities and Social Justice
Joan Giroux, (MFA) and Rene, King (PhD)
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
Fall 2018 Guest Lecturer- Design of Cities and Social Justice
Lecture Title: Language, Writing, and the Urban Environment
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
Publications
Stories
July 2019 “Heartbeat” Barren Magazine
September 2019 “Marathon” Mosh Literary Journal
January 2020 “Shiva” The Magnolia Review
March 2020 “American Craft Singles” Down in the Dirt Magazine
Research
2019-2020 Research Assistant- Literacy, Technology, and Culture Lab
Susan Neuman (PhD) and Jillian Knapczyk (MA)
New York University, New York, New York
Work Experience
May 2018- September 2018 Senior Candidate Sourcer
Motion Recruitment Partners
August 2017-May 2018 Candidate Sourcing Specialist
Motion Recruitment Partners
June 2015- August 2017 Library Assistant
Coralville Public Library
August 2014-August 2015 Special Services/Circulation Assistant
University of Iowa College of Law Library
January 2020
Freelance Developmental Editor
Networlding Publishing, Inc Chicago, Illinois