Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Essays Interviews Reviews Editorial
Public Readings Panels Papers
Academic Activities Honors Awards
Literary Journals
Publications
Timeline
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Bruce Covey

Decatur,GA

Summary

Strong leader who currently oversees every facet of a wide-ranging IT team through strong project management and decision-making skills. Brings comprehensive knowledge of a variety of database management systems, planning and technical operations, and communications. Skilled at coordinating production plans and resources to complete work under tight deadlines. Strong operational skills and extensive experience building and regulating policies and managing budgets. Collaborates with management teams and stakeholders to uphold company vision.

Overview

41
41
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Director, Campus Life Technical Services

Emory University
01.2018 - Current

Oversee all aspects of local support, infrastructure, security, and purchasing for the Division of Campus Life, involving over 650 machines and numerous installations of department-specific software. Database administrator for the Advocate enterprise solution. Served on University IT Steering Committee for several years. Managed a multitude of projects, collaborating with nearly every School and Division at Emory. Served on numerous committees and working groups outside of my primary department.

Sr. Director, Technical Services, & Bookstore Contract Manager

Emory Univ.
01.2006 - 01.2018

In addition to other responsibilities, wrote RFP, negotiated and managed contracts for Follett and Barnes & Noble.

Bookstore Liaison

Emory University
01.2002 - 01.2006

Among numerous duties, recouped over $400,000 in unpaid credits. Assisted architects and Campus Services in the buildout and interior design of the current bookstore.

Associate Director and Academic Bookbuyer

Emory University Bookstores
01.1998 - 01.2002

Among many duties, founded and managed the Druid Hills Bookstore in Emory Village, which at the time was the largest academic and literary specialty store in the Southeast.

Academic Bookbuyer and Manager

Theology Bookstore, Emory University
01.1994 - 01.1998

Freelance Editor

01.1985 - 01.1998

Managing Editor

Peachtree Publishers
01.1992 - 01.1994

Bookbuyer and Manager

Bookhaven
01.1988 - 01.1992

Editor

Chelsea House Publishers
01.1986 - 01.1988

Associate Information Developer

IBM
01.1983 - 01.1985

Wrote technical manuals for SQL.

Education

M.A. - English Literature

Yale University
01.1987

B.S. - English Writing and Mathematics

St. Lawrence University
01.1983

Skills

  • Database Management and Administration
  • Data Custodian/Owner
  • Data Architecture
  • Data Analytics
  • Business Process Analysis
  • Local Technical Support Management

Accomplishments

Senior Advisor, Campus Life All-Staff Convening Committee, 2017-2022

Chair, Campus Life Senior Staff Convening Committee, 2015-2022

Co-Author, Emory Student Compact, 2014-2017

Founder and Chair, Emory Campus Life Mentorship Program, 2013-2017

Founder and Manager, Campus Life Communications Department, 2015-2018

Co-Founder and Member, Emory Open Expression Policy, 2014-2018

Chair, then Member, Emory Contract Committee, 2012-2017

Participant in the first-ever Emory Excellence Through Leadership course, 2009

Southeastern Booksellers Association member, 1995-2018

American Booksellers Association member, 1988-1992, 1998-2018

New England Booksellers Association member, 1988-1992

Chair, Campus Life Marketing Committee, 2009-2013

Chair, Bookstore Faculty Advisory Committee, 2002-2018

Chair, Student Bookstore Product Focus Group, 2002-2013

Chair, Computer Store Advisor Committee, 2005-2013

Chair, Oxford Bookstore Advisory Committee, 2002-2018

Chair, Ring Tradition Steering Committee, 2003-2011

Member, Student IT Governance Committee, 2004-2008

Member, Emory IT Steering Committee, 2004-2019

Steering Committee Member, ePortfolio Task Force, 2006-2011

Essays Interviews Reviews Editorial

  • Interview, KC Trommer, Puerto del Sol, 2009
  • Interview, Rebecca Livingston, The Best American Poetry, 2008
  • Interview, Jennifer Bartlett, St. Elizabeth Street 5, 2007
  • Interview, Collin Kelley, Business of Words, 2007
  • Interview, Corie Feiner, MiPoesias 19, #2, 2005
  • Review, Publishers Weekly
  • Review, Poets and Writers
  • Review, Verse
  • Review, Rustbuckle
  • Review, Galatea Resurrects
  • Review, CAB/NET

Public Readings Panels Papers

  • Poetry Reading, Washington, DC
  • Poetry Reading, Miami
  • Poetry Reading, Atlanta
  • Poetry Reading, New York City
  • Poetry Reading, Madison
  • Poetry Reading, New Haven, CT
  • Poetry Reading, Baltimore
  • Poetry Reading, Chicago
  • Poetry Reading, Albany
  • Poetry Reading, Emory University
  • Poetry Reading, Vanderbilt University
  • Poetry Reading, Rhode Island School of Design
  • Poetry Reading, Yale University
  • Poetry Reading, Wesleyan University
  • Poetry Reading, University of South Dakota
  • Poetry Reading, Clayton State College
  • Poetry Reading, University of Georgia
  • Poetry Reading, University of Cincinnati
  • Poetry Reading, St. Lawrence University
  • Poetry Reading, Detroit
  • Poetry Reading, Austin
  • Poetry Reading, Tallahassee
  • Poetry Reading, Philadelphia
  • Panel Discussion, Emory University, February 2004
  • Panel Discussion, AWP 2007, Virtually Infinite: The Broad Reach and Vast Potential of the Online Literary Journal
  • AWP Panel, Electronic Poetry Communities, 2009, Canonicity & Electronic Poetry Communities
  • Bookstore Reading Series, Bookhaven Bookstore, 1990, 1992
  • What’s New in Poetry reading series, Emory University, last year

Academic Activities Honors Awards

  • Southeastern Booksellers Association member (1995-present)
  • American Booksellers Association member (1988-1992, 1998-present)
  • New England Booksellers Association member (1988-1992)
  • Chair, Campus Life Marketing Committee (2009-present)
  • Chair, Bookstore Faculty Advisory Committee (2002-present)
  • Chair, Student Bookstore Product Focus Group (2002-present)
  • Chair, Computer Store Advisor Committee (2005-present)
  • Chair, Oxford Bookstore Advisory Committee (2002-present)
  • Chair, Ring Tradition Steering Committee (2003-present)
  • Member, Student IT Governance Committee (2004-present)
  • First Backup, Emory IT Steering Committee (2004-present)
  • Steering Committee Member, ePortfolio Task Force (2006-present)
  • Dobbs University Center Advisory Committee (2007-present)
  • Chair, Campus Life Technology Committee (2006-present)
  • Chair and Appointed Council Member, Emory University Dean’s Poetry Council (2000-present)
  • Member, Emory Arts Steering Committee (2003-2005)
  • Facilitator, Long Range Planning Subcommittee of the Arts Steering Committee (2004-2005)
  • Faculty Advisor, Lullwater Review (2000-present)
  • Faculty Advisor, Om Project (2005-present)
  • Campus Life Prolific Professionals Award (2010)
  • Campus Life “Class Act” Award (1999)
  • Britt Katz Award nominee (2006)
  • Faculty Advisor, The Apogee (2003-2005)
  • Faculty Advisor, ballistic (2002-2003)
  • Crystal Apple Teaching Excellence Award nominee (1999)
  • James Ligon Price III Prize for Poetry (awarded twice, 1982, 1983)
  • Rhodes Scholar State Semi-Finalist for New York (1985)
  • Discovery”/The Nation poetry contest semi-finalist (1987)
  • Paul L. Wolf Award for top senior English major (1983)
  • O. Kenneth Bates Award for top senior Mathematics major (1983)

Literary Journals

  • The Pearl
  • MiPoesias
  • Pettycoat Relaxer
  • The Konundrum Engine Literary Review
  • Aught
  • Can we have our ball back?
  • Shampoo
  • Cross Cultural Poetics
  • Jacket
  • Word For/Word
  • CrossConnect
  • Big Bridge
  • Puppyflowers
  • Ligature
  • Wherever We Put Our Hat
  • Ampersand
  • Softblow
  • Kulture Vulture
  • Explosive Magazine
  • Twenty-Six
  • 26
  • Gutcult
  • La Petite Zine
  • Pool
  • Bombay Gin
  • No Tell Motel
  • Boog City
  • Coconut
  • Esther Press
  • Cranky
  • H_NGM_N
  • Anemone Sidecar
  • 88
  • The Tiny
  • CrossConnect Print Annual
  • One Less: Collections
  • Fascicle
  • Unpleasant Event Schedule
  • Dusie
  • Dirt
  • 42opus
  • Alice Blue
  • Hamilton Stone Review
  • LIT
  • 580 Split
  • Cannibal
  • Small Town
  • Verse
  • Forklift, OH
  • Horse less review
  • Aufgabe
  • Glitter Pony
  • ActionYes Quarterly
  • Teeny Tiny
  • St. Elizabeth Street
  • Otoliths
  • Bird Dog
  • CAB/NET
  • Siren
  • Perihelion
  • Melancholia’s Tremulous Dreadlocks
  • Lungfull!
  • Cimarron Review
  • Columbia Poetry Review
  • Milk
  • Magazine CyPress
  • The Hat
  • One Less: Film
  • EOAGH
  • Sawbuck
  • Bateau
  • Parthenon West Quarterly
  • Sonora Review
  • Past Simple
  • OCHO
  • IF
  • Caffeine Destiny
  • Wildlife Poetry
  • Parcel
  • Pebble Lake Review
  • Cake
  • Ping-pong
  • New South
  • The Best American Poetry website

Publications

  • Book, Glass Is Really a Liquid, No Tell Books, Reston, VA, 2010
  • Book, Ten Pins, Ten Frames, Front Room Publishers, New Haven & Michigan, 2007
  • Book, Elapsing Speedway Organism, No Tell Books, Washington, DC, 2006
  • Book, The Greek Gods as Telephone Wires, Front Room Publishers, 1992
  • Book, Composition of Elements in Parts per Million, unknown, 2000
  • Chapbook, Painting by Numbers, Milk, Summer 2006
  • Chapbook, Reveal, Black Radish, Spring 2011
  • Chapbook, Da Reveal, GAMMM, Italy, Gherardo Bortolotti
  • Chapbook, Otherwise, completed and submitted to publishers

Timeline

Sr. Director, Campus Life Technical Services

Emory University
01.2018 - Current

Sr. Director, Technical Services, & Bookstore Contract Manager

Emory Univ.
01.2006 - 01.2018

Bookstore Liaison

Emory University
01.2002 - 01.2006

Associate Director and Academic Bookbuyer

Emory University Bookstores
01.1998 - 01.2002

Academic Bookbuyer and Manager

Theology Bookstore, Emory University
01.1994 - 01.1998

Managing Editor

Peachtree Publishers
01.1992 - 01.1994

Bookbuyer and Manager

Bookhaven
01.1988 - 01.1992

Editor

Chelsea House Publishers
01.1986 - 01.1988

Freelance Editor

01.1985 - 01.1998

Associate Information Developer

IBM
01.1983 - 01.1985

M.A. - English Literature

Yale University

B.S. - English Writing and Mathematics

St. Lawrence University
Bruce Covey