CELINE AENLLE-ROCHA
Writer & Educator
New York,NY
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Lecturer-in-Discipline
Columbia University
7 2022 - Current
- Develop and implement innovative teaching strategies to engage students in lectures and coursework.
- Mentor and advise graduate student teaching fellows on best teaching practices.
- Co-designed monthly staff professional development series, "Practice What You Teach". Presenter(s) share successful exercise/strategy that enacts anti-racist pedagogy, situate it in relation to current research in writing studies, and help participants apply towards teaching or consulting practice.
Writing Center Consultant
Columbia University
09.2021 - Current
- Consult with undergraduate and graduate student writers on all steps of the writing process: invention, draft, revise, edit, publish.
- As a member of the Racial Justice Working Group, collaborate on incorporating anti-racism and linguistic justice into curriculum.
- Conduct individual and collaborative research projects on decolonizing writing pedagogy and incorporating multilingualism into the classroom.
Writing Instructor
Writopia Lab
02.2019 - Current
- Lead engaging and diverse writing workshops in creative, persuasive, and college essay writing.
- Employ varied approaches to make virtual lessons more interesting and interactive for students.
Teaching Fellow
Columbia University
09.2020 - 05.2022
- Instructed University Writing classes on principles and strategies of critical thinking and writing, particularly through the lens of race and ethnicity.
- As an editorial board member of The Morningside Review, reviewed and critiqued more than 50 submissions.
Online Managing Editor
Columbia Journal
06.2019 - 06.2020
- Established new special issues for Women's History Month, Black History Month, Winter Contest
- Expanded social media promotion to Instagram and Twitter.
- Achieved increased number of paid submissions to quarterly contests.
Marketing Coordinator
Oxford University Press
08.2015 - 08.2018
- Increased promotional efforts for product launches, including public relations tasks, direct mail pieces, trade shows, sales training and e-mail blasts.
- Founded company Diversity & Inclusion Committee and managed fifty members in conjunction with anti-racist efforts in recruitment and retention, editorial and promotion, and community events.
Education
Master of Arts - Creative Writing, Fiction
Columbia University in The City of New York
New York, NY 08.2018 - 05.2022
Certificate - Publishing
Columbia University In The City Of New York
New York, NY 06.2015 - 08.2015
Bachelor of Arts - English Literature And Spanish Area Studies
Kenyon College
Gambier, OH 08.2011 - 05.2015
Publications & Awards
Conference Presentations
"Practice What you Teach: Remixing and Enacting Anti-Racist Pedagogies." College Composition and Communication. Baltimore, MD. Upcoming April 2025.
"Counterstory as Critical Fabulation." ‘Educating Susan’: Decolonisation and Inclusivity in Creative Writing Pedagogy and Publishing. London, UK. September 2024.
Awards & Fellowships
Kimbilio Retreat for Black Writers (Scholarship), July 2023.
Key West Literary Seminar (Teacher & Librarian Scholarship), January 2023.
Macondo Workshop (Scholarship), July 2022.
Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction, Nimrod International Journal, September 2021.
Martha's Vineyard Institute for Creative Writing (Fellowship), June 2021.
Pushcart Prize nomination, Tahoma Literary Review, Spring 2021.
Flash Fiction Contest Winner, HIKA, Spring 2015.
Artist Residencies
Baldwin for the Arts, Spring 2025.
Collar Works/Elizabeth Murray, Spring 2024.
Hambidge Center, August 2022.
Fairhope Center for the Writing Arts, July 2022.
Collar Works/Elizabeth Murray, Spring 2022.
Art Farm, Summer 2021.
Publications
"Hattie Guillory & the One Drop Rule." Obsidian, Summer 2023. Fiction.
"The Age of Emotion." swamp pink (formerly Crazyhorse), Fall 2022. Fiction.
“Tony.” The Brooklyn Rail, 22 July 2022. Fiction.
"Calabaza, Calabaza." Pigeon Pages, January 2022. Flash fiction.
“White Black People.” Nimrod International Journal, September 2021.
"Strange Gifts." Joyland, July 2021. Fiction.
“Le Grand Debut.”Tahoma Literary Review, Spring 2021. Fiction.
“Had We Stayed.” Puerto Del Sol: Black Voices Series, April 2021. Fiction.
"Mango." The Acentos Review, April 2021. Fiction.
“The Harlem House.” Solar Journal, February 2021. Fiction.
“Mary Guillory and the Righteous Cause.” Fatal Flaw, Vol. 2, Fall 2020. Fiction.
“Ada.” Salt & Pepper, Vol. 5. Winter 2019. Fiction.
"Looking for Cuba." The Suburban Review, Vol. 7. Winter 2017. Prose poetry.
"Think of a Name." HIKA, Spring 2015. Flash fiction.
“Looking for Cuba.” The Suburban Review, Vol. 7. Winter 2017.
"Think of a Name." Spring Flash Fiction Contest Winner, HIKA. Spring 2015.
Timeline
Writing Center Consultant
Columbia University
09.2021 - Current
Teaching Fellow
Columbia University
09.2020 - 05.2022
Online Managing Editor
Columbia Journal
06.2019 - 06.2020
Writing Instructor
Writopia Lab
02.2019 - Current
Master of Arts - Creative Writing, Fiction
Columbia University in The City of New York
08.2018 - 05.2022
Marketing Coordinator
Oxford University Press
08.2015 - 08.2018
Certificate - Publishing
Columbia University In The City Of New York
06.2015 - 08.2015
Bachelor of Arts - English Literature And Spanish Area Studies
Kenyon College
08.2011 - 05.2015
Lecturer-in-Discipline
Columbia University
7 2022 - Current
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