Curriculum Vitae
Cherae Clark
Academic Background:
2014 – Present, Indiana University, M.F.A. candidate, Graduate Student Fellowship recipient
(Fiction)
2008 – 2012, University of Kansas, B.A.
(English-Creative Writing; French Language minor; Honors Program; Research Experience Program
Certification; Service Learning Certification)
Research Activities/Publications/Presentations
2015 – “My Teacher is a Dragon: Speculative Fiction in the Creative Writing Classroom,” Indiana University
Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference
2013 – Celebration of Queerness (reading)
2013 – “The Spillway” - OUTSpoken KC Scripts and Stories (staged reading)
2012 – University of Kansas Undergraduate Research Award: Turning the Page: Creating New
Representations of Lesbians in Fiction (also English Departmental Honors Thesis)
2012 – “Rapunzel” – Kiosk Literary Magazine
2011 – “Kenzie, 6” – Comma, Splice Literary Magazine
2010 – “Call for Submissions: Why Young Adult Lesbian Literature Needs More Writers”
2010 – “Playing Our Own Strings: Andrea Gibson’s Spoken Word Poetry as Social Justice Literature”
2009 – Honors Research Development Grant: Butch/Femme Binary in Young Adult Lesbian Fiction
Teaching Experience
2015 – Writer in the Community, Indiana University, (Elementary School)
2014-2015 – Associate Instructor, Introduction to Creative Writing, Indiana University
2012 – Duke Talent Identification Program: Teaching Assistant, Creative Writing
2011 – Duke Talent Identification Program: Teaching Assistant, Creative Writing
2010 – Duke Talent Identification Program: Teaching Assistant, Sports Medicine
Other Experience (Non-Academic)
2009 – 2011, University of Kansas - Department of Student Housing
Resident Assistant
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Oversee 20-40 residents living in wing; includes monitoring their academic and emotional standing;
being an available resource for questions and concerns; and handling student or building crises
Work with 26 other resident assistants to create academic, educational, and social programs for
approximately 900 students
2011 – 2012, University of Kansas – Writing Center
Consultant
• Help native and non-native students with purpose, organization, and clarity in analytical, scientific, or
creative writing
2012 – 2014, YMCA of Greater Kansas City
Personal Trainer, Healthy Living Coach
• Attended to the needs of community members, both physical and mental, and helped guide them to
goals based on those needs, keeping them connected and invested in the Y
Curriculum Vitae
Cherae Clark
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Designed physical programs clients could adhere to and modify over time to achieve weight loss or
gain and overall wellness
Professional Accomplishments (Honors/Awards)
2015 – Writer in South Asia Fellowship (India and Nepal)
2012 – Lambda Literary Foundation Emerging Writers Fellow
2012 – Phi Beta Kappa
2012 – Maxwell Nature Writing Contest (“Not a Runner”)
2012 – Thomas J. O’Donnell Award In Creative Nonfiction (“Boy Meets Girl”)
2011 – Nancy Stockwell Scholarship for Fiction (“Debutant”)
2010 – Honors Program Development Grant
2010 – Zarel and Ruth Spears Scholarship for Excellence in Literary Study (“Crimes and Punishments”)
2010 – National Society of Collegiate Scholars
2010-2012 – Dean’s Scholar, University of Kansas Honors Program
2010-2012 – University Scholar, University of Kansas Honors Program
2008-2012 – National Achievement Scholarship
Professional Development
2013 – Storytelling for the Stage: A Playwriting Workshop, Instructor: Darren Canady
2012 – Lambda Literary Foundation Emerging Writers’ Retreat
2011 – Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference
2010 – Student Leaders Workshop
2010 – Gender Leadership Conference, University of Kansas
2011, 2010, 2009 – Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference
Professional Skills
2011-2012 – President, KU Queers and Allies
2010-2011 – Administrative Manager, KU Queers and Allies
ACE Personal Trainer – Certified, Jan 2011
French proficiency
Service/Service Learning
2009-2012 – Facilitator, Safe Space Ally Program (involves speaking on panels to classes about gender and
sexuality in order to educate and create safe discussion places)
2011 – Alternative Spring Breaks Site Leader: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender resource center in La
Crosse, WI
2011 – Tutoring and Teaching Writing/KU Writing Center
Activities/Personal Interests
2013 – Gay and Lesbian Archives of Mid-America (GLAMA) and OUTSpoken KC: Love and Marriage
(archiving and dramatic rendering)
2013 – Head Coach, Girls on the Run volunteer
2013 – National Novel Writing Month Young Writers Program Facilitator at KC Central Library
2012-Present – Novel in Progress