JUAN MARTINEZ juan@fulmerford.com http://www.fulmerford.com (361) 563-9115 A PDF version of this CV can be found at http://www.fulmerford.com/strobe/resume.pdf An HTML version of this CV can be found at http://www.fulmerford.com/strobe/resume.html E D U C A T I O N In Progress - University of Nevada Las Vegas- Las Vegas, NV * Ph.D. in literature with a minor in translation theory 2004 - University of Central Florida - Orlando, FL * M.A. in creative writing 2000 - University of Central Florida - Orlando, FL * B.A. in creative writing with a minor in applied computer science E X P E R I E N C E Instructor: World Literature 1 & 2, Creative Writing, English Composition 1, & Business Writing August 2005-Present - UNLV English Department - Las Vegas, NV Associate Editor July 2007-Present – Interim, UNLV English Department - Las Vegas, NV Associate Editor July 2007-Present – Witness, Black Mountain Institute - Las Vegas, NV Instructor: Creative Writing & English Composition January 2005-August 2005 - Valencia Community College - Orlando, FL Instructor: Creative Writing, English Composition 1101 & 1102 August 2003-August 2005 - UCF English Department - Orlando, FL Writing Consultant August 2002-August 2004 - University Writing Center - Orlando, FL Assistant Lab Manager March 1999-December 2002 - Academic Computing Support - Orlando, FL Lab Consultant 1996-1999 - Academic Computing Support - Orlando, FL Staff Writer 1993-1996 - The Colombian Post - Bogotá, Colombia I N T E R E S T S * Vladimir Nabokov. * Creative writing--fiction and nonfiction. * Interdisciplinary studies in the creative process. * Intertextuality and the novel. * Contemporary British and American novelists. * 19th-century British novelists. * The history of the novel. * Cultural studies and popular culture. * Paracinema, and exploitation and cult films. S P E C I A L S K I L L S * Working knowledge of C, Java, and SQL * Extensive work with HTML and DHTML (including CSS), with particular emphasis on information architecture issues in new media * Fluent in English & Spanish A W A R D S , R E C O G N I T I O N S, & C E R T I F I C A T E S * GA Excellence in Teaching Award. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. April 2007. * Graduate assistantship. UNLV English Department. Fall 2005-Present. * Interviewed for UCF’s Spring 2006 English Department Newsletter, Knight Notes. * 2003 Graduate Student of the Year, English Department, University of Central Florida. * GTA Certificate Course, 2003. Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Central Florida. * Interviewed for NPR’s The Arts Connection by Sarah Schlossman, 17 November 2004 WMFE 90.7 . Also available online at * Waxwing: The Vladimir Nabokov Appreciation Site linked by CNN, The Guardian, Longman Publishing, the division of Russian and Slavic Studies at Hunter College New York, and elsewhere; the website is also featured in course syllabi at Cornell, MIT, Mount Holyoke, and other universities. P R E S E N T A T I O N S December 2008 (Forthcoming). “Cynthia’s Broken Series: The Hereafter’s Text and Paratext in ‘The Vane Sisters.’” The Modern Language Association Convention. San Francisco, CA. January 2008. “Pitching Fiction: From Academia to the Marketplace.” The Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference. New York, NY. May 2007. “Lord Kinbote, Hold Steady: Nabokov References in Pop Culture.” Oceanic Popular Culture Association Conference, Honolulu, HI. February 2007. “Nabokovilia: Nabokov References in Contemporary Literature.” Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900, Louisville, KY. November 2006. "Providence and Peg Legs: Shakespeare's Pirates." Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, Riverside, CA. March 2006. "Translating an Affair: A Comparison of the Two Official Lolita Translations". Southeast Conference on Foreign Languages and Literature, Deland, FL. R E C E N T P U B L I C A T I O N S Waxwing: The Vladimir Nabokov Appreciation Site. 1997-Present . “Well Tended” (Fiction Open Finalist). Glimmer Train. Forthcoming. “The Orlando Sonnet.” Redivider 5:1 (Spring 2008). Ed. Laura van den Berg. “Divers.” West Branch 61 (Winter/Fall 2007). Ed. Ron Mohring. “Souvenirs from Ganymede.” River Teeth 8:2 (Spring 2007) . Ed. Joe Mackall. “The Spooky Japanese Girl is There for You.” McSweeney’s. 8 May 2007 . “The Coca-Cola Executive in the Zapatoca Outhouse.” Conjunctions. Ed. Bradford Morrow. 28 January 2007 . “Correspondences Between the Lower World and Old Men in Pinstripe Suits.” Interim 25 (Spring 2007). Ed. Claudia Keelan. “The Lead Singer is Distracting Me.” McSweeney's. 10 November 2006 . “Your Significant Other's Kitten Poster” & “Liner Notes for Renegade: The Director's Opening Sequence.” Sceal (Spring 2006). Ed. Tiger Byrd. "Divers," a sonnet set to music by Moya Henderson. Performed on 9 April 2006 by Fiona Chatwin and the Happy Vegemites at the University of California, San Diego. “Roadblock.” Glimmer Train 58 (Spring 2006). Ed. Linda Swanson-Davies. “Machulín in L.A.” The Santa Monica Review (Fall 2004). Ed. Andrew Thomas Tonkovich. “Hobbledehoydom.” The Morning News. Ed. Rosencrans Baldwin. 19 April 2004 . “An Important Message from Mephistopheles, Servant of the Prince of the Devils, From his Condo in Boca Raton.” McSweeney's. 30 October 2003 . “The Person We Want.” Nabokov Festschrift. Ed. Akiko Nakata. . “On Messing Around While Sober.” Public Scrutiny. Ed. Frederick Barthelme. Spring 2003 . “Errands.” Pindeldyboz 3 (Spring 2002). Ed. Whitney Pastorek. “Treatment.” Pindeldyboz. Ed. Whitney Pastorek. 15 October 2002 . “Treaty.” Pindeldyboz. Ed. Whitney Pastorek. 19 January 2002 “My Sister's Knees.” Pindeldyboz 1 (Spring 2001). “Some Things That Have Gone Wrong With My Techno-Thriller.” McSweeney's. 29 June 2001 . “Strangers on Vacation: Snapshots.” McSweeney’s. 22 March 2001 . “The Women Who Talk to Themselves.” Pindeldyboz. Ed. Whitney Pastorek. 26 February 2001 . “After the End of the World: A Capsule Review.” McSweeney's. 21 February 2001 . “Customer Service at the Karaoke Don Quixote.” McSweeney’s. 7 December 2000 . “Last Minute Installation Ideas.” McSweeney's. 5 December 2000 . “Tag Team Orientation Seminar in the Wilderness of Hope, MN.” Pindeldyboz. Ed. Jeffrey Boison. 27 November 2000 . “Forsaken, the Crew Awaited News From the People Below.” McSweeney's. 21 July 2000 . Strobe. Philadelphia: Xlibris, 2000. 164 pp. “Expedia.com Expands, Simplifies, and Succeeds.” WebTravelNews. 6 June 2000 . “Full Service: The Next Generation of B2Bs.” WebTravelNews. 2 June 2000 . “A Review of Don DeLillo’s Underworld.” Savoy Magazine. 1998 . “Backlight.” The Cypress Dome (Spring 1998). “A Review of Peter Gadol’s The Long Rain.” Savoy Magazine. 1998 .