email: karen@hart.net
Work Experience
Clerk, Geological and Atmospheric Sciences
July 2004-July 2005
- Processed travel reimbursements
- Researched meeting facilities, account information, product quality, price quotes, and other items
- Organized documents in new filing system
- Recorded financial data in Excel files
Salesperson, Holub's Greenhouse
April 2004-May 2004
- Helped customers with questions and purchases
- Cleaned, fertilized, and watered plants
Secretary, Center for Transportation Research and Education
June 2003-December 2003
- Arranged travel for CTRE employees
- Proofread, edited, and sent out documents
- Created manual for position
Editor, Institute for Social and Behavioral Research
April 2003-June 2003
- Edited questionnaires
- Entered data for the Prosper Project
- Revised questionnaire codebooks
- Prepared completed questionnaires for machine
Freelance Copyeditor/Proofreader
October 2002-present
- Checked texts for errors
- Operated under defined deadlines
Customer Service Representative, Molecular Express
July 2002-February 2003
- Made alterations to catalog and advertising documents; created new files as needed
- Took, processed, and sent out orders
- Edited mail lists and grant applications
- Stocked inventory
Editor, Sarcasm Racing
October 2001-present
- Proofread web pages
Mail Clerk/Filing Clerk, Durham Center
August 2000-April 2002
- Sorted mail
- Filed items such as invoices and cash reports
- Took over for office secretary when necessary
Reader
August 2000-December 2000
- Read books aloud on tape for disabled students
- Followed given syllabus
Reporter, Iowa State Daily
Summer 1999
- Researched assigned articles
- Wrote articles
- (Left due to repeated loss of articles by editors, lack of pay)
Intern/Contributing Writer, Smile Magazine
1998 - 1999 (approximately)
- Suggested concepts and websites to interest readers
- Created articles under supervision of editor Susan Jaget
- Offered new ideas for the magazine
Big Sister
1997-1998 (volunteer)
- Participated in activities with Big Brothers/Big Sisters
- Spent time one-on-one with an 11-year-old
Kitchen Staff Member, Hy-Vee
August 1997 - December 1997
- Communicated one-on-one with customers
- Cleaned kitchen and dining area
- Delivered food to social functions
- Served food
Kennel Staff Member, Animal Medical Clinic
Spring 1996 - Fall 1996
- Administered medication to animals
- Fed animals
- Cleaned clinic, kennel and training area
Education
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50010
BA in English received in December 2001 (with a minor in anthropology)
Overall GPA: 3.03
GPA in major: 3.29
writing samples available at http://www.karen.hart.net/write.html; transcripts and additional writing samples available upon request