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English Department MB 2.480 Phone: (210) 458-8184 The University of Texas at San Antonio Email: cynthia.hawkins@utsa.edu One UTSA Circle Alternate: cynthia@cynthiahawkins.net San Antonio, Texas 78249-0643 Web: http://cynthiahawkins.net D R. C Y N T H I A H A W K I N S Education 2001, SUNY Binghamton, NY Ph.D. English Language and Literature and Creative Writing Dissertation Traveling Light (novel) Received the Distinguished Dissertation Award Committee Members: John Vernon, Susan Strehle, Leslie Heywood, and Marilyn Gaddis Rose 1996 The University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK M.A. English Language and Literature 1994 The University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK B.A. English, cum laude Minor Art History Areas of Specialization Writers on Craft (field exam) Contemporary British and American Fiction (field exam) History of the Novel (field exam) British Literature and Film Creative Writing: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Screenwriting, and Poetry Educational and Artistic Awards Audience Choice Award 48-Hour Film Competition, San Antonio. No Soliciting. 2014. Pushcart Prize Nominee. Stymie Magazine of Sports Literature. 2011. Dzanc Books Best of the Net Award Nominee. 2011. Runner-Up, Emerging Writer Award. Our Stories Literary Journal. 2010. Glimmertrain Press. Family Matters Competition. Finalist. 2009 & Fiction Open. Finalist 2002. Recipient of the English Department s 2001 Distinguished Dissertation Award in Creative Writing, Certificate in College Teaching,, 2001

Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching recipient, 2000/2001 Marion Link Creative Writing Fellowship recipient, Binghamton University 2000/2001 Graduate Student Association in English Award for Fiction, The University of Tulsa 1995 Anderson Scholarship for Fiction, The University of Tulsa 1994/1995 and 1995/1996 Diploma for study abroad, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain 1994 Publications FICTION River, Clap Your Hands. Novel Excerpt. Crossborder. Vol 1. No 3. Mar 2014. Shoreline. The Emerson Review. Vol 43. Spring 2014. Debris Field. The Tampa Review. Issue 11. 1 Nov 2013. Melon. The Way We Sleep. Eds. Jessa Marsh and C. James Bye. Chicago: Left Field Press, 2012. The Mosaic Thief. Used Furniture Review. March 14, 2011. Deep Pockets. Up to No Good. Ed. Jane Hammons. Fictionaut Selects Anthology. February 2011. New Rose. Shaking Like a Mountain. Spring 2010. Block-fest. The Murky Fringe. (2010) Hope Before 3:15. Our Stories. 3:1 (2009) Chapter 12, Traveling Light. Pennsylvania English. (Spring 2002) Room. Passages North 22:1 (2001) Meltdown. Schuykill. 3:1 (2000) NONFICTION Disembodied. Pank Magazine. (forthcoming March 2015) Substance and Subculture in Desire Will Set You Free: An Interview with Filmmaker Yony Leyser. The Nervous Breakdown. 25 July 2014. Animating Dear Sugar: An Interview with Film Producer Lisa Bellomo. The Nervous Breakdown. 30 May 2014. Straight Line. The Nervous Breakdown. 3 Dec 2013. Details and Favors. The Good Men Project. 13 May 2013. Don Draper: Man with a Plan. The Good Men Project. 13 May 2013. At the Edge of the Damage Zone. New World Writing. Spring 2013.

Activism on the Ground: Habitat for Humanity. The Participatory Cultures Handbook. Eds. Aaron Delwiche and Jennifer Henderson. New York: Routledge, 2012. Sport of the Future. Stymie Magazine of Sports Literature. Spring. 2012. Ten Lessons of Fictional Writers in Film. The Burrow Press Review. December 12, 2011. Goodnight Alice. Prick of the Spindle. March, 2011. Smaller in Person. ESPN the Magazine. May 5, 2010. Smaller in Person. Stymie Magazine of Sports Literature. Spring. 2010. Admit One. Monkeybicycle. (2010) Everyone s a Rebel: An interview with Jeff VanderMeer. Strange Horizons. January 4. (2010) San Antonio Current. Freelance Entertainment Writer. August 2007 to December 2010. Fire in the Sky. Orlando Weekly. April 30, 2009. Kings of Leon. Monterey County Weekly. October 2, 2008. The Verve: Forth. Detroit Metrotimes. September 3, 2008. Tangled Up in the News. Orlando Weekly. December 27, 2007. POETRY Susquehanna. River Poems Anthology. Lilly Press. (2010) Mosaic in Spain. Whetstone. 16:1 (1999) SONG LYRICS Next Chapter. George Gaytan and Cynthia Hawkins. Perf. George Gaytan and Tish Hinojosa. Double G Music. (2014) SCREENWRITING No Soliciting: A 48 Film Project. Short Film. Valcone Pictures. (2014) Screened at Santikos Bijou Theaters, San Antonio, TX. CURRICULUM Rules of the Road Teacher Guide. Bulverde: Novel Units, 2010. Rules of the Road Student Guide. Bulverde: Novel Units, 2010. Sula Teacher Guide. Bulverde: Novel Units, 2008.

Sula Student Guide. Bulverde: Novel Units, 2008. Journal and Editorial Experience The Nervous Breakdown. Editor of Arts and Culture. May 2013 to present. The Nervous Breakdown. Associate Editor of Arts and Culture. September 2011 to May 2013. Listi, Brad and Justin Benton. Board. Los Angeles: TNB Books, 2012. Duties included: proofreading. Prick of the Spindle. Managing Fiction Editor. March 2011 to August 2012. Writing Off Script: Writers on the Influence of Cinema. Editor. Melbourne: Calavera Books, 2011. Nimrod International Literary Journal, Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa, Oklahoma, volunteer intern. Duties included: reading manuscripts, attending editorial meetings, organizing contest entries, mail-outs. (1995-1996) Visions and Voices: Native American Painting from the Philbrook Museum of Art. Lydia L. Wyckoff, editor. Philbrook: Tulsa, 1996. Duties included: proofreading. Teaching Experience English 3423 Topics in Creative Writing: Screenwriting. Spring 2014. Fall 2014. The University of Texas at San Antonio. Lecturer I. English 3423 Topics in Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction. Fall 2013. Spring 2014. Spring 2015. The University of Texas at San Antonio. Lecturer I. English 2323 Fiction. Spring 2013 Fall 2014. The University of Texas at San Antonio. Lecturer I. English 2013 Introduction to Literature. Fall 2013-Spring 2014. Spring 2015. The University of Texas at San Antonio. Lecturer I. English 2333 Poetry. Spring 2013. Fall 2014-Spring 2015. The University of Texas at San Antonio. Lecturer I. British Literature I. Spring 2013. The University of Texas at San Antonio. Lecturer I. Freshman Composition. WRC 1013. Fall 2012. The University of Texas at San Antonio. Lecturer I. English IV AP/Dual Credit, Journalism I and II, and Creative Writing. Fall 2006-2008. Faculty, Providence College Preparatory School. English IV AP/Dual Credit and English IV. Providence College Preparatory School. Spring 2006. Faculty, Providence High School. British Literature I. 2002-2005. Adjunct Professor, San Antonio College. American Literature I. Spring 2005. Adjunct Professor, San Antonio College. Composition II, Introduction to Literature. 2002-2004. Adjunct Professor, San Antonio College. Creative Writing 350B: Fiction Workshop. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fall 2001.. English 383S: Women Writers and the Short Story. Instructor, Summer 2000,.

Creative Writing 140: Introduction to Creative Writing. Instructor, Spring 2000,. Creative Writing 140: Introduction to Creative Writing. Instructor, Fall 1999, English 114F: Theatricality in British Literature. Instructor, Spring 1999, Creative Writing 140: Introduction to Creative Writing. Instructor, Fall 1998, English 112P: Contemporary British Drama and Film. Instructor, Spring 1998, Shakespeare. Teaching Assistant, Fall 1997, Reading and Writing Specialist/Writing Center. Tulsa Community College. Tulsa, OK. February 1997-July 1997 Writing I, Sections 4 and 5. Instructor, Fall 1996, The University of Tulsa. Developmental Writing. Teaching Assistant, Spring 1996, The University of Tulsa. Writing Center. Tutor, Fall 1995, The University of Tulsa.