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1 Bret Nye Contact 4704 Harvest Woods Court, Apartment F Fairfax, VA Mobile Phone: bret.nye1@gmail.com Areas of Interest Creative Writing Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Screenwriting And Expertise Composition and Rhetoric English (American and British) Literature World Literature in Translation Contemporary Fiction The Essay and Journalism Critical Theory and Performance Theory Video Game Theory and Criticism Genre Literature and Film Education MASTER OF FINE ARTS, MAY 2016 Creative Writing Prose The University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN MASTER OF ARTS, AUGUST 2013 Creative Writing Fiction Miami University, Oxford, Ohio BACHELOR OF ARTS, MAY 2011 Major English Minors Creative Writing, Journalism Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio Summa Cum Laude Departmental Honors in English

2 Academic Experience August 2017 Present Adjunct Instructor George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Taught three sections of English 302: Advanced Composition, a discipline-aware composition and rhetoric course which is a part of the university s Mason Core and Students as Scholars programs January 2017 Present August 2014 May 2016 August 2013 May 2014 August May 2013 August 2008-May 2010 UPPER SCHOOL SUBSTITUTE TEACHER The Potomac School, McLean, VA Cover various subjects and classes as needed GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT The University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN Designed and taught four Creative Writing courses (an Honors Colloquium for senior honors students and a section of Intro to Creative Writing, classes which I developed in collaboration with the Director of Creative Writing, and also two sections of Writing Creative Nonfiction, which I created and designed myself) ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR Miami University, Oxford, OH Designed and taught six sections of Composition and Rhetoric courses GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT Miami University, Oxford, OH Designed and taught five sections of Composition and Rhetoric courses COLLEGE WRITING TUTOR Wittenberg University Writing Center Advised and worked hands-on with students on their academic writing, from the stages of brainstorming and

3 invention to the processes of drafting and editing essays Skills Teaching Composition, Creative Writing, and English College Advising Editing, Peer Review, and Publication Class and Curriculum Development Microsoft Office Suite Educational Management Platforms (Blackboard, Sakai, etc.) Various Presentation Platforms (Prezi, Wix, blogs, Wiki, etc.) Adobe Software Creative Writing and Performance Editorial and Professional Experience EDITORIAL ASSISTANT, The Notre Dame Review August 2015 May 2016 READER, OxMag literary magazine August 2012 May 2013 READER, Miami University Press Novella Contest August-December 2012, and August-December 2013 NEWS EDITOR, The Torch Wittenberg University August 2009-May 2010 STAFF WRITER AND FEATURE AND REVIEW COLUMNIST, The Torch Wittenberg University August 2008-May 2010 INTERN STAFF WRITER, Springfield News-Sun Springfield, Ohio January 2010-April 2010 VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR AND MONITOR, Infusion Campus Springfield, Ohio Art Museum August 2010-December 2010 Monitored children and assisted with their arts-based learning programs, helped with creative projects at the campus HOMEWORK TUTOR, For Non-Native-Speaking Students Springfield City Middle Schools

4 Springfield, Ohio January 2009-May 2009 STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP FOR ENGLISH, Wittenberg University Springfield, Ohio Fall 2009-May 2011 Awards and Honors KANEB CENTER GRADUATE STUDENT TEACHING AWARD University of Notre Dame Academic Year of LA VIE DE BOHEME AWARD FOR LITERARY EXCELLENCE University of Notre Dame April 27, 2016 SHERWOOD ANDERSON PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION WRITING Wittenberg University Spring 2010 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN POETRY WRITING Wittenberg University Spring 2010 PROVOST SCHOLARSHIP FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE Wittenberg University August May 2011 GREATER NORTHWEST OHIO DIABETES ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP Wittenberg University (utilized at) August 2007-May 2011 SIGMA TAU DELTA INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH HONOR SOCIETY Wittenberg University (received at) May PHI ETA SIGMA FRESHMAN HONOR SOCIETY Wittenberg University (inducted at) Spring Selected Publications Kate Bernheimer in Conversation with Bret Nye (author interview). Notre Dame Review, Issue 42, Summer/Fall Michael Martone in Conversation with Bret Nye (author interview). Notre Dame Review, Issue 41, Winter/Spring Factory (fiction). Paper Tape, April 2, The Hunt (fiction). Midwestern Gothic #6, Summer 2012.

5 Conference Presentation The English Graduate Organization s Annual Graduate Student Conference, The Ohio State University, October 30-31, Title of Paper Transgressing Notions of the Human and the Monstrous in Pascal Laugier s Horror Film Martyrs. Miami English Graduate Association s Annual Graduate Student Symposium, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, March Title of Paper The Hunt. (creative reading) Selected Readings/Performances Excerpt from The Yearning Sessions. MFA Thesis Reading, University of Notre Dame, April 20, Giving the Ghost MFA Series Reading, University of Notre Dame, November 18, Excerpt from The Yearning Sessions. Second Annual An Ofrenda of Voices Reading, Notre Dame Center for Arts and Culture, South Bend, Indiana, November 2, Holes, or Let it Go, or Something Better if You Can Think of Something Better. MFA Series Reading, University of Notre Dame, April 1, Factory. First Annual An Ofrenda of Voices Reading, Notre Dame Center for Arts and Culture, South Bend, Indiana, November Nick and The Real Life Ghost. Midwestern Gothic Journal Reading at Bookmamas Bookstore, Indianapolis, Indiana, July Nick and The Real-Life Ghost. OxMag Magazine Reading, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, April Bros. Midwestern Gothic Journal Reading, Chase Public, Cincinnati, Ohio, September Factory. OxMag Reading, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, February The Hunt. Miami English Graduate and Adjunct Association Spring Conference, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, March Black Friday. OxMag Reading, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, February 2012.