Courtney E. Reynolds  

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy, Political Theory & Thought: “Housing Sustainability in the US Virgin Islands: A Post Colonial Study,” The Global Center for Advanced Studies, Prague, Czech Republic, [expected 2024].

Bachelor of Arts, English Literature & Creative Nonfiction, University of Kentucky, 2011.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Red Melee Media Cincinnati, OH January 2018 - present

  • Freelance writing and editing services in house

  • Video content creation

  • Collaborating with the community regarding articles and projects

  • Assisting clients with social media branding and strategies

  • Successfully collaborate with fellow media houses locally

  • Creating a writing community with fellow international writers

  • Ghostwriting and editing services

  • Technical writing and editing services

Rise Up News Cincinnati, OH January 2020 - July 2022

Creative Director & Contributing Writer

  • Director on media content accounts and data analytics

  • Marketing strategies and branding for our nonprofit

  • Social media manager/analytics Contributor to our print newspaper produced every other month

  • Backpage and content writer

  • Programming creator particularly with fellow nonprofit and media groups

  • Video content manager and creator: COVID series and Harm Reduction

  • Collaborate with community members and fellow nonprofit organizations locally

  • Networking nationally

  • Researching accurate resources

  • Creating digital media illustrations 

Women of Cincy Cincinnati, OH January 2018 - present

Writer & Producer

  • Advisor on gender, gender expression, and gender identity

  • Employ a feminist and queer leadership style

  • Interview women nominated by fellow Cincinnatians and produce written articles

  • Collaborate with the WoC team on projects, visions, fundraising events

  • Podcast production and content production

  • Networking within the community of issues to highlight successful projects and community need

LGBTQ Consultant NKY/OH 2016-present

Community Liaison

  • Collaborate with national organizations, Lambda Legal & GLSEN

  • Collaborate with local queer groups on services & projects

  • Assessing needs of students in local NKY schools, grades 7-12

  • Finding safe spaces and homes for those in need

  • Producing local resource seminars and trainings

  • Networking within the community for fundraising opportunities

University of Cincinnati Graduate Student Governance Association Cincinnati, OH  April 2016-August 2017

Campus Ambassador & Web Designer

  • Advocate on behalf of  10,000+ graduate students related to university policy

  • Provide event and educational programming tailored to our graduate student population, particularly our international student population

  • Provide a welcoming space to graduate students to address campus concerns

  • Creating large scale events for our graduate student population, such as our annual Thanksgiving Dinner, International Day of Remembrance, International Women’s Day, Graduate School Career Fair, Family Halloween Party, and weekly coffee meet and greets

  • Working with the Cincinnati community to create a resource guide for new graduate students

  • Creating events off campus and coordinating transportation, such as bar crawls in Over-the Rhine, art appreciation events downtown, and holiday trips to explore Covington, KY

  • Designing the GSGA website, making it ADA accessible and user friendly

  • Maintaining the website and all social media accounts which were previously inactive, increasing our presence and traffic on campus

  • Provide unique and tailored professional development presentations for post-graduation

  • Provide cultural competency and diversity trainings to graduate student organizations and their classes per their requests

  • Establishing a peer-to-peer education panel for international graduate students

  • Established “Take Your Professor to Lunch” program, assisting students in campus networking

  • Collaborate with our campus diversity partners, such as The Racial Awareness Program, creating tailored workshops for our both our teacher and researcher graduate students; facilitating Diversity 101 and 102 workshops

The University of Cincinnati Learning Assistance Center Cincinnati, OH July  2014-July 2016

Graduate Assistant

  • Supported all departments of the LAC: Academic Coaching, Supplemental Instruction, Academic Writing Center, Peer Tutoring, and the Math and Science Support Center, serving all of UC’s undergraduate and graduate students

  • Created student professional development programming and cultural competency workshops

  • Created, developed, and facilitated Diversity and Inclusion workshops to train all LAC student staff

  • Created, developed, and facilitated Equity and Inclusion workshops, adding to the LAC student staff’s cultural competency

  • Collaborated with the UC LGBTQ Center for LAC programming, for both identity based support and ally support resources

  • Became a Safe Zone 101 and Trans*101 Campus Facilitator, trained by the UC LGBTQ Center, working with the LGBTQ Center to provide educational presentations regarding LGBTQ+ issues to the university community

  • Created, developed, and facilitated “Success Skills Workshops,” which remain implemented in the program; each session builds upon a skill for students,from resume building to time management; proven to enhance a student’s academic success

  • Created, developed, and facilitated academic workshops modeled for Cincinnati Pride Grant students; each were required to take part in the series which ranged from understanding college basics to financial aid to counseling services; created partnerships with professors to assist struggling students

  • Coordinated identity based offices to promote and collaborate their programming events such as LGBTQ+ programming and events, National Coming Out Day, LGBTQ+ History Month, National Day of Silence, Transgender Day of Remembrance, No Name Calling Week, Trans* Day of Visibility, Fall/Spring Drag Shows, QueerCat Pride Week, and Rainbow Celebration and Awards Ceremony

  • Collaborate with campus partners to provide programming and events focused on diversity, inclusion, and intersecting identities, such as the AACRC, the Judaic Studies Department, the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department, Black Student Union, Greek Life, and the Muslim Student Association

  • Provide support to student staff around issues of maintaining healthy relationships, academic success, and financial concerns; provide appropriate referrals to campus and community resources as needed

  • Assisted with social media and some website maintenance 

Medical Solutions Blue Ash, OH 2012-2013

Placement Specialist

  • Computer data programming for their nursing placement staff in an extremely fast paced environment

  • Worked directly with nursing recruiters and nurses while conducting data research

  • Created social media marketing campaigns to assist nursing recruiters

  • Facilitated new hires for nursing recruiters

 The University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 2012-2013

Teaching Assistant to Professor Adrian Parr

  • Collaborated and developed “Feminist Critical Readings” course for undergraduates and graduates

  • Performed weekly reports with Prof Parr regarding student assignments; input grades

  • Created technical support and digital media for the course 

The University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 2011-2013

Teaching Assistant to Carolyn Peterson    

  • Taught two different sections of “Human Sexuality 101” undergraduate courses

  • Graded assignments, hosted break-out sessions, and filled in wherever requested

  • Created and facilitated “Healthy Sexual Relationships” workshops taught on campus to undergraduate students via Greek Life and dormitory programming

The St. Croix Avis St. Croix, USVI 2002-2003

Reporter

  • Wrote for daily newspaper, seven days a week.

  • Completed two news stories a day with features on weekends

  • Interviewed, researched, and sometimes photographed my own stories

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Reynolds, C. Ecotourism and Environmental Exploitation In Haryana, India. Presented at the Institute of Research and Rural Development (IRRAD), Gurgaon, India, January 10, 2010.

Reynolds, C. Analyzing the Strategic Use of Peacekeeping and the Politics of Protection. Presented at the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 12, 2011.

Reynolds, C. The Effects and Realities of Environmental Sustainability Programs in the Caribbean. Presented at the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) Conference, Oakland, CA, November 10, 2012.

Reynolds, C. and Vaught, T.N. Asexual activism and education. Accepted for presentation at the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) Conference, Cincinnati, OH, November 2013.

Reynolds, C. Negotiating Points of Power: Neoliberalism in the Caribbean. Presented at the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) Conference, Cincinnati, OH, November, 2013.

Reynolds, C. Finding a new paradigm of women’s empowerment through tourism and sustainability in the USVI.  Presented at the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) Conference, San Juan, PR November 6, 2014.

Reynolds, C. How gender inequality and environmental degradation are intertwined: Northern India. Accepted for presentation at the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) Conference, Milwaukee, WI, November 15, 2015.

Reynolds, C. Single mothers in graduate school: how do we support them? Accepted for presentation at University of Cincinnati’s 8th Annual Diversity Conference, Cincinnati, OH, March 30, 2016.

Elliott, R. and Reynolds, C. Implementing Iowa GROW at the University of Cincinnati. Presented at the Division of Student Affairs Assessment and Impact Conference. Cincinnati, OH, May 15, 2016.

Reynolds, C. Advocacy and Activism in K-12 Schools: Are the Kids Alright? Presented at the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) Conference, Montreal, QB, November 11, 2016.

Reynolds, C. and Vaught, T.N. K-12 LGBTQ+ Advocacy: It takes a village. Presented at GLSEN Youth Summit 2017, Highland Heights, KY, September 22, 2017.

 

INVITED PRESENTATIONS/TALKS

Reynolds, C. Maintaining Healthy Sexual Relationships. Presented at the Newport Independent School District Planning Meeting, Newport, KY,  June, 2011.

Reynolds, C. Spoken Word: “Notes on Living with the Pink Elephant,” Losantiville, OH, 2012.

Reynolds, C. White Privilege: What is it really? UC Greek Life, Cincinnati, OH, September, 2015.

Greenwell, Amanda and Reynolds, C. Anti-bullying protocols for inclusivity. Presented at the Fort Thomas Independent School District Planning Meeting, Fort Thomas, KY, August 14, 2016.

Reynolds, C. Making your K-12 school LGBTQ+ inclusive. Presented at the Fort Thomas Independent School District, Fort Thomas, KY, January 13, 2017.

Reynolds, C. Making your community more inclusive. Presented at the Fort Thomas Independent School District, Fort Thomas, KY, 2018.

C. Reynolds & Susannah Livingston, Making academia more inclusive. Presented at The Global Center For Advanced Studies Conference, St. Erme, France, 2018.

C. Reynolds. Housing Sustainability in the US Virgin Islands. Presented at The Global Center for Advanced Studies Conference, Bordeaux, France, 2019.

Reynolds, C. Writer-in-Residence, Big South Fork, KY, 2021.

Reynolds, C. Inclusivity in our community. Presented at the Fort Thomas Community Meeting, Fort Thomas, KY, May 25, 2021.

Reynolds, C. Writer-in-Residence Invitation, Bilpin international ground for Creative initiatives (BigCi), Wollemi National Park, Australia. Fall, 2022.

Reynolds, C. Writer-in-Residence Invitation, Arte Sumpaz, San Bernardo, Cundinamarca, Colombia. Winter, 2022.

Reynolds, C. Writer-in-Residence Invitation, Modzi Arts, Lusaka, Zambia, Spring, 2023

FUNDING

  • The Charles Taft Graduate Travel Scholarship, University of Cincinnati, OH 2011

  • The Charles Taft Graduate Travel Scholarship, University of Cincinnati, OH 2015

  • The Graduate Student Governance Association Graduate Award, University of Cincinnati, 2016-17

  • The National Women’s Studies Association Travel Grant, Montreal, Quebec, 2016

  • Impact 100 Grant, Cincinnati, OH 2020

COMMITTEE AND VOLUNTEER SERVICE

- Fort Thomas Pride Community Supporters

Founder

- GLSEN Greater Cincinnati

GSA Mentor/General Volunteer/Pink Punk Prom Advisor 2019

- Human Rights Campaign of Greater Cincinnati

Volunteer

- The Living with Change Foundation

Education Advisory Board Member

- The University of Cincinnati LGBTQ Center

Peer Facilitator

- The University of Cincinnati Racial Awareness Program

Facilitator

- The University of Cincinnati Peer Education Committee

General Committee Member

- Kentuckians for the Commonwealth

General Committee Member

- The Proud Scholars Program

Scholarship Board Member

- Fort Thomas Education Fund

Parent Volunteer

- American Civil Liberties Union: Bluegrass Chapter

General Committee Member

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

- National Women’s Studies Association

- Cincinnati Chapter of GLSEN

- Modern Language Association

- USVI History Association

 

REFERENCES

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