Emerald Sabran

San Francisco



AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND INTEREST

World History/ Global Studies

English/ Writing/Journalism

Art and Art History



EDUCATION

California Institute of Integral Studies, Ph.D. Humanities (most course work complete 2007)

New York University, M.A. Journalism, M.A. History

University of Wisconsin at Madison, B.A. History

Studied Art History & Painting at New York University, Hunter College, NY, NY; JFK University, Berkeley, Ca



TEACHING BACKGROUND



STAR LEARNING CENTER, 1433 Noriega Street, San Francisco, Ca

Teacher - English, Writing, Reading (3rd - 8th grade level) 1/07- 3/07 (part-time sub)



QUEENS TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, 3702 47th Avenue, Long Island City, NY

Teacher - Global Studies, Government (10th - 12th grades) Fall 1999 (full-time)



THE NEW YORK CITY MUSEUM SCHOOL, 333 West 17th Street, NY, NY

(The Museum School is a public magnet school, 6 – 12, that teaches the curriculum through museums)

Substitute Teacher (per diem), Social Studies & English, 1998



THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NY, NY and

THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN, SMITHSONIAN, NY, NY

Completed Professional Development course, 2000

Course trained teachers to incorporate the museums’ collections into the high school curriculum, including: Art of Ancient Egypt, Goya, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Valazquez, Native American Art from North and South America, African Art, Women in Art and The Cycle of Life in Art.



OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE



ERNST & YOUNG, 560 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA

Executive Assistant(Contractor), 3/07- present

Responsibilities for 8 client-serving executives have included:

Producing engagement letters, document management, settling in new managers (work space, computer, supplies, storage space, etc.), setting up meetings, travel arrangements and production of materials for clients, using MS Word, Excel, Lotus Notes and Adobe



NEW YORK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, NY, NY

Assistant to Faculty Director, Institute for International Law and Justice (IILJ), 1/01 - 7/04

•Organized workshops, lectures and events sponsored by the IILJ

•Coordinated content development for IILJ website, www.iilj.org, assisted with developing design of website

•Managed creation of website for International Law lecture classes; compiled, organized and put on web all course materials for classes; obtained copyright permissions for material. Maintained website, including legal research (Westlaw) to update material

•Other administrative duties included: administering exams, recording grades, updating faculty profile and class web pages, facilitating student admissions process, reimbursements, correspondence, typing, filing, phones



ALLIANCE FOR THE ARTS, 330 West 42nd Street, NY, NY

Arts Education Information Coordinator, 4/00 - 12/00

Edited and wrote for NYCkidsARTS, a bi-yearly publication about arts activities for young people in NYC

Managed production and distribution of NYCkidsARTS to public schools, museums and arts organizations

Conducted site visits and developed liaisons with the arts organizations featured in our publications

Assisted with development and maintenance of Web site, www.nyckidsarts.org



COX BUCHANAN PADMORE & SHAKARCHY, 630 Third Avenue, NY, NY

Legal Assistant, 7/97 – 2/00

Assisted with trial preparation for commercial litigation cases

Reviewed and analyzed depositions and evidence

Summarized information from multiple sources for inclusion in pre-trial orders

Maintained stock record books of a residential cooperative with a high level of apt transfers

Drafted documents

Produced litigation documents and exhibits

Arranged meetings for contract closings

Correspondence, typing, transcription, phones, filing, billing



THE NEW YORK TIMES, NY, NY

Project Editor, 3/92 – 6/97

Selected and condensed stories from the national, foreign, arts, business and commentary pages for an electronic version of The New York Times, transmitted electronically around the world.



NEW YORK NEWSDAY, NY, NY

Intern Reporter, 9/91 - 1/92

Reported and wrote news and feature stories on topics including public education, Crown Heights racial conflict, spoken word poetry among youth, NYC Marathon, crime, women’s sports.



ACTIVITIES

2002 Coordinator, Open Studios Tour, BROOKLYN WORKING ARTISTS COALITION (BWAC), Brooklyn, NY. BWAC is a 300-member artist organization that sponsors several exhibitions annually and collaborates with cultural and educational organizations to bring arts to the community.



SKILLS

Microsoft Word

Excel

WordPerfect

Lotus Notes

QuarkXpress

Copy Editing