David A. Hale

San Antonio, Texas
hale8718@yahoo.com

EDUCATION

Dec '17
Master of Fine Arts, Writing
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

May '15
Master of Arts, English
Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX

Dec '11
Bachelor of Arts, English
University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX



EXPERIENCE

May'16 - Sept '16
Writer
Chicago 00 Project, Chicago, IL

Worked on captions and narrative design for the Chicago 00 augmented reality project documenting The Eastland Disaster.

May'16 - Sept '16
Research Intern
Chicago History Museum, Chicago, IL

Researched texts and images for the Chicago 00 augmented reality project documenting The Eastland Disaster.

Sep'15 - Dec '16
Writing Fellow
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Helped students edit papers, projects, essays, and creative pieces.

Aug '14 - May '15
QUEST Graduate Teaching Fellow
Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX

Feb '15 - Apr '15
Graduate Consultant
Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX

Feb '14 - Apr '14
Graduate Assistant
Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX

Aug '12 - Dec '13
Writing Coach
Our Lady of the Lake University QUEST Program, San Antonio, TX

Aug '12 - May '13
Writing Consultant
Our Lady of the Lake University Writing Center, San Antonio, TX

May '12 - Jul '12
Creative Writer
Write-On E-Publishing, LLC, San Antonio, TX



AWARDS

Finalist, Idea Generation Grant, The School of the Art institute of Chicago, 2015

CCCC PEP Grant, 2015

Honorable Mention, Golden Haiku Contest, Golden Triangle, 2014

Albert J. Griffith Endowed Scholarship, 2014-2015

Norma Rodriguez Scholarship, 2013-2014



Artworks

HW-PM-R-00, https://wwww.haleworks.com/RiTa/hw00.html, 2017

A narrow A.I. created to write and preform poems in the style of writer and artist David Hale.


Engine of Virtue: Stage 2, http://haleworks.com/Engineofvirtuestage2.html, 2016

A digital scuplutre of revolving holy and/or spirtual texts.


PUBLICATIONS

HW-PM-R-00, RiTa Gallery, https://rednoise.org/rita/gallery.php, 2017

"Stamps", "Saturday Nights", Poetry by HW-PM-R-00, Din Magazine, 2017

"Division", Poetry, Outrage: A Protest Anthology For Injustice in a Post 9/11 World, Slough Press, 2015

"The Color of Bone", Poetry, Outrage: A Protest Anthology For Injustice in a Post 9/11 World, Slough Press, 2015

"Port Aransas Prayer", Poetry, Texas Poetry Calendar, 2014-2015

"New Year's Day", Poetry, Sagebrush Review, Summer 2014

"Endings and Beginnings", Fiction, Endings and Beginnings, e-book, May 2012

"A Man's Parting", Fiction, Flask and Pen Literary Magazine, flaskandpen.com, October 2012

"Narcissism/Arrogance", Fiction, Sagebrush Review, Summer 2012

"Zombies", Poetry, Sagebrush Review, Summer 2011

"The Sea Captain", Poetry, Sagebrush Review, Summer 2011



LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

Assistant Web Developer, Collective Online, School of the Art Institute Chicago, 2015-2016

Editor-in-Chief, The Thing Itself Literary Journal, Our Lady of the Lake University, 2013-2015

Graduate Liaison, Sigma Tau Delta, English Honors Society, Mu Delta Chapter, 2013-2014

Vice President, Sigma Tau Delta, English Honors Society, Mu Delta Chapter, 2013

Editor, The Thing Itself Literary Journal, Our Lady of the Lake University, 2012-2013

Assistant Editor, The Sagebrush Review Literary Journal, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2010-2011

Columnist, The Matador Review, Texas Tech University, 2007



EVENT POSITIONS

Guest Poet, Poetry and Dramatic Forms, Our Lady of the Lake University, 2015

Featured Reader, Hi TypO, 2015

Featured Reader, Palabras: Out of the Classroom and Into the World", Our Lady of the Lake University Literary Festival, 2015

Master of Ceremonies, "Raise the Word!"- San Antonio Puroslam Poets and Student Open Mic, Our Lady of the Lake University Literary Festival, 2015

Master of Ceremonies, "The Thing Itself" Release Party, Our Lady of the Lake University Literary Festival, 2015

Master of Ceremonies, "The Poetry of Place"- A Reading by Laura Van Prooyen and Sheila Black, Our Lady of the Lake University Literary Festival, 2015

Featured Speaker, "Critical Modes: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Critical Thinking", Pedagogy Playtime, Our Lady of the Lake University, 2014

Featured Reader, Dos Gatos Texas Poetry Calendar Reading, The Twig Book Shop, San Antonio, Texas

Featured Reader, Dos Gatos Texas Poetry Calendar Reading, Blue Willow Book Shop, Houston, Texas

Master of Ceremonies, The Thing Itself Literary Journal Reading Series, 2013-Present

Master of Ceremonies, Student Open Mic, Our Lady of the Lake University Literary Festival 2014

Master of Ceremonies, The Thing Itself Reading, Our Lady of the Lake University Literary Festival 2014

Master of Ceremonies, Five Shades of a Heroine: Unmasking the Female Paragon, Our Lady of the Lake University Literary Festival 2014

Master of Ceremonies, A New Renaissance, Our Lady of the Lake University Literary Festival 2014

Master of Ceremonies, The Sagebrush Review Reading Series, 2010-2011



CONFERENCES

"Ekphrastic Fantastic: Poetry Based on the Works of Andy Warhol.", College English Association Conference, Indianapolis, IN, Meeting 2015

"Council on Basic Writing Preconvention Workshop: Risky Relationships in Placement, Teaching and the Professional Organization." Conference on College Composition and Communications, Tampa, FL, Meeting 2015

"Broken Sonnets for Jennifer." Mexican American Studies and Research, San Antonio, TX, Meeting 2014

"The Classroom, to the Writing Center, and Back Again." South Central Writing Centers Association, Corpus Christi, TX, Meeting 2013.



PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Academy of American Poets, 2015-Present

College English Association, 2014-Present

National Council of Teachers of English, 2014-Present

Modern Language Association, 2014-Present

Sigma Tau Delta, English Honors Society 2012-2015



ACADEMIC MISCELLANIA

Substitute Instructor, Confucianism, ENGL-2331 Introduction to World Literature, 2014

Graduate Student Representative, Adjunct Hiring Committee, Our Lady of the Lake University, 2014

Graduate Student Representative, Professorial Hiring Committee, Our Lady of the Lake University, 2014

Pedagogy Playtime, Our Lady of the Lake University, 2014

Faculty Academic Book Club, Our Lady of the Lake University, 2014