Hella Cohen
Dossier
Wordsmither. Creator/Critic. Strategist.
Professional History
2024-Present
Philanthropy operations support and communications strategy for a clean energy future.
Senior Associate, Clean Grid Initiative, a project of Multiplier
2022-2024
Development Communications Specialist, The Nature Conservancy, MN-ND-SD Chapter
Environmental stewardship and philanthropy writer, focusing on communicating TNC's mission and strategic priorities through grant proposals, conservation storytelling, and a variety of major donor communications.
2015-2022
Asst./Assoc. Professor of English, St. Catherine U.
Authored 8 peer-reviewed articles & a 200+ page peer-reviewed monograph; taught 36+ classes in literature, writing, rhetoric, & communications (with a focus on environmentalism and postcolonial studies); worked collaboratively by co-teaching with colleagues, managing & organizing teams of Teaching Assistants; served as Chair & Co-Chair on university & departmental committees; organized 5
scholarly panels/conferences & peer-reviewed 2 books & 4 papers for top literature journals; won All-University Mentor award 2020, 2017, 2015; regularly interfaced with students, parents, scholars, donors; participated in ongoing recruitment events.
2014-2015
Visiting Asst. Professor of English, Elon U.
Taught literature, writing, and global studies courses in the liberal arts Core curriculum, contributed to curriculum review, advised students, presented symposia and stewarded recruitment events.
2008-2009
Administrative Assistant, Phila. Museum of Art, Costume & Textiles
Assisted curatorial team in the deployment of exhibitions, maintaining collections, & in accessioning artifacts; edited curatorial publications; wrote labels & managed entries in The Museum Database; wrote minutes for meetings; conducted donor stewardship.
2006-2007
Sales Associate, Rugby Ralph Lauren, NYC
Retail seller, merchandiser & brand ambassador for RL University Place branch for Rugby line that specialized in Rugby-inspired lifestyle apparel.
Educational History
2009-2014
PhD, University of North Texas
Studied postcolonial literature and theory, Anglophone global writing, and Israel-Palestine studies. My primary concentration was modern and contemporary literature of the Commonwealth and liberated British colonies, and my secondary concentration was eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British imperialist literature. Themes of interest: race and the environment, poetry, religion.
2006-2008
Studied English and American literature. Thesis: Narrative Eroticism and Byron's Don Juan.
MA, New York U.
2002-2006
BA, Lebanon Valley College
Majored in English with a minor in Political Science. Honors thesis: Civil Rights and the American Transcendentalists.
Certifications
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2023 Nonprofit Management Foundations (LinkedIn Learning)
2022 The Strategy of Content Marketing (Coursera - UC Davis Extension)
2022 Ecology: Ecosystem Dynamics & Conservation (Coursera – American Museum of Natural History), 2022
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Additional Skills
*Editor for Interventions: Intl. J. of Postcolonial Studies (2021) and peer reviewer for other top literature journals
*Copywriter for Uncovering Fashion: Fashion Communications Across the Media (Wolbers 2009)
*Comfortable with Microsoft Suite, Google Workspace, Qualtrics, Adobe Suite, Canvas
*Watercolor, acrylic, and oil painter
*Guitar, piano, vocal tinkerer
Languages
Elementary to advanced
*Studying Spanish, Arabic & Hebrew
"All the world’s a stage, / And all the men and women merely players; / They have their exits and their entrances; / And one [wo]man in [her] time plays many parts"