Experience Summary
VITA
Tim Cloward
7845 Claremont
Dallas, TX 75228
(214) 823-6392
timcloward@yahoo.com
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Education:
* Ph.D., Humanities--Aesthetic Studies, 2003
The University of Texas at Dallas
* Master of Arts, Humanities--Literary Studies, 1992
The University of Texas at Dallas
* Bachelor of Arts, History/English (double-major), 1985
The University of Texas at Dallas
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High School Administration:
* Assistant Principal, Yavneh Academy of Dallas, 2004-present
(Important contributions, in 16-year relationship with Yavneh, towards growth of
school from small, struggling organization to current status as first-rank prep school.)
*Oversight of daily campus operations: including monitoring attendance, supervision
of discipline, management of school information system and academic reporting,
oversight of counseling and parent relations, coordination of faculty & facilities.
*Development of Arts Program: expansion of Visual Arts, creation of Music
Ensemble and Theater programs, developed Creative Writing program and Literary
Journal (7 of 12 finalists in Dallas Public Library “Express Yourself” Poetry Contest
2008), created annual Literary Café and Fall Arts Night, developed Senior-level
Integrated Arts/ Humanities program.
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High School Teaching Appointments:
* Instructor, Yavneh Academy of Dallas, Modern Orthodox Preparatory High
School, 1999-present.
*Recognized by Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools for
"Outstanding Instruction" February 2000
* Classes:
2014-2015 Junior A.P. U.S. History, Creative Writing, Senior Humanities
2012-2014: Junior A.P. U.S. History, Creative Writing, English IV,
2007-2008—2011-2012:
Junior A.P. U.S. History, Sophomore World History,
Senior Humanities, Creative Writing
2006-2007: Junior A.P. U. S. History, Sophomore World History
2005-2006: Junior A.P. U.S. History, Sophomore World History,
Freshman World Geography
2004-2005: Junior A.P. U.S. History, Sophomore World History,
Senior Humanities
2003-2004: Junior A.P. U.S. History, Sophomore World History,
Senior Humanities, Freshman World Geography
2002-2003: Sophomore World History, Junior A.P. English III,
Junior A.P. U.S. History, Senior Humanities
2001-2002: Freshman World Geography, Junior A.P. U.S. History,
Senior Humanities, E.S.L. World Geography,
Special-Needs Tutoring
2000-2001: Freshman World Geography, Junior A.P. English III,
Sophomore World History, Junior/Senior A.P. U.S. History
1999-2000: Freshman U.S. History, Sophomore World History,
Sophomore World Geography, Junior A.P. English III,
Senior A.P. U.S. History, Junior/Senior Humanities
*College Board Advanced Placement Training:
A.P. Program Conference, Albuquerque, NM, Feb. 2001
A.P. U.S. History Training Seminar, UTD, August 2003
A.P. U.S. History Certification, 2007
*College Board Reader (AP English Language Exams)
Daytona Beach, Florida, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
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College/University Teaching Appointments:
* Associate Instructor, Collin County Community College, 1999-2001
--Huma 1301 Introduction to the Humanities
* Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Dallas, 1996-1998
--Rhet 1301 Rhetoric (computer-assisted)
--AP 3307 Creative Writing: Poetry
--LIT 3304 Advanced Composition (computer-assisted)
* Associate Instructor, Dallas County Community College District, 1991-96
--Eng 101 Freshman Composition I
--Eng 102 Freshman Composition II
--Eng 202 British Literature II
--Eng 203 American Literature I
--Eng 205 World Literature I
* Associate Instructor, Tarrant County Junior College, 1991-94
--Eng 1001 Freshman Composition I
--Eng 0300 Developmental Writing (TASP Remediation)
* Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Dallas, 1991
--AP 3010 Literary Analysis
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Other Teaching Experience:
* Instructor, Southern Methodist University Talented and Gifted Summer Institute
The Visual Arts: A History of Man, 2007
Word Play: Making Poetry, 2003
Essaying Life: Writing the Personal Essay 2002
* Instructor, National Council of Synagogue Youth “Euro-Trip”
Taught Humanities & assisted in supervising month-long Jewish high-school
group trip to Spain, Gibraltar, Italy & Israel, 2004 & 2005
* Instructor, Dallas Public Library “Express Yourself” Poetry Workshops
Series of workshops for students in the Dallas Independent School District, 1998-
1999
* Instructor, "Fiction/Playwriting Workshop" Booker T. Washington Arts Magnet
High School, Dallas Independent School District, April 11-12, 1991
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Publication:
*Non-Fiction: *Southwest Review, “Conspiracy-A-Go-Go: Dallas at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Assassination,” Volume 98, Number 4, Fall 2013
*Dallas Morning News, “Wake-up, Texas” (Full-page editorial, Points Section, Sunday, September 21, 2014)
*Poetry: *Texas Obsever “Topiary” (poem) published June 12, 2009
*Locuspoint Five poems (co-composed with Lisa Huffaker) published in on- line literary magazine, July 2007 *Veer Two poems published in internet poetry journal, October 1999 *The Question Authority Book 50 book limited-edition, produced by The Question Authority performance troupe, 1996
* Three Dallas Poets (with Patty Turner & David Davis) 200 book limited-
edition chapbook, Shakespeare Books Press, 1986
*Criticism: *The Word: A Monthly Guide to the Arts:
"James Mardis: Quilting Together Community" May 1997
"Dance Review: Sankai Juku" December 1996
"Theater Review: The Return of Freddy Chicken" October 1996
"Performance Art Review: Comatheatre" July 1996
"Building Pegasus: Some Notes on Ritual & Poetry" June 1995
*Other Media: *Morrison Street: A Spoken Word Anthology Ensemble poem "The
First Day Amendment" on Paris Records Album 1988
*Contests: *Mayborn Manuscript Prize, Mayborn Literary Non-fiction Conference July 7, 2013
*Honorable Mention/Sean Christopher Britton Memorial Award in
Poetry 1995
*Second Place/Richland College Poetry Contest,March 1988
*Editing: *Editor, Creativa The University of Texas at Dallas Arts Journal, 1984-5.
*Poetry Editor, Creativa University of Texas at Dallas Arts Journal, 1983.
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Arts & Academic Organizing:
* WordSpace: A North Texas Home for Imaginative Language
(Cited Texas Writers League/Texas Commission on the Arts “#1 Literary Organizat-
ion in North Texas” 2000, cited Dallas Observer “Best Place To Realize There’s A
Texas Literature” 1988, Special Award Dallas Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum
2005-2006 for staged readings of new plays by local playwrights)
*Board Member, Aug. 1996--Jan. 1999, Jan. 2003--Dec. 2006
*President of Board, Jan. 2004--Dec, 2006, duties included: budgeting, fund-
raising and grant-writing, board oversight, community relations & programming
*Program Committee Member, Jan. 2003--Dec. 2006, Stage managed 2003,
2004, 2005 & 2006 Texas UnBound Literary Festivals
*Acting Program Director, July 2005--Dec. 2006
*Selected Programming:
---"To Have Done With the Judgement of God: A Remembrance of Antonin
Artaud" Multi-media event, Undermain Theatre, April 16, 1997
---“Dallas Poet's Translating" w/American Literary Translators Association
Annual Conference, University of Texas at Dallas, Oct. 18, 1997
---“Writers In A Time Of War: an open reading” AllGood Café, Oct.26, 2004
---“A Tribute to Pablo Neruda” A multi-media event in conjunction with
Dallas/Fort Worth International, Undermain Theatre, Aug. 11, 2005
---“An Evening with Josh Alan Friedman (featuring the film: Blacks and
Jews)” Undermain Theatre, Aug. 12, 2005
---“Recreating The Dallas Blues: Bruce DuBose/Jimmie Rodgers & Akin
Babatunde/Blind Lemon Jefferson” Undermain Theatre, Aug. 17, 2006
---“Indians in Dallas/East: A Remembrance of G.V Desanai (w/Indian Dance)”
w/Catherine Owens & Bruce DuBose, Undermain Theatre, Aug. 17, 2006
* Dallas Poets Workshop: A Co-operative Organization to Support Regional Writers *Founding Member, Sept. 1985-Feb. 1988
*Co-organizer - Eisteddfod Festival, Interdisciplinary Literary Festival,
City of Dallas Bath House Cultural Center, Sept. 20, 1986
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Selected Talks & Presentations:
* WordSpace, “Writing the Assassination: Dallas Authors Respond to November 22, 1963” Half Price Books, Nov. 17, 2013
* Dallas Institute of Culture and Humanities: “The City That Killed Kennedy, the Literary history of Dallas and the Assassination,” Oct. 9, 2013
* WordSpace Texas UnBound Summer Literary Festival: “Dallas Literary History: A
Panel Presentation” Undermain Theater, July 30, 2005
* WordSpace Indian/Indian Series: “Arundhati Roy & Contemporary Fiction from the
Subcontinent” Undermain Theater, May 2, 2004
* WordSpace PoetTalk: "Poetry by Other Means: An Abridged History of the Second
New York Scene" March 6, 2000
* Conference on College Composition and Communication: "Analytical Play: The
Process of Performing Text" Minneapolis, MN, April 14, 2000
* 5th Annual Gorgias Society National Conference: University of Texas at Arlington
"A Necessary Fiction: Contemporary Stories of Feral Children" Feb. 27, 1999
* University of Texas at Dallas Arts & Humanities Graduate Student Forum:
"Griel Marcus: Rock 'n' Roll & the Secret History Of The Twentieth Century"
Organizer of panel presentation in conjunction with Marcus visit, Feb. 20, 1998
* UTD Arts & Humanities Graduate Student/Faculty Lecture Series: " Inaugural Talk, "Axe Handles: The Improvisations and the Legacy of William Carlos
Williams, Nov. 19, 1997 (also delivered for WordSpace PoetTalk, Nov. 17)
* Dallas Institute of Culture and Humanities: "The Poet and the Community: The
Impossible Shards of Babel" Sense of Community Seminar, May 17, 1997
* Arlington Humanities Colloquium: "Creative Writing: Images of Intimacy"
University of Texas at Arlington, panelist, April 12, 1997
* WordSpace PoetTalk: "The Flow of Memory: James Mardis and the Making of
Community" Jan. 20, 1997
* WordSpace & Writers Garret: "How We Got Here: A Recent History of Dallas
Poetry" panelist, Paperbacks Plus, April 14, 1996
* WordSpace PoetTalk : "Ritual, Poetry & Jerome Rothenberg" Sept. 18, 1995
* Dallas Institute of Culture and Humanities: "Building Pegasus: Poetry for the
Polis" 12 More Dallas Poets Talking Seminar, Sept. 9, 1995
* Keynote Address/Student Awards Dinner for the South Campus Script: Tarrant
County Junior College, April 20, 1993
* Eastfield College Literary Festival: "Performance Poetry Workshop" (panelist with
Anne Waldman) Dallas County Community College District, March 1, 1988
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_______________________________________________________________________Selected Poetry Readings:
Over one hundred readings since 1983, including:
* Featured Poet, Pandora Box Reading Series, Margo Jones Theater, Dec. 15, 2014
* The Poets of WordSpace, Paperbacks Plus, Dec. 10, 2006
* September 11th Remembrance, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Sept. 11, 2003
* Featured Poet, Bookmark-it Poetry Series (Great Falls, Montana) July 9, 1998
* Dallas Poets Community: Movable Feast Invitational Reading, McKinney
Avenue Contemporary, Dec 4, 1997
* WordSpace Whistling Alex Moore Memorial Song & Poetry Series, Paperbacks Plus, Oct. 3, 1997
* Writer's Harvest Literary Benefit, SMU Literary Festival, Oct. 23, 1996
* Featured Poet, Club Clearview Poetry Slam, Nov. 17, 1995
* The Word: Celebrating the First Year, Justine's Milam Street Art Gallery, Nov. 16, 1995
* Shakespeare Books 10th Anniversary Celebration, Sept. 18, 1992
* Paul Baker Literary Festival, Booker T. Washington Arts Magnet High School, Dallas Independent School District, April 12, 1991
* Benefit Readings for Amnesty International: Club Clearview, Dec. 9, 1990, Art Bar, Sept. 2, 1990, 500 Cafe, Aug. 6, 1988, Alternate Gallery, Aug. 6, 1988
* Featured Poet, Shakespeare Books Reading Series, Nov. 18, 1988
* Dallas Poets A-Z, Starck Club, July 24, 1987
* Opening Poet for Anne Waldman, Caravan of Dreams, (Fort Worth), Dec. 12, 1986
* Three Dallas Poets Book Release Party, Shakespeare Books, Feb. 28, 1986
* Opening Poet for John Cale, Twilight Room, Nov. 30, 1985
* Opening Poet for Henry Rollins, Lawndale Art Annex (Houston) Sept. 22, 1985
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Selected Performances:
* Dancing Tongue: founding member of multi-media performance poetry troupe
Over thirty performances since Dec. 1990, including:
*Dancing Tongue Literary Cabaret at the Undermain Theatre:
The Hip Show, March 4, 2006, The American Vistas Show, May 20, 2006,
The DaDa Show, June 10, 2006, The Best Of Show, August 20, 2006
*Dancing Tongue Monthly Series at Club DaDa, Feb. 6, Jan. 2, 1991 & Dec. 5, 1990
*Wordspace Texas UnBound Literary Festival at the Undermain Theatre, July 18, 2002,
July 28, 2004, July 31, 2005
*Moving Collaboration's DecaDance III, Swiss Avenue Theater, Jan 28, 29, 30, 1995
*Solsti-Celebrations (Amy Martin’s Seasonal Performance Festivals) Eight performances from Dec. 1993 to Dec. 1996
* Vile Things Precious: produced staged reading of full-length Shakespearean-styled comedy created as creative dissertation project, Texas UnBound Literary Festival, Undermain Theatre, Aug. 3, 2003
* The Question Authority: founding member of sound poetry ensemble,
Twelve performances from Feb. 1996 to June 1997, including:
*The Word Made Flesh Series, Dallas Poets Community, McKinney Avenue
Contemporary, June 26, 1997
*Experimental Music Showcase, Good/Bad Art Collective (Denton, TX.) Oct. 4, 1996
*A Gathering of the Dallas Avant Garde, University of Texas at Dallas, Sept. 20, 1996
*X-PO Music Fest, Los Colinas (Irving, TX.) Aug. 9 & 11, 1996
*Austin International Poetry Festival, Book People (Austin, TX.) March 29, 1996
* Poetry Circus: founding member of multi-media performance poetry troupe,
(cited Dallas Observer Best of Dallas Poll "Best Poetry Readings" Oct. 1988)
*Poetry Circus Club DaDa Monthly Series, 27 performances. Dec. 1986-March 1989
*Richland College Literary Festival, Dallas County Community College, March 30, 1988
*The Performance Revue, The Deep Ellum Theater Garage, May 26 & 27, 1988
* Dallas Cable Access TV: Eight performances on Dial-A-Poet TV, Arts Breath, Free
Form and Dallas Poets, August 1986-November 1991
* The University of Texas at Dallas Winter Arts Festival: "Rob's Possible Tuesday
#12" (performance script) presented by Purple Crayon Troupe, Dec. 6, 1997
* Musica Nova (UTD New Music Ensemble): poet/percussionist in ensemble directed by
Robert X. Rodriquez, University of Texas at Dallas Winter Arts Festival, April 23, 1992
* Art-O-Rama Performance Tour: performer in interactive performance tour of DMA
directed by Fred Curchack, Dallas Museum of Art, April 10-14, 1991
* Soft Apocalypse Players: founding member multi-media poetry performance troupe,
Six performances, including:
*Collin County Community College Literary Festival, Plano, TX, April 7, 1988
* Real Pep Adult Puppet Theater "Aesop's Foibles": founding member/playwright
adult puppet theater troupe, five performances, including:
*Eistefodd Festival, City of Dallas Bath House Cultural Center, Sept. 20, 1986
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Community Work:
* Organizer: High School Student Literary Presentations
WordSpace "Conspiracy: High School Voices," Lakewood Library, May 10, 2000,
WordSpace/Writers Garret's "Do You Hear Me?" Paperbacks Plus, May 5, 2002,
WordSpace's "Writer's Attending Schools Reading" Paperbacks Plus, April 10, 2003,
Dallas Institute of Culture & Humanities, March 23, 2004 & Nov. 3, 2005,
Undermain Theatre, August 6, 2005 & March 21, 2006
* Volunteer Work: John F. Kennedy Learning Center, DISD, judge for "Kid's Writing
Connection" 2001, 2002 & 2003, recognized for "Outstanding Voluntary Service" for
poetry workshops, April 27, 2000
* Judge: Web Around the World Contest, student website contest sponsored by
Computers and Writing Conference 2000 and McGraw-Hill, May 2000
* Judge: "Express Yourself" Youth Poetry Competition, sponsored by the Dallas
Public Library, Spring 1999
* Boy Scout Cub Master: Robert E. Lee Elementary School Pack 56, 1995-96
* Volunteer Tour Guide: Texas Broadcast Museum, May-Aug. 1980
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