Carrie Laben
crl5@cornell.edu

Objective:
Employment in the field of writing, editing, and/or web site content design, preferably with a science or education-oriented company.

Education:
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Bachelor's Degree in Natural Resources

Related Course Work:
Science Writing for Public Information
Designing Documents for the Web
Communication in the Life Sciences
Narrative Writing
Expository Writing
Human Dimensions in Natural Resource Management

Employment Experience:
Manager
Autumn Leaves Used Books, Ithaca, NY
August, 2000 - present
Managed all aspects of a rapidly-expanding book shop, including customer service, personnel training, accounting, promotions, ordering and stocking, etc.

Webmaster
Community and Rural Development Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
August, 1999 - August, 2000
Designed, maintained and promoted the CaRDI web site. Used FrontPage, HTML, and JavaScript to create web content. Since starting, the site doubled in size and experienced a 100% increase in visitors per month.

Features Editor
CampusCraze, Inc., Ithaca, NY
October, 1999 - January 2000
Wrote, edited, and arranged short articles on a wide variety of topics for a student-oriented web portal.

Freelance Writer
Self-employed, Ithaca, NY
1996 - present
Articles published in College Bound, The Cornell Progressive, Athena, and Waxing and Waning Magazine. Cover story for College Bound Magazine.

Library Page
Ewell Free Library, Alden, NY
June, 1992 - August, 1996
Provided customer service and organizational assistance at a circulating public library. Demonstrated strong organizational skills, computer literacy, ability to work well independently, customer service focus.

Honors and Achievements:
Robert V. Call Scholarship
George Lamont Fund Scholarship
Fourth Place, Charles Lathrop Pack Foundation Essay Contest
Cornell Tradition Fellow
Editor, Women's Resource Center Newsletter
National Merit Scholar Finalist
National Honor Society

Hobbies and Interests:
Creative writing (short stories, poetry, novels)
Ornithology and nature study
Politics/ Sociology
Animal welfare
Urban legends and folklore
Victorian/ Decadent literature

References and Portfolio available on request