Undergraduate

Annual Undergraduate Career Series

career series 2025

We are happy to announce we'll be hosting our Career Series this Spring 2025!

We'll bring together department majors, non-majors, graduate students, alumni, and others who work in diverse fields and industries. Throughout these events, we'll be showcasing panels dedicated to introducing potential careers and help you take your next step toward your Undergraduate journey.

We hope you'll join us for these exciting, new events!

When and Where

The Career Series will be ongoing from February to March.
Virtual & In-Person Sessions.
Virtual sessions will be recorded.

Agenda

February

Careers and Internships in Publishing & Non-Profits: Monday, Feb. 10th

Presenters:
Ken Gibson, Crisis Center of Tampa Bay
Tara Richter, Richter Publishing
Time
: 5:00 - 6:00 PM
Location:
Description: 无码专区 English Internship partners Ken Gibson and Tara Richter answer your questions about getting a career or doing an internship in publishing and non-profits.

Interested in Grad School? What You Should Know!: Thursday, Feb. 13th

Presenters
EGSA Graduate Student Mentors
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 PM
Location: Tampa Campus, CPR 127
Description: The English Graduate Student Association (EGSA) is hosting an in-person social to answer your questions about the grad shool experience. Join us for pizza!

Careers in Speculative Fiction: Monday, Feb. 17th

Presenters:
Neil Clarke, Clarkesworld Magazine
Rick Wilber, Science Fiction Author
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 PM
Location:
Description: Science fiction author Rick Wilber and Clarkesworld editor Neil Clarke answer your questions about how to transform your interest in speculative fiction into rewarding careers.

Keynote Lunch: Thursday, Feb. 20th

Presenter
Honey Rand, Writer and Environmentalist
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Time: 12:30 - 1:30 PM
Location: Tampa Campus, CPR 120
Description: Writer, environmentalist, and philanthropist Honey Rand is our guest of honor at this lunch event. She will speak with students about how to pursue both a rewarding career and a life of reading and writing, and about English majors can use their skills to do tangible good in the world.

Marketing and Freelance Editing & Promotion: Monday, Feb. 24th

Presenter
Dana Gordon, Pirate Marketing
Sarah Ayers, Conexus Professional Services
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 PM
Location:
Description: Dana Gordon and Sarah Ayers answer your questions about moving from an English degree to a career in marketing and/or freelance editing.

Law School and Legal Careers: Thursday, Feb. 27th

Presenter
Donna Longhouse, Attorney, 无码专区 鈥84
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 PM
Location:
Description: Attorney Donna Longhouse, a 无码专区 alumna, answers your questions about applying to law school and pursuing a career in law.

March

Internship Program Informational Session: Monday, Mar. 3rd

Presenter
Mike Shuman, 无码专区 English
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 PM
Location:
Description: Professor Mike Shuman, 无码专区 English's Internship Director, tells you everything you need to know about how to make a rewarding internship part of your English degree.

Careers in Publishing: Tuesday, Mar. 4th

Presenter
Ray Ryan, Cambridge University Press
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 PM
Location: Tampa Campus, EDU 317
Description: Visiting editor Ray Ryan, Senior Commissioning Editor of Cambridge University Press, answers your questions about careers in academic publishing.

Careers in Trade Publishing: Thursday, Mar. 6th

Presenter
Carmen Gim茅nez, Graywolf Press
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 PM
Location: Tampa Campus, EDU 317
Description: Visiting editor Carmen Gim茅nez, award-winning poet and editor of Graywolf Press, answers your questions about careers in trade publishing.

Meet our Presenters!

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Carmen Gim茅nez
Graywolf Press

Biography.

Carmen Gim茅nez is the author of numerous poetry collections, including Milk and Filth, a finalist for the NBCC Award in Poetry and Be Recorder (Graywolf Press, 2019), which was a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award in Poetry, the PEN Open Book Award, the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She was awarded the Academy of American Poets Fellowship Prize in 2020. A 2019 Guggenheim fellow, she served as the publisher of Noemi Press for twenty years. She is Publisher and Executive Director of Graywolf Press.

 

dana gordon

Dana Gordon
Pirate Marketing

Biography.

A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor, and Captain Dana has been navigating through the stormy waters of marketing for over 25 years. She steered amidst the economic doldrums of the early 2000s, the intricate tidal shifts between traditional and digital marketing, and ventured between Fortune 200 corporations and micro-agencies before launching Pirate Marketing in 2019.  Her favorite part of marketing is helping clients build their brand and chart their course to success.

 

donna longhouse

Donna Longhouse
Attorney, 无码专区 鈥84

Biography.

Donna L. Longhouse is a graduate from the 无码专区 and is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of 无码专区 Foundation. She is a partner at Longhouse, Richards, Olsen & Rief, PLLC; she practices exclusively in the areas of tax law, trusts and estates. She has been selected as a Best Lawyer in America since 2010, Florida Super Lawyers since 2012, included in the Florida Trend Legal Elite in 2014, and Martindale-Hubbell rates Ms. Longhouse AV Preeminent.

Ms. Longhouse is a frequent lecturer and author on income tax and federal transfer tax issues, wealth preservation, tax-exempt planning, and trust and estate administration, among other topics. She is a Director of the Florida Bar Tax Section. Longhouse is very active within the Tampa Bay Civic community and is a past Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay.

 

honey rand

Honey Rand
Writer and Environmentalist

Biography.

Honey Rand lives in Tampa Bay on Florida鈥檚 Gulf Coast. For more than 25 years, she鈥檚 been president of the Environmental PR Group (which focuses on projects, products, and policies that create environmental sustainability and economic vitality). She studied media communication at Fitchburg University in Massachusetts, where she was the Distinguished Graduate in 2010. She received a Master鈥檚 Degree from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. from the 无码专区.

Honey has been writing since she could hold a pencil. This is evidenced in the story 鈥淭he Bear,鈥 scribbled on a scrap of paper. Most of her published pieces deal with water and environmental issues. A few years ago, Honey started to write more personally (memoir, analysis, and even a little humor). She is the author of Water Wars: A Story of People, Politics and Power and is at work on a book called PhosFate (about phosphate strip mining).

 

ken gibson

Ken Gibson
Crisis Center of Tampa Bay

Biography.

Ken Gibson is the Senior Director of Marketing & Public Relations at the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay, a Tampa based non-profit organization that works with individuals and families dealing with crisis and traumatic situations. He is currently in his 11th year at the organization, where he works to increase community awareness about the organization and its programs. Ken has over 25 years of experience in marketing, public relations and business development. He is a graduate of Michigan State University with a BA in Telecommunications.

 

neil clarke

Neil Clarke
Clarkesworld Magazine

Biography.

Neil Clarke () is the multi-award-winning editor of Clarkesworld Magazine and over a dozen anthologies, including the Best Science Fiction of the Year series. He is a three-time winner of the Hugo Award for Best Editor Short Form, four-time winner of the Chesley Award for Best Art Director, and 2024 winner of the Locus Award for Best Editor. In 2019, Clarke received the SFWA Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award for distinguished contributions to the science fiction and fantasy community. He currently lives in New Jersey with his wife and two sons.

 

ray ryan

Ray Ryan
Cambridge University Press

Biography.

Ray Ryan is Senior Commissioning Editor of English and American Literature at Cambridge University Press. He is author of Ireland and Scotland: Literature and Culture, State and Nation, editor of Writing in the Irish Republic: Literature, Culture, Politics, 1949-1999, and co-editor of Ireland and Scotland: Culture and Society, 1700-2000 and The Good of the Novel. Ryan commissions all genres of books - monographs, companions and histories, amongst others on the Cambridge literature list. He is an active speaker at various American universities, attends all major conferences, and engages with a global author base of academics.

 

rick wilber

Rick Wilber
Science Fiction Author

Biography.

Rick Wilber is an award-winning writer, editor and college professor with a half-dozen novels and short-story collections published or under contract, more than seventy short stories in print or under contract, two dozen poems, five edited anthologies, and five college textbooks on writing and the mass media in print or under contract. He is on the faculty of Western Colorado University鈥檚 low-residency MFA/MA in Creative Writing, where he teaches and is Thesis Coordinator in the Genre Fiction program. He is co-founder and director of the Dell Magazines Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing. He is co-founder and co-judge for the award with Sheila Williams, editor of Asimov鈥檚 Science Fiction magazine.

 

tara richter

Tara Richter
Richter Publishing

Biography.

Tara Richter is the President of Richter Publishing LLC. She specializes in helping business owners how to write their non-fiction story in 4 weeks & publish a book in order to become an expert in their industry. Tara has written and published 15 of her own books. Richter Publishing has worked with many authors all over the world including non-profits, Fortune 500 Corporations such as Blooming Inc. and the Mahaffey Company and published over 200 some titles.

 

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Career Series Schedule, Spring 2025. Click to enlarge image.

Questions about the event?

For questions or more information about the 无码专区 English Career Series, 
please contact our Undergraduate Director, Emily Jones.