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Beth Uznis Johnson
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January, 2010 Queens University of Charlotte MFA creative writing
August, 1994 Syracuse University M.S. advertising
June, 1993 Michigan State University B.A. journalism and English
October 2014 to present, founder
Big Bad Words, LLC
April 2012 to September 2020, editor and senior writer
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
August 2005 to April 2012, senior writer
University of Michigan Health System
December 2002 to August 2005, program coordinator
University of Michigan, Frankel Center for Judaic Studies
August 1999 to December 2002, marketing manager
Compuware Corporation/Detroit
August 1997 to August 1999, account executive, Cadillac Seville
D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles Advertising, Inc./Detroit
March 1996 to August 1997, account executive
TFA Communications, Inc./Chicago
September 1994 to March 1996, assistant account executive
Ketchum Advertising/Chicago
Association of Writers & Writers Programs
Women's Fiction Writers Association
National Association of Professional Women
Public Affairs & Marketing Network of National Cancer Centers (2012-2020)
CONFERENCES/CONTINUING EDUCATION
2021: Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, virtual, Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, virtual, Women's Fiction Writer's Association retreat, Baltimore
2020: Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, San Antonio, Sewanee Writers Conference, virtual
2019: Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, Portland
2018: Vermont College of Fine Arts Postgraduate Writers' Conference, Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, Tampa
2017: Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Queens University of Charlotte Alumni Program, Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, Washington D.C.
2016: New York Summer Writers Institute, Skidmore University, Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, Los Angeles
2015: Public Affairs & Marketing Network of National Cancer Centers annual conference, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Queens University of Charlotte Alumni Program, Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, Minneapolis
2014: Tin House Writers Workshop, Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, Seattle
2013: Sewanee Writers Conference, Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, Boston
2012: Public Affairs & Marketing Network of National Cancer Centers annual conference, Tinker Mountain Writers Workshop, Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, Ann Arbor Writers Conference, Chicago
2010: Bear River Writers Conference, Iowa Summer Writing Festival
2009: Queens University of Charlotte Alumni Program, Ann Arbor Writers Conference
2008: Backspace Writers Conference, Ann Arbor Writers Conference
2007: Midwest Literary Festival, Ann Arbor Writers Conference, Iowa Summer Writing Festival
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