Darby Sanders

Selected employment history

• Professor of writing, Aug. 2010-present Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA

• Writer/producer, May 2007-Aug. 2010, Georgia Public Broadcasting
  Working in the GPB Education division, I wrote and produced online projects, including the redesign of the Georgia Stories series. I wrote and produced web segments for broadcast on the GPB website, including an eight-part series to accompany the Emmy-award winning documentary on Margaret Mitchell, American Rebel. I wrote and produced the podcast series This Week in Georgia History, which later became the daily television segment Today in Georgia History. I assisted in the design and implementation of the Education section of the GPB website, and I maintained dynamic content for the website on a regular basis.

• Assistant director of online development, Dec. 2004-May 2007, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
  I supervised a staff of 24 New Media employees. Our task was to write, produce, and implement a wide range of highly interactive online courses. The courses included layers of multimedia and demanding interactive components. I wrote, directed, and produced video content. I managed multiple projects and budgets for online education at the college and high school level for thousands of students across North Carolina.

• English/creative writing instructor, Jan. 2005-May 2007, Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC
  I designed and taught multiple courses in creative writing, including introduction to Fiction and Poetry. I also taught courses in American women’s poetry.

• Webmaster, Sept. 2004-Sept. 2006, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
  I oversaw the maintenance of the Scripps College website. I wrote content for the public relations section of the site (and the print magazine). I produced and implemented the Scripps College podcast series called Scrippscast. I served as the campus photographer for public relations.

• Media editor, Feb. 2001-Aug. 2004, New Georgia Encyclopedia
  I oversaw the acquisition and implementation of all multimedia content for the online project The New Georgia Encyclopedia. I produced short documentary clips, photographed hundreds of subjects, and conducted research for thousands of photographs and media elements that are now a part of the thousands of articles in the encyclopedia. I assisted in negotiations between the initial design of the website and its implementation.

• English instructor, Feb. 2001-Aug. 2003, Athens Technical Institute, Athens, GA
  I designed courses in English composition and literature. Per quarter, I taught classrooms of 25 students.

Noteworthy special projects

• Founder and faculty advisor, 2012-present, The Ivy Hall Review, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
  I founded and supervise the online student literary magazine, The Ivy Hall Review, which showcases the work of students in the SCAD Atlanta Writing Program.

• Founder/producer, 2010-present, Quilt Stories
  Working with Lee Todd and the NAMES Project, I founded and continue to edit and produce the multimedia series Quilt Stories. This project documents through a podcast series and mobile application the stories behind the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

• Host/producer/advisor, 2009-present, Science Café at the Atlanta Botanical Garden
  With Jennifer Cruse-Sanders (VP of Research at the Atlanta Botanical Garden), I produced and hosted a monthly podcast series about speakers visiting the Atlanta Botanical Garden. The series is ongoing.

• Editor, Shankpainter Magazine, 1996, Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center
  I edited, managed, and produced the in-house literary journal for the 1995-96 Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center Writing Fellowship.

• Editorial assistant/fiction reader, 1994-1995, AGNI Magazine
  My responsibilities at AGNI included reviewing unsolicited manuscripts, marketing the magazine, proofreading copy, maintaining a circulation database, and organizing and publicizing AGNI events such as readings.