ZACHARY Z. E.

BENNETT
204 HILLTOP LANE zb8065da@westpost.net
CHESTERTOWN, MD 21620 301-730-9224
EDUCATION
M.A., English (summer 2010, anticipated)
Washington College, Chestertown, MD
B.A., English (2008)
Washington College, Chestertown, MD
* Honors thesis, "Gazing Into the Abyss: The Meta-Ethics of American Gothic."
* Minor in Creative Writing.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Financial Services Representative (2010)
SunTrust Bank, Chestertown, MD
Assistant Director, The Washington Fund (2008-09)
Washington College, Chestertown, MD
* Increased phone-a-thon revenue by more than 3% from the previous fiscal year.
* Redesigned budget-reporting process.
* Oversaw redesign of departmental website.
* Hired, trained, supervised, and kept payroll for a staff of more than 20 emplo
yees.
* Drafted fundraising appeal letters for the College President, trustees, and ot
her VIPs.
* Assisted with coordinating and hosting the 2008 George Washington Book Prize c
eremony in honor of Marcus Rediker, author of The Slave Ship.
Customer Service Supervisor (2004-05)
CitiMortgage, Inc., Frederick, MD
* Resolved escalated customer complaints regarding escrow, mortgage insurance, i
nterest rate adjustments, missing payments, loan payoffs, etc.
* Won award for most cross-sales by a supervisor, March 2005.
Fraud Early Warning Representative (2003-04)
Citibank, N.A. via Manpower Temporary Services, Hagerstown, MD
* Monitored credit card account activity to assess risk of stolen or counterfeit
ed cards.
* Won Account Takeover "Good Eye Award" for January 2004, saving Citibank more t
han $12,000 in identity theft fraud losses that month.
INTERNSHIPS
* Editorial intern, Wildside Press, 2008.
* Assistant to the editor of the literary magazine Literary Imagination, 2007-08
.
* Assistant to the co-editor of the book Performing Maternity in Early Modern En
gland (Ashgate, 2007), 2006-07.
* Intern and tutor, Washington College Writing Center, 2006.
* High school stringer, The Herald-Mail (Hagerstown, MD), 2000-01.

PUBLICATIONS
* "Killing the Aristocrats: The Mask, the Cask, and Poe's Ethics of S & M." Cr
itical article, peer-reviewed. The Edgar Allan Poe Review (Penn State Lehigh Va
lley, forthcoming, spring 2011).
* Entries for "Vampire Fan Organizations" and "Vampire Fanzines." Nonfiction.
The Encyclopedia of the Vampire: The Living Dead in Myth, Legend, and Popular C
ulture (Greenwood, forthcoming).
* "From the Sensuous to the Sophomoric." Book review. Dead Reckonings #6 (Hipp
ocampus, fall 2009).
* "Nietzsche, Nihilism, and the New Dark Wave: The Decline and Fall of American
Gothic Ethics." Critical article, peer-reviewed. Studies in the Fantastic #2
(University of Tampa, winter 2009).
AWARDS
* Rose O'Neill Literary House Fellowship, Washington College, 2007-08.
READINGS & PRESENTATIONS
* Contest judge and guest reader, Edgar Allan Poe-inspired creative writing cont
est for middle- and high school students, sponsored by the Washington County (Ma
ryland) Museum of Fine Arts, April 2010.
SPECIALIZED TRAINING
* Introductory and Advanced letterpress workshops taught by Master Printer, Rose
O'Neill Literary House Press, 2008-09.
MEMBERSHIPS
* Association of Writers and Writing Programs.
* Poe Studies Association.
REFERENCES
Available upon request.