Dr. Cassy Burleson

Extensive editing experience and successful marketing campaigns for literary works across genres.

• Initial editor for Rowable Classics, on the history of wooden rowing boats and the people who built them
• Co-editor of Her Texas: Story, Image, Poem & Song — a collection of 60 Texas women artists
• Poetry chapter, Langdon Review (2008–2009)

• B.S., Sam Houston State University — English/Journalism major, Cultural Anthropology/Criminal Justice minor; literary magazine editor
• Master's degree in English — theses on Dorothy Parker's witty woman persona and the evolution of contemporary poetry, with face-to-face interviews of Anne Sexton, Robert Bly, Vassar Miller, Richard Bach, and Judson Crews
• M.A. in Journalism, Baylor University
• Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, UT-Austin

English and journalism at the high school, community college, university, and corporate levels: advanced reporting, editing, advanced public relations, advertising, creative writing, communications, photography, and writing for new media.

• General assignment reporter — Huntsville Item, Arlington Daily News

• Led an Austin consortium with a 32-member board for five years
• Board memberships: NPR, Caritas, Workforce Development/Tech Ed, Economic Opportunities Advancement Corporation (EOAC)
• PR lead for social justice groups including the Neighborhood Youth Corps and the Heart of Texas Network for Immigrant Rights
• Marketing & fundraising — up to $10 million

Army brat (and still sassy); 10th-generation Texan.