Ryan Burden

Email: rjburden@uwm.edu

Education

Ph.D. in Creative Writing: Fiction                                                                       Anticipated 2021

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

M.F.A. in Creative Writing: Fiction                                                                            January 2011

Warren Wilson M.F.A. Program for Writers, Swannanoa, NC

B.A. in English Literature                                                                                                                                     May 2007

Kenyon College, Gambier, OH

Publications

Fiction: “Coming of Age”—Redivider, Fall 2016

Review: The Black Signs by Lars Mørch Finborud—Necessary Fiction, February 2015

Review: Pages from the Textbook of Alternate History by Phong Nguyen—American Book                                  Review, March/April 2014
Fiction: “Real Fine China”—JMWW, November, 2013

Fiction: “Dumb Animals”—Gulf Stream, December 2012

Fiction: “Making it Right”—Spilling Ink Review, March 2011

Fiction: “Fog Blind”—Girls with Insurance, November 2010

Fiction: “Crash”—Foundling Review, October 2010

Awards and Honors

Beacon Street Prize (Judged by Alexandra Kleeman)                                                        Fall 2016

Chancellor’s Award, UW–Milwaukee                                                                                  Fall 2016

Residency Fellow, Warren Wilson College                                                                  January 2015

Conference Presentations

Burden, Ryan. (2017, February). “Notes on Posthumanist Fiction: Virtuality and Multiplicity.” Symposium: Redrawing Forms: Energy, Media, Science, and Life. Rice University,     Houston, TX

Courses Taught

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
ENG 101: Introduction to College Writing
ENG 233: Introduction to Creative Writing

Paul Smith’s College

ENG 101: English Composition I

ENG 102: English Composition II (Theme: Philosophy of Horror)
COM 101: Introduction to Communications

COM 210: Technical Communications

Industry Experience

Managing / Fiction Editor – Four Way Review                                                          2013-Present

Responsible for all editorial content of biannual literary journal. Maintain relationships with authors, editors, artists, publishers and literary agencies. Responsible for maintenance of website, development and execution of public relations strategies. Four Way Review is a subsidiary of Four Way Books.

Technical Writer / Information Assurance Engineer – Honeywell, HTSI                  2007-2014
Responsible for leading teams tasked with writing and reviewing IT documentation for the Department of Defense, Marine Corps and Veterans Health Administration. Performed computer security audits on a wide range of federal information systems. Developed and present training courses for new employees in a classroom environment.

Service

Workshop Leader – Writing Outside the Fence                                                                         2014
Designed lesson plans for and led a month-long community writing workshop serving people formerly incarcerated in the Baltimore area.

Volunteer – Books Through Bars                                                                                    2014 – 2015
Distribute free books and educational materials to people incarcerated throughout the Northeast.

Contributing Editor – Friends of Writers                                                                       2012 – 2013

Organized and published news and events in support of M.F.A. program fundraising efforts. Designed social media strategies in support of blog and website launch.