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Achievements of Daniel Leonard

This document is a resume for Daniel Leonard, an educator and writer. It summarizes his educational background including degrees from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium and Wheaton College in Illinois. It also outlines his professional experience as a private tutor, teaching assistant, and substitute teacher. Finally, it lists his publications, honors, and achievements including being a commissioned poet and featured speaker at several institutions.

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Achievements of Daniel Leonard

This document is a resume for Daniel Leonard, an educator and writer. It summarizes his educational background including degrees from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium and Wheaton College in Illinois. It also outlines his professional experience as a private tutor, teaching assistant, and substitute teacher. Finally, it lists his publications, honors, and achievements including being a commissioned poet and featured speaker at several institutions.

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Daniel Leonard

Teacher & Writer


daniel .l .leonard@gmail .com /// 484.693.0608 /// [Link]

EDUCATION
MA Philosophy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) 12 magna cum laude Thesis, Speaking for Itself: Poetry in Heidegger (advisor: Dr. Martin Moors), May 2012 Concentration Phenomenology, Cumulative GPA 15.67/20 (high honors; top 5-10% of class) BA Interdisciplinary Studies, Wheaton College (IL) 10 Thesis, Toward a Phenomenology of Arts of Sound, May 2010 Concentrations English, Philosophy & Music, Cumulative GPA 3.34 GRE, Quantitative 800 (max), Verbal 720 (98th percentile), Analytical Writing 6.0 (max), Dec 2009 GRE Literature in English, 670 (88th percentile), Nov 2012

EXPERIENCE
Private Tutor, WyzAnt Tutoring, Chicago, IL & Downingtown, PA, Dec 2010-present Tutored students grade 6 through adult for English & math (all topics) & standardized tests (ACT, SAT & GRE). Logged over 500 hours of instruction with 100% positive student & parent reviews. Teaching Assistant, Dr. Bruce Ellis Benson, Wheaton College, Aug 2010-May 2011 Graded thirty student essays each week, often giving extensive written feedback, for two semesters of the Introduction to Philosophy course. Taught in-person class sessions on several occasions, delivering lectures & guiding class discussions in the professors absence. Upper School Teacher, Covenant Classical School, Naperville, IL, Feb-Jun 2011 Developed all curriculum for & taught K-12 chess & 5-12 technology classes. Substitute taught all subjects for grades 6-12, including English, Spiritual Formation, Bible & Math. Research Assistant, Dr. Brett Foster, Wheaton College, Aug 2009-May 2010 Helped to prepare Shakespeare biography & anthology of Renaissance love poetry for publication.

P UB L I C AT I O N S
First Things, Accidents (poem), Apr 2012 Windhover, A Little Sound, a Little Song & Back Then, Across the Stream Bed (poems), 2012 North Central Review, Tree & COROT-7b (poems), Fall 2009

HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS


Commissioned Poet & Speaker, Billy Graham Center Museum, for exhibition QU4RTETS, 2013 Featured Speaker, [Link] Festival of Philosophy, for event Where Poetry & Music Meet, 2012 Student Artist in Residence, [Link] Institute of Philosophy, 2011-2012 First Place for Poetry, Christianity & Literature Student Writing Contest, 2010 Finalist, Hollins University Literary Festival Poetry Prize, 2010 Winner, Wheaton College Conservatory Alumni Composition Prize, for best student music composition, 2007

Creator of 3eanuts, a humor website reviewed online by TIME, Entertainment Weekly, New York Magazine, Washington Post, The Onion A.V. Club & others. Since [Link] went live in March 2011, the site has received over 2,000,000 hits.

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