EDUCATOR
AUTHOR/EDITOR/TRANSLATOR
bgharbert@yahoo.com
Summary
Highly-skilled in multi-cultural environments.
Native fluency in English and Turkish languages and literatures. Proficient in Russian. Experienced educator, writer, editor, content developer. Deep experience in film and social justice environments. Dedicated to full engagement and excellence.
EXPERIENCE
2015-current: Teaching ELA and other courses as assigned at a public high school for adult students using the current CA credentials of Adult Ed, CTE (Arts, Media and Entertainment) and a preliminary in Single Subject ELA.
Related Websites:
https://www.mitchalbom.com/books/tuesdays-with-morrie/
Ongoing
Projects
2013-
, Author, preparing publication proposals for articles and book-length manuscripts.
2007-
, Founder, Voices Project, an international women’s literary and
arts project.
2007-
, Poet, rewriting a selection of poems for publication.
2003-
, Author, Unveiling the Girl, a
memoir, exploring womanhood and exile through Turkey,
Russia, and the USA.
2002-
, Translator, Journey to the End of the World by
Tezer Ozlu.
Educator/Trainer
2015-current: Teaching ELA and other courses as assigned at a public high school for adult students using the current CA credentials of Adult Ed, CTE (Arts, Media and Entertainment) and a preliminary in Single Subject ELA.
2013-2015 : Taught private ESL classes to middle and high school students in Turkey.
June 2012 : Taught senior seminar titled, The Literary Text: Why Is It Easier To Call
Your Words, Sounds and Imagery a Text as part of my thesis requirement for
the MFA Program.
2009-2012 : BAMP Coordinator/Site Supervisor for
Media Internships: Facilitated groups and individual students of the AULA BA
Program supported Academic Media Project. Counseled/Guided students through their individualized media project processes.
2002-2006 : Tutored conversational Turkish to
individuals in a private class setting.
2002 : Curator/Director, worked with elementary
school age children at McKinley Elementary School, Santa Monica, CA. Taught students to study
their selected poems and deliver their choreographed texts on stage.
Translator
and Interpreter (Turkish-Russian-English)
·
2007, Evaluated translators'
tests for Visual Data, Burbank,
CA.
·
Jan. 2007, Interpreter,
English/Turkish/English, Canadian Embassy and Civil Court, Santa Ana, CA.
·
2002-2003, Translated (into
Turkish) William Martin's The Parent's Tao Te Ching (1999, Avalon
Publishing Group) purchased by Boyner Holding Yayinlari, Turkey,
and published with my foreword, cover design and blurbs.
·
2000-, Translator of legal
documents from English into Turkish (contracts, communications, etc.) for
various translation agencies located in the USA.
·
2000-, Translator of subtitle
& voice-over narrative texts from English into Turkish for companies
including Turkish Airlines, Boeing, and Sonoco Safety Systems.
·
2000, Quality controller of
translations (English into Turkish) for infomercials, commercials, and feature
length films for clients including Sony Pictures.
·
1998-1999, Translated (to Turkish)
Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie (Doubleday Books/Random House),
published by Boyner Holding Yayinlari,
Turkey.
·
July 1992, Interpreted (from
Russian to Turkish) the lecture, “Introduction to Russian Higher Education”
from Russian to Turkish, for a Moscow State University (MGU) lecturer.
·
June 1991, Interpreted (from
Turkish to English and vice versa) at fairs and trade shows for various
international companies in Turkey,
Hong Kong, and Singapore.
·
1989-1991, Translated (from
English into Turkish) texts on photography and print techniques. Compiled and
translated for an MFA thesis currently archived at Mimar
Sinan University,
Graduate Studies in Fine Arts, in Istanbul,
Turkey.
Editor
·
2009-2010, Editor and Conceptual
Co-Creator of a multi-media digital book by poet/filmmaker/photographer James
S. Berkowitz. Project suspended.
·
2007-2009, Founding Editor (one of many) of Two
Hawks Quarterly, online literary journal of Antioch University Los
Angeles.
2007-2008, one of the Founding Editors of Her Circle E-zine, an on-line magazine of women's creative arts and activism.
May 2007, WriteGirl Anthology Vol. 5: Assisted with conceptualization, selection, and arrangement of chapters and data.
2007-2008, one of the Founding Editors of Her Circle E-zine, an on-line magazine of women's creative arts and activism.
May 2007, WriteGirl Anthology Vol. 5: Assisted with conceptualization, selection, and arrangement of chapters and data.
·
2006-2007, Fiction &
non-fiction editor for international online women's literary magazine, Her
Circle Ezine.
·
1990, Editor of a volume of poetry
by Bulent Saka titled Les Gibi Bakire (Stinks like a Virgin)
distributed nationally in Turkey.
Author
- bUrCu. Assumed
Dead. 2013. MS. Personal archive.
● Harbert, Burcu. Unveiling
the Girl & Personal Essays. 2010-2012. MS. AULA MFA Archive.
- · Harbert,
Burcu. The Gutenberg Bible, A Million Small Pieces and Multi Media
E-Books: WWJD? 2009. MS. AULA MFA Archive.
- · bUrCu.
“Arabic Tunes” accepted to appear in an anthology of Muslim women's
poetry.
- · bUrCu.
“Fresh Approaches” Make/Shift. Spring-Summer 2007: 51. Print.
- · bUrCu.
"Letter to My Mother" Her Circle Ezine. Fall
2005. <http://www.hercircleezine.com/2005/09/01/letter-to-my-mother-by-burcu/ >
Dec. 1, 2013. Web.
- G., Burcu. "Björk: A
Turkish Poem" Huriyah Magazine. 2004 DykeFest
Issue. <http://huriyahmag.com> Feb. 23, 2005. Web.
- G., Burcu. "One Vein" Huriyah Magazine. 2004 DykeFest
Issue. <http://huriyahmag.com> Feb. 23, 2005. Web.
- G.,
Burcu. "Rough Path to Equality". Huriyah Magazine. Spring
2004.
<http://huriyahmag.com> Mar. 4, 2005. Web.
- G., Burcu. "Killing Mother, Killing Honor". Huriyah Magazine. Winter 2004. <http://huriyahmag.com> Feb. 25, 2005. Web.
- Harbert, Burcu Gezek. “On Identity”. NewsBridge. 2004. Print.
- Harbert,
Burcu Gezek. “One World, One Man One Love”. NewsBridge.
Apr.-May 2003: 25. Print. Rpt in James Berkowitz. np. nd. Website.
http://jamesberkowitz.com/interview. Dec.8, 2013. Print.
- Gezek,
Burcu. Translator's Note. Modern Ailelere Bilgece Öğütler. By
William Martin. İstanbul: Boyner Yayınları, 2003. np. Print.
- Harbert, Burcu Gezek. "Declaration of Truth". NewsBridge.
Sept.-Oct. 2002: 23. Print.
- Harbert, Burcu Gezek. "A New World Delight" NewsBridge.
Sept.-Oct. 2002: 23. Print.
- Harbert,
Burcu Gezek. "Made it Big in America". Washington Free
Press. July-Aug.
2002. <http://wafreepress.org/58/readerMail.htm> Web. Dec. 8, 2013.
- Harbert, Burcu Gezek. "Seven Houses: An Exquisite Literary Journey". NewsBridge. Nov.-Dec. 2002: 17. Print.
- Harbert, Burcu Gezek.“Anais Nin-Rupert Pole House". Arredamento. Nov. 2000: 107. Print.
- Harbert, Burcu Gezek. “All Aboard the Istanbul Express: An Exclusive Report from the 19th International Istanbul Film Festival”. Jun. 2000. <http://www.ifmagazine.com/common/ArticlePrint.asp?ArticleID=673> Web. Mar. 11, 2004.
- Harbert, Burcu Gezek. Translator's Note. Öğretmenim Mori'yle Salı Buluşmaları. By Mitch Albom. Boyner Holding Yayınları: İstanbul, 1999. np. Print.
Consultant,
Administrative, Film Production
Production Coordinator, pending: Archaeological Legacy Institute, Amman, Jordan/Izmir, Turkey: Committed to coordinate the production
of daily promotional webcasts on The Archaeology Channel (http://www.archaeologychannel.org)
from Amman, Jordan;
Istanbul and Izmir
in Turkey.
Media Project Coordinator, October
2009-June 2012 : Antioch University B.A. Program, Los Angeles: Conceptualized the
Project with the supervising Faculty member, recruited and coordinated
volunteers to assist with filming/editing/posting of four B.A. sponsored
events; shot over 100 hours of digital footage of events on campus; prepared and delivered a hard copy binder & a publishable digital
copy of the 2009 BA Showcase event; and completed a promotional film depicting
the Antioch experience from BA students’ perspective.
Activities
Coordinator/Consultant, Sept.-Nov. 2010: TriAngle Square Apartments/GLAAD Senior
Housing: Consulted staff on scheduling and activities for the diverse body of
senior residents, created new activities, helped with promotion and worked with
residents one on one to assess needs in order to develop further activities.
Administrative Assistant,
October 2007-October 2009, Antioch University Admissions & Financial Aid
Office Los Angeles: Assisted with all aspects of application processing,
student inquiries, and outreach activities.
Fundraising Associate,
June 2007-November 2007: Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media (formerly See
Jane) Los Angeles/San Diego: Contacted donors with donation requests for a
silent auction in San Diego.
Coordinated donation pick up and assisted with the set up and the fundraiser
auction.
VFX Coordinator,
April 2007, Barbed Wire FX, Los
Angeles, CA:
Coordinated work flow of VFX sequences for theatrical films; responsible for
managing daily activities of the studio.
Business Consultant,
April 2007, Venice TreeHouse, Venice
Beach, CA: Consulted
the owner on advertising strategies, website development, and on booking special
events.
Voice-Over Supervisor, April
2007, Tele-Talent LLC, Hollywood,
CA: Supervised Turkish voice-over
session with five voice-over artists for an educational infomercial.
Project Manager, March
2005 – April 2007, Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Los Angeles, CA: Assisted in reviewing and distributing press releases, in managing communications with partnering institutions, organized trips for journalists
and filmmakers, fulfilled administrative duties in promoting Turkish Culture
and Tourism in Western United States.
Professional Meeting
Representative, January 4 - 6, 2007, Archaeological Legacy
Institute, San Diego, CA: Assisted set up, managed and hosted
information booth for ALI at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute
of America. Assisted with all aspects of film screenings.
Business Consultant, April
2000, Buena Vista Video, Walt Disney Studios, Los Angeles, CA:
Consulted with producers on stage and sound
studios in Turkey
for multiple DVD productions.
Researched, contacted, and set up deals for US DVD producers.
Production Coordinator,
1996-1998, Mystique Films, Los Angeles,
CA: Coordinated production of
five feature-length films (including Sheer Passion, Testing the
Limits, I’m Watching You, and The Night That Never Happened)
for TV (HBO and Lifetime) and video.
Assistant Coordinator,
March-June 1996, Synthetic Filmworks, Los
Angeles, CA: Assisted
the coordinator for the film, Prophet with DON WILSON produced and directed by Fred Olen Ray.
Assistant to the Producer, January-March
1996, Java Productions, Inc., Los
Angeles, CA: Assisted the Producer on Bartender
with NICOLE EGGERT of Baywatch.
Production Assistant,
1996-1997, HSX Films/Overseas FilmGroup/Palm Pictures Los Angeles & Las Vegas:
Assisted on Six String Samurai directed by Lance Mungia.
Sales Executive,
1995-1996, Picasso Tours/Nordic Tours, LA, CA: Designed tour packages/travel
catalogues and marketed them to individuals and corporate clients.
Business
Management
Manager/Share-holder for
Gezek Ltd., Tire/Izmir, Turkey,
1998- 2000, a licensed distributor of Tuborg & Pepsi Co. International in
Tire & surrounding areas. Produced print advertising for various businesses
in the same locale. Duties included: customer service relations, accounting,
ordering, managing cash flow, contracts, managing ten employees, outreach, etc.
Public
Performance
● 2012, Reader at the
Graduate Readings at Antioch
University Los Angeles.
- 2009, Performer at the VDay performances at Antioch University Los Angeles.
- 2008, Poet/Performer at Art Knows No Borders, a fundraiser event promoting peace between countries and cultures via Crystal Allene Cook’s online fiction book Bombardirovka, benefiting Doctors without Borders.
- June 2007, Reader, read an excerpt from my memoir at Skylight Books, Los Angeles.
- May 2007, Speaker, Screened and discussed the production of my short film, “A Day in the Life of A Girl” at the Antioch University Los Angeles Student Showcase.
- Feb. 2007, Speaker, Turkey: A Land Unique: Introducing Turkish History and Culture, at the LA Times Travel Expo (canceled event).
- Feb. 2006, Representative of the Turkish Culture and Tourism Office at the LA Times Travel Expo.
- Sept. 2005, Featured Reader for Her Circle E-zine launch party at the Shooting Gallery in San Francisco, CA.
Fellowships, Awards, Grants, and
Honors: New Student Scholarship 2009-2012; President’s Scholarship
2007; Stephen Leiter Tuition Scholarship 2006; Antioch University, Los Angeles,
CA * Scholarship 2004-2006, Writers At Work, Los Angeles, CA * Writer/Grant Recipient, 2005 Authors League Fund, New York, NY *
Writer/Grant Recipient 2002, Pen
American Center, New York, NY;
Participant 2001, International Architecture Symposium, Ankara, Turkey;
Presenter, media conference on Tuesdays with Morrie (translator), 1999, German Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Volunteer: SEEFest 2011 Member of the Organizational Committee, 2011: Bridge
Program Fundraiser Planning Committee Member, 2010: Antioch University Los
Angeles; Videographer, BA Academic Media Project, 2010: Antioch University Los
Angeles; Participant AIDS WALK LOS ANGELES, 2008 – 2011: Volunteer fundraiser,
radio station KCRW, 2004: McKinley Elementary School, Director/Choreographer of
Nazim Hikmet poems.
Computer Skills:
CANVAS and OASIS (LMS) savvy. Extensive online research experience. Special focus
in conceptualizing/formatting and Multi-Media (mainly for interactive
e-books and social networking site management).
Education
Antioch
University,
Los Angeles, CA, 2010-2012: MFA in Creative Writing/Genre: Creative Non-Fiction
Antioch
University, Los
Angeles, CA, Sept.-Dec. 2011: Completed: EAPP Writing Instructor
Training as Field Study requirement of the MFA Program
Antioch
University,
Los Angeles, CA, 2009-2010: (Graduate) Certificate in Publishing Arts
Antioch
University,
Los Angeles, CA, 2006-2008: BA in Liberal Studies/Creative Writing Concentration
All-Russian State Institute of
Cinematography (VGIK), Moscow, Russia, 1993-1994: Completed
the introductory year-long Program in Motion Picture Directing.
Moscow State University (MGU),
Moscow, Russia, 1992-1993, Introductory courses completed: Russian History, Language
& Literature .
Bogazici
University,
Istanbul, Turkey, 1989-1992, Introductory courses completed: Public Speaking,
Expository Writing, Linguistics, Psychology, Education, and English Literature.
Ozel Turk Koleji,
Izmir, Turkey, 1982-1989: Middle and High school in Arts and Humanities
instructed exclusively in English.
Related Websites:
http://burcugezekharbert.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/LiteraryTextSeminar
http://www.proz.com/profile/1713845
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/resources-guide/film-production
http://www.radikal.com.tr/2000/06/14/yazarlar/halsah.shtml
http://www.hercircleezine.com/2005/09/01/letter-to-my-mother-by-burcu/
http://tshirtsandtwine.com/2013/04/22/living-simply-meet-burcu/
https://www.mitchalbom.com/books/tuesdays-with-morrie/
