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How to Be a Better Leader with Elastic Thinking
How to Be a Better Leader with Elastic Thinking
By Alida Miranda-Wolff
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How to Harness the Power of Deep Practice to Master Any Discipline
How to Harness the Power of Deep Practice to Master Any Discipline
By Alida Miranda-Wolff
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Want Top-Performing Employees? Make Them Feel Understood
Want Top-Performing Employees? Make Them Feel Understood
By Alida Miranda-Wolff
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Last week involved four workshops in four cities (picture of the amazing Lavery lawyers in Quebec City below!). Here are a few key…
Last week involved four workshops in four cities (picture of the amazing Lavery lawyers in Quebec City below!). Here are a few key…
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So excited to (belatedly) announce that I've joined Notabene as their Director, People Operations! I signed Notabene as a client at Caitlin Cuesta…
So excited to (belatedly) announce that I've joined Notabene as their Director, People Operations! I signed Notabene as a client at Caitlin Cuesta…
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#PersonalUpdate: One of my literary projects is live! As many folks know, I write creatively, as well as professionally. I wrote a creative…
#PersonalUpdate: One of my literary projects is live! As many folks know, I write creatively, as well as professionally. I wrote a creative…
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Experience
Education
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Activities and Societies: Built in UChicago (Co-Founder and Director of Communications); Memoryhouse (Founder and Editor-in-Chief); The University of Chicago Undergraduate Law Review (Founder and Editor-in-Chief); MODA Blog (Senior Editor); University Theater (Dramaturg)
Honors Theses
• Awarded Special Honors in Law, Letters, and Society for "Married Women, Property, and the Law in South Carolina, 1734-1834," an archival research-based project on coverture in South Carolina.
• Awarded Special Honors in English for "Trauma: Essays," a creative nonfiction collection of essays.
Conferences
• Presented an excerpt of my English Honors B.A. Thesis "Trauma: Essays" entitled "Recovery" at the University of Chicago Center for Gender and Sexuality's…Honors Theses
• Awarded Special Honors in Law, Letters, and Society for "Married Women, Property, and the Law in South Carolina, 1734-1834," an archival research-based project on coverture in South Carolina.
• Awarded Special Honors in English for "Trauma: Essays," a creative nonfiction collection of essays.
Conferences
• Presented an excerpt of my English Honors B.A. Thesis "Trauma: Essays" entitled "Recovery" at the University of Chicago Center for Gender and Sexuality's Food and the Body conference
• Presented my Law, Letters, and Society Honors B.A. Thesis at the Undergraduate Research Symposium on the Contracts and Reciprocity panel
Publications
Honors & Awards
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Howell Murray Alumni Association Award
The University of Chicago
One of the College's highest honors, this award recognizes graduating seniors who have made outstanding contributions to the University through co-curricular activities. In most cases, this award is presented to individual students who have made contributions to a range of campus organizations.
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Phi Beta Kappa Member
The Phi Beta Kappa Society
The oldest nationally recognized academic honor society in the United States geared towards inviting undergraduates with the highest level of academic achievement into their organization.
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Charles M. Gray Fellowship for Legal Research
The University of Chicago New Collegiate Division
Gray Fellowships support summer research and travel expenses directed at the B.A. Paper for Law, Letters, and Society.
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Margaret C. Annan Award in Creative Nonfiction
The University of Chicago Department of Creative Writing
The Margaret C. Annan Undergraduate Award in Writing is given annually to recognize excellence in creative writing by third-year students in the College. Recipients are selected by faculty from the University’s creative writing program and English department through a competitive application process.
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Dunn Research Prize for Creative Writing
The University of Chicago Department of English Language and Literature
The prize is designed to contribute towards living expenses of students as they work on a major piece of writing or research.
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Student Marshal
The University of Chicago Office of the Dean of the College
The highest honor awarded to students in the College based both on an outstanding academic record and contributions to the university campus and community.
Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish
Native or bilingual proficiency
Organizations
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UChicago Arts Alumni Network Board of Directors
Board Member
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University of Chicago 2014 Reunion Committee
Committee Member
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Memoryhouse
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
-• Organized all programming including the quarterly Cabaret Series and UChicago Chapbook Festival • Read, edited, workshopped and approved all submissions for the quarterly publication • Managed the editorial board, listhost, and website, chicagomemoryhouse.wordpress.com
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Built @ UChicago (now known as EDGE)
Co-Founder and Director of Communications
-• Shaped and coordinated weekly meeting by recruiting speakers, organizing panels, and offering support for coding workshops • Coached 4 teams seeking to build their B2C concepts into startups, 2 of which successfully entered and placed in pitch competitions, as well as offered guidance to individual members • Managed internal communications by presenting at events, attending meetings with administrators and donors, and participating in weekly brainstorming sessions
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University of Chicago Undergraduate Law Review
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
-• Ran meetings, appointed editors, managed the editorial board, created new editor positions, oversaw members, and grew organization to 150 members within 4 months • Approved submissions, acted as final editor on all content, and contributed blog posts and articles
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