Tabitha Mueller

1900 Humboldt Street, Reno, NV 89509

(971) 237-9762 • tabithacharlotte24@gmail.com

EDUCATION Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT

B.A., English and American Literatures Joint Geography Major May 2018
• Magna Cum Laude; High Honors; GPA: 3.79
• Skills: Proficient in Japanese, Hindenburg, STATA, InDesign & Illustrator, ArcGIS Desktop 10
(Spatial Analyst, Network Analyst), WordPress, Microsoft Office, iMovie

COMMUNICATIONS EXPERIENCE
Independent Academic Work: Privilege and Pell Grants (Audio Project), Election Collection: Creative Responses by
Middlebury College Students to the 2016 Election (Co-Editor, Contributor)
Intern, The Nevada Independent 2020
• Pitched and composed three to four weekly stories on topics of housing, local government, elections,
features, and other news
• Collaborated with staff developing news stories and creating podcast segments
Independent Contractor, This is Reno 2019
• Pitched and wrote four to six weekly local news stories along with a weekly events column
Freelance Contributor, Middlebury Magazine 2019
• Produced a podcast episode about a Japanese sushi chef living in rural Japan for Middlebury Magazine’s
“Where Did They Go?” online podcast series
Producer and Host, Middlebury College Moth-UP 2014 - 2018
• Hosted and co-produced live monthly storytelling events for audiences of 80-375 people
• Recruited storytellers of all ages and helped them polish and prepare their stories
Senior Admissions Fellow, Middlebury College Admissions Office 2017 - 2018
• Presented hour-long information sessions for up to 250 attendees per week
Iacocca Internship for Luxos Magazine, Milan, Italy 2017
• Wrote short articles for the magazine related to travel in Europe
Narrative Journalism Fellowship, Middlebury Magazine 2016 - 2017
• Pitched stories, conducted and transcribed interviews, and crafted four, six-minute digital narratives about
Middlebury students’ journeys to college
Oratory NOW Head Speech Coach, Middlebury College 2016 - 2018
• Taught classes focused on storytelling, public speaking, PowerPoint creation, among other topics
GEOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE
Senior Honors Thesis: Contextualizing Home(lessness) Using Geographic and Literary Analysis
Independent Study: May I Sit Here?: An Ethnography of Proctor Dining Hall
Geography Research Assistant, Middlebury College Geography Department 2017
• Performed riparian buffer prioritization analyses with ArcGIS
• Wrote a methodology and workflow for spatial categorization and analysis of remotely sensed data
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
JET Program Language Teacher, Miyoshi, Japan 2018 - 2019
• Planned and taught 15-25 Elementary English Foreign Language (EFL) classes a week
• Established a video letter exchange with students studying Japanese in Oregon
• Translated and edited speeches for the World Wakeboarding Championship
COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCES

Michelle Rindels
Assistant Editor of The Nevada Independent
7455 Arroyo Crossing Parkway Suite 220
Las Vegas, NV 89113
michelle@thenvindy.com

Bob Conrad
Co-Founder, Publisher, and Editor of ThisisReno
705 South Wells Avenue
Reno, NV 89509
bob@thisisreno.com

Sue Halpern
Director and Editor of the Narrative Journalism Fellowship
English and American Literatures
Davis Family Library 352
Middlebury, VT 05753
suehalpern@gmail.com

Jack Lule
Professor and Chair of the Lehigh University Department of Journalism and Communication
Oversaw the Iacocca Internship for Luxos Magazine
33 Coppee Hall
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA 18015
jack.lule@lehigh.edu

PERSONAL REFERENCES
Jessica L’Roe
Assistant Professor of Geography
Thesis Advisor
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 636
Middlebury, VT 05753
jlroe@middlebury.edu

Alex Farside
Owner and Manager of Coffee N’ Comics
Reno Storytelling Collective Organizer
940 West Moana Lane
Reno, NV 89509
alex@coffeencomics.com

Ken Piontek
Retired Mathematics Teacher
439 NE Center St.
Sheridan, OR 97378
kpionte@onlinenw.com