Christopher Bell Resume
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Christopher Bell Resume

Christopher Bell
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (HWS)

Education:
Hobart College, Geneva, NY
Bachelor of Arts Anticipated: May 2019
Double Major: Media & Society and Asian Studies
Riverside City College, Riverside CA 2014-2018
Associates of Arts
Major: Animation and Film, Television, Video
Middlebury College: Middlebury, VT Summer 2018
Japanese Language School

Academic Achievement:
Posse Scholar: Academic & Social Leadership Achievement Scholarship 2014-Current
English Departments Laureate of Literature October 2017
HWS Leads: Leadership and Entrepreneurial Engagement Course 2014-2015

Related Coursework:
Intro to Photoshop, Motion Graphics & Special FX, Intro to Adobe After Effects; Directors Art in Filmmaking, Premiere Pro CC; Intermediate Web Design (HTML/CSS); Media Management (LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook) Production Assistant, Public Relations; Cultures of Advertising, Screenwriting, Creative Writing, Global Animation, Film Photography, Marine Biology, Chinese Cinema, Statistics & Design, Music in Multicultural America.
Multilingual: English (Native), Japanese (Advanced), Spanish (Conversational), Italian (Beginning).

Experience:
Program Director- WHWS Live, HWS, and Geneva, NY 2017-Current
� Here I managed, phase shifts, phone interfaces, oversaw sound controls on a radio console and audio mixing board.
� Regularly invited fellow scholars to have candid conversations on a spectrum of topics from Love, academia, anime, and thoughts on the campuses various social spheres.

Alumni/Alumnae Student Ambassador- Office of Advancement, HWS, Geneva, NY Summer 2018
� While working with full time staff to organize, contact, and welcome Alumni to the main reception.
� Creating PowerPoints for the classes of 1963-72 for their 50th reunion. Converting primary, archival, yearbook photographs into digital PDFs to keep for their personal collection of scrapbooking photos.

Research Analyst Intern- Office of Intercultural Affairs, HWS, Geneva, NY Summer 2016 and 2018
� Archived, organized, facilitated, promoted, summer cultural events
� I initiated and sustained lasting personal and professional relationships with full time staff, alumni, and fellow student workers in an office environment.
� Evaluated the effectiveness and frequency of LGBTQ activism from 1990-2016 in the greater New York area.

Editor & Photographer- Communications Office, HWS, Geneva, NY 2014-2015
� Advertised, composed, interviewed, and marketed for my college's outreach events and community involvement through photography, videography, and written mediums.
� Utilizing the rule of 3rds, accounting for house lighting, back lighting settings I captured photos later featured on my college campuses official website.

Research Analyst- Psychology Department, HWS, Geneva, NY 2014-2015
� Organized, analyzed, interviewed, and surveyed data from local leaders in the Geneva community including but not limited to Mayor Svante L. Myrick

Tutor, America Reads, Geneva, NY Fall 2014
� Coaching and tutoring elementary school students to achieve literacy, while strengthening their arithmetic skills.

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Leadership Experience:
President, Multimedia Club, HWS, Geneva, NY Spring 2018-Current
� Created for people to develop their media production skills via video, audio, and still photography platforms.
� My executive position requires me to send campus wide emails, create flyers for events, reserve meeting locations, and set the agenda for the weekly meetings.
Sigma Chi, Greek Literary Society, HWS, Geneva, NY August 2018
� Where Hobart Greeks came together to strategize ways in which we as leaders can make campus more cohesive and plan events in which the greater community can benefit from.

EECASU, Leadership Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY March 2018
� The annual East Coast Asian Student Union Conference where we unpacked themes of anti-blackness in Asian
communities, Islamophobia and misconceptions of Hindu culture, along with generational struggles of first generation
Americans with non-native English speaker parents.

Participant, Kenneth Copeland Believers Convention, Fort Worth, TX Summer 2016
� We prayed, believed, and received our blessings in abundance.

President, English Country Dancing, HWS, Geneva, NY 2015-2016
� Managed, allocated, and everything from budgets, contracts, meeting times, performances, and events as well as spearheaded expansion resulting in consistent turn out with both college students and the Geneva locals.

Historian, Sigma Chi Fraternity, HWS, Geneva, NY 2014-2016
� Volunteered, restored, and succeeded in reinstating the Alpha Alpha Chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity on campus to become a catalyst for change and inclusivity in our community.
� Together we achieved three awards for our academic excellence, Community Engagement, and Most Service Hours completed within the academic year.

Public Relations Director, Asian Student Union, HWS, Geneva, NY 2014-2015
� Coordinated, delegated, organized, and executed effective communication strategies to maintain club attendance and new member recruitment. I did so by creating and publishing outreach advertisements through multiple mediums such as Microsoft Office Applications, Adobe Photoshop, and Social Media platforms to achieve favorable results.

Advocacy Director, Habitat for Humanity, Ramona H.S., Riverside, CA 2011-2014
� Worked with the school and local community to provide homes for families.

Skills:
Computer: Razors Edge, Processing, Spreadsheets, SPSS, Premiere Pro CC, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office (Excel, Powerpoint, Word), Google Drive, Web Design (HTML/CSS), Final Draft Pro

Languages: English (Native), Japanese (Advanced), Spanish (Conversational), Italian (Beginner).