Cris Beam

At your service since 2011

 

SAMPLE INVITED LECTURES:


Transgender Street Kids and the U.S. Response. Keynote Address at the Ciclo Rosa Conference in Bogotá, Colombia


Blended Forms: Successfully Merging Journalism and Memoir. Presented to MFA students at CalArts, Los Angeles


Writing the Feminist and Transgender perspective. Presented at Bowling Green State University


Writing Your Childhood. Presented at True Colors, Queer Youth Conference


Writing For Publication: A Full-Day Seminar. Offered to post-graduate students at Bank Street College


Selling Stories Without Selling Out: A Two-part Series on Making an Ethical Living as a Writer. Developed for both graduate and undergraduate students in Columbia University’s Creative Writing Programs


Writing Transgender Lives. Presented at Princeton University


Writing the Memoir Book. Presented in the course, “Memoir Writing,” 92nd Street Y


Get More Out of Freelancing. Presented at the Newswomen’s Club of New York


Contemporary Issues and Opportunities Facing Transgender Youth. Presented at Rutgers University


Hacks and Flacks: The tricky relationship between publicists and reporters. Presented at the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association conference


 

Cris teaches creative writing at Columbia University, Bayview Women's Correctional Facility and New York University where, this past year, she was named Professor of the Year at the Gallatin School.


She also regularly provides private and group writing lessons, as well as manuscript and editing services. If you're interested in working with Cris,


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Cris also regularly lectures at universities and conferences on topics related to nonfiction writing, memoir, and transgender issues. If you’re interested in having Cris speak, click on the link above.