Watkins, Dwight d-Watkins.com E-Mail: [email protected] Profile D. Watkins is a writer and filmmaker whose work has been published in Huffington Post, Stop Being Famous, 1729mag, Vice and Salon. Watkins has been featured on NPR’s Monday Morning, The Marc Steiner Show, and Huff Post Live as a reoccurring guest. Watkins holds a BA in History from the University of Baltimore, a MS in Educational Studies from Johns Hopkins University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Baltimore. Watkins has ran and participated in creative workshops in London and Abuja Nigeria. He is an adjunct professor at Coppin State University and runs a creative writing workshop at the Baltimore Free School. Education Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Publishing, 2014 University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. Masters of Science in Educational Studies, 2011 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Graduate Certificate in Urban Education, 2010 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Bachelor of Arts in History, 2009 University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. Broadcast • NPR Monday Morning with Sheilah Kast, Social Media and the Urban Child March 2014 • The Marc Steiner Show, How Glamorizing Drugs is Killing Black Kids March 2014 February 2014 • HuffPost Live, Too Poor for Pop Culture February 2014 • The Perri Small Show, Too Poor for Pop Culture February 2014 • The Marc Steiner Show, Too Poor for Pop Culture February 2014 • NPR Monday Morning with Sheilah Kast, Too Poor for Pop Culture • FOXO’s 1010 WOLB, Breaking the Cycle April 2012-May 2013 Watkins, D Page 2 Publications/Presentations • Salon, Too Poor Series TBA 2014 • 1729Mag, NBA’s Will Barton Interview May 2014 June 2014 April 2014 April 2014 May 2014 • Aeon, Two Baltimore’s • City Lit Festival, New Mercury • Salon, Poor black people don’t work? • Aeon, The Two Baltimore’s • BCCC, Art of Writing a Book • Center Stage, Stoop Storytelling Series • CoBalt Review, Class trip March 2014 March 2014 March 2014 • Motherboard Vice, Life on the Other Side of the Digital Divide February 2014 February 2014 February 2014 • 1729Mag, Nate McFly Interview February 2014 • Salon, How Glamorizing drugs is Killing Black kids • Salon, Too Poor For Pop Culture • The Huffington Post, Too Poor For Pop Culture • 1729Mag, FMG Ball Interview • 1729Mag, FMG Dez Interview • 1729Mag, Cops Kill Niggas in America • Stop Being Famous, Buck Interview • 1729Mag, Best Man Holiday • Stop Being Famous, Prodigy Talks About his New Book • 1729Mag, The School System Works! Lets Break It! • Plorkology Volume 1, Deion • Baltimore Fishbowl, Why My Mother Made Me Call her Tina • Hippocampus Magazine, Straight Shots of Family • Niche Literary Magazine, Bike Life • Eddie Conway Freedom School “The Drug War,” as a guest speaker. February 2014 February 2014 January 2014 January 2014 December 2013 December 2013 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 October 2013 September 2013 May 2013 April 2012 June 2012 • Eddie Conway Freedom School “Black Fathers,” as guest speaker. • Bold and Beautiful “Youth Literary Forum.” Abuja Nigeria, as a TA for MK Asante. July 2011 • British Library “Evolution of the English Language.” UK as a TA for MK Asante. November 2010 • Artichoke Haircut, Talking Dice September 2010 • Artichoke Haircut, A Family History September 2010 • Welter, 25 to 100% in one Day May 2010 Watkins, D Page 3 Research Experience • Vice, Selfies With the Homeless, A New Unshareable Low February 2014 • Buck, Principal Hip Hop researcher for Buck written by MK Asante. August 2013 • Reconstruction, Independent study at the University of Baltimore. http://www.ericstephensinger.com/ June 2008 • Crack in Baltimore, Honors project at the University of Baltimore. http://www.ericstephensinger.com/ January 2008 Courses Taught Coppin State University • English 101 September 2013- Present • English 102 February 2014- Present Sojourner Douglass College • Communication Skill 1 September 2011 -Present • Fundamentals of Speech September 2011-Present National Great Blacks in Wax Museum • African American Studies June 2009-August 2009 • Creative Writing June 2009-August 2009 Film • Filmed the “The Buck Series” with Michael Eric Dyson and MK Asante • Writer and director of “Street Agent.” November 2013 “Preproduction, expected 2014” • Producer of “Who Can You Trust.” August 2011 • Writer and Director of “Crack in Baltimore.” January 2008
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