KEY COMPETENCIES
Narrative, creative writing
User-centered content
User experience research
Interpersonal interviews
Teamwork and collaboration
Attention to detail
WORK EXPERIENCE
Fanfare Magazine
Web Editor, 2023 to present
Reviewer, 2016 to present
Tutor.com
English Writing Tutor, 2023-2024
Prospect Agency, A Literary Agency, Brooklyn, NY
Submissions Intern, 2007-2008
Regis College Writing Center, Denver, CO
Writing Consultant, 2007-2008
The Highlander, Regis University Student News Publication, Denver, CO
Opinions Editor, 2007-2008
Editor-in-Chief, 2006-2007
Staff Reporter, Cartoonist, Entertainment Editor, 2005-2006
Cartoonist, 2004-2005
EDUCATION
Certificate, UX/UI
University of Denver, Denver, CO | March 26, 2024 - September 12, 2024
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing, Fiction
Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT | December 29, 2011-January 7, 2013
Bachelor of Arts, Writing
Regis University, Denver, CO | 2004-2008
Major: Writing; Minor: Fine Arts, Visual Arts
Summa cum laude
Dean’s List, 2004-2008
The Robert A. O’Sullivan, S.J. Memorial Award for Excellence in Writing, 2008
PUBLICATIONS
PERIODICALS This list of periodical publications includes my published short stories and editorials. “2024 Want List for Jacqueline Kharouf.” Fanfare (Nov/Dec, 2024) print, online “2023 Want List for Jacqueline Kharouf.” Fanfare (Nov/Dec, 2023) print, online “2022 Want List for Jacqueline Kharouf.” Fanfare (Nov/Dec, 2022) print, online “2019 Want List for Jacqueline Kharouf.” Fanfare (Nov/Dec, 2019) print, online “2018 Want List for Jacqueline Kharouf.” Fanfare (Nov/Dec, 2018) print, online “2017 Want List for Jacqueline Kharouf.” Fanfare (Nov/Dec, 2017) print, online “2016 Want List for Jacqueline Kharouf.” Fanfare (Nov/Dec, 2016) print, online “Big Feet.” Birdy Magazine (2016) print “Reflections in the Water.” The Ilanot Review (2016) online “Blank and Sacred.” Litro Literary Magazine (September, 2015) online “The Jacket.” Necessary Fiction (August, 2015) online “Ophelia Becomes a Mermaid.” Rocky Mountain Revival (July, 2015) podcast “Beyond the Cubicle Walls.” The Harpoon Review (June, 2015) online “Vincent, 1875.” Matchbook Literary Magazine (April, 2015) online “The Death of the Lady of the Lake.” Gingerbread House (February, 2015) online “Twin Dark Splotches.” The Examined Life Journal (December, 2014) print “Ada and ScriptKid.” Shout Out UK (June, 2014) online “The Thrashed Wheat of Yellowed October.” Fiction Vortex (December, 2013) online “Happy Jacks.” South Dakota Review (October, 2013) print “Buffalo.” NANO Fiction (April, 2013) print “The Undiscoverable Higgs Boson.” Otis Nebula (January, 2012) online “Seeing Makes Them Happy.” H.O.W. Journal (August, 2011) online
AWARDS A few of my short stories have won awards. 3rd Place: “Seeing Makes Them Happy.” H.O.W. Journal Fiction Contest (August, 2011) 3rd Place: “This Is Impulsive.” Denver Woman’s Press Club Unknown Writer’s Contest (2010) Honorable Mention: “Your Father Tells You in Little Ways.” Denver Woman’s Press Club Unknown Writer’s Contest (2009)
BOOK REVIEWS A few of my published literary reviews. Map Drawn By a Spy by Guillermo Cabrera Infante, translated by Mark Fried. Cleaver Magazine (Aug. 29, 2017) online The Seven Madmen by Roberto Arlt, translated by Nick Caistor. Cleaver Magazine (Oct, 2016) online Rittenhouse Writers Reflections on a Fiction Workshop by James Rahn. Cleaver Magazine (June, 2016) online Oblivion by Sergei Lebedev, translated by Antonia W. Bouis. Cleaver Magazine (May, 2016) online Twelve Women in a Country Called America by Kelly Cherry. Colorado Review (2016) online Conjuror by Holly Sullivan McClure. Fjords Review (2016) online Ever Yrs by Nance Van Winckel. Colorado Review (October, 2015) online Killing Auntie by Andrzej Bursa, translated by Wiesiek Powaga. Cleaver Magazine (September, 2015) online
MUSIC REVIEWS I have published over 100 reviews for Fanfare, a music review magazine featuring thousands of reviews of new classical and jazz CDs. Subscribers may view the full archive of reviews at fanfarearchive.com 2024 Schuman/Chopin/Brahms/Debussy. James Freeman Fanfare (July/Aug 2024) print, online Ode to Lost Time. Miriam Davis, Michale Bulychev-Okser Fanfare (July/Aug 2024) print, online John Thomas: Complete Duos for Harp & Piano, Vol. 3. Duo Praxedis Fanfare (July/Aug 2024) print, online Mia Brentano’s American Diary. Mia Brentano Fanfare (July/Aug 2024) print, online Franck, Selva. Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden Fanfare (May/June 2024) print, online Palestrina. De Silva. Soriano. Suspicious Cheese Lords Fanfare (May/June 2024) print, online Spanish Impressions. Hermitage Piano Trio Fanfare (Mar/Apr 2024) print, online Mendelssohn. Jonathan Cohler, Ilya Kaler, Rasa Vitkauskaite Fanfare (Jan/Feb 2024) print, online Memories Unsettled. Gibbs Street Duo Fanfare (Jan/Feb 2024) print, online Herman Krebbers Edition. Fanfare (Jan/Feb 2024) print, online Brian Field. Vasilisa Bogorodskaya. Fanfare (Jan/Feb 2024) print, online 2023 It’s About Time. Charles Schlueter Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2023) print, online All Classic. Scandinavian Guitar Duo Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2023) print, online Scriabin. Yoojung Kim Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2023) print, online Palms Upward. Graham Campbell Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2023) print, online Great Spirits on Haunted Mountain. Robert Burns Arnot Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2023) print, online Solo Alone and More. Jonas Frolund Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2023) print, online Christian Ferras Edition. Christian Ferras Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2023) print, online Schumann, Brahms, Liszt. Shorena Tsintsabadze Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2023) print, online Jeffrey Hall. Steven Beck Fanfare (July/Aug 2023) print, online Mark Harris, Symphony No. 1 Fanfare (July/Aug 2023) print, online Mozart. Violin Concertos. Francesca Dego Fanfare (July/Aug 2023) print, online Regondi. David Starobin Fanfare (July/Aug 2023) print, online Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Ravel. Tetiana Shafran. Fanfare (May/June 2023) print, online Mozart. Julia Fischer Fanfare (May/June 2023) print, online Almeida Prado. Aleyson Scopel Fanfare (May/June 2023) print, online Ravel, Brahms, Shostakovich. Orion Weiss Fanfare (May/June 2023) print, online Vieuxtemps. Alexander Markov Fanfare (May/June 2023) print, online La Harpe a Paris. Margit-Anna Suss Fanfare (May/June 2023) print, online Homage: Spain and Latin America. José Lezcano Fanfare (Mar/Apr 2023) print, online Being Golden. Suzanne Shulman, Erica Goodman Fanfare (Mar/Apr 2023) print, online Debussy. Esther Birringer Fanfare (Mar/Apr 2023) print, online The London Sessions. Ed Bazel Fanfare (Mar/Apr 2023) print, online Beethoven, Ludwig Van: Violin Concerto, Romances for Violin. Charlie Siem Fanfare (Mar/Apr 2023) print, online Piazzolla, Astor. Bjarke Mogensen Fanfare (Mar/Apr 2023) print, online Schorr. Eve Gigliotti Fanfare (Jan/Feb 2023) print, online Yes…It’s Still a Thing! Duo Sequenza Fanfare (Jan/Feb 2023) print, online Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas. Robert Levin Fanfare (Jan/Feb 2023) print, online 2022 Sindig, Christian; Mendelssohn, Felix. Lea Birringer Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2022) print, online Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies. Sophia Agranovich Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2022) print, online Virtual Harmonics. Jerry Gerber Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2022) print, online Vivaldi; Leclair; Locatelli. Théotime Langlois de Swarte Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2022) print, online Maier, Amanda; Brahms, Johannes; Röntgen, Julius. Cecilia Zilliacus Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2022) print, online Bruch, Max; Vaughan Williams; Barber, Samuel. Sonoko Miriam Welde Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2022) print, online Auerbach: 24 Preludes for Violin and Piano. Katya Moeller Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2022) print, online Enescu, George Violin Concerto. Luiza Borac, Carolin Widmann Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2022) print, online Cosmic Consciousness. Jerry Gerber Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2022) print, online From Cosmic Dust. Jerry Gerber Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2022) print, online In the Age of Debussy. Ransom Wilson, Francois Dumont Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2022) print, online Poems and Rhapsodies. Solomiya Ivakhiv Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2022) print, online Serenata Española: Spanish Guitar Classics. Brian DeRoche Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2022) print, online The First Movements. Christopher Jessup Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2022) print, online French Music for Piano Duo. Baron & Navarro Piano Duo Fanfare (July/August 2022) print, online Mia Brentano’s Summer House, New Music for 2 Pianos. Benyamin Nuss, Billy Test Fanfare (May/June 2022) print, online Conversa: Duos for Cello and Piano. Gregory Sauer, Heidi Louise Williams Fanfare (May/June 2022) print, online Earth Music. Jerry Gerber Fanfare (May/June 2022) print, online Home & Love. Jerry Gerber Fanfare (Mar/Apr 2022) print, online Saint-Saëns. Jinjoo Cho Fanfare (Mar/Apr 2022) print, online 2020 Ravel; Petrovic, Albena; Scriabin. Vanya Pesheva Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2020) print, online Scriabin. Russell Hirschfield Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2020) print, online Hiller, Ferdinand; Schumann. Ronald Lau Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2020) print, online Brahms, Johannes; Schumann; Gluck. Uriel Tsachor Fanfare (July/August 2020) print, online Bach, J.S.: 6 Keyboard Partitas, BWV 825-830. Robert Levin. Fanfare (July/August 2020) print, online Vine, Carl. Lindsay Garritson Fanfare (May/June 2020) print, online Beethoven, Ludwig Van: Piano Concerto No. 3. Phillip Kawin. Fanfare (Mar/Apr 2020) print, online Brahms, Johannes: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3. John Fadial, Andrew Harley Fanfare (Mar/Apr 2020) print, online 10 More Minutes. Jeeyoon Kim. Fanfare (Jan/Feb 2020) print, online Debussy. Katie Mahan Fanfare (Jan/Feb 2020) print, online Bridges from Chopin to Piazzolla. Rosa Antonelli Fanfare (Jan/Feb 2020) print, online 2019 Chopin, Frederic; Liszt. Yaroslav Senyshyn Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2019) print, online Czerny. Jingshu Zhao Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2019) print, online Lacasse: Lost and Found. Serge Lacasse Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2019) print, online Rachmaninoff. Dorothy Lewis-Griffith Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2019) print, online Mia Brentano’s River of Memories. Benyamin Nuss Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2019) print, online Ballades and Other Stories. Eric T. Tawaststjerna. Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2019) print, online Beethoven; Haydn, Franz Joseph; Mozart. Walewein Witten. Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2019) print, online Pour Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy. Judith Jáuregui Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2019) print, online Prelude/ Karim Shehata Fanfare (July/August 2019) print, online Prokofiev, Sergei; Rachmaninoff. Dzmitry Ulasiuk Fanfare (July/August 2019) print, online Debussy. Jerry Wong Fanfare (July/August 2019) print, online Schubert. Bernard Roberts Fanfare (May/June 2019) print, online Schumann. Florian Uhlig Fanfare (May/June 2019) print, online Debussy. Javier Perianes Fanfare (May/June 2019) print, online Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue. Viv McLean Fanfare (May/June 2019) print, online Aulin, Valborg; Netzel, Laura. Lucia Negro. Fanfare (May/June 2019) print, online Ravel; Debussy; Bridge, Frank. David McGrory Fanfare (May/June 2019) print, online Soryang: Piano. SoRyang Fanfare (May/June 2019) print, online Weber, Carl Maria von. Pier Paolo Vincenzi Fanfare (May/June 2019) print, online Brahms, Johannes: 11 Chorale Preludes. Pianist Nada. Fanfare (Mar/Apr 2019) print, online Oldberg. Jennifer Muñiz Fanfare (Mar/Apr 2019) print, online Kuhn, Max. Chiharu Naruse Fanfare (Mar/Apr 2019) print, online Reicha. Ivan Ilić Fanfare (Mar/Apr 2019) print, online The Unknown Galaxy: A Century of Classical Mormon Music. Scott Holden Fanfare (Jan/Feb 2019) print, online Schubert. Carlo Grante Fanfare (Jan/Feb) 2019 print, online Scriabin; Schubert. Christiane Karajeva Fanfare (Jan/Feb 2019) print, online 2018 Mozart: Piano Concertos. Katrine Gislinge Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2018) print, online Mia Brentano’s Hidden Sea. Benjamin Nuss, Max Nyberg Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2018) print, online Findlay’s Fabulous Favorites, Volume One. Findlay Cockrell Fanfare (May/June 2018) print, online Debussy; Rameau. Jeffrey LaDeur Fanfare (Jan/Feb 2018) print, online 2017 Paganini. Nils-Erik Sparf, Andreas Brantelid, David Harenstam Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2017) print, online Borup-Jørgensen. Leif Hesselberg, Maria Camitz Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2017) print, online Sor. Maria Camitz, Leif Hesselberg Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2017) print, online Virtuoso: A Homage to My Ancestors. Matthew Fagan Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2017) print, online Virtuoso 2: A Homage to My Ancestors. Matthew Fagan Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2017) print, online Keys to Rio. Grace Alves Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2017) print, online Debussy. Amy E. Gustafson Fanfare (July/August 2017) print, online Le Prophète Stephanie McCallum and Erin Helyard. Fanfare (May/June, 2017) print, online Scenes, Vol. 1 Jeremy Cullen. Fanfare (May/June, 2017) print, online Lebanese Piano Music Tatiana Primak-Khoury. Fanfare (Mar/Apr, 2017) print, online 2016 Piano Sonorities Betty Wishart. Fanfare (Sept/Oct, 2016) print, online Piazolla Here & Now Nancy Roldán, José Cueto, Gabriella Cavallero. Fanfare (Sept/Oct, 2016) print, online
INTERVIEWS A list of my published interviews with authors, composers, musicians, and performers. 2024 “The Medium Is Not the Message: An Interview with Jerry Gerber.” Fanfare (July/Aug 2024) print, online “To Make Good Music: An Interview with Klaus Martin Kopitz.” Fanfare (July/Aug 2024) print, online “Renaissance of the Piano Trio: An Interview with Misha Keylin of Hermitage Piano Trio.” Fanfare (Mar/Apr 2024) print, online “The Ideal Kind of Musical Partnership: An Interview with Ilya Kaler.” Fanfare (Jan/Feb 2024) print, online 2023 “Versatility is Everything: A Conversation with David Park.” Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2023) print, online “Pianist Nada and the Message of Brahms.” Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2023) print, online “The Art of Collaborative Duo Performance: An Interview with Qian Yin and Po-Chuan Chiang.” Fanfare (July/Aug 2023) print, online “An Authentic Interpretation of Liszt: An Interview with Pianist Eva Polgar.” Fanfare (May/June 2023) print, online “Creative Together: An Interview with Suzanne Shulman and Erica Goodman.” Fanfare (Mar/Apr 2023) print, online “Mozart’s Restless Imagination: An Interview with Robert Levin.” Fanfare (Jan/Feb 2023) print, online 2022 “Awaiting a Divine Spark: An Interview with Sophia Agranovich.” Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2022) print, online “Bits and Pieces: An Interview with Pianist Christopher Jessup on His Debut Album, The First Movements.” Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2022) print, online “Merge Into One Single Performer: An Interview with the Baron-Navarro Piano Duo.” Fanfare (July/August 2022) print, online “At the Nexus of Electronic Music and Classical Composition: An Interview with Composer Jerry Gerber.” Fanfare (May/June 2022) print, online “Beautiful Things Repeat Themselves: An Interview with Klaus Martin Kopitz.” Fanfare (May/June 2022) print, online “Struggle and Rhetorical Tension: An Interview with Gregory Sauer and Heidi Louise Williams.” Fanfare (May/June 2022) print, online 2021 “Music Is Me, So I Am: A Conversation with Pianist Nada.” Pianist Magazine (May 6, 2021) online [https://www.pianistmagazine.com/blogs/music-is-me-so-i-am-a-conversation-with-pianist-nada/] 2020 “The Imaginative Drama and Poetry of Alexander Scriabin: An Interview with Pianist Russell Hirschfield.” Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2020) print, online “Sound Magic: An Interview with Pianist Vanya Pesheva.” Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2020) print, online “Create Art Collectively: An Interview with Pianist Ronald Lau.” Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2020) print, online “A Philosophy of Cliff-Hanging Risk-Taking: An Interview with Pianist Robert Levin.” Fanfare (July/August 2020) print, online “A History of Transcription: An Interview with Pianist Uriel Tsachor.” Fanfare (July/August 2020) print, online “Performing Is Always a Balancing Act: An Interview with Pianist Lindsay Garritson.” Fanfare (May/June 2020) print, online “Within Any Ensemble There Must Be Mutual Trust: An Interview with Violinist John Fadial and Pianist Andrew Harley.” Fanfare (Mar/Apr 2020) print, online “Become a Glass Cup: An Interview with Pianist Jeeyoon Kim.” Fanfare (Jan/Feb 2020) print, online “Both Clear and Hidden Illusions: An Interview with Pianist Katie Mahan.” Fanfare (Jan/Feb 2020) print, online 2019 “Anxiety Is Both a Positive and Negative Phenomenon: An Interview with Yaroslav Senyshyn.” Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2019) print, online “Deserving to Be Known and Noticed: An Interview with Pianist Jingshu Zhao.” Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2019) print, online “A Critical Distance: An Interview with Composer Klaus Martin Kopitz.” Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2019) print, online “The Alternation of Drama and Lyricism: An Interview with Erik T. Tawaststjerna.” Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2019) print, online “Sound is Always Essential: An Interview with Pianist Karim Shehata.” Fanfare (July/August 2019) print, online “Focus on the Images: An Interview with Pianist Dzmitry Ulasiuk.” Fanfare (July/August 2019) print, online “A Matter of Rhythm: An Interview with Pianist Viv McLean.” Fanfare (May/June 2019) print, online “The Composers Who Faced World War I: An Interview with Pianist David McGrory.” Fanfare (May/June 2019) print, online “Composing Music and Designing Circuits: An Interview with Composer Kenneth A. Kuhn.” Fanfare (Mar/Apr 2019) print, online “I Felt He Was Here: An Interview with Pianist Nada on Her Fourth Brahms Recording.” Fanfare (Mar/Apr 2019) print, online “Portraying All Emotions of the Human Experience: An Interview with Pianist Scott Holden.” Fanfare (Jan/Feb 2019) print, online “Some Pieces Already Exist Within Me: An Interview with Pianist Christiane Karajeva.” Fanfare (Jan/Feb 2019) print, online 2018 “Phrased More Beautifully: An Interview with Pianist Katrine Gislinge.” Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2018) print, online “Speaking Its Own Language: An Interview with Klaus Martin Kopitz on Mia Brentano’s Hidden Sea.” Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2018) print, online “21 Fabulous Favorites: An Interview with Pianist Findlay Cockrell.” Fanfare (May/June 2018) print, online “Mystical and Philosophical and Romantic: An Interview with Pianist Rosa Antonelli. Lambs Benefit Concert. Fanfare (Jan/Feb 2018) print, online “Integrating and Transmuting Wisdom: An Interview with Pianist Jeffrey LaDeur.” Fanfare (Jan/Feb 2018) print, online 2017 “A Miniature Orchestra of Many Fond Colors: An Interview with Guitarist Matthew Fagan on His Latest Project Virtuoso: A Homage to My Ancestors.” Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2017) print, online “An Interview with Guitarist and Sound Producer Leif Hesselberg.” Fanfare (Nov/Dec 2017) print, online “Solo Piano Works from Rio de Janeiro’s Golden Age: An Interview with Grace Alves on Her First Album, Keys to Rio.” Fanfare (Sept/Oct 2017) “Connecting to the Center of Each Sound: An Interview with Pianist Amy Gustafson on Her Debut Album, Reverie.” Fanfare (July/August 2017) print, online “Erard Pianos and Four Hands: An Interview with Stephanie McCallum and Erin Helyard on their CD, Le Prophète.” Fanfare (May/June, 2017) print, online “Extra-Sonic Narratives: An Interview with Jeremy Cullen on his First Solo Album Scenes Vol. 1.” Fanfare (May/June, 2017) print, online “Inspiration and Emotional Heat: A Conversation with Tatiana Primak-Khoury and Houtaf Khoury on Tatiana’s New Album Lebanese Piano Music.” Fanfare (Mar/Apr, 2017) print, online 2016 “A Prior Dream: An Interview with Svetozar Ivanov on his Fourth Solo Album, Dream Images.” Fanfare (Nov/Dec, 2016) print, online “Playing Real Music: An Interview with Composer Betty Wishart on Piano Sonorities, Her First Album.” Fanfare (Sept/Oct, 2016) print, online “An Air of Nostalgia: A Conversation with Nancy Roldán, José Miguel Cueto, and Gabriella Cavallero on Their Latest Album, Piazolla Here & Now.” Fanfare (Sept/Oct, 2016) print, online “Intelligible Text: A Conversation with the Composer Robert Nelson on His Latest Album Watercolors.” Fanfare (July/Aug, 2016) print, online 2013 “Obsessed by Success, Failure, and Redemption: An Interview with Steven Schwartz.” Numero Cinq Magazine (June, 2013) online [http://numerocinqmagazine.com/2013/06/10/obsessed-by-success-failure-and-redemption-an-interview-with-steven-schwartz-jacqueline-kharouf/] 2012 “The Science of Writing: An Interview with Nick Arvin.” Numero Cinq Magazine (June, 2012) online [http://numerocinqmagazine.com/2012/06/04/the-science-of-writing-an-interview-with-nick-arvin-jacqueline-kharouf/]