Taneesh Kaur's CV

Oakland

Education

San Francisco State University
MA in Linguistics
August 2011 - December 2019 
San Francisco
Focus on Spanish and English discourse; area of interest, social justice and government accountability.
Ohio University
BA in Literature
August 2001 - August 2005 
Athens
Literature, Fine Art, Art History, Film, Theory, Philosophy, Women's Studies

Professional Experience

Writer, Linguist
TaneeshCantos
March 2017 - Present 
San Francisco
▪ Write, edit, and translate (EN <> ES) short- and long-form copy for organizations that are socially conscious and focused on social justice ▪ Client List: 𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩, 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘌𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴, 𝘊. 𝘎. 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦
INTERN, Tenderloin Center
826 Valencia
September 2021 - Present 
Middle school podcasting field trip; facilitate student writing in poetry and creative narrative
FDIP Fellow
Peralta Colleges
August 2021 - Present 
Faculty Diversity Internship Program fellow for poetry

Readings

June, 2021
Poem Jam/San Francisco Public Library
6/10/21. Poem Jam at the SF Public Library will focus on East Indian readers, Taneesh Kaur, Tehmina Khan, Roopa Ramamoorthi, and Preeti Vangani.
September, 2021
"My Word" with Kelliane Parker/BEAST CRAWL (EAST BAY LITERARY FESTIVAL)/ San Francisco
9/5/21. Jump to 1:14:44
October, 2021
Kim Shuck's Bird & Beckett Online Open-Mic/Bird & Beckett Books/ San Francisco
10/11/21. Featuring with Lauren Ito. 15-minute set. Open-mic to follow.
La Palabra Musical with Avotcja
10/30/21. Avotcja's monthly reading La Palabra Musical. Two features and an open-mic. 20-minute set.

Publications

November, 2020
“Survival”/SF Public Library/ San Francisco
September, 2021
“Mother's Creatures, Flying Wonders”/The Bloom/ Lake County