Mr. James Mulhern has been teaching for over thirty-three years in a variety of settings--college, high school, middle school, at-risk, and alternative environments. He has taught English, Writing, Math, History, Science, and a job skills course. Mr. Mulhern has editorial experience working for Houghton Mifflin Company (textbooks and The American Heritage Dictionary, Third Edition) and Ploughshares, a literary magazine, both based in Boston. He also worked for National Evaluation Systems, a teacher test publisher in Amherst, Massachusetts, and for Clark Boardman Callaghan, a law publishing house in New York City.
He taught writing and literature at Emerson College in Boston. Currently, he is on staff as adjunct faculty at Broward College in Fort Lauderdale. Mr. Mulhern was an AP Exam Consultant and Teacher Mentor for the National Math and Science Initiative (2012-2020); he was also a Reader for the Advanced Placement English Exam (College Board) from 2011 through 2019. In addition, he works as a freelance editor, publisher, writer, and web curator.
James Mulhern's writing (fiction, poetry, nonfiction) has appeared in literary journals and anthologies over two hundred times. On Amazon.com, are almost one hundred publications with his writings (both print and electronic). His work has been published in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, India, South Africa, Singapore, Japan, and Australia. He has been recognized several times: Finalist for the Tuscany Prize in Catholic Fiction, recipient of a fully paid writing fellowship to Oxford University, Runner-Up for the InkTears Short Story Award, longlisted for the Fish Short Story Prize, two Honorable Mentions for the Short Story America Prize, nominee for a Pushcart Prize in fiction, recipient of the Kirkus Star, a Readers' Favorite Book Award winner, a Notable Best Indie Book Award winner, author of a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, a Red Ribbon Winner for the Wishing Shelf Book Awards, twice a Finalist for the Wishing Shelf Book Awards, and shortlisted for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award 2021 for his poetry.
All of the proceeds from his publications are donated to charities or a scholarship for an ATCHS graduating senior.
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