Name: Courtney Chu

Age: 22

Education:  Currently finishing my last semester at Simon Fraser University.  Communication honors major.

My honors thesis is based on mash-up music as an art and issues with copyright.

Secondary degree completed at Kitsilano.  I graduated with honors and received a scholarship in creative writing.

Writing Experience:  I have been working for The Peak at Simon Fraser as a contributor since 2008.  I cover arts, generally dance.  I have written articles, reviews and conducted interviews in a variety of fields, high profile cases including interviewing celebrity journalist Nardwuar, Andrew W.K. of party infamy, and Brett Gaylor director of RiP: A remix manifesto.

I recently finished a publishing practicum through the CCSP Press Practicum program at SFU.  I was working on marketing and publicity for JRIPE, a new online medical journal.

From Fall 2009 until March 2010 I worked as a research assistant for Daniel Ahadi a PhD candidate, teacher and research associate at SFU.  I assisted in research on behalf of a local NGO which dealt with multicultural approaches to counseling.

I currently intern for Tradewind Books, a children’s book publishing company.  Last semester I also was the TA for the editor, who taught a course on children’s books at UBC.

Interests: Aside from writing and reading and I am a dancer with a focus on lyrical jazz, ballet and hip-hop.

I can be reached at Chc16@sfu.ca if you have questions or an interest in my work.