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'''Jen Dziura''' is a New York-based writer, educational humorist, and educator. She is best known for co-hosting the [http://spellingblog4.blogspot.ca/ Williamsburg Spelling Bee].
'''Jen Dziura''' is a New York-based writer, educational humorist, and educator.


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Jen Dziura was born and raised in Virginia Beach. In the mid-nineties, Jen worked as the teen columnist for the [[Virginian Pilot]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Eaton|first=Lorraine|title=Former Teen Columnist Comes Home For Comedy Gig|url=http://hamptonroads.com/node/231741|accessdate=April 3, 2012|newspaper=Hampton Roads|date=March 5, 2007}}</ref> She was a philosophy major at [[Dartmouth College]], which is the basis for her one-woman show, "[http://www.popintellectual.com/philosophy.html What Philosophy Majors Do After College]<ref>{{cite web|last=Dziura|first=Jen|title=[http://www.popintellectual.com/philosophy.html What Philosophy Majors Do After College]|url=http://www.popintellectual.com/philosophy.html|accessdate=April 1, 2012}}</ref> She has perfect SAT and GRE test scores.{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}
Jen Dziura was born and raised in Virginia Beach. In the mid-nineties, Dziura worked as the teen columnist for the [[Virginian Pilot]], after pitching for the position with a hand-written letter.<ref>{{cite news|last=Eaton|first=Lorraine|title=Former Teen Columnist Comes Home For Comedy Gig|url=http://hamptonroads.com/node/231741|accessdate=April 3, 2012|newspaper=Hampton Roads|date=March 5, 2007}}</ref> She was a philosophy major at [[Dartmouth College]], the first person in her family to attend college. While in her sophomore year she started her first company, an internet marketing firm,<ref>{{cite web|title=Jennifer Dziura bio|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-dziura/|website=The Huffington Post|accessdate=18 April 2016}}</ref> and had 8 part-time employees by graduation. She has perfect GRE and SAT scores and a 780 on the GMAT, and has spent over a decade teaching in the adult education field.


==Career==
== Career and writing ==
Dziura graduated from [[Dartmouth College]]. In 2010, Dziura began writing Bullish, an advice column originally on The Gloss. Bullish also appeared on The Grindstone and the Daily Muse, before being headquartered on the GetBullish website.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Friedman|first1=Vanessa|title=Register For The First Annual Bullish Conference And Make Your Career Dreams A Reality|url=http://www.autostraddle.com/register-for-the-first-annual-bullish-conference-and-make-your-career-dreams-a-reality-198411/|website=Autostraddle|date=October 4, 2013|accessdate=18 April 2016}}</ref> Koa Beck on DailyWorth wrote: "Get Bullish advocates designing your own career by finding fulfilling ways to create value in what you do."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Beck|first1=Koa|title=8 Things Millennial Women Should Be Learning|url=http://www.refinery29.com/daily-worth/97#slide|website=Refinery29|accessdate=18 April 2016}}</ref>
Since graduating from Dartmouth, Jen has held a variety of jobs, including dotcom entrepreneur, art model, body double, and egg donor. She was featured in an [[Associated Press]] article<ref>{{cite news|last=Irvine|first=Martha|title=Women Increasingly Donating Eggs for Cash|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,252745,00.html|accessdate=April 1, 2012|newspaper=The Associated Press|date=February 19, 2007}}</ref> about [[egg donation]]. These jobs later formed the basis for her one-woman show, "What Philosophy Majors Do After College," which she currently tours with to colleges and festivals.


She is the author of two sets of GRE flashcards, the lead author and editor of ''The 5 Lb. Book of GRE Practice Problems'', the author of ''Foundations of GMAT Verbal'', and co-author of or contributor to numerous other test prep, debate, and logic books. While the ''Foundations of the GMAT Verbal'' textbook cite that Dziura has contributed to "over a dozen educational books", the extent of such contributions and the number of contributions is unauthenticated.
These many jobs are also frequently referred to in "Bullish," the career column she writes for TheGloss and TheGrindstone.


Dziura wrote 22-page booklet for [[Vice magazine]] on "How to Debate"<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dziura|first1=Jen|title=Dewar's Guide to Debating|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B50QT0q79tirMkllT2FsejdmVU9LbHVKdWZXcEpaRHQwN0Y4/view|accessdate=18 April 2016}}</ref> to promote Dewar's Scotch. She has written and performed comedy, touring the country and performing for the troops in Iraq.
In 2010, the [[Oprah Winfrey Network (U.S. TV channel)|Oprah Winfrey Network]] released to the [[Wall Street Journal]] an inspirational clip<ref>{{cite web|title=Note To Self|url=http://online.wsj.com/video/clip-own-note-to-self/309EEE71-8CE8-45B6-9912-6BD320C4642D.html|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|accessdate=April 1, 2012}}</ref> featuring Jen giving advice to her younger nerd-girl self. Jennifer was featured in a [[Sci Fi Channel]] pilot for the television show Brain Trust,<ref>{{cite web|title=Brain Trust|url=http://vimeo.com/1871107|publisher=Sci Fi Channel}}</ref> and appeared as an expert on "how to be witty on a date" on [[VH-1]]'s "Can't Get a Date".<ref>{{cite web|title=About|url=http://www.jenisfamous.com/dev/about}}</ref>


=== Writing ===
== Conference ==
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Dziura founded the annual Bullish Conference, first held in 2013. The conference was originally held in Miami, FL but moved to Dziura's hometown of New York City in 2015, and will be held in California in 2016. Autostraddle described the Bullish Conference as "A vacation that helps you meet your goals in a powerful, focused, and inspiring way?"<ref>{{cite web|last1=Friedman|first1=Vanessa|title=Register For The First Annual Bullish Conference And Make Your Career Dreams A Reality|url=http://www.autostraddle.com/register-for-the-first-annual-bullish-conference-and-make-your-career-dreams-a-reality-198411/|website=Autostraddle|date=October 4, 2013|accessdate=18 April 2016}}</ref>
Jennifer writes [http://www.thegloss.com/topic/career/bullish/ Bullish], an advice column which appears weekly on [http://thegloss.com/ The Gloss], and is headquartered at [http://www.getbullish.com/ GetBullish.com]. Her columns advocate "fiendish hard work, dastardly cleverness, extreme advance planning, and overall panache."<ref>{{cite web|last=Dziura|first=Jen|title=How To Make Money Without Becoming A Republican|url=http://www.jenisfamous.com/dev/2012/02/march-25-in-cambridge-ma-how-to-make-money-without-becoming-a-republican.html|accessdate=April 1, 2012}}</ref>


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== The Williamsburg Spelling Bee ==
Jennifer's jokes have appeared in [http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Idiots-Guide-Jokes/dp/1592575382/sr=8-1/qid=1165935381/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-7908766-1204002?ie=UTF8&s=books The Complete Idiot's Guides To Jokes<ref>{{cite web|title=Amazon|url=http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Idiots-Guide-Jokes/dp/1592575382/sr=8-1/qid=1165935381/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-7908766-1204002?ie=UTF8&s=books|accessdate=April 1, 2012}}</ref>]. Her writing has also been published on [[McSweeney's Internet Tendency]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Dziura|first=Jen|title=McSweeney's Internet Tendency|url=http://www.mcsweeneys.net/authors/jennifer-dziura|accessdate=April 1, 2012}}</ref> Jennifer has written a 22-page booklet for [[Vice magazine]] on "How to Debate"<ref>{{cite web|last=Dziura|first=Jen|title=Dewar's Guide to Debating|url=http://www.jenisfamous.com/dewar's_guide_to_debating.pdf|accessdate=April 1, 2012}}</ref> to promote Dewar's Scotch. She has written logic exercises for the textbook, [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0205820379/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-5&pf_rd_r=1FP65VXEH9GWXAJXRGK9&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470939291&pf_rd_i=507846 Introduction to Logic], and wrote the [http://www.amazon.com/Foundations-Verbal-Manhattan-Preparation-Guide/dp/1935707167 Foundations of GMAT Verbal] textbook. While the Foundations of the GMAT Verbal textbook cite that Jennifer has contributed to "over a dozen educational books", the extent of such contributions and the number of contributions is unauthenticated and in debate as compared with her listed contributions according to her website.
From 2004 to 2016, Dziura co-hosted the Williamsburg Spelling be with bobbyblue.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Grimes|first1=William|title=Test of Wits and Sobriety Pete's Candy Store Hosts a Spelling Bee for Adults|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/02/arts/petes-candy-store-hosts-a-spelling-bee-for-adults.html|website=The New York Times|date=August 2013|accessdate=18 April 2016}}</ref> Lauren Gill of The Brooklyn Paper wrote the Williamsburg Spelling Bee had "become so famous that "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" once modeled a murder victim on Dziura."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gill|first1=Lauren|title=Spelled out: Williamsburg's adult spelling bee has final spell-check|url=http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/39/12/24-spelling-bee-ends-2016-03-18-bk.html|website=Brooklyn Paper|date=March 23, 2016|accessdate=18 April 2016}}</ref>

=== Conference ===
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Jennifer founded the annual Bullish Conference, first held in 2013. The conference was originally held in Miami, FL but will be moved to Dziura's hometown of New York City in 2015. <ref>http://www.autostraddle.com/register-for-the-first-annual-bullish-conference-and-make-your-career-dreams-a-reality-198411/</ref><ref>bullishconference.com</ref>

=== Comedy ===
Jennifer writes and performs three solo shows: “What Philosophy Majors Do After College”, “¡The Punctuation Show! (How to Use Tiny Symbols to Make Meaning Without %$^&#* Up)”, and “The History of Women in 60 Minutes”.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dziura|first=Jen|title=JenniferDziura.com|url=http://www.jenisfamous.com/dev/comedy|accessdate=April 1, 2012}}</ref>

She has toured the East Coast and sold out shows in D.C. and Norfolk. Her shows have been performed for [[New York University]], [[Columbia University]], [[Dartmouth College]], [[Indiana University]], [[West Virginia University]], [[Bowling Green State University]], [[Palm Beach State College]],<ref>{{cite web|title=The Punctuation Show|url=http://www.palmbeachstate.edu/Documents/Student_Activities/JenniferDziura_Punctuation_Show.pdf}}</ref> the Empire State Book Festival, and at the [http://www.womenincomedyfestival.com/ Boston's Women in Comedy Festival].<ref>{{cite web|title=JenniferDziura.com|url=http://www.jenisfamous.com/dev/comedy|accessdate=April 1, 2012}}</ref>

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=== The Williamsburg Spelling Bee ===
Since 2004, Jennifer and her co-host bobbyblue have run the [http://www.jenisfamous.com/dev/spelling-bee Williamsburg Spelling Bee<ref>{{cite web|last=Dziura|first=Jennifer|title=The Williamsburg Spelling Bee|url=http://www.jenisfamous.com/dev/spelling-bee|accessdate=April 1, 2012}}</ref> ], a real, cabaret-style spelling bee for adults at [[Pete's Candy Store]]. The Williamsburg Spelling Bee has been featured in the [[New York Times]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Goodman|first=Stephanie|title=Spare Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/arts/27wspare.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=dziura&st=cse|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 1, 2012}}</ref> on [[NPR]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Calhoun|first=Ben|title=Adults Put The 'Bee' In Orthography|url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112014779|publisher=NPR|accessdate=April 1, 2012}}</ref> in [[Time Out New York]],<ref>{{cite web|last=McGuire|first=Judy|title=Swapping Spit|url=http://www.timeout.com/newyork/sex-dating/swapping-spit|publisher=Time Out New York|accessdate=April 1, 2012}}</ref> [[Games Magazine]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Games Magazine|url=http://www.jenisfamous.com/dev/2010/04/games-magazine-is-out-and-it-is-replete-with-spelling.html}}</ref> and on [[Good Morning America]],<ref>{{cite web|title=NBC Nite Pics|url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/niteside/Spelling-Bee-Williamsburg-Niteside-85908732.html|accessdate=April 1, 2012}}</ref> amongst others.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dziura|first=Jennifer|title=About|url=http://www.jenisfamous.com/dev/about|accessdate=April 1, 2012}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 01:45, 17 January 2024

Jennifer Dziura
Jennifer Dziura
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Writer, educational humorist, and educator
Known forCo-host of Williamsburg Spelling Bee

Jen Dziura is a New York-based writer, educational humorist, and educator.

Early life[edit]

Jen Dziura was born and raised in Virginia Beach. In the mid-nineties, Dziura worked as the teen columnist for the Virginian Pilot, after pitching for the position with a hand-written letter.[1] She was a philosophy major at Dartmouth College, the first person in her family to attend college. While in her sophomore year she started her first company, an internet marketing firm,[2] and had 8 part-time employees by graduation. She has perfect GRE and SAT scores and a 780 on the GMAT, and has spent over a decade teaching in the adult education field.

Career and writing[edit]

Dziura graduated from Dartmouth College. In 2010, Dziura began writing Bullish, an advice column originally on The Gloss. Bullish also appeared on The Grindstone and the Daily Muse, before being headquartered on the GetBullish website.[3] Koa Beck on DailyWorth wrote: "Get Bullish advocates designing your own career by finding fulfilling ways to create value in what you do."[4]

She is the author of two sets of GRE flashcards, the lead author and editor of The 5 Lb. Book of GRE Practice Problems, the author of Foundations of GMAT Verbal, and co-author of or contributor to numerous other test prep, debate, and logic books. While the Foundations of the GMAT Verbal textbook cite that Dziura has contributed to "over a dozen educational books", the extent of such contributions and the number of contributions is unauthenticated.

Dziura wrote 22-page booklet for Vice magazine on "How to Debate"[5] to promote Dewar's Scotch. She has written and performed comedy, touring the country and performing for the troops in Iraq.

Conference[edit]

Dziura founded the annual Bullish Conference, first held in 2013. The conference was originally held in Miami, FL but moved to Dziura's hometown of New York City in 2015, and will be held in California in 2016. Autostraddle described the Bullish Conference as "A vacation that helps you meet your goals in a powerful, focused, and inspiring way?"[6]

The Williamsburg Spelling Bee[edit]

From 2004 to 2016, Dziura co-hosted the Williamsburg Spelling be with bobbyblue.[7] Lauren Gill of The Brooklyn Paper wrote the Williamsburg Spelling Bee had "become so famous that "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" once modeled a murder victim on Dziura."[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Eaton, Lorraine (March 5, 2007). "Former Teen Columnist Comes Home For Comedy Gig". Hampton Roads. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  2. ^ "Jennifer Dziura bio". The Huffington Post. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  3. ^ Friedman, Vanessa (October 4, 2013). "Register For The First Annual Bullish Conference And Make Your Career Dreams A Reality". Autostraddle. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  4. ^ Beck, Koa. "8 Things Millennial Women Should Be Learning". Refinery29. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  5. ^ Dziura, Jen. "Dewar's Guide to Debating". Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  6. ^ Friedman, Vanessa (October 4, 2013). "Register For The First Annual Bullish Conference And Make Your Career Dreams A Reality". Autostraddle. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  7. ^ Grimes, William (August 2013). "Test of Wits and Sobriety Pete's Candy Store Hosts a Spelling Bee for Adults". The New York Times. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  8. ^ Gill, Lauren (March 23, 2016). "Spelled out: Williamsburg's adult spelling bee has final spell-check". Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
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