About the Writer
Siren Hand
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army (ret.)
An army veteran, community organizer, creative nonfiction writer and LGBTQ+ poet working towards Narrative Therapy practice; motivated to improve quality of life for military & communities through literary workshops, performance, and typewriter.
Education
2021-2025
BA: Creative Writing
Minor: Medical Sociology
Indiana University - Indianapolis
Staff Editor & Senior Editor | genesis Arts & Literary Magazine
Advisory Board Member | Speculative Play and Just Futurities
Host/Speaker | IU-Indianapolis English Student Reading
Judge (Performance) | Poetry Out Loud - Indiana State Finals
Judge (Poetry, CNF, Fiction) | Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
2011-2017
Concentration: GEOINT Analysis
Cochise College, Arizona
2007-2010
Concentration: Speech Pathology
University of South Florida
Distinguished Honor Grad | Basic & Advanced Leadership Courses
Firebreak Team Coordinator | Monument Fires Rapid Response Team
Military Professional Writing
Anthropological linguistics & City Planning
National Slavic Honor Society, Dobro Slovo
Tampa Bay Guest Conductor: Choir/Ensemble
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Professional Experience
2020-present
Our Type Love | Co-Founder
Indianapolis, Indiana
2020-present
Collection, inventory, repair, maintenance, sales of approximately 130 typewriters
Event planning, hosting, marketing
All-ages Literary/Writing workshops & public programming
Curriculum design for academic & incarcerated settings
2022-Present
MO Scholars Academy | Guest Lecturer
Columbia, Missouri
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Lecture | Bird's eye view: Historic and civilian uses for aerial imagery
Lecture Series | SLAM! Poetry writing, performance & competition
Lecture Series | Viva la Typewriter! Offline Revolution(s)
2020-2023
Harm Prevention & Response Co-Lead
Indy10 Black Lives Matter​
Indianapolis, Indiana
Response team: coordination, planning, and training.
Lecture Series | Stand, Walk, Run: Medical Safety for Activists in Movement
Lecture Series | SECURITY! Initial Protest Response Street Teams
Lecture Series | Street Team Training: First Aid, Gunshot wounds & trauma
Lecture Series | Spiritual/Religious support in protest & activism
Lecture Series | Firearms familiarity, Safety & Range Operations
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2010-2019
US Army | Staff Sergeant (ret.)
United States & South Korea
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Geospatial Imagery Intelligence Analyst, Mission Instructor, Flight Crew
Deployment Operations: Personnel Recovery/Overwatch, Counter IED/Narcotics
Specialized GEOINT Platoon Sergeant
Drill Sergeant | E Co. 3-10 INF RGT
Range Coordinator: Best Warrior & Ranger Competitions | E Co. 3-10 INF RGT
German Armed Forces Badge Military Proficiency (Gold)
15th MI Battalion Soldier of the Year Winner
500th MI Brigade Noncommissioned Officer of the Year (Competitor)
Joint Services Suicide Prevention / Intervention
Equal Opportunity Class Honor Graduate & Speaker
Inventory: handreceipt holder in cumulative excess of $5.5Mil
Altitude / Air Crew Training, Flight Line Noncommissioned Officer
Designed/Instructed Joint Service pilot curriculum: Downrange Asset Awareness
Publications
Places I hope you get to read from (or, submit to!)
Projects
Below are some of the organizations I've enjoyed working with.
Please let me know if you'd like any further information or references.
genesis Literary & Arts Magazine
Senior Editor | 2024
Editor | 2022-2024
I'm privileged to have joined the IU-Indianapolis' genesis Literary & Arts Magazine editing team in 2022. Since 1973, our campus literary magazine has been spotlighting student works of poetry, creative nonfiction, comics, art, scripts, photography-- giving many people their first taste of their own creations in print.
Our 2023 issue earned IU-Indy 3rd Place at the Inter Collegiate Press Awards! Check out our newest issue, just released April 22, 2024.
Veterans for equality
National Protest Security Lead | 2022 - 2024
Regional Security Coordinator | 2021 - 2022
We provide overwatch services, for events hosted by marginalized communities, in order to stand in the gap against protestors - because we swore an oath that remains our guiding principle. We walk and stand with organizations across Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Pennsylvania, and other states. We work with and serve LGBTQIA+, Transgender, BLM, Reproductive Rights, Human Rights and other focused movements.
Speculative Play & Just Futurities
Advisory Board Member | 2024
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“Speculative Play and Just Futurities” concentrates on creating spaces for composing, theorizing, and discussing literature (in its broadest scope) with an eye to imagining and enacting just futures that can challenge historic oppressions and unjust systems.  
April 2024 holds three artists in residence: poet Thomas Kneeland, podcaster Patrick Armstrong, and Houstonian curator Reyes Ramirez. Don't miss out-- come and join us.
Let’s Get Writing.
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