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Austin, Texas, United States

Product and Content Specialist for an Educational Tech AI company that uses AI to create content and assessments to assist teachers and students in and out of the classroom

Austin, Texas Area

Teach 10th grade U.S History from the colonial period to 1900Teach 12th grade seminar "Gender and Sexuality in American History and Literature"

History Instructor, 2015-present11th grade “United States History,” Fall 2015—present12th grade “Gender and Sexuality in American Literature and History,” Fall 2016, Fall 201711th and 12th grade “Beauty Through The Ages: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Aesthetics,” Spring 20189th and 10th grade “From Victorians to Nazis: the Transformation of Western Culture from 1840—1945,” Spring 20179th grade "Modern World History,” Fall 2014—Spring 201610th grade “Cultural Encounters: The Atlantic World,” Fall 2014—Spring 2015 Curriculum Council Member, 2015-2016 Appointed to an administrative position on an 8-person council that planned and created Nueva’s schedule, curriculum, course offerings, school trips, and interdisciplinary opportunities.Peer Counseling Program Founder and Faculty Leader, 2016-present Founded the school’s Peer Counseling Program. Ran the admissions process, hired a professional Trainer, organized weekly training classes, and structured a program wherein students in need can seek out trained peers (paired with school counselors) during scheduled Counseling Office Hours.Founder of GLI (Gender Leadership Initiative Club), 2014-present Founded the school’s first club to discuss personal, political, social, cultural, and international issues of gender, sexuality, and identity. Lead a weekly lunch discussion of about 25 students, and assist in planning school events such as International Women’s Day.Faculty and Staff Social Chair, 2014-2017 Founded and Chaired the Faculty and Staff Social Committee to create a sense of cohesion and community among an ever-changing, growing group of new hires. Organized birthday parties, baby showers, cards and gifts for various life events, happy hours, holiday treats and events, etc.

Created Nueva Upper School’s first, two week summer program for forty students from 9th to 12th grade. Along with two History colleagues, created a topic, devised a schedule and curriculum, chose a booklist, advertised both within and beyond Nueva, created applications and an admissions procedure, and crafted a two-week, intensive course on an interdisciplinary exploration of the World Wars.

Berkeley, Ca

Fall 2013: American History 126B: "The American West Since 1850" American History 103: "The History of Sexuality in America, 1607--1920"Spring 2014: American History 136A: "Gender in the 20th Century" American History 101: "Topics in Race, Gender, and Sexuality"

Lafayette, California

Reviewed and edited chapters for "Gateway to U.S. History: The Bridge to Success on Florida’s EOC Test," in an effort to update the textbook with current historiography. Prepared test questions for a Texas STAAR Exam Prep Book on American History from 1877—present.

U.C Berkeley

Taught “U.S History to 1865,” Fall 2011. Instructor: Professor Brian Delay.Taught “Gender Matters in the 20th Century,” Spring 2011. Instructor: Professor Dee Bielenburg.Taught “U.S History to 1865,” Fall 2009. Instructor: Professor Mark Peterson.Taught “U.S History 1865 to the Present,” Spring 2010. Instructor: Professor Robin Einhorn.Graded and met with students for class “Social History of the United States Since 1914,” Summer 2012. Instructor: Robert ChesterGraded and met with students for class “The Jazz Age,” Summer 2011. Instructor: Professor Dee Bielenburg.Graded and met with students for class “Berkeley in the 60s,” Summer 2010. Instructor: Professor Waldo Martin.Graded and met with students for class “California History,” Fall 2010. Instructor: Professor Kerwin Klein.

Compiled bibliographical essays of secondary and primary source material on the geographic, chronological, and demographic scope of the American Revolution for use by Professor Mark Peterson in his new book on the Revolution. Led a team of undergraduate researchers in writing and organizing notes on the above materials in the computer program "Scrivener."

Transcribed and annotated 17th century merchant John Hull’s diary, letters, and "Narrative of the Separation of the Old South from the First Church" for eventual publication by the American Antiquarian Society, and for use in Stanford and Berkeley’s “Republic of Letters” Project. This project uses Stanford Humanities Center’s academic technology to digitize and map library inventories as well as thousands of letters exchanged in the 17th and 18th century's "Republic of Letters." Cataloged the Mather Family and John Adams Libraries for Stanford and Berkeley’s Republic of Letters Project. Used Stanford’s digital technology to create graphs and maps of the Mather and Adams libraries in order to chart the extent to which these Americans participated in the Enlightenment’s “Republic of Letters.”

Atherton, Ca

Assisted Menlo High-School’s History Department in its departmental review by attending classes, meeting with instructors and students, and reviewing course offerings, syllabuses and student writings. Wrote a report for the Upper School Director suggesting ways to gear the department’s program toward university standards of research and writing.

San Francisco Bay Area

Tutored San Francisco public high-school students in English literature, poetry, reading comprehension and writing skills for four to six hours a week. Provided A.P and S.A.T preparation.

Wrote a 150-page U.S History Review covering the pre-Columbian period to the present. Developed a “shmoopy” style for the teaching website’s goal of providing interesting, funny, accessible yet informative instruction to high-school students in a variety of disciplines. Wrote one A.P U.S History Study Guide, four A.P U.S History exams, one A.P European History exam, and two A.P English Literature and Composition exams, with multiple choice explanations, essay writing Guides, and sample essays.

Developed and taught two History courses, “History of American Gangsters(1830-2000)” and “Living the War: The People’s Experience of World War II,” as well as several of the school's standard classes: "Vietnam and the Cold War," "Modern Art History," "Introduction to Drawing, Painting, and Printing," "Advanced Painting," and "Introduction to Drama." Taught S.A.T and A.P prep courses for students who wished to apply to American schools.Directed a Black Box Theater play, "Chatroom," providing freshmen and sophomores their first opportunity to participate in a school production.

Phd, History

MA 2010 PhD 2013

Bachelor'S Degree, History, English, Art History

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude

Ba, History, 3.96