Collaborate in planning and implementing undergraduate curriculum for two majors and one minorAdvise students on progress toward and completion of graduation requirementsManage student and course recordsOversee department website and social mediaCourses taught include: Making the Case for a Cultural Trauma

Coordinated administration of Benjamin Franklin Scholars program (community-oriented,interdisciplinary undergraduate curricular initiative with ~500 students) with one FacultyDirector, as well as with one governing Faculty Council (one faculty representative/director fromeach of four undergraduate schools)Coordinated administration of University Scholars program (community-oriented, cross-disciplinaryundergraduate research initiative with ~100 students) with one Faculty DirectorManaged budgets, student and course records, progress toward and completion of student requirements, programming and events, communications, student recruitment and selection, course offerings, and pre- and post-award processes for student research and internship funding for both programsHired and supervised one part-time Graduate FellowAdvised three student groups, including one undergraduate advisory board with seven members and twopeer mentor groups with full program membershipsCrafted and implemented handbook to standardize policies and practices for University Scholarsprogram (summer 2021)

My cultural studies research and teaching have focused on the first decades of the twenty-first century, particularly through the lens of post-September 11 cultural trauma in the era of the War on Terror and other instances of stark cultural change such as the emergence of mainstream Artificial Intelligence (AI). My work considers how literature, film, television, and other forms of popular culture can showcase fractures and ambivalences within ordinary understandings of power, knowledge, agency, and responsibility.DIRECTOR, HONORS PROGRAM:Crafted and implemented strategic vision for newly developing Honors ProgramStandardized policies and practices for newly developing Honors ProgramManaged budget of ~$250,000/yearDeveloped and supervised implementation of curricular and co-curricular offeringsServed as secondary academic adviser to ~200 exceptional undergraduates from all university majorsRecruited exceptional high school students for admission to Wilkes University and, specifically, toHonors Program, working closely with university marketing and admissions departmentsCreated job description for, hired, and supervised one full-time Office AssistantCreated job description for, hired, and supervised one part-time Graduate AssistantBuilt opportunities for student research and preparation for competitive fellowshipsEstablished Honors Program Advisory Council consisting of one faculty representative from each of sixundergraduate schoolsASSISTANT PROFESSOR, AMERICAN STUDIES:Courses taught include: Identity and Power in U.S. History; American Social and Cultural History; U.S. History II; Slave Narratives as History; Producing the History of 9/11; What We Can Learn from the Zombie Apocalypse

Courses taught include: Trauma in American Film and TelevisionAdvised: Senior Essay (five in Department of American Studies)

Served as chief academic adviser for residential college, providing academic and other guidance for 450-500 undergraduates from all years and all areas of study within Yale College, from matriculationthrough graduationApplied Yale College academic as well as student life policiesSelected and supervised annually eight seniors serving as First-Year Counselors, or residential academicand personal advisers, for ~125 Saybrook first-year studentsCoordinated College Advising program with Saybrook Fellows (Yale faculty, administrators, and staff)Director, Residential College Seminar Program (Fall 2016-Spring 2018)Supervised annual housing process for all Saybrook studentsSupervised Senior Administrative AssistantMember, Yale College Joint Committee for the Marshall, Mitchell, and Rhodes Scholarships

Courses taught include: Multicultural America; Introduction to American Studies

Courses taught include: Introduction to American Studies, Popular Culture in America, Diversity in American Culture (College of Arts and Humanities); Terrorism and Popular Culture (College of Behavioral and Social Sciences)

Served as academic adviser for 450 exceptional undergraduates from all university colleges (Liberal Artsand Sciences, Business, Engineering, and Nursing)Chaired the Honors Curriculum Committee (eight student and eight faculty members who determineHonors curriculum) and Honors Council (10 student and 10 faculty members who guide Honors policy and culture)Developed peer advising system, colloquia, and other co-curricular activitiesRecruited exceptional high school students for admission to Villanova University and specifically, touniversity Honors ProgramCampus interview committee member, national/international fellowship candidates