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•Creating engaging, high quality educational products for IXL.com and Education.com to help deliver personalized learning to millions of K–12 students around the world•Managing a team of contract writers and editors, including handling and approving contractor invoices, training new contractors, and liaising between contractors and project managers

Kissimmee, Florida, United States

•Taught in-person and online collegiate level introductory Earth Science courses•Built and maintained online course content and resources in the Canvas LMS with Pearson integration•Received strong, positive evaluations from students via Student Feedback on Instruction (SFI) surveys

Kissimmee, Florida, United States

•Taught 8th grade (high school level) Biology, 6th grade Earth-Space Science, and 8th grade Life Science•Built and maintained online course content and resources (e.g., digitized notes with translations for ESOL students) in the Canvas LMS•Pursued extensive professional development opportunities and demonstrated consistent growth as an educator•Completed district-led educational coursework toward certification, including standards-based instruction, differentiation, assessment, etc.•Participated in district-led trainings and workshops on data-driven instruction, classroom strategies, etc.•Communicated and collaborated with multiple stakeholders to deliver bespoke instruction to students with diverse needs (e.g., ESE, 504, ESOL, etc.)•Earned high-scoring "effective" final evaluations from school administrators for all years employed by the district•Helped >120 students (8th grade, high school level) achieve a passing score on State Biology EOC exams (99% of all students passed the exam)•Helped >140 students (6th grade) achieve growth on NWEA MAP Growth Science assessments (>50% of all students demonstrated growth)

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

•Conducted background research and interviewed scientists leading innovative fungal bioremediation research at the UMN BioTechnology Institute (BTI)•Wrote, edited, and published an original article for a broad audience on the UMN BTI Gateway Blog describing this new research project and the scientists involved

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Award-winning educator responsible for teaching undergraduate lab and field courses, creating, revising, and grading student assignments, digitizing teaching specimen collections, and teaching periodic guest lectures. Courses taught include: Geology & Cinema, Earth & Its Environments, Microbes to Mammoths (x3), Dinosaurs & Our World (x3), Earth History (x3), Introductory Geology Field Camp (x2).•Received strong, positive evaluations from students via Student Feedback on Instruction (SFI) surveys

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Motivated department member hired to solicit and collate suggestions from other department members for speakers for our weekly seminar series, send invitations to and coordinate visits for selected speakers, apply for special speaker series of interest to the department, and curate the seminar speaker list and schedule.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

•Visited several elementary and middle school classrooms throughout the Twin Cities Metro Area•Taught hands-on lessons on multiple science topics based on Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)•Encouraged and inspired young students to pursue future STEM careers as a professional scientist role model

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Motivated new educator hired to teach undergraduate lab courses, revise and grade student assignments, co-lead multiple geological field trips, and teach periodic guest lectures. Courses taught include: Physical Geology (x2).•Received strong, positive evaluations from students via Student Feedback on Instruction (SFI) surveys

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Results-driven researcher hired to document, catalog, and georeference reptile and amphibian fossils in the museum collections. Worked with curators and collections staff to catalog specimens, search archives, and develop a database for a research program. Also collaborated with University of Nebraska State Museum staff members and fellow graduate student colleagues to develop and facilitate public outreach activities for two annual Dinosaurs & Disasters events.

Panama City, Panamá, Panama

•Collected and prepared fossils from geologic exposures along the Panama Canal during its once-in-a-century expansion project•Collected and prepared fossils from geologic exposures along the shores of Lago Alajuela, the Caribbean coast, and the Azuero Peninsula•Developed expertise on the vertebrate, invertebrate, and plant fossils of Panama•Presented new findings on fossil crocodiles from Panama at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)•Contributed multiple blog posts to the PCP PIRE website highlighting and describing some of my internship experiences for a broad audience•Worked on a geologic mapping project in the Azuero Peninsula alongside faculty and geology students from Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)•Worked at multiple localities in Panama and Nebraska alongside U.S. K-12 STEM educators participating in the inaugural GABI RET program

Gainesville, Florida, United States

College student hired to prepare vertebrate fossils, assist curators and collections staff with fossil specimen transport and care, and participate in public outreach and engagement in a variety of settings, including at multiple public outreach events (Can You Dig It?, Earth Day Bioblitz, Earth Day Exploration) and while working ‘on-display’ in an interactive capacity in fossil preparation labs accompanying two traveling museum exhibits (Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway & Titanoboa: Monster Snake). Also contributed to two public museum webpages documenting the Fossil Vertebrate Species of Florida.

Gainesville, Florida, United States

•Assisted Emeritus Professor of a large general education course (Plants, Plagues, People)•Took class attendance, distributed and collected course assignments, monitored student behavior, and proctored comprehensive exams

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Earth Sciences, 3.84 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Co-Chair of Anthropological, Ecological, and Geological Interdisciplinary Sciences Graduate Student Group.

Master'S Degree, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, 4.00 Gpa

•MSc Thesis: Constraining Neogene temperature and precipitation histories in the Central Great Plains using the fossil record of Alligator.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Zoology, Geology Minor, Summa Cum Laude, 3.56 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Golden Key International Honour Society 🔑, University Scholars Program 🎓, Recreational Racquetball 🎾 •BSc Honors.

Dual-Enrollment Courses, 4.00 Gpa

High School Diploma, 6.05 Gpa (Weighted)

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society🎖, French Honor Society 🇫🇷⚜️, Recreational Ice Hockey 🏒 Graduation Class Rank: #9 of 610