Marc Boudreaux Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

- Guide adult patrons in navigating and accessing a variety of digital and print library resources. Over the phone or in person: locate books for patrons; provide reader's advisory; demonstrate to patrons how to print, scan, and email documents on library computers; help patrons book library study or meeting rooms, show patrons how to use online databases like newspaper or government archives, provide information to patrons about free resources like job-search and professional development courses and materials, health and financial planning resources, buyer’s advisory resources, food banks, shelters, personal hygiene services, English-language or adult education courses, and much more. - Design themed, monthly book displays, celebrating holidays, historical events, and cultural heritage or identity months. Select and pull 12-16 books from our collections to display, create display signage including guides that explain content and context of display or present and analyze archival images and documents. - Applied and was accepted to be a blogger for CPL website. Brainstorm and write posts that highlight the breadth and significance of CPL’s collections such as themed booklists and quizzes, history posts featuring documents and images from our special collections, and guides to online databases and resources.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

- Tutor high schoolers on ACT and SAT. In 1-on-1 sessions, tailor lessons to their skill-level and academic goals based on diagnostic test scores, employ strategic questioning to help students develop key academic skills like critical thinking, perseverance, and creativity. Keep track of student progress and communicate triumphs and challenges of each session with parents over email.- In classroom setting, taught 2.5-hour weekly ACT prep course to class of 25 students over 9 weeks. Tailored slide decks to cohort based on their diagnostic tests, lectured, facilitated class discussion, and administered group and independent practice questions.- Completed ~20 hours of virtual training with Academic Approach staff, studying test content, lesson planning, pedagogy, inclusive teaching styles, and implicit bias in classrooms. Attend continuing training sessions monthly.

- Lead 1-on-1 tutoring sessions with Japanese high school students applying to North American universities; help brainstorm, outline, and edit their college admissions essays; compile writing curriculum and exercises from online essay writing blogs and resources.- Review student essays remotely; leave comprehensive edits through track changes and comments on essay concept, structure, grammar, diction, and voice; write editorial letters to students explaining comments and providing advice and encouragement.

Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

- Awarded 1-year scholarship for intensive Japanese language study at Osaka Daigakuin University and Nanzan University in Nagoya; through 20 hours of class per week, succeeded in reaching advanced level of Japanese language in written and verbal communication- Completed several creative writing and research projects in Japanese, including a 2-month research project on how the use of DNA-based ancestry test kits informs personal identity in the US; interviewed a handful of local Japanese community members on their conceptions of DNA ancestry tests; presented research results to 20+ community members at end of term

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

- Led groups of 10 incoming Yale first-year students on four-day camping trips at local organic farms to foster a sense of community among new students and orient them to student-life at Yale- Organized and managed grocery list and cooking instructions for 80+ students and 20+ pre-orientation leaders, while ensuring safe food preparation for students and staff with food allergies and dietary restrictions

Redding, Connecticut, United States

- Edited 50-page GIS urban conservation mapping guide; authored introduction and background that explained potential conservation benefits of conservation mapping re-worked GIS procedures section prioritizing clarity; published final mapping guide to network of 200+ conservation professionals in NY and CT- Compiled data from academic studies and conservation reports into a list of factoids that highlight the connection between forests and public health; contributed this research to a communications campaign designed to give smaller nonprofits and land trusts an easily-shareable media package supporting forest conservation to share within their networks - Interviewed local Redding historian and read through digitized archival documents from Redding historical society to author an internal report on the colonial history of Highstead’s 100+-acre Redding property; created timeline of events leading to 1724 unlawful dispossession of Redding land and subsequent legal trials between colonists and Native American Sachem

Redding, Connecticut, United States

- Wrote 15+ blog posts and mass emails, & designed 10+ digital flyers in Adobe InDesign to publicize lectures, events, and resources provided by Highstead to network of 250+ landowners and conservation professionals- Compiled notes during staff and inter-organizational meetings: summarized key decisions, listed actionable tasks, distributed notes over email to meeting attendees- Played key role in preparation for hosting a 250+-person virtual conservation conference: ~ Synthesized online data about all potential Zoom-hosting packages, features, and pricing into a single research document, presented this research to the event planning team ~ Wrote and designed in Adobe InDesign a 14-page event packet to be distributed to all attendees; included: event speaker biographies, daily events schedules, Zoom how-to guide for attendees needing extra guidance ~ Registered conference lectures with American Society of Foresters so that attendees could receive educational credits

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

- Awarded stipend to support a summer of digital archival research for senior essay- Examined the role of enslaved Africans in knowledge production of 18th century European botany in West Indies; Read and Synthesized data from 30+ academic papers, books, and 18th century archival resources

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

- Recruited student writers; worked one-on-one with writers to conceptualize and edit their pieces; published 20+ articles

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

- In laboratory setting, disassembled and cleaned and boxed small mammal and bird skeletons to prepare for archival storage- Labeled and organized shelves of jarred or dried vertebrate specimens, cataloged 500+ specimens in EMu collections management software, digitally edited specimen pictures in Adobe photoshop

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

- Published 30+ illustrations in the Yale Daily News & other Yale publications- Honed painting and drawing skills on Procreate digital art software