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New York, New York, United States

New York, Ny

• Designing treatment/service plans, teaching money management, vocational counseling, and stress management skills to approximately 20 high-risk clients • Managing the dispersal of a $20,000 educational enrichment grant for children and young adults living with their parents in the Scatter Site Housing Program.

Bloomington, Indiana

Graduate Assistant for Creation of the Experiential Capstone for the Online MPA• Created a 12-point advice rubric for graduate students involved in a semester-long project for a single client, encompassing work group, client management, and intellectual challenges. • Responsible for the creation of six module templates, which were necessary components of the syllabus. • Designed a core competency and self-evaluation rubric to assist with skill development.

Bloomington, Indiana

• Assisted with grading and one-on-one and small group instruction for undergraduate Labor Relations and Human Resources, National and International Policy, and Environmental Law courses. • Created case studies for use in the department’s introductory public policy course (National and International Policy).

• Designed treatment/service plans, taught money management, vocational counseling, and stress management skills to approximately 30 high-risk clients (long-term street homelesspopulation).• Assisted clients with finding housing and making the transition from a shelter environment to permanent housing. • Managed the site’s pre-employment skill development program (ESTEEM).

New Brunswick, Nj

Teaching Assistant in the Department of Political Science (course name—Law and Politics)• Designed and administered lesson plans for discussion sections of a lecture course. • Teaching effectiveness rating of 4.36 (Fall 2005) and 4.32 (Spring 2006) on a five point scale (according to student evaluations). • Sole teaching responsibility for the Summer 2006 Law and Politics course.

• Designed treatment/service plans, taught money management, vocational counseling, and stress management skills to approximately 40 high-risk clients. • Co-leadership role in a weekly client meeting focusing on substance abuse.

M.P.A., Policy Analysis Concentration

M.A., Political Science

B.A., Politics