Passionate historian with a Master of Arts in History from Southern New Hampshire University. My academic journey has provided a robust foundation in historical analysis, research methodologies, and understanding pivotal events in American and world history. I have excelled in courses such as historiography, historical methods, comparative history, and specific eras like the Gilded Age, Progressive Era, and the Civil War.Key Highlights:Historiography: Deep understanding of the craft of history, historical writing, and meta-narratives.Historical Methods: Investigated methodological approaches and designed research proposals.Historical Lenses and Scholarship: Explored economic, race, gender, and class lenses.Comparative History & Research: Applied comparative approaches focusing on democratic revolutions.Gilded Age & Progressive Era: Examined industrial capitalism, urbanization, immigration, and America's rise as a global power.New American Nation: Critically assessed the American Revolution and early 19th-century America.Early American Encounters: Investigated early interactions between colonists, Native Americans, and Africans.America and the World Wars: Analyzed America's role in world wars and their domestic and international impacts.Era of the Civil War: Studied the Civil War period through various methodologies and interpretations.Capstone Project:Focused on the Battle of Gettysburg, contributing to existing scholarship through extensive research and historiographical analysis.I am an adjunct instructor at a community college, teaching American History, World Civilizations, and Western Civilization.

Created and supervised a team consisting of an associate director, assistant director, and six department chairs, as well as an administrative staff of six.Managed over fifty indirect reports providing leadership and development to improve quality of performance and expectations, then implemented a training process to ensure team exceeded expectations.Chaired weekly meetings discussing team goals focused on departmental objectives and performance, resulting in improved attrition and success rates of associates.Oversaw one-on-one meetings with directors to achieve department goals.Motivated staff through observations, training, and recognition events.Planned, developed, and implemented quarterly in-service seminar focused on company goals, professional development, and personal growth.Recognized as manager of the quarter (December 2014, March 2015, and June 2015), for implementing improved training initiatives and achieving quarterly budget goals.Recognized as manager of the year (2015) for achieving departmental attrition and budget goals, increasing staff value, and designing innovative training.

Leadership Council member for the Mid-Atlantic district, chosen to provide training to new registrars, first responder guidance to questions and technical issues, and communication of information and best practices within their respective districts.SuperUser for the Mid-Atlantic district, chosen to provide training to incoming registrars on the utilization and management of the Ad-Astra scheduling database.Managed college's course scheduling system and processes to determine course schedule for students to ensure efficient use of facilities, equipment and human resources, including resolving conflicts with the Dean regarding student and course schedules. Managed requests for student program and course status changes, student requests for transcripts, and enrollment and/or degree verification. Conducted degree audits to ensure students meet program requirements and approves graduation eligibility of students.Review member for the Campus Effectiveness Plan ensuring that data contained in report is accurate.

Delivered quality education by managing academic resources, ensuring proper instruction, assessment and delivery of curriculum materials, managing the learning environment, and facilitating the use of the institution’s learning methods and materials. Provided leadership, direction, motivation and supervision to 18 direct reports. Works closely with Campus Director to review requests for accommodations pertaining to Section 504 of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Established performance expectations, monitors performance (including conducting classroom observations), analyzes key performance indicators, provides coaching and feedback, evaluates performance and recommends corrective actions.

Taught adult learners at the Associate and Bachelor level in a variety of humanities courses, such as, Strategies for the Technical Professional, Ethics, Contemporary World Culture, Group Dynamics, and Professional Procedures and Portfolio Development. Instructor of the Year, 2009

Provided guidance to student leaders for various student activities; such as field trips, cook outs, and Alpha Beta Kappa honor society.Collaborated with the academic team to design and deliver faculty training and development programs to ensure quality instruction and outcomes. Met with faculty to discuss professional development activities and led them to develop appropriate faculty development plans and reviewed instructor records and qualifications.Assisted Dean in the creation of academic goals and objectives for the Campus Effectiveness Plan. Employee of the Year, 2008Excellence Award, 2008Alpha Beta Kappa, National Honor Society, 2006

Managed campus business plan and operating budget, as well as budgeting/forecasting process, expense control, capital planning, and profitability. Ensured that management team takes timely and proper action relative to curriculum implementation, marketing activities, career services support, financial management, academic affairs and facility improvements.

Answered a vast array of admissions queries via personalized emails and phone calls. Provided informed campus tours for visiting families. Created reports on enrollment activity. Scheduled screening appointments for applicants and enrolling students.

Responsible for recruiting qualified applicants for admissions to The New England Institute of Art. Managed time and inquiry resources to achieve monthly application, and quarterly and annual enrollment plans. Conducted a high quantity of prospect phone contacts to secure weekly standard appointment set and interview activity, and to conduct follow up activity with unresolved interviewees and future class applicants.

Mentored student leaders to ensure that campus activities were designed to enhance the physical, social, and intellectual development of the student body. Served as advisor to the Campus Activities Board, Tor Echo (campus newspaper), Mingotide (yearbook), Cheerleading team, and the international club.Responsible for all campus activities sponsored either by the Office of Student Development, or the Campus Activities Board. Acted as the advisor to the 2002 graduating class, planning senior week and graduation events.

Provided financial customer services, including custodian services, multicurrency fund accounting services, fund administration services, middle office outsourcing, trade operations management services, transfer agency services, private client and fiduciary services, and institutional trust services.

As a member of the annuity division, I provided a positive and effective relationship with customers, producers and sponsors by responding to telephone and written correspondence in a timely, accurate and professional manner.

Traveled throughout North America promoting international youth leadership organization. Developed relationships with local business leaders and school educators. Recruited candidates for an eleven month international tour focused on global education and cultural understanding.