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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Edited and developed e-learning content, including Quercus pages and H5P Studio activities, for 2 co-op courses.- Collaborated with 3 course instructors to plan and implement digital learning programming.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Maintained consistency in terminology, tone, and structure in a book spanning 11 chapters authored by 4 faculty.- Flagged areas of unclear meaning or argumentation and corrected errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation.- Formatted chapters in accordance with Stanford University Press and Chicago Manual of Style requirements. - Provided recommendations to faculty in advising meetings, leveraging both subject matter and editing expertise.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Served as Social Sciences Team Coordinator in 2022, overseeing the work of 4 graduate educational developers.- Researched and proposed the development of 3 new and 2 updated workshops and resources, drawing on student needs assessments, analyses of existing programming, and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.- Co-facilitated 17 workshops on effective teaching strategies, supporting graduate teaching assistants and course instructors across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. - Advised 27 graduate instructors in 12 one-on-one consultations and 6 group teaching demonstration sessions, recommending best practices and appropriate technologies for teaching, learning, and career-related goals.- Fostered and maintained networks to organize and moderate career development panels with graduate alumni.- Co-authored plain language online resources on articulating transferable skills and writing reference letters. - Provided feedback on 4 career development e-learning modules funded by a Virtual Learning Strategy grant.- Supported the strategic priorities of the unit by co-developing an organizational values statement and creating an evaluation framework to guide the assessment of pilot certificate programming.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Oversaw the production of 15 professional skills development modules, resulting in the on-time delivery of 2 co-op program courses and open educational resources (OER) funded and published by eCampusOntario.- Created and implemented project plans, timelines, budgets, and communication frameworks to effectively delegate responsibilities and optimize workflows between stakeholders from multiple units and institutions. - Developed course content, including 9 assessment rubrics and an Industry Insights series featuring career advice obtained from professionals through a qualitative survey.- Hired and directly managed a team of 7 content reviewers and 1 work study curriculum development assistant, developing workflows that aligned with students’ interests and advanced their career goals.- Facilitated 5 rounds of peer review, creating and administering assessment questions, and synthesizing feedback from diverse stakeholders into actionable summary reports for module development teams.- Performed final edits, reference checks, and accessibility tests for over 400 e-learning and multimedia assets, ensuring quality control of the materials, their consistency with learning objectives, and their compliance the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), Creative Commons (CC) licenses, and funding requirements.

Toronto, Canada Area

- Proposed, executed, and managed a study of government-incentivized supermarket development in New York City, including its impacts on the well-being of equity-deserving groups such as people with disabilities.- Wrote 12 successful grant and scholarship proposals, independently securing $139,551 in research funding.- Recruited for, conducted, and analyzed 63 interviews, adhering to ethics protocols to maintain confidentiality.- Delivered 21 presentations to diverse audiences of 15 to 400 people, including students, faculty, and city staff.- Translated complex research findings into accessible written outputs such as blog posts, briefing notes, city council hearing testimonies, and dissertation chapters.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Collaborated with an undergraduate student on a quantitative data analysis project in Health Geography, resulting in 2 co-authored publications. - Thematically coded 10 focus group transcripts, advancing a food-related book project of Sociology faculty.- Analyzed print and web marketing materials, supporting a Geography professor’s study on housing affordability.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Revised the book review and creative writing guidelines for authors seeking to publish in Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies to ensure consistency with editors’ expectations and improve submission quality.- Co-created a new “Food and Activism” section in the journal, highlighting the accomplishments of individuals and groups, and supporting their fundraising efforts.- Reviewed, edited, and co-wrote decision letters for 14 papers submitted for publication. - Contacted prospective reviewers for books and films, securing the participation of 5 subject matter experts.

Toronto, Canada Area

- Served as Head Teaching Assistant (TA) on 10 occasions, supervising and mentoring teams of 2-6 TAs, creating collaborative weekly lesson plans and active learning activities, and maintaining large databases of grades.- Facilitated 300 tutorials and labs across 5 courses, directly instructing 970 students. - Provided actionable feedback on 3,120 written assessments, often resulting in improvements on future work.- Rated as “very good” or “excellent” by 97.6% of students in teaching evaluations.- Nominated for a university-wide teaching excellence award in 2019.

Toronto, Canada Area

- Developed 10 lesson plan packages to promote critical thinking, written and oral communication, and team-building skills among first-year undergraduate students. - Crafted 9 writing tip sheets to help students hone their academic and workplace communication skills.- Collaborated with faculty to design 3 assessments used in an introductory Geography course.

Toronto, Canada Area

- Implemented client feedback to develop a memorandum of understanding, project proposal, and interview guide that addressed the research needs of the Toronto Food Strategy team, a division of the city’s Public Health unit; - Mentored 2 junior colleagues in research design, and worked as a team to recruit participants for, conduct, and analyze 70 in-person interviews with small business owners and members of the general public; - Designed a website on the Wordpress platform and wrote 35 weekly blog posts to share research updates and reflections with city staff, university supervisors, and public audiences; - Co-authored a 70-page report that summarized research findings and provided evidence-based recommendations to strengthen Toronto’s street food vending policies, taking into consideration diverse stakeholder priorities such as health, business profitability, and consumer preferences.

Toronto, Canada Area

- Designed and carried out 1 quantitative and 1 qualitative research study investigating the role of culture on resident perceptions of food access and shopping options in a multicultural Toronto neighbourhood; - Developed 4 successful funding proposals, obtaining $48,000 in grants and scholarships over 2 years; - Conducted 30 surveys and 30 one-hour interviews with participants recruited via door-to-door sampling, and analyzed the data obtained using SPSS, Microsoft Excel, and manual thematic coding; - Shared aspects of these projects at 5 international conferences, and communicated methodological advice with aspiring researchers in 2 invitational undergraduate seminars; - Presented the final results of these studies in a 25-page report and a 178-page thesis, and won “Best Master of Arts Paper” in a department-wide competition.

Toronto, Canada Area

- Provided classroom instruction on Introductory Statistical Analysis to 100 adult learners across 4 class sections.- Demonstrated descriptive and inferential statistics procedures in 48 computer lab sessions. - Created 12 step-by-step activity sheets to simplify complex calculations and actively engage students. - Evaluated understanding by grading and providing feedback on 500 assignment submissions.

Toronto, Canada Area

- Conducted a literature review for a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) project investigating the role of financial institutions on immigrant integration in Canada and the United States;- Prepared a 21-page report synthesizing, summarizing, and critiquing recent academic and policy literature on the geography of financial services, credit union development, and financial exclusion to inform a supervisor's subsequent research design and publications.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Geography

Dissertation (In Progress) - "Feeling FRESH in NYC: The Policy Mobilities, Governance Logics, and Equity Impacts of Incentivized.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Geography

Thesis - "Disrupting the Food Desert/Oasis Binary: Ethnic Grocery Retailers and Perceptions of Food Access in Humbermede, Toronto"

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba (Honours), Geography And Political Science, Summa Cum Laude

- Awarded and maintained the President's Scholarship ($21,600) over 4 years of study; - Received the Governor General's Academic Medal.