Sher Ali Khan Email & Phone Number

Amherst, Ma, Us

Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Area

• Served as lead teacher for two sections of 12th-grade non-AP U.S. Government, delivering comprehensive instruction on foundational political principles and contemporary issues.• Provided academic advising to 13 students, ensuring consistent progress through grade tracking, academic support, and regular progress checks.• Developed exams, quizzes, and other assessments to evaluate student understanding and reinforce critical thinking skills.• Adapted course materials to support students with disabilities and literacy challenges, ensuring accessible and inclusive learning experiences.• Completed a month-long professional development program focused on establishing rigorous classroom culture and high academic standards.• Designed and implemented curriculum tailored to foster civic engagement and meet the diverse needs of non-AP students.• Co-coached and contributed to the development of the cross-country program, building it from the ground up to encourage athletic participation and teamwork.• Applied advanced classroom management techniques to maintain a disciplined and inclusive learning environment.

Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

• Manage the classroom to encourage participation and maintain a positive learning environment.• Address behavioral issues and support students of all different backgrounds.• Work individually with students from Academic Individualized Mainstream (AIMS) programs, which provide students who have high-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder or other neurological conditions, executive function, socialization, and sensory regulation difficulties. • Substitute and assist with Intensive Learning Needs Programs, which provide specialized support and services for students with disabilities such as Autism, Communication Impairment, Developmental Delay, Health Impairment, Intellectual Impairment, Neurological Impairment, Physical Impairment, Sensory Impairment, and/or Specific Learning Disabilities.• Follow the regular teacher's lesson plans to create a cohesive learning experience. • Adapt teaching methods to fit the needs of each student.• Fulfill teaching assignments for K-12 age groups in multiple subjects.

Columbus, Ohio, United States

• Collaborated with faculty to deliver courses for 100-150 undergraduate students, ensuring department learning outcomes in participation, collaboration, and understanding of key concepts, theories, and methodologies related to global/local history, political economy, and human geography.• Monitored and evaluated participants' progress through daily, weekly, and project assessments, utilizing Learning Management Software (i.e., Carment), Excel spreadsheets, and performance rubrics.• Provided timely responses to participant queries, accommodations, and requests through email or Learning Management Systems in collaboration with faculty.• Fact-checked and assessed project assignments for plagiarism, comprehensiveness, clarity, grammar, and engagement with course materials.Courses: GEOG 3701- The Making of the Modern World; GEOG 2400- Economic and Social Geography; GEOG 3600- Space, Power, and Geography.

Denton, Texas, United States

• Collaborated with the lead instructor and other teaching assistants to oversee and implement the lab component for the earth science and physical geography introductory course.• Provided in-person PowerPoint presentations and lectures covering foundational geographical skills and topics related to mapping, weather, climate, soil, vegetation, and landforms.• Oversaw and proctored collaborative laboratory experiments on topographic mapping, solar radiation, urban heat island effects, weather and climate modeling, water run-off and flooding, climate change and sustainability, and soil erosion/agriculture's environmental impact.• Monitored and evaluated in-class lab activities and online pre- and post-lab activities through learning management software (Carmen) and Excel spreadsheets.• Successfully navigated the challenging transition of the course to a fully online format, ensuring continuity in education during the COVID-19 pandemic.Courses: GEOG 1710 – Earth Science

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

• Oversaw the re-opening of the Herald-Lahore bureau for investigative journalism and provided investigative reports and research.• Acted as the primary representative in the province's journal-related queries, assignments, and administration.• Investigated topics of cyber surveillance and custodial killings under the ambit of counterterrorism, specifically violence inflicted by non-state actors and reactionary movements.• Covered the racial discrimination against Pashtun tribals in Lahore, the state of Somali refugees in Pakistan, honor killings, and mob violence in great detail.• Researched state institutions, privatization regimes, and other political-economic topics, such as the role of kinship and bureaucracy in Pakistan, commodification of water, corruption in water projects, privatization of the public education system in Punjab, and the decline of the Pakistan railways.• Completed a Business and Economic reporting course CEJ/IBA and Medill-Northwestern University offered in February 2015. The course provided comprehensive training on reading complex financial documents and State Bank/government reports and utilizing various databases for reporting purposes.

Lahore, Pakistan

• Worked as a staff reporter and covered the local government, labor, health, and governor beats.• Provided detailed reports on complex reforms and developments happening at the local level, including privatization of healthcare, medical malpractice, doctor's strikes, labor agitations, and the internal workings and politics of the local government.• Was the primary reporter covering the anti-blasphemy protests leading up to the assassination of the late Governor Salmaan Taseer in 2011.• Moved to the culture desk of the newspaper in 2011-2012 and covered the changing political economy of music and film in Pakistan against the backdrop of growing religious intolerance and conservatism.• Contributed to several cover stories for Tribune magazine regarding movements in the working class. These stories focused on working-class identity, alienation, and class. They included in-depth features on the anti-dictatorship movements, the Pentecostal movement in Pakistan, and an array of other topics.• Coauthored a long-form piece titled "Goonda Raj" in 2012, which was published in the book Cinema and Society by Oxford University Press in 2016. This story examined the role of masculinity and violence that underpinned the rise of regional Punjabi cinema in Pakistan.• Also contributed weekly columns on a range of issues, including the crackdown on ethnic and religious minorities, human rights, development, and civil-military relations.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Geography, 3.94

Activities and Societies: Awards/Funding/Other: 2021: Student Grant Award for top graduate research proposal titled, “Navigating the hyper.

Master Of Science - Ms, Geography, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Awards/Funding/Other: 2018 – 2020: Toulouse Graduate School Tuition Benefit Program Award, University of North.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science

Activities and Societies: Pakistani Student Association, Highlander Newspaper, Amnesty International, International Help Org.