I support partner institutions to increase graduate student access to meaningful professional development both synchronously through facilitated sessions and asynchronously through two learning platforms. By collaborating with colleagues on curriculum implementation, quality assurance strategies, and event planning, I ensure universities can provide graduate students with the necessary tools for career success.

• Enhance learning by designing curriculum that incorporates engaging learning activities and applies adult learning principles. I liaise with external partners to plan meaningful off-campus site visits.• Strategically align outcomes, activities, and on-going creative assessment to ensure iterative learning.• Manage student expectations through multiple effective communication strategies.• Consistently receive exceptional student course reviews, and rate highest in the “group… Show more • Enhance learning by designing curriculum that incorporates engaging learning activities and applies adult learning principles. I liaise with external partners to plan meaningful off-campus site visits.• Strategically align outcomes, activities, and on-going creative assessment to ensure iterative learning.• Manage student expectations through multiple effective communication strategies.• Consistently receive exceptional student course reviews, and rate highest in the “group interaction” category that includes student engagement with their peers, the course materials, and with me.I teach the following courses in the Department of History: Museum Studies; The History of Fashion and Clothing; The Invention of Canada; Canada after 1867; Canada before 1867; Atlantic Canada before 1867; and Atlantic Canada after 1867. Show less

• Supported learning enhancement by working with faculty on course and curriculum development, effective teaching techniques, and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning projects. • Facilitated communities of practice, as well as organized and facilitated professional development workshops informed by current research on teaching and learning in postsecondary education.• Managed and edited the teaching and learning Centre's periodical that highlighted innovative faculty teaching practices.

• During a year of transition, I managed the functions of the Centre, managed a team of EducationalDevelopers and student staff to provide programming and support for faculty, staff, and students. I managed the Centre’s budget, interpersonal staff relationships, and staff requests for professional development opportunities.• Built and sustained the institution’s teaching and learning philosophy through engagement, strategic planning, and action. I provided reports and recommendations… Show more • During a year of transition, I managed the functions of the Centre, managed a team of EducationalDevelopers and student staff to provide programming and support for faculty, staff, and students. I managed the Centre’s budget, interpersonal staff relationships, and staff requests for professional development opportunities.• Built and sustained the institution’s teaching and learning philosophy through engagement, strategic planning, and action. I provided reports and recommendations, aligned with institutional priorities, for the continuation and development of the LEAP first-year experience program and the International Student Grant initiative.• Developed, organized, and facilitated an annual orientation for new faculty, formed and sustained communities of practice, and worked with faculty on individual teaching-related research projects. Show less

• Managed a team of 11 Educational Developers in the Centre for Learning and Teaching by supporting their projects, offering creative solutions to challenges, and ensuring alignment and connections between portfolios. I also built capacity within the Centre to support new projects.• By collaborating with other leadership across campus, I aligned the goals of the Centre with university priorities. • Supported the development of a strategic plan, aligned with university priorities… Show more • Managed a team of 11 Educational Developers in the Centre for Learning and Teaching by supporting their projects, offering creative solutions to challenges, and ensuring alignment and connections between portfolios. I also built capacity within the Centre to support new projects.• By collaborating with other leadership across campus, I aligned the goals of the Centre with university priorities. • Supported the development of a strategic plan, aligned with university priorities, including identifying and communicating the mission, vision, and goals of the Centre. The strategic plan informed implementation of policy recommendations.• Oriented new colleagues to the expectations of the Centre and the university, and managed any HR-related matters with diplomacy, discretion, and empathy. Show less

• Collaborated with Senior Academic Leaders and faculty members to continually enhance curriculum. This included designing creative learning activities and assessments at the course level, supporting curriculum development and visioning at the program level, and ensuring consistency at the institutional level.• Led program development and quality assurance (in-person and online) through retreats, workshops, consultations, and reviewing program proposals. I also analyzed and reviewed… Show more • Collaborated with Senior Academic Leaders and faculty members to continually enhance curriculum. This included designing creative learning activities and assessments at the course level, supporting curriculum development and visioning at the program level, and ensuring consistency at the institutional level.• Led program development and quality assurance (in-person and online) through retreats, workshops, consultations, and reviewing program proposals. I also analyzed and reviewed policies concerning curriculum.• Supported the university’s 2020 transition to online teaching through departmental and individual consultations, creation of a teaching support hub, and as editor of the FOCUS blog.• During the transition to online, I led informal discussions with 12 academic departments, which resulted in numerous individual consultations. I tracked each consultation and continued follow-up correspondence to ensure instructors became confident in their ability to teach online. Show less

I collaborated on the development, review, and enhancement of an online learning platform for PhDs.I wrote learning outcomes, created reflective learning activities, and designed assessments for two online career development certificates.

I developed two history courses, which included creating course titles, descriptions, learning outcomes, and example syllabi with suggested topics and assignments.

Completed stylistic and copy-editing of a 22,000-word exhibition catalogue. Focused on consistency, repetition, gendered language, cultural inclusion, and bibliographic citations using the Chicago Manual of Style.

Allies and Anti-Americanism: A History of Canadian-American Relations (HIST/POLS 2216)

Provided content for the online resources to accompany the third edition of the textbook Home, Work, and Play.

Worked on a SSHRC-funded ethics research project with the School of Social Work. I coded interviews using Foucauldian discourse analysis methods.

Provided one-on-one writing support to students at Saint Mary's University and the Atlantic School of Theology.

Teaching Cultural Studies: An Introduction, the first-year mandatory course in the Cultural Studies program at MSVU.

Trained on 7 different social and business surveys as an interviewer, researcher and editor. I conducted as many as 25 interviews per shift and answered questions from the public.

Assembled research on the history of skating in the Halifax Regional Municipality, and composed display text for the Canada Winter Games Oval.

Designed and co-taught HIST 3903A: Consuming Culture in Canada. Helped post-secondary students interpret course material and hone their critical thinking skills. Duties included teaching a 3-hour class every week, assessing learning, and holding individual meetings

Designed and facilitated training workshops for Teaching Assistant Mentors in the Faculty of Arts and Social Science at Carleton University

Copy edited the second edition of "Home, Work, and Play: Situating Canadian Social History", and co-designed an educational website

Created and facilitated 7 different training workshops for Teaching Assistants at Carleton University

Assisted in the organization of the Remembering Place and Placing Memory in Canada workshop by updating a website, gathering resources for participants, scheduling workshop events, and liaising between academics, the university, and UBC Press

Organized new acquisitions for an exhibit about Canadian sexuality

Composed an 80-page report, based on primary-source research, for the book "In the Province of History"

I wrote a board paper based on extensive archival research and interviews with individuals to support the nomination for a heritage designation. The result of the research was federal approval for recognition of a person a historical importance.