Tom M. Email & Phone Number

United States

United States

Charlottesville, Virginia

Swarthmore, Pa

Ensure safety and wellbeing of 40 students across all 4 class years; monitor and ensure safety and security of Mary Lyons dormitoryTeach and enforce college policies; educate students on the resources available to themEmergency Responder on call twice monthly, including residence hall walkthroughsresponder to various community issues and emergenciesPromote inclusive community through fun and informative programming, including campus wide substance-free Halloween Party, Mary Lyon (dorm) 100th Birthday Party, weekly Monday Morning Kickoffs, themed sessions with campus partners including sessions on diversity and inclusivity, drug and alcohol safety, mental and emotional wellbeing, and counseling and psychological servicesCoordinate teams of residential peer mentors at the hall, dorm, and cluster level; as well as with campus partners including the Title IX office, the Department of Public Safety, the Office of Student Engagement, the Alcohol and Drugs counselorSelected to serve on the search committee for the 2017-2018 Resident Assistant Staff, as well as the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 Residential Community Coordinator (RCC) search committees

Swarthmore, Pa

Interview and evaluate prospective students for the Admission CommitteeConduct information sessions for college visitors in tandem with Swarthmore College Admission OfficersRepresent Swarthmore College at events for prospective students through panels at "Discover Swarthmore", SwatStruck, and through digital video, the "Ask a Swattie" initiative, and at Junior Visit Day for AthleticsPerform other office tasks as assigned including the compilation of research on various high schoolsServe as a student ambassador on the Swarthmore College Admissions Access Committee

Swarthmore, Pa

-Provide written and oral counseling to students on writing assignments in partnership with courses including Transition to College Writing; Music, Politics, and Society in the Middle East; History of the European Metropolis; and Gender, Sexuality, and Social Change-Served dually through the Swarthmore College Writing Center as a Speaking Associate from February 2016-May 2017 conducting speaking workshops in coordination with regular courses and honors seminars for the multiple departments including Globalization: Politics, Economies, Environment, Health, and Security; American Elections; Ritual, Myth, Substance; and Japanese Tea Culture-One of 5 full speaking associates on staff for the 2017-2018 school year. -Assisted in preparation and production of the 2016 and 2017 Senior Showcases-Provided writing and speaking consultation in weekly writing center shifts -Attended biweekly trainings to reflect on and improve role as peer mentor-2016 Writing Center Summer intern, writing research article for National Census of Writing Database, developing program history timeline, transcribing interviews with Writing Associate Alumni, and compiling data for National Census of Writing updates-2016-2017 informal "admissions liaison", educating admissions staff on Writing Center Resources/Policy

Swarthmore, Pa

Coordinate with Aquatic Director, Co-Head Lifeguard, and Assistant Head Lifeguards to hire, train, and discipline lifeguard staff of over 40 student-employeesLead 3 in-service training sessions per semester, ensuring adequate lifesaving performanceMonitor, enforce, and revise pool policy as necessaryDevise and monitor pool schedule such that needs of the Swarthmore community and of the lifeguard staff are metServe as liaison between lifeguard staff, Swarthmore Community, and Aquatics Director

I helped oversee research, edit, and publish articles in the Swarthmore College Global Nonviolent Action Database, as well as assist Professors Lee Smithey and George Lakey in teaching class Peac 078 Strategy and Nonviolent struggle. Typical responsibilities included providing written and oral feedback to students, assisting them in their research, setting and adjusting deadlines, presenting my own research experiences in class, at times leading discussion, addressing student concerns, providing evaluations of student performance to the primary professor, evaluating cases to be published in the Database, and publishing cases in the Database. I also worked periodically during 2016 gathering and entering data in the Delaware County Homicide Database also housed at Swarthmore.

Swarthmore, Pa

CoDeveloped and assisted course instruction in Academic Writing for Professor Jill Gladstein with the Co-Writing MentorCollaborated with 5 other Academic and Residential Mentors to supervise safety and wellbeing for 16 incoming Swarthmore freshmen from under-resourced and under-represented backgrounds in STEMCo-facilitated daily study hall, provided counseling on homework assignments, and facilitated programming regarding institutional navigation for students of color, and 1st generation, Non-native English Speaking, and low income students at highly selective colleges and universitiesCo-facilitated Field trips to Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Boston, and provided transportation to students via Swarthmore College vans Responded to personal emergencies of students in an on-call capacityOther tasks as assigned by the Program Director

Master Of Arts - Ma, Anthropology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Sociology And Anthropology, Peace And Conflict Studies, 3.71

Activities and Societies: Varsity Men's Swimming, Offbeat Acapella Chorale Graduated with High Honors, with concentrations.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Sociology And Anthropology

Comparative Human Rights: Foundations, Challenges, Advocacy

Semester long study abroad program focusing on Human Rights in the US, Nepal, Jordan, and Chile. Coursework was conducted.