•Plans, executes, and manages a range of programs and grants with external partners, including programs on healthy housing and research initiatives on energy burden throughout 11 states in the Southeast.•Conducts research and analysis of energy policies, programs, practices, and technologies, and develops research-based fact sheets, policy memos, testimony, public comments, white papers and other materials.•Tracks policy, program, practice, and technology developments that impact energy usage in the Southeast.•Supports the development of funding proposals by providing input to proposal concepts, serving on proposal teams, and supporting budget creation.

• Conducts research and analysis of new policies, programs, practices, and technologies relevant to increasing energy efficiency in the commercial and residential sector• Tracks policy, program, practice and technology developments that impact energy usage in SEEA’s 11-state region• Develops fact sheets, policy memos, testimony, public comments, white papers, and other research-based materials

• Completed all research, writing, and editing for a peer-reviewed book on conservation policy, which will be published by the University of Georgia Press in August 2018• Researched and wrote 2 published essays on environmental policy topics• Authored an op-ed on water conservation policy that was published in the Washington Post• Presented policy research at 2 public lectures and 1 academic conference• Created and managed a research project to document environmental justice struggles in Atlanta, working with community and federal partners• Developed all curriculum and taught 20 undergraduate courses, including preparing and delivering content for classes of up to 46 students each, leading class discussions, evaluating oral and written work, and assessing course performance for more than 800 students• Evaluated article manuscripts on conservation topics as a peer reviewer for 3 academic journals• Advised reporters and filmmakers for media coverage about environmental/historical issues that resulted in 4 news stories and 1 documentary film• Prepared guidelines for 2 graduate student teaching assistants and managed their teaching of course material and evaluation of students

• Developed all curriculum and taught a research/writing methods seminar for 15 undergraduate students, including preparing and delivering all content, mentoring students, evaluating oral and written work, and assessing course performance• Researched, wrote, and edited an essay for publication in the book Green Capitalism?: Business and the Environment in the Twentieth Century (2017), from the University of Pennsylvania Press• Authored an op-ed for Atlanta’s Saporta Report on sustainability in Georgia• Created and managed all data collection for a multi-year digital project mapping three centuries of environmental change, partnering with the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship• Designed and taught 12 individual seminars for the Atlanta public on land, water, and wildlife conservation in the United States, partnering with Georgia Humanities and Emory University• Presented research at 1 public lecture and 4 national and/or international conferences• Coordinated the assessment of 78 proposals to plan the program for an international conference• Led and participated in weekly roundtable discussions on public humanities topics

• Developed curriculum and taught 4 new undergraduate courses• Prepared and delivered oral presentations for classes ranging in size from 15 to 150 students• Advised 15 undergraduate students on research, writing, and editing for their capstone thesis projects• Prepared guidelines for 2 graduate student teaching assistants and managed their teaching of course material and evaluation of students

• Managed peer review for a leading academic journal by formally evaluating the research and writing of 100+ submitted manuscripts• Contracted all peer reviewers, established/maintained review schedules, and provided regular written and oral reports to the executive staff on the status of each manuscript• Coordinated all written and oral communication with authors and reviewers

• Independently planned and carried out a large-scale environmental policy research project involving research in multiple states and analysis of large volumes of legal, legislative, business, and personal records• Received Penn State’s highest dissertation prize and was one of three finalists in a national dissertation competition for all arts and humanities disciplines• Received 4 competitive grants and/or fellowships to fund research• Authored 2 peer-reviewed articles, and 1 of these articles won a prize• Presented the conclusions of my research orally at 5 different national conferences• Designed and taught 2 undergraduate courses• Developed and delivered a series of fundraising talks for university donors• Created and planned a nationwide conference, including designing the theme, assessing all submissions, developing the program, and reporting to executive staff

Carried out research for the principal investigator of a large-scale research project to develop a Multiple Property Documentation Form (MPDF) for historic farm buildings, to aid compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act.