Experience

• University of California, Davis

  Ph. D. Candidate / Associate Instructor / Teaching Assitant

  As a Ph.D. Candidate:
  * Specialization in Colonial and Early Republic American History
  * Minor Field in World History
  * Faculty Advisor: Alan Taylor
  * Advanced to Doctoral Candidacy: April, 2009
  * Dissertation Topic: The relationship between the District of Columbia and the Federal Government in the Early Republic period and the effects of that relationship on the development of the district.
  
  As an Associate Instructor:
  * Held full responsibility for courses of between 34 and 46 students, including course design, lectures, discussion leadership, assignments, grading, and oversight of graduate student readers.
  
  As a Teaching Assistant:
  * Planned and conducted discussion sections of 15-30 students for courses in the History, Political Science, and Religious Studies departments including “U.S. History to 1865,” “U.S. History from 1865 to the present,” “Early American Women’s History,” “Early Modern European History,” “The Middle East,” “American National Government,” “International Relations,” “The New Testament,” and “Survey of Religion.”
  * Coordinated with instructors and other TAs to design exams, assignments, and activities.
  * Utilized in-section discussions, activities, and brief lectures to reinforce key concepts.
  * Graded quizzes, exams, and written assignments.

• Hunan Medical College / Marshall University

  EFL Teacher and Program Coordinator

  * Designed and taught English reading, writing, listening, and oral communication classes.
  * Conducted additional lectures on living and studying in the United States.
  * Acted as a liaison between the administrations of the two universities in the inaugural year of their joint program.

• SRA International

  Analyst and Project Manager

  * Managed an Environmental Protection Agency IT services project. Duties as project manager included overseeing a team of eight employees, administering the task’s budget and working directly with the EPA client.
  * Performed monthly data analysis of Web site traffic and visitor statistics.
  * Provided client and customer support for a public, Web-based building energy efficiency analysis tool.
  * Oversaw the development and launch of a Web-based tool allowing the client to improve rankings in external search engines through addition of metadata.

• Wiley College

  Assistant Professor of History

  Responsible for teaching "United States History to 1865," "United States History since 1865," "Introduction to African American Studies," and "First Year Experience."

• Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

  Professional Assistant Professor of History

  Responsible for teaching “United States History to 1865,” “United States History since 1865,” and "The Ancient World."