Resume

• 2019

  Pellissippi State Community College

  U.S. Department of State

  Bellevue University

  Organization of American States

  Oxford Centre For Mission Studies

  Greater Omaha Area

  SENIOR CAPSTONE COURSE TRIO TAUGHT:\n• Liberal Arts 400: American Vision and Values\n• Liberal Arts 410: Tradition and Change\n• Liberal Arts 420: Freedom and Responsibility

  Adjunct Professor of Civics

  Online

  Bellevue University

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  Oversaw operations in 29 countries for USAID's Eastern Europe & Eurasia Civil Society Organization Sustainability Index

  Project Manager

  Management Systems International

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  Oversaw and coordinated team conducting a 10-year review of the US Department of State's Middle East Partnership Initiative

  dating back to 2002

  Activity Manager

  Management Systems International

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • Translate Portuguese and Spanish documents into English\n• Sample clip on how work-related projects have been implemented: https://vimeo.com/97737461

  Freelance Translator

  Organization of American States

  Knoxville

  Tennessee Area

  COURSES TAUGHT \n• History 2210: Early Western Civilization\n• History 2220: Modern Western Civilization\n• History 2310: Early World History

  Adjunct Instructor in History

  Pellissippi State Community College

  • Assisted the President of the Minnesota chapter of the World Affairs Councils of America with corporate development

  grant writing

  and research projects\n• Helped secure $223

  000 in corporate memberships (part of a record-breaking fundraising effort in the organization's 63-year history)

  including: 3M

  Allianz

  Cargill

  DLA Piper

  Ecolab

  JP Morgan

  Land O'Lakes

  RBC (Royal Bank of Canada)

  Target

  US Bank

  and Wells Fargo\n• Team co-recipient of the Governor General's Medallion from His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston (Queen Elizabeth II's representative in Canada)

  for Global Minnesota’s role in strengthening US-Canadian business ties and citizen diplomacy

  Research Associate to the President

  Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  Global Minnesota

• 2018.

  Oxford

  United Kingdom

  I worked remotely on multiple drafts of the original manuscript for the following book (English translation of title: \"Deliver Us from Evil: Corruption and the Challenge to Faith and the Christian Church in Latin America\"):\n\nLaver

  Roberto. Líbranos del mal: La corrupción y el desafío para la fe y la iglesia cristiana en América Latina. Oxford: Regnum Books International

  Content & Copy Editor

  Oxford Centre For Mission Studies

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  Conducted impact evaluations of technical assistance

  feasibility studies

  orientation visits

  and reverse trade missions for the US Trade & Development Agency's Latin America & Caribbean portfolio

  in support of in its mission of bringing development benefits to low- and middle-income countries while promoting US exports in the process

  Project Associate

  Management Systems International

• 2017

  Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy

  Reno

  Nevada Area

  COURSES TAUGHT\n• Core Humanities 202: The Modern World\n• Core Humanities 203: The American Experience and Constitutional Change\n\n• Text selection committee member for new custom course textbook: \"The American Experiment\" (REA Textbooks

  Reno

  2015)

  and lead editor for the forthcoming 2nd Edition (see below)

  Adjunct Instructor of Humanities

  Online

  Truckee Meadows Community College

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  US Mission to the Organization of American States

  Graduate Intern

  U.S. Department of State

  Houston

  Texas Area

  Cross-registrant in Master of Global Affairs courses:\n• Global Affairs 502: Institutions & Development\n• Global Affairs 513: International Cooperation\n• Global Affairs 543: Energy Policy\n\nMember

  Baker Institute Student Forum

  Graduate Student

  Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy

  Korean

  Romanian

  Portuguese

  French

  English

  Spanish

  Provost's Honors

  Eleanor Roosevelt College

  UC San Diego

  Dean Bosworth Fellow

  The Board of Overseers awards the School's highest merit-based scholarship to the the top 15% of incoming students each year

  Fletcher School Board of Overseers

  Tufts University

  Best Graduating Senior in the Social Sciences

  Awarded a merit scholarship towards college tuition upon nomination by the Atascadero High School faculty

  Bank of America

  cum laude

  Department of Literature

  UC San Diego

• 2016

  Rice University

  Global Minnesota

  Management Systems International

  Houston

  Texas Area

  • Presented

  in Spanish

  on US-Mexico diplomatic history at conference held at the Instituto Mora

  Mexico City\n• Grading Assistant

  ECON/HIST 365: Economic History and HIST 200: Ancient Empires\n• Editorial Assistant

  Journal of Southern History (published in partnership with Duke University Press)\n• Graduate Associate

  Duncan College (\"big brothers/sisters\"-style program)

  Research

  Grading

  and Editorial Assistant

  Rice University

  Master of Arts - MA

  • Fields: economic

  Latin American & Atlantic

  and world history\n• Cross-registrant in Baker Institute for Public Policy's Master of Global Affairs coursework

  History

  Rice University

• 2012

  DPI 413: Challenges of Democratization

  Harvard University

  John F. Kennedy School of Government

• 2011

  São Paulo State University at Araraquara

  Fulbright Fellow

  Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho

• 2010

  Philosophy 403: Does God Exist?

  Boston College

• 2009

  Master's Degree

  Tufts University

  Economics

  Cuesta College

• 2001

  •\tOnly 2nd-year student admitted to the program\n•\tOnly student out of 83 from all University of California campuses to earn straight-A's for the year in all native-speaker courses

  Yearlong study abroad program in Spain

  Universidad Complutense de Madrid

• 2000

  Bachelor's Degree

  • Graduated cum laude from UCSD\n• Graduated with Provost's Honors from Eleanor Roosevelt College\n• Major GPA in Political Science: 3.74\n• Major GPA in Literature: 3.76

  International Relations/Political Science; Literatures in Spanish and French

  • Resident Member: UCSD International House (2002 - 2004)\n• Logistics Board Member: Catholic Community at UCSD's annual spring Tijuana housebuilding trip (2001 - 2004)

  University of California

  San Diego

  Summer program in Spain

  Saint Louis University

  Madrid Campus

  Law and Development

  Independent Study: Advanced Cultural Capital -- Cultural Change and Development

  Foreign Relations of the United States: From the Revolution to World War I

  International Investment Law

  Foreign Relations of the United States: From World War I to Present

  Economics

  Portuguese

  Statistics

  Cultural Capital and Development

  Democracy and State Reform in Latin America

  Democracia y reforma del estado en América Latina

  Independent Study / Thesis Writing: \"Progress for Some: The Role of Cultural Capital in the Untold Story behind the 'Chilean Miracle' \" (316 pages)

  Comparative Politics

  Comparative Legal Systems

• 1996

  High School Diploma

  Atascadero High School

• 3.83

  Master's Degree

  • Degree included coursework at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government

  where I had also applied and been accepted in spring 2009

  Law & Development; U.S. Foreign Policy

  • Dean Bosworth Scholar (Fletcher School's highest merit scholarship

  awarded to top 15% of admitted students)

  Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

• OEA - PUICA: Todos tenemos derecho a una identidad

  Una mirada al trabajo realizado por la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) a través del Programa de Universalización de la Identidad Civil en las Américas (PUICA).

  OEA - PUICA: Todos tenemos derecho a una identidad

  L?branos del mal: la corrupcion y el desaf?o para la fe y la iglesia cristiana en Am?rica Latina

  ...

  Líbranos del mal: La corrupción y el desafío para la fe y la iglesia cristiana en Am?rica Latina

  The American Experiment

  http://reatextbooks.com/textbook/ch3/index.html

  REA Textbooks is committed to providing students and faculty with quality

  low-cost course materials. The American Experiment is a book written specifically for Core Humanities 203 at Truckee Meadows Community College. We designed it to be easy to read and inexpensive.

  •\tVolunteered with community service and outreach program in June 2003

  June 2002

  June 1999

  and June 1998\n•\tResponsible for all critical translation and interpretation for groups of approximately 20 Americans

  for everything from procuring needed items to negotiating armed highway checkpoints\n•\tTranslated technical concepts such as automotive repair

  computer operations

  welding

  and electrical engineering for training workshops\n•\tInvited to address local congregation

  in Spanish

  on practical and ethical issues of cross-border solidarity and cooperation\n•\tPerformed building construction work

  identified migrant communities according to their indigenous language profiles for the program

  assisted with education program for migrant workers’ children

  and planted grass in a park for children in town

  Centro Remanente: San Vicente

  Baja California

  Mexico

  Housebuilding Logistics Board Member

  Catholic Community at UC San Diego: Tijuana

  Baja California

  Mexico

  Lead Interpreter (Spanish-English) and Cultural Guide: Huaraz

  Peru

  •\tTranslated between patients

  doctor

  dentist

  pharmacist

  and Spanish/Quechua-speaking local guides\n•\tResponsible for logistics as only bilingual American team member\nprovided language assistance for group travel to within Peru

  His Healing Hand Ministries

  GRE Quantitative

  Dec. 2008 score = 720: 76th percentile

  GRE Analytical Writing

  Dec. 2008 score = 6.0: 97th percentile (perfect score)

  GRE Verbal

  Dec. 2008 score = 700: 97th percentile

  Public Speaking

  Politics

  Translation

  Writing

  Public Policy

  Nonprofits

  Diplomacy

  Economics

  International Relations

  Policy Analysis

  Teaching

  Spanish

  Latin America

  International Development

  Intercultural Communication

  Foreign Policy

  Government

  Research

  University Teaching

  Policy

  Ellison

  Christopher

  Ellison

  Truckee Meadows Community College