Resume

• 2011

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

  Cultural Anthropology

  Certificate in Gender

  Race

  and Identity\nCITI Certified (Human Subjects Research)\nSpanish-Language Proficiency Certification\nCo-President of the Graduate Collective of Gender

  Race

  and Identity Scholars (GCGS)

  University of Nevada

  Reno

  CITI

  Human Subjects Research

  Spanish Language Proficiency

  Department of Foreign Languages and Literature - University of Nevada

  Reno

  Gender

  Race

  and Identity Studies

  GRI - University of Nevada

  Reno

• 2009

  Master's degree

  Cultural Anthropology

  Human Subjects Research Certification - CITI\nFounding Member - Graduate Collective of Gender

  Race

  and Identity Scholars (GCGS)

  University of Nevada

  Reno

• 2003

  Bachelor of Science - BS

  Interdisciplinary Social Science

  Academic Adviser - Student Government\nVice President - Debate Club\nEditor-in-Chief - University Newspaper (The Pananole)

  Florida State University

  Republic of Panama

• Microsoft Office

  Concept mapping / Learning outcome mapping

  Report Writing

  Oral History

  Presentation and communication

  Assessment

  LMS (Canvas and Blackboard)

  Facilitating International Research and Travel

  Ethnohistorical Research and Analysis

  Ethnographic research and analysis

  Coaching

  Course design

  Cross-Cultural Exchange

  Grant Writing

  Instruction (higher education - traditional and LMS)

  Event organization

  Video Post-Production

  Website Design

  International Recruiting

  Proposal Writing

  \"It's not a Collective; It's a Personal Experience that Happens to be Shared\": How Philosophical Systems of Individualism are sustained through Masonic Collaboration

  This dissertation examines the experience of Freemasonry

  as practiced in the United States

  Colombia

  and through Masonic literature

  from an anthropological perspective. The Freemasons are a fraternal society with a global presence. In this work

  the experience of Freemasonry

  as both an individual/personal journey and a shared/collective activity is discussed. The work utilizes a number of methods and theoretical bases

  including

  but not limited to

  a reliance on both primary and secondary textual sources which enhance both an understanding of Freemasonry from Masonic perspectives as well as presents anthropological and interdisciplinary context and analyses. Theoretical discussions include

  but are not limited to

  a reconsideration of what constitutes a field site

  how scholarship on secrecy can enhance the study of a society which generally does not consider itself a true secret society

  and how texts can act both as reference and as a set of participants. The core inquiries of this project discuss how philosophical systems of individualism can be sustained through specific forms of collaboration

  and how the simultaneity of the shared and the individual experience of Masonry constitutes a culture in its own right. Contributing to work done within the anthropology of Freemasonry

  along with a range and combination of disciplinary and interdisciplinary orientations

  such as an “activity-based approach”

  and including elements of variation and consensus

  this project provides a dialogue on themes of belonging

  individualism

  knowledge production

  access

  “activity”

  and experience.

  \"It's not a Collective; It's a Personal Experience that Happens to be Shared\": How Philosophical Systems of Individualism are sustained through Masonic Collaboration

  The Panama Canal Zone existed as a secluded

  U.S. owned

  territory with its own governmental structure

  from 1914-1999. The physical spaces created and modified by Canal-Zone resident employees were indicative of a unique society. There were three basic building phases: The initial establishment phase (1900-1920)

  which focused on establishing a U.S. presence in the region and constructing the Panama Canal; the post-establishment phases (1930s-1950s)

  which saw many significant social and political changes in the Canal Zone; and the pre-modern phase (1970s)

  which was a time of modernization and change...the Carter-Torrijos treaties (required) the canal and Canal Zone to be turned over to Panamanian authority in 1999. In addition to a unique style of building design and arrangement

  there were perceptions of the natural environment that were indicative of Zonian society. One view

  and perhaps the earliest in a chronological sense

  was that the natural environment was the enemy; and that civilization was the ultimate example (of) human victory over nature. Another

  later

  view was that “nature” could be a source of aesthetic pleasure

  but it should be controlled

  and it was the function of society to control the natural environment. A final

  and most recent

  view is that “nature” represents a dynamic system of which humans are an inextricable part and that the natural environment needs to be preserved

  as well as

  protected from human activity...Most Zonians left the isthmus in the years leading up to the turnover. A noticeable urbanization of the Zone has occurred since the turnover and residential buildings in the former Canal Zone have been modified in a number of significant ways. Utilizing archival research

  historical and ethnohistorical analysis

  participant observation; and the use of informants; this thesis examines the environmental and conceptual factors affecting building design and landscape in the former U.S. Canal Zone

  Panama.

  Environmental and Conceptual Factors Affecting Building Design and Landscape in the Former United States Canal Zone

  Panama.

  T4L 2018: Teachers as Learners...\nSSSA 2017: The Common Bond of Personal Experience: Fellowship

  Individualism

  and the Culture of Freemasonry [proxy]\nUNR Course Guest 2017: The Ethical Context Surrounding the Use of Human Subjects\nUNR Course Guest 2017: (ANTH in film) The “culture” of ‘Burning Man’\nUNR Course Guest 2016: Masonic Kin\nSSSA 2016: “Our Thing”: An Anthropological Examination of the Gender-Specific Experience of Freemasonry

  as Practiced by members in Regular Lodges in the U.S. and Colombia\nUNR Anth B.b 2015: The Shared Activity of Individual Experience: Anthropological Research Among The Widow’s Sons\nSWAA 2015: The Process of Immersion: Exploring the Permutations of Pre-Established Access

  Familial Connection

  and Anthropological Immersion into the Field of Colombian and U.S. Freemasonry\nSSSA 2015: Following the Path of Journeys: Examining the Particularized Kinship of Freemasonry

  as Practiced in the U.S. and Colombia\nSWAA 2014: Modeling Hiram Abiff: The Structure and Meanings of a Masonic Parable [proxy]\nSSSA 2014: Discussant: Strategic Identities: An Interdisciplinary Engagement with the Construction of Identity\nUNR CLAsymp2014: Discussant: An Interdisciplinary Conversation on the Uses

  Misuses

  and Relevance of ‘Identity’ in Academia and Beyond\nSSSA 2013: The Sacred and the Profane: Anthropology of Freemasonry from Within

  and Outside

  the Lodge\nUNR CLAsymp.2013: Subjective Identities: Case Study of the Sacred and the Profane\nUNR Course Guest [2]2012: Cultural Anthropology

  Ecology

  and the Expansion of the Panama Canal/ Reading in the Disciplines: Anthropology\nSSSA 2012:Environmental and Conceptual Factors Affecting the Landscape and Residential Building Design of the Former (U.S.)Canal Zone

  Panama\nUNR GRIsymp.2012: Discussant:Interdisciplinarity and Intersectionality: GRI in the Classroom\nUNR Anth B.b.2012:Cultural Anthropology and the Expansion of the Panama Canal\nUNR CLAsymp2012:The Zonian Legacy\nSWWF 2010:The Panama Canal Expansion Project

  Wilhelm

  PhD

  Laura

  Truckee Meadows Community College

  Study.com

  University Study Abroad Consortium

  International School of Panama

  Southwestern Social Science Association

  Nevada Promise Scholarship - TMCC

  University of Nevada

  Reno

  Department of Anthropology

  Reno

  Nevada Area

  •\tCommunicated with international researchers planning to conduct research at the University of Nevada

  Reno\n•\tAssisted in organizing travel

  accommodations

  courses

  and other needs for visiting scholars\n•\tPlanned

  organized

  and orchestrated events within event budgets and timelines\n•\tMaintained communication between departments related to visiting scholars and USAC events\n•\tAssisted in the processing of visa applications for local students wishing to study abroad

  Assistant Director of Visiting Scholars

  University Study Abroad Consortium

  Reno

  Nevada Area

  •\tDatabased and catalogued library materials\n•\tOrganized library space and developed categories for cataloguing\n•\tMaintained records of library materials and equipment and communicated with patrons\n•\tCommunicated with donors and received library donations\n•\tResearched

  procured

  and demonstrated ethnographic software\n•\tOutsourced the creation of a database; managed and updated the database\n•\tAdvised and assisted patrons with research tasks

  Curator of the Anthropology Library and Ethnographic Research Lab

  University of Nevada

  Reno

  Department of Anthropology

  Panama City

  Republic of Panama

  •\tDesigned and delivered courses\no\tCovering the primary topics of World and Modern History

  and the secondary topics of Religion

  Philosophy

  Logic

  and Debate\n•\tResearched course topics\n•\tEngaged in classroom management\n•\tCommunicated with students and parents\n•\tCollaborated with peers

  administrators

  and interdepartmentally\n•\tAssessed course competency\n•\tAs the Director of the PANAMUN debate program\no\tTrained students and staff on Model United Nations procedures\no\tOrganized international debate conference

  on site

  within conference budget\no\tOrganized travel of local team to off-site locations for participation in MUN conferences\n•\tAs an Extended Essay Supervisor for the International Baccalaureate Diploma\no\tAdvised students on topic choice

  research design

  and writing structure\no\tSuggested edits to student essays and proposals

  High School Faculty

  International School of Panama

  Reno

  Nevada Area

  Truckee Meadows Community College 08/2016-Current\nDepartment of Social Sciences / Anthropology\nAdjunct Faculty: [Traditional / On-Campus and Web-Based (online) courses] \n•\tIntroduction to Language (ENG 281

  ANTH 281)\n•\tPeoples & Cultures of the World (ANTH 201)\n•\tIntroduction to Cultural Anthropology (ANTH 101)\no\tDesign and deliver courses through both traditional (on campus) formats and web-based/online (through Canvas).\no\tCommunicate with and advise students \no\tEngage in intradepartmental collaboration\no\tDeliver blended learning through traditional and online mediums\no\tAssess course competency\no\tMaintain relevant and current knowledge in content area/s\no\tParticipant in institutional and departmental course assessment standards\n•\tInstitutional and Department Assessment: General Education Assessment Review (GEAR) and Department/Discipline Core Competency and Outcome Measures Assessment / Course Assessment Reports (CAR)\no\tEstablish Outcome Measures to meet General Ed and Departmental Learning Outcomes\no\tAssess efficiency of current measurement instruments\no\tAssess individual course efficiency\no\tReview current assessment strategies and standards\no\tCollaborate in the design and development of assessment strategies to effectively gauge GEAR / CAR requirements\no\tEngage in interdepartmental collaboration for GEAR standards

  Adjunct Faculty Instructor

  Truckee Meadows Community College

  Reno

  Nevada Area

  •\tProvide support to scholarship recipients\n•\tGuide students through the college process/experience\n•\tProvide insight and expertise in higher education\n•\tAct as an academic advisor and motivational coach\n•\tMaintain communication with mentees and schedule meetings with individual students\n•\tReview mentee progress\n•\tSupport the scholarship program\n•\tProvide asynchronous guidance to a cohort of scholarship students\n•\tPromote engagement for incoming and continuing scholarship students

  Mentor

  Nevada Promise Scholarship - TMCC

  United States

  o\tCross-Reference concept taxonomies with assessment queries\no\tCreate concepts to include in course/discipline taxonomies\no\tDesign specific elements and queries for and from broad concepts\no\tDesign precise student learning outcomes from general course outcomes \no\tDetermine information benchmarks from assessment queries and articulate key points

  Concept Mapper - Consultant

  Study.com

  United States

  •\tProduce and distribute marketing materials for the conference and program affiliate\n•\tReceive and review academic and professional paper /panel submissions from candidates\n•\tCommunicate with participants and administrators of the conference\n•\tOrganize panels and sessions for presentations within allotted time frames

  schedules

  and budgets\n•\tMaintain communications and marketing throughout the year

  leading up to the annual conference\n•\tTravel to conference site to manage programming in interdisciplinary teams

  once annually\n•\tTravel to conference site to manage sessions during annual conferences

  once annually

  Program Co-Chair

  Southwestern Social Science Association

  \"The Southwestern Anthropological Association (SWAA) is a regional association of academic and applied anthropologists and students in the southwestern states of California

  Nevada

  Arizona

  and New Mexico. Our members do research in all areas of the world and include social-cultural anthropologists

  linguistic anthropologists

  archaeologists

  biological anthropologists

  and applied anthropologists in all fields. Our goals are to encourage innovative research and to promote public interest in all varieties of anthropological inquiry.\" (swaa-anthro.org)

  Member

  Southwestern Anthropological Association

  \"The Southwestern Social Science Association (SSSA)

  founded in 1919

  is the oldest interdisciplinary social-science association in the United States. By way of studying the present and the past

  and through pondering possible futures

  the social sciences together have a vital mission: promoting knowledge and understanding amid the complexities and transient aspects of today’s world. Propelling that mission

  the SSSA brings together professional scholars

  graduate students

  and undergraduates from across the country and the world in the spirit of intellectual growth

  collaboration

  and collegiality. It features affiliate associations in Economics

  History

  International Studies

  Political Science

  Social Work

  Sociology

  and Women’s and Gender Studies

  as well as participants from Anthropology and Psychology. Each year more than 1

  000 social scientists gather at our annual meetings to avail themselves of a bevy of formats

  including panels

  roundtables

  workshops

  and poster opportunities

  for presenting research and discussing various aspects of academia. The SSSA also boasts the Social Science Quarterly

  a highly regarded and well-ranked interdisciplinary journal published by Wiley-Blackwell...\"(sssaonline.org/about/)

  Member

  former Programming co-Chair

  Southwestern Social Science Association

  \"The mission of Phi Theta Kappa is to recognize academic achievement of college students and to provide opportunities for them to grow as scholars and leaders.\" (ptk.org/AboutUs.aspx)

  Member

  Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

  University of Nevada

  Reno

  Bilinski Dissertation Writing Fellowship

  The Russell J. and Dorothy S. Bilinski Education Foundation

  Excellence in Teaching

  Truckee Meadows Community College

  GSA Access Grant

  University of Nevada

  Reno