University of Kent

Postgraduate/Employability Administrative Assistant, School of Politics and International Relations

Assisted the School administrative team with workload associated with Graduate programs – student queries, coursework administration, etc. to include data processing and quality control

Assisted the Employability Advisor at School with administrative tasks

Built knowledge of opportunities for students in the government, charity, think-tank and NGO sectors in the UK and further afield.

Involved in delivering first-class service to students, and aided in fulfilment of their academic careers and into employment

University of Kent

Associate Lecturer, School of Politics and International Relations

Convened course alongside high lecturing, teaching, and assessment load while completing Ph.D.

Employed active, self-directed organization of large number of important tasks, whilst collaborating with School faculty and administrative teams

Executed high-quality teaching and presentation methods to deliver excellent course and teaching quality to large number of students

Utilized and employed interpersonal skills, ability to listen, understand, and communicate effectively, and to advise appropriate actions for students with differing needs, abilities, aims and issues in both an academic context, and with wider issues effecting academic performance

Was awarded 2014 Kent Union Best Postgraduate Teacher Award across all University departments

THE BRITISH INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION

BISA Conference Coordinator

Coordinated the program of the United Kingdom's largest International Relations conference.

Final responsibility for content of Conference amongst hundreds of applications

Construct, organize, and maintain Conference program with hundreds of individual participants

Responsible for timely and effective communication with BISA members and participants regarding Conference matters

Regularly collaborated with the Conference Chair, other stakeholders, and participants in order to deliver optimal experience to conference participants

Actively managed BISA systems to ensure quality control and delivery of product

Demonstrated essential diligence, attention to detail, and conscientiousness

THE BRITISH INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION

BISA Conference Administration Assistant

Assisted in coordination the United Kingdom’s largest International Relations conference

Key role in planning and establishment of initial Conference organization, content

Regularly collaborated with the Conference Chair, other stakeholders, and participants in order to deliver optimal experience to conference participants

Actively managed Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to ensure quality control

Demonstrated diligence, attention to detail, and conscientiousness

The University of Texas at El Paso

Lecturer in Security Studies

Worked within the National Security Studies Institute, an Intelligent eCommunity Center for Academic Excellence. Responsible for several, wide-ranging Security Studies courses both online and in face-to-face classes.

Through UTEP, have led courses in our Masters for Defense and Strategic Studies for active and retired military at the U.S. Sgt Major's Academy at Fort Bliss, El Paso, TX.

Courses taught include Contemporary Security Studies and Global Security, Strategic Surveys of Africa, the Americas, the Middle East and Europe, and a specialized self-designed course on North American regional security.

Delivers excellent lecturing and teaching service to diverse range of students in historically undereducated, binational region.

Legal Services Commission

Peer Review Coordinator

Also employed here October 2007 - September 2008

Employed within non-departmental public body responsible for overall administration of UK’s legal aid

Coordinated the peer review of legal files, collaborating with legal firms, peer review solicitors, and regional offices to ensure an efficient and timely performance

Maintained complex database information and Excel spreadsheets to accurately track and process data and ensure quality control, including case management of work within particular legal categories

Employed both personal responsibility and teamwork

Helped team maintain efficiency to meet various performance and customer service targets

Deployed excellent problem solving, collaborative and interpersonal skills in order to meet challenging, time-sensitive targets

Solving the Border Paradox? Border Security, Economic Integration, and the Mérida Initiative

Global Society

Since the period of negotiations for and signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the United States has focused policy efforts towards Mexico on two macro-goals: deepening economic integration and increasing border security. This article contends that these two goals appear to be paradoxical. It shows that cross-border economic interaction has grown alongside a discursive and hard policy focus on US border security policies to meet various “threats.” Engaging with policy detail of the Mérida Initiative, it argues that the US aims to overcome this paradox by treating the whole NAFTA area as a shared economic and security space, and pushing concepts of “homeland security” beyond its frontiers. The article concludes that this is a challenging undertaking.

Solving the Border Paradox? Border Security, Economic Integration, and the Mérida Initiative

Global Society

Since the period of negotiations for and signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the United States has focused policy efforts towards Mexico on two macro-goals: deepening economic integration and increasing border security. This article contends that these two goals appear to be paradoxical. It shows that cross-border economic interaction has grown alongside a discursive and hard policy focus on US border security policies to meet various “threats.” Engaging with policy detail of the Mérida Initiative, it argues that the US aims to overcome this paradox by treating the whole NAFTA area as a shared economic and security space, and pushing concepts of “homeland security” beyond its frontiers. The article concludes that this is a challenging undertaking.

U.S. National Security in the Western Hemisphere

Oxford University Press

This chapter contends that the Western Hemisphere is not only key to the development of U.S. national security but also remains of great importance today. Quite simply, U.S. national security interests grew firstly within their own “neighborhood,” and those interests continue to be both important and complex into the present day. Crucially, this is where national security threats come into direct contact with the U.S. homeland. Understanding this history and these interactive dynamics is important to the analysis of contemporary national security questions in the Western Hemisphere. The chapter focuses on key issues that are deeply intertwined: economics and trade; democracy, development, and human rights; drugs and transnational threats; and homeland security and homeland defense.

Solving the Border Paradox? Border Security, Economic Integration, and the Mérida Initiative

Global Society

Since the period of negotiations for and signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the United States has focused policy efforts towards Mexico on two macro-goals: deepening economic integration and increasing border security. This article contends that these two goals appear to be paradoxical. It shows that cross-border economic interaction has grown alongside a discursive and hard policy focus on US border security policies to meet various “threats.” Engaging with policy detail of the Mérida Initiative, it argues that the US aims to overcome this paradox by treating the whole NAFTA area as a shared economic and security space, and pushing concepts of “homeland security” beyond its frontiers. The article concludes that this is a challenging undertaking.

U.S. National Security in the Western Hemisphere

Oxford University Press

This chapter contends that the Western Hemisphere is not only key to the development of U.S. national security but also remains of great importance today. Quite simply, U.S. national security interests grew firstly within their own “neighborhood,” and those interests continue to be both important and complex into the present day. Crucially, this is where national security threats come into direct contact with the U.S. homeland. Understanding this history and these interactive dynamics is important to the analysis of contemporary national security questions in the Western Hemisphere. The chapter focuses on key issues that are deeply intertwined: economics and trade; democracy, development, and human rights; drugs and transnational threats; and homeland security and homeland defense.

U.S. Helps Others and Self in Exporting Security

Orbis

My review of Derek Reveron's Exporting Security: International Engagement, Security Cooperation, and the Changing Face of the U.S. Military 2nd ed. (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2016)

Solving the Border Paradox? Border Security, Economic Integration, and the Mérida Initiative

Global Society

Since the period of negotiations for and signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the United States has focused policy efforts towards Mexico on two macro-goals: deepening economic integration and increasing border security. This article contends that these two goals appear to be paradoxical. It shows that cross-border economic interaction has grown alongside a discursive and hard policy focus on US border security policies to meet various “threats.” Engaging with policy detail of the Mérida Initiative, it argues that the US aims to overcome this paradox by treating the whole NAFTA area as a shared economic and security space, and pushing concepts of “homeland security” beyond its frontiers. The article concludes that this is a challenging undertaking.

U.S. National Security in the Western Hemisphere

Oxford University Press

This chapter contends that the Western Hemisphere is not only key to the development of U.S. national security but also remains of great importance today. Quite simply, U.S. national security interests grew firstly within their own “neighborhood,” and those interests continue to be both important and complex into the present day. Crucially, this is where national security threats come into direct contact with the U.S. homeland. Understanding this history and these interactive dynamics is important to the analysis of contemporary national security questions in the Western Hemisphere. The chapter focuses on key issues that are deeply intertwined: economics and trade; democracy, development, and human rights; drugs and transnational threats; and homeland security and homeland defense.

U.S. Helps Others and Self in Exporting Security

Orbis

My review of Derek Reveron's Exporting Security: International Engagement, Security Cooperation, and the Changing Face of the U.S. Military 2nd ed. (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2016)

How Canada and Mexico Have Become Part of the U.S. Policing Regime

NACLA

Solving the Border Paradox? Border Security, Economic Integration, and the Mérida Initiative

Global Society

Since the period of negotiations for and signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the United States has focused policy efforts towards Mexico on two macro-goals: deepening economic integration and increasing border security. This article contends that these two goals appear to be paradoxical. It shows that cross-border economic interaction has grown alongside a discursive and hard policy focus on US border security policies to meet various “threats.” Engaging with policy detail of the Mérida Initiative, it argues that the US aims to overcome this paradox by treating the whole NAFTA area as a shared economic and security space, and pushing concepts of “homeland security” beyond its frontiers. The article concludes that this is a challenging undertaking.

U.S. National Security in the Western Hemisphere

Oxford University Press

This chapter contends that the Western Hemisphere is not only key to the development of U.S. national security but also remains of great importance today. Quite simply, U.S. national security interests grew firstly within their own “neighborhood,” and those interests continue to be both important and complex into the present day. Crucially, this is where national security threats come into direct contact with the U.S. homeland. Understanding this history and these interactive dynamics is important to the analysis of contemporary national security questions in the Western Hemisphere. The chapter focuses on key issues that are deeply intertwined: economics and trade; democracy, development, and human rights; drugs and transnational threats; and homeland security and homeland defense.

U.S. Helps Others and Self in Exporting Security

Orbis

My review of Derek Reveron's Exporting Security: International Engagement, Security Cooperation, and the Changing Face of the U.S. Military 2nd ed. (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2016)

How Canada and Mexico Have Become Part of the U.S. Policing Regime

NACLA

Trade Efficiency and Border Security at Odds on the U.S. Mexico Border

NACLA