Education
Graduate:
2009-Present
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX
Ph.D. student in Transatlantic History
2006-2008
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX
Master of Arts Degree in History, August 2008
Undergraduate:
2000-2004
Columbia College, Columbia University
New York, NY
Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Art History, May 2004
Senior Honors Thesis: “The Mormon Pavilion: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Development of Proselytizing and Emergence into Mainstream America”
High School:
1996-2000
Rowland Hall-St. Mark’s School
Salt Lake City, UT
High School Diploma with Distinction in Journalism, June 2000
Professional and Teaching Experience
August 2004-Present
Upper School History Teacher, Fort Worth Country Day, Fort Worth, TX
Courses Taught:
- American Government and Economics (9th grade)
- American History (11th grade)
- World History (10th grade)
- World History, Honors (10th grade)
- Modern Problems (Upperclassmen elective)
Coaching Responsibilities:
- Head JV Basketball Coach (2006-2007; 2008-2010)
- Assistant JV Basketball Coach (2004-2006; 2007-2008)
- Assistant Varsity Track Coach (2004-2009)
Conference Attendance and Accomplishments:
- All Kinds of Minds, Schools Attuned Certified (completed March 2008)
- AP World History Conference attendee (February 2008, March 2009)
- World Affairs Council education conference attendee (November 2006)
Summers 2008-2010
Mentor Teacher, Breakthrough Collaborative (formerly Summerbridge), Fort Worth, TX
- 2010 – Mentor Teacher for 7th-9th Grade Social Studies teachers
- 2009 – Mentor Teacher for 9th Grade English and Social Studies teachers
- 2008 – Mentor Teacher for 9th Grade English teachers
- Responsibilities include creating and planning curriculum; supervising teachers’ implementation of lessons; providing pedagogical guidance; observing classes and providing feedback and suggestions to teachers; writing summative evaluations and recommendations for teachers.
Awards
2009-2010 – recipient of Graduate Stimulus Scholarship, University of Texas at Arlington
2009 – University Scholar, President’s Convocation for Academic Excellence, University of Texas at Arlington
2008 – Wolfskill Award for Excellence in Master’s Studies in History, University of Texas at Arlington
2004 – Departmental Honors in History, Columbia University, History Department
2000-2004 – Dean’s List, Columbia College, Columbia University
2000 – Diploma with Distinction in Journalism, Rowland Hall-St. Mark’s School
Research
Peer-reviewed Publications
- “The Mormon Pavilion: Mainstreaming the Saints at the New York World’s Fair, 1964-1965.” Journal of Mormon History 35, no. 4 (Fall 2009): 1-52.
Other Publications
- Personal blog: The History Channel This Is Not…
- Guest post, “Bringing a ‘Sacrificial Lamb’ into the Classroom,” ProfHacker, 26 August 2010.
Conference Presentations
- Co-presenter (with Vanessa Scanfeld, Co-founder of MixedInk), ―The Art of the Remix: Incorporating Collaborative Writing in the Classroom, ISTE Conference, Philadelphia, PA, June 27, 2011.
- “Our Students Won’t Research the Way We Did,” (co-presenter with Russ Goerend), Reform Symposium, July 30, 2010.
- “Write, Remix, Evaluate: Collaborative Writing in the Social Media Classroom,” (co-presenter with David Stern, Co-Founder of MixedInk), ISTE Conference, Denver, CO, June 30, 2010.
- “Making the Classroom Transparent: Conceptualizing and Integrating Social Media into the Secondary School Humanities Classroom,” Conference on “Engaging Students: The Process and Product of Effective Active Learning,” University of Texas at Arlington, September 2009.
- Co-Leader, “Social Media and Education” panel discussion, THATCamp Austin, Austin, TX, August 2009.
