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Curriculum Vitae

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Professional ​
Info​​rmation

I am a historian of the Soviet Union, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States. My passion is bridging the gap between academic teaching and writing and public knowledge by writing for and teaching to diverse audiences. 

Specialties: Soviet history and historiography, American history, political history, archival research, education, Russian and American relations, Russian domestic politics, pedagogy

Languages

Russian (Advanced)

French (Intermediate)

German (Elementary)

Work​
Experience​

History Professor

San Jacinto College-Central Campus

Pasadena, TX                                                               August 2019-Present

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  • Teaching United States History Survey Courses

    • History 1301: US History Up to 1877

    • History 1302: US History Since 1877

  • Adjunct Instructor (August 2018-June 2019)

  • Presenter at the March 2019 San Jacinto College Symposium

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History Instructor

Lee College, Baytown, TX                                          August 2016-July 2019

 

  • Teaching United States History Survey Courses

    • History 1301: US History Up to 1877 (Hybrid)

    • History 1302: US History Since 1877 (Hybrid)

    • Dual Credit History 1301 & 1302 (Dayton High School)

    • Certified in Online Instruction (Fall 2016)

  • Scholarship Committee Member (Summer 2017-Present)

  • Adjunct instructor (Aug. 2016-July 2018)

  • Full-time Instructor starting in August 2018

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United States and Advanced Placement World History Teacher

Dayton High School, Dayton, TX                               July 2015-June 2018

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  • Taught United States History from 1877 to Present (level and honors curriculum)

  • Taught World History (Advanced Placement curriculum)

  • Used student-centered instructional strategies to develop content knowledge and application

  • Experience with English Language Learners including supplementing and accommodating curriculum according to the level of language acquisition

  • Experience working with special education students

  • Implemented student 504 and ARD accommodations in lessons

  • TEA Certified in History (7-12)

  • District Education Improvement Committee

  • Member of the Campus Improvement Committee

  • UIL Social Studies Events Coach

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Advanced Placement United States History Teacher

Crosby High School, Crosby, TX                               August 2014-June 2015

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  • Taught integrated 10th and 11th grade AP US History curriculum (1492 to Present)

  • Remediated 10th-grade students’ undeveloped historical thinking skills while maintaining rigor and expectations of an AP-level course

  • Focused on teaching students how to think critically about sources and use primary and secondary sources

  • Pac-10 Advisor (academic honor society for students of color)

  • UIL Literary Criticism Coach

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Research Assistant to Joshua Rubenstein

Cambridge, MA                                                         Sept. 2012-May 2014

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  • Served as a research assistant to an independent scholar/historian. My work included locating and preparing primary sources in English, French, and Russian in order to discern the reaction to/interpretations of Stalin's sickness and eventual death in March 1953.

  • Research used in Rubenstein’s The Last Days of Stalin (Yale University Press, 2016)

Education

Harvard University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

Master’s Degree: May 2014

Regional Studies: Russia, Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Primary Focus: History and Russian Language                  

Master’s Thesis: “Stalinism in the Countryside: Collectivization and the Famine in Soviet Ukraine as Formative Experiences”

            Committee: Dr. Serhii Plokhii, Dr. Terry Martin

GPA: 3.83/4.0

 

Awards and Honors

  • Harvard Graduate Prize Fellowship (2012-2014)

  • Peter and Mary Novak Ukrainian Fellowship Fund Research Travel Grant, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (Summer 2013)

  • Maurice Lazarus Graduate Research Travel Award, Harvard Davis Center for Russian & Eurasian Studies (Summer 2013)

  • Contextualizing the Holodomor Conference Travel Grant Recipient, Holodomor Research and Education Center (Fall 2013)

  • Holodomor Graduate Student Workshop, Paper Presenter and Participant, HREC (Summer 2014)

 

Swarthmore College

Bachelor’s Degree:  May 2012

Major: History

Undergraduate Thesis: “Baba, Proletarka and the Kolkhoznitsa: Soviet Depictions of Women in Anti-Religious Posters”

            Advisor: Dr. Robert Weinberg

GPA: 3.6/4.0

 

Awards and Honors

  • Richard Rubin Scholar Program, Swarthmore College (Spring 2009-May 2012)

  • Swarthmore Foundation Grant Recipient (2011-2012 Academic Year)

    • Creation of Chester Alternative Spring Break Project

  • Robert C. Byrd National Scholarship Recipient (Fall 2008-Fall 2011)

  • J. Roland Pennock Fellowship in Public Affairs (Summer 2011)

    •  Research focus on Stalinism and the Russian Orthodox Church

  • Chester Community Fellow (2010)

  • Graebel Movers Incorporated Family Scholarship (2010 Academic Year)

  • Kathryn Davis Projects for Peace Scholar (Spring and Summer 2009)

 

 

Other Coursework:

Adams State University (Fall 2016-Present)

Master’s Degree Courses in US History

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Course Scholarship Recipient (Spring 2017)

GPA: 4.0

 

Study Abroad

Full Academic Year (2010-2011)

Sarah Lawrence Program at the University of Oxford-Wadham College:

Tutorials focusing on European History and Russian Language

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