Curriculum Vitae
Education
M.A. 2001, M.Phil 2004, Ph.D. 2009: American History
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Dissertation Title: “An Uneasy Idealism: The Reconstruction of American Adolescence from World War II to the War on Poverty”
Supervised by David Nasaw
B.A. with High Honors, 1997: American Culture
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Recent Employment History
Project Manager for Digital Learning, Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute, Baruch College, City University of New York
June 2008- Present
City University of New York Writing Fellow, Baruch College
Fall 2006-Spring 2008
Instructional Technology Fellow, CUNY Honors College (now the Macaulay Honors College)
Fall 2003-Spring 2006
Durst Research Scholar, The New Media Lab/American Social History Project
Architect of Virtual New York City.
Fall 1999-Summer 2003
Research/Freelance Experience
Writing Coach, Finance 4720, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College
2007-2008
Research Consultant, General Education Committee, Teaching and Learning Center, John Jay College
Fall 2006-Summer 2007
Research Consultant, Online Curriculum Development and Web Design for IAH 201 (core humanities course), Center for Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities, Michigan State University
Summer 2004
Graduate Student Researcher, September 11 Digital Archive, Center for Media and Learning/American Social History Project
Summer 2002
Research and Production Assistant/Web Programmer: Clio Inc., (Visualizing History)
Summer 1998-Fall 1999
Research Assistant, Alex Kotlowitz, The Other Side of the River (January 1998, Doubleday)
Spring 1996-Summer 1997
Research Assistant, American Identity Explorer: Immigration And Migration (1997, McGraw Hill)
Teaching Experience
Adjunct Instructor, History Department, Montclair State University
History 212: “US Social History”
Fall 2007
Adjunct Instructor, History Department, Baruch College
History 1005: “Modern American History, 1865-Present”
History 3460: “Topics in American History: Ethnicity and the American Dream:
Fall 2002-Summer 2003
Presentations
Panelist, “CUNY WordCamp and Beyond: The State of WordPress at CUNY,” CUNY IT Conference, John Jay College,
December 2009
Presenter, “Every Freshman at Baruch College is Blogging. Now What?” and Panelist, “The Future of WordPress in Education,” WordCampNYC, Baruch College, New York, NY
November 2009
Conference Co-Organizer, Presenter, CUNY WordCampEd, Macaulay Honors College, New York, NY
May 2009
Presenter, “Developing and Facilitating Small Group Faculty Development Seminars,” CUNY WAC/WID Conference, CUNY Graduate Center,
April 2009
Panel Organizer/Chair, “Teaching with Blogs@Baruch,” Baruch College Teaching & Technology Conference, Baruch College,
March 2009
Speaker/Panel Organizer, “Powerful Paths to Learning: Open Source Tools for Curricular Change” CUNY IT Conference, John Jay College
December 2008
Speaker/Panel Organizer, “Web 2.0 and Distributed Learning,” CUNY General Education Conference, Baruch College
May 2008
Speaker, “Blogging Across the Curriculum,” CUNY General Education Conference, Queens College
May 2007
Speaker, “Blogging Across the Curriculum,” CUNY WAC/WID Conference, Baruch College
April 2007
Speaker, “Open Source Tools at Baruch,” Baruch College Teaching and Technology Conference, Baruch College
April 2007
Speaker, “Why Do All Students Get Laptops? Technology and Community Building in the CUNY Honors College,” Northeast Region of the National Collegiate Honors Council Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
April 2006
Speaker, “People and Place: Studying Immigrant Communities,” National Collegiate Honors Council Conference, St. Louis, MO.
October 2005
Speaker/Panel Organizer, “Technology and Cross-Campus Community Building in the CUNY Honors College,” CUNY IT Conference, John Jay College
November 2004
Presenter, “Virtual New York City,” The New Media Classroom, (for The American Social History Project), The Graduate Center
Spring 2003
Editor, “Sidney Hook Reconsidered,” short film shown at start of conference, “Sidney Hook Reconsidered: A Centennial Celebration.” Also designed conference website. The Graduate Center
November 2002
Speaker, “Felix Rohatyn: A New Yorker for New York,” The Graduate Center Gala, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
October 2002
Presenter, “Virtual New York City,” CUNY Wired Conference, The Graduate Center
March 2002
Weblogs
Architect and Administrator, Blogs@Baruch
August 2008- Present
Editor-in-Chief/Webmaster/Regular Contributor: Cacophony: Conversations in Communication Across the Curriculum
September 2006- Present
Fellowships, Awards, and Grants
Michael Ribaudo Award for Technological Innovation for Blogs@Baruch, City University of New York, 2009
TIAA-CREF Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for Excellence in Faculty Development (as member of Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute) 2008
E.P. Thompson Dissertation Fellowship, Department of History, CUNY Graduate Center 2006-2007
CUNY Writing Fellowship Fall 2006-Spring 2008
CUNY Doctoral Research Grant 2006
Instructional Technology Fellowship, CUNY Honors College Fall 2003-Spring 2006
University Fellowship, CUNY Graduate Center 1999-2003
Service
Community Advisor, CUNY Academic Commons, 2009-
Member, Web Site Committee, History Department, The Graduate Center, CUNY 2006-2009
Member, Search Committee for Assistant Vice President for Information Technology, The Graduate Center, CUNY Spring 2006
Graduate Student Mentor, CUNY Honors College History Major Group 2005-2006
Webmaster, History Department, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 2000-2005. 2000-2005
Skills
Technological: Cross-platform computer proficiency. Adobe Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, and Acrobat; Macromedia Dreamweaver and Fireworks, familiar with Flash; Proficient with the Apple iLife Suite. Qualified to administer WordPress and Movable Type installations. Proficient in HTML, XML, CSS, and PHP.
Languages
Proficient in Spanish
References
Available upon request