Experience

Horace Mann School

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Upper Division History Teacher

  • Aug 2020 - Present



Harvard Summer School

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Instructor, Pre-College Program

  • Jul 2018 - Jul 2020

  Taught a course, American History through Musicals, to high school students visiting Harvard as part of the intensive two-week Pre-College Program. The course increased their critical thinking skills around the kinds of narratives about the American past we encounter in Broadway musicals and the work of historians. Taught a course, American History through Musicals, to high school students visiting Harvard as part of the intensive two-week Pre-College Program. The course increased their critical thinking skills around the kinds of narratives about the American past we encounter in Broadway musicals and the work of historians.



History Graduate Student Association

• Harvard University, Cambridge MA

• Co President

  • Sep 2018 - May 2020

  Managed 12-person team of graduate student representatives, delegating work to team members. Collaborated on projects such as successful revision of mandatory first-year course emphasizing research skills, and annual book sale which grossed a record high of $3000. Organized records of association, including budgets, minutes, instructional documentation and position descriptions, into Google Drive for preserving knowledge during leadership transition. Managed 12-person team of graduate student representatives, delegating work to team members. Collaborated on projects such as successful revision of mandatory first-year course emphasizing research skills, and annual book sale which grossed a record high of $3000. Organized records of association, including budgets, minutes, instructional documentation and position descriptions, into Google Drive for preserving knowledge during leadership transition.



Harvard University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Fellow

  • Sep 2016 - May 2019

  Collaborated with teaching team for large lecture courses to plan small-group goal-oriented meetings to reinforce course content.Lead two discussion sections each for the following courses:Fall 2016: Madness and Medicine: Themes in the History of Psychiatry (CB 34)Spring 2017: The Civil War from Nat Turner to Birth of a Nation (USW 34)Spring 2019: What is Biography? (HIST 97i), a writing and research-intensive course for new history majorsReceived a Certificate for Teaching Distinction from the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard for Spring 2017 and Spring 2019.Have led discussion section and served as the Digital Teaching Fellow, overseeing digital course assignments using the Omeka platform, for the following courses:Fall 2017: History of the Book and of Reading (HIST 1318); received a Certificate for Teaching Distinction from the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard for this course. Show less

• History Prize Instructor

  • Sep 2018 - Dec 2018

  Taught an intensive research seminar on the Antebellum American Empire. Capped at 15 students and culminating in a 20-25 page independent research project in which students developed focused questions and learned how to select the best sources to answer those questions, the course included weekly discussions on a set of readings which contemplate the ways America engaged in imperial expansion between 1800 and 1860.



Cambridge Coaching

• United States
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Tutor

  • Jan 2018 - May 2018

  Tutored middle and high school students in history, both online and in-person in the Boston area, specializing in primary source analysis and crafting well-organized and well-argued papers. Tutored middle and high school students in history, both online and in-person in the Boston area, specializing in primary source analysis and crafting well-organized and well-argued papers.



Houghton Library

• Cambridge, MA

• Student Assistant, Modern Books and Manuscripts

  • May 2016 - Aug 2016

  Compiled data about a recently acquired collection of zines, circa 1970 to the present. Compiled data about a recently acquired collection of zines, circa 1970 to the present.



Harvard University Archives

• Cambridge, MA

• Arcadia Fellow

  • Jun 2015 - Jul 2015

  Wrote a series of essays connecting pieces of the digitized collections within the Colonial North America Project at Harvard, which were then used as the basis of an exhibit at the Harvard University Archives. Wrote a series of essays connecting pieces of the digitized collections within the Colonial North America Project at Harvard, which were then used as the basis of an exhibit at the Harvard University Archives.



Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania

• Reading Room Assistant

  • May 2011 - Aug 2014

  Retrieved books and manuscripts for researchers, assisted patrons with research questions concerning the library's holdings, constructed boxes for fragile books, placed objects in protective covers and folders. Retrieved books and manuscripts for researchers, assisted patrons with research questions concerning the library's holdings, constructed boxes for fragile books, placed objects in protective covers and folders.



National Constitution Center

• Exhibits Intern

  • Jan 2013 - Apr 2013

  Researched for upcoming exhibits. Researched for upcoming exhibits.



Thomas Jefferson Foundation

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Education and Visitor Programs Intern

  • May 2012 - Aug 2012

  Gave house tours to visitors and Monticello and revised the house brochure for hearing impaired visitors, to be translated in eight languages for foreign visitors. Gave house tours to visitors and Monticello and revised the house brochure for hearing impaired visitors, to be translated in eight languages for foreign visitors.



Terry Ivory Jewelry

• Salesperson

  • Jun 2009 - Jan 2011

  Sold jewelry priced up to $500+ per piece; praised for good rapport with customers and repeatedly met weekly sales goals. Sold jewelry priced up to $500+ per piece; praised for good rapport with customers and repeatedly met weekly sales goals.