Education
| August 2007 – present |
Indiana University |
Bloomington, IN |
| Ph.D., History
Advisor: Dr. Deborah Deliyannis (medieval European history). Inside minors: Middle Eastern History, World History; outside minor: medieval studies. |
| July 2004 – January 2007 |
Portland State University |
Portland, OR |
| M.A., History
Thesis title: “When God Ruled Ravenna: Divine Intervention as a Construct of Medieval Authority” with advisors Dr. John Ott (medieval European history) and Dr. Linda Walton (medieval Chinese and world history) |
| August 1991 – May 1995 |
Scripps College |
Claremont, CA |
| Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, Honors English with History minor
Thesis title: “Defending the Dragon: the Role of Fantasy and Science Fiction in Modern Literature” with advisors Dr. Michael Harper and Dr. Richard Fadem. |
Teaching Experience
| August 2009 – present |
Lecture Associate Instructor |
Bloomington, IN |
Indiana University
- Deliver 4 lectures, grade, assist with debates and discussion planning, and provide instructor support for 60 students in B351 (Deliyannis).
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| August 2009 – May 2009 |
Associate Instructor |
Bloomington, IN |
Indiana University
- Graded, advised and led discussion for 75 students for H213, Black Death (Carmichael), and H105, Early American History (Gamber).
- Conducted pedagogical experiment designed to improve students’ close-reading skills utilizing Web 2.0 social-networking tools for the Teaching and Learning of History Project for four weeks.
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| August 2007 – May 2008 |
Course Assistant |
Bloomington, IN |
Indiana University
- Graded and advised 75 students for H206, Medieval Heroes (Shopkow), and C390, The Fall of Rome (Watts).
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Professional Qualifications
- Fluent in written and spoken Italian, written French and Latin; basic reading comprehension in German, Portuguese and Spanish.
- Expert Web design & programming (PHP, Perl, HTML, Photoshop)
- Expert MS Office, including Excel, PowerPoint and Word
- MLA, AP-style and Chicago-style editing
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Publications & conference papers
- “Divina ultione percussum: Divine vengeance and the politics of twelfth-century French kingship,” Medieval Studies Symposium, Indiana University (2008)
- “Digitized deeds: visualizing the impact of the Liber Pontificalis on medieval episcopal authority,” Paul Lucas Conference in Cultural History, Indiana University History Graduate Student Association (2009)
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