Education:

Graduate Program (Ph. D,); US Modern History/ Race and Ethnicity (1840s to Present), University of Minnesota, TC Campus, 2007-

B.A, (History/Political Science/Philosophy), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2007

Experience:

Lecturer: The War on Drugs, Spring 2013

Hiawatha Academies

Brought by Ashley Pistohl, SEED Administrator

Lecturer: The War on Drugs/Race, Spring 2012

Hiawatha Academies- SEED/Professional Development

Brought by Erika Sass, SEED Administrator

Guest Lecturer: The Making of Race in America, Winter 2012

Volunteers of America Phoenix High School

Brought by Lance Gibson, Social Studies teacher

Workshop: The War on Drugs, Fall 2011

Bloomington Alternative High School

Brought by Amy Kirchner, Social Studies/Government Teacher

Guest Lecturer: The War on Drugs and Urban Youth Citizenship, Winter 2011

Volunteers of America Phoenix High School

Brought by Lance Gibson, Social Studies teacher

Historical Researcher: Urban Crisis in Omaha, Nebraska, Contracted 2010-2011

Omaha Public Schools Cultural Proficiency Project

Minnesota Humanities Center

Community Liaison and Researcher, Contracted 2009-2010

Omaha Public Schools Cultural Proficiency Project

Minnesota Humanities Center, 2009-2010

Guest Lecturer, The Morrill Hall Takeover: The Need for Student Activism on Campus, Summer 2009

University of Minnesota Outreach Program

Brought by Prof. Walt Jacobs (Afro-Studies Department)

Research Assistant, Internship, Summer 2009

Minnesota Humanities Center

Co-creator and Instructor, American Indian History Day, Spring 2009

Classes held at South High School, Mpls; Aneshinabe Middle School, Mpls.

Project with Christopher Taylor of the Minnesota Historical Society

Panel Guest: Staying on Top: Retaining Your Spot at the University of Minnesota

Graduate Students discuss challenges of graduate school

Organized by the Black Student Union, November, 2008

Lecture: Twins Cities History: Morrill Hall Takeover in 1969, Fall 2008

History 1000W: Visions of the Past (Twins Cities History), Professors David Chang and Kevin Murphy

Panel Guest: 1969 Morrill Hall Takeover: Black Bodies in Resistance

Roundtable panel organized by Institute for Advanced Studies

Organized by Professor Walt Jacobs, November 2008

Panel Guest: Intergenerational Fishbowl: An Intergenerational Conversation

Intergenerational Youth Conference: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants, Today’s Youth Organize for Tomorrow’s Change.

Organized by Professor Rose Brewer, November 2008

Teaching Assistant, 2008-2009

History Day Coordinator, Public History, 50% Appointment

Instructor Tim Hoogland

Teaching Assistant, Spring 2008

Hist 3801: Peoples of Early America, 25% Appointment

Professor Russell Menard

Teaching Assistant, Fall 2007

AMST 3114: America in International Perspective, 25% Appointment

Visiting Professor David Karjanen

Teaching Assistant, 2007-08

History Day Mentor Coordinator, Public History, 25% Appointment

Instructor Tim Hoogland

Historical Interpreter, Summer 2008

Historic Fort Snelling

Public History, Dred and Harriet Scott Quarters/African American History

Research Assistant, Summer 2008

University of Minnesota

Assistant Professor Kevin Murphy: Twin Cities, Northside Community Resources

Research Assistant, Summer 2007

University of Minnesota

Associate Professor Malinda Lindquist: African-American history/Masculinity

Lecture: A Brief History on the War on Drugs: From Nixon to Bush II, Spring 2006

Afro 3XXX: Afro-Americans and the Social Welfare State, Professor Keith Mayes

Teaching Assistant, Spring 2006

University of Minnesota

Assistant Professor Keith Mayes: Afro-Americans and the Social Welfare State

History Day Internship, 2006

Minnesota Historical Society/ University of Minnesota

History Day Assistance/ Research

Research Assistant, Fall 2005 (Unpaid)

University of Minnesota

Assistant Professor Keith Mayes: African Americans/Minnesota History

Relevant Graduate Courses: 

Afro 8202 -Intellectual History of Race; Prof. R. Brewer

Afro 5120 -Social Movements in the African Diaspora; Prof. K. Mayes

Amst 8920 -Race: A Four-Letter Word; Prof. T. Keaton

Hist 5910 -Race and Race Science; Prof. Mathieus

Hist 5910 -Gender, Sexuality, and Political Economy; Profs. K. Murphy

Hist 5910 -Race, Colonialism, and the Politics of US History; Prof. D. Chang

Hist 5831 -Cultural Fallout: The Cold War and its Legacy; Prof. E.T. May

Hist 5960 -Global Cities; Prof. Maynes and Van Zee

Hist 5802 -Readings in US History 1848-Present; Prof. Murphy

Research Skills:

Extensive knowledge of the Minnesota and University Library and archival system.  Experience researching in smaller city archives.

Awards and Honors:

Norman Moen [History paper] prize, 2006

“The 1969 Morrill Hall Takeover at the University of Minnesota”.

Undergraduate Major paper (Written Spring 2005)

Skills and Qualifications:

Microsoft Office, Internet

Committees:

Public History Cross-disciplinary Project, University of Minnesota CLA, 2008-

Spear Headed by Professor MJ Maynes

Graduate Studies Committee

University of Minnesota History Department, 2008-09

Director of Graduate Studies: Professor

BGAPSA (Black Graduate and Professional Student Association),

University of Minnesota Chapter

Officer: Secretary, 2008-09

Morrill Hall Reunion Committee, University of Minnesota, 2005-2006

Chaired by Professor John Wright: African/Afro-American Studies