SERVICE:
- 2014- Grants Coordinator and Assistant to the Dean, School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), The University of Georgia
- Developed protocol for research grants, coordinated active grant activities for the school, identified grant opportunities, and assisted faculty with grant applications
- Developed grants to major foundations such as the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the Luce Foundation, and the Koch Foundation as well as government-backed grants through the United States Institute for Peace, National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Department of Defense.
- Worked on fundraising projects (i.e. study abroad crowd-funding scholarships and an endowed professorship), helped to plan and coordinate public relations and marketing events and mailings, among other projects for the Director of Development and Director of Public Relations for SPIA.
- Developed protocol for research grants, coordinated active grant activities for the school, identified grant opportunities, and assisted faculty with grant applications
- 2013-2014 Member of the Executive Council for the Association of Pedagogy in Politics and International Affairs (APPIA)
- Organized and led monthly group meetings to discuss pedagogy and to provide the graduate student community with valuable teaching skills and resources such as
the use of active learning, service-learning, group work, and peer assessment in the undergraduate classroom.
- Organized and led monthly group meetings to discuss pedagogy and to provide the graduate student community with valuable teaching skills and resources such as
- 2013 Reviewer for Course Textbook Manuscript for Oxford University Press
- Text entitled Tangled Webs by mark Sachleben
- 2012-2013 Volunteer for the SPIA Highland Hills Outreach Program
- Invited to speak about the Arab Spring (2012) and the Rise of China (2013)
- Member of M.A./PhD Mentoring Program through Graduate Students of International Affairs (GSIA)
- Mentored 3 incoming M.A. and PhD students in coping with the stress and demands of graduate school.
- 2011 Volunteer for the Center for the Study of Global Issues (GLOBIS) during their Triad Track-II Diplomatic Dialogue and Seminar in Athens, GA (October 17th-20th)
- Talks included delegations from North and South Korea and the United States
- 2008 Course Textbook Manuscript Review for Wadsworth Cengage Learning Publishers at the Annual Meeting of the Georgia Political Science Association (GPSA), Savannah, GA (November 6th-9th)
- Book reviewed was later published and was titled American Government and Politics, Democracy, and Citizenship. By Joseph M. Bassette and John J. Pitney, Jr.
- 2003 Co-instructor for a course on voting and American Government and Politics for the Greenville Literacy Association (GLA), Greenville, SC.
- 2002-2005 Judged High School Varsity Policy Debate, Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking, and Lincoln-Douglas Debate for Centennial High School, Roswell, GA