EDUCATION
Bowling Green State University                                                                                                             Bowling Green, OH
Master of Arts in College Student Personnel                                                                                                         May 2013

Loyola University Chicago                                                                                                                                    Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Arts in History                                                                                                                                       May 2011

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​HIGHER EDUCATION EXPERIENCE
Graduate Resident Director for Living Learning Communities                                                                       Oberlin, OH
Oberlin College and Conservatory, Department of Residence Life                                                                  2011-Present
Living Learning Communities at Oberlin college are themed residential communities designed to further students’ curricular involvement. They comprise of 10 buildings which are affiliated with an academic department and focus on a subject ranging from identity, culture, language, and healthy lifestyle.

•Supervise and mentor 15 resident assistants with a developmental, social justice framework
•​Manage a combined programming hall council budget of $5000.00
•Develop curricular residential programs with academic department chair
• Work collaboratively with Faculty and Fulbright teaching assistants to create community
• Coordinate 10 distinct application and selection processes in order to ensure residents are committed to the mission and purpose of each living learning community
•Adjudicate lower level student conduct cases as a judicial coordinator
• Serve on a week-long on-call rotation and respond to crisis for a residential community of 2500 students

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Co-Curricular Activities Manager                                                                                                                     Providence, RI
Brown University, Department of Residential Life                                                                           June 2012-August 2012

•Planned and facilitated programs designed to support pre-college students in their transition to college
•​Collaborated with faculty to showcase research in informal, out-of-classroom settings
• Facilitated a series of programs that educated students about careers/disciplines
•Developed an evaluation tool designed to assess students’ presentation skills
•Created and maintained a weekly email campaign to advertise programs to students and parents
•Presented diversity and social justice training to 100 student staff members

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NASPA Intern                                                                                                                                              Kabul, Afghanistan
American University of Afghanistan, Department of Student Affairs                                                   May -August 2011

•Created Department of Residence Life’s programming model for resident assistants
•​Facilitated inaugural resident assistant training focused on customer service, diversity, and conflict resolution
•Implemented a training for desk receptionists within Residence Life
•Collaborated with Alumni Affairs to create the first ever AUAF Alumni Association
•Acted as interim Residence Hall Coordinator for Girls’ Summer Residence Hall

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​COMMITTEE WORK​
Oberlin College Program House Working Group                                                                                      August 2012-Present
•Benchmarked learning communities at Oberlin against peer institutions and peer programmatic initiatives
•​Implemented listening sessions for campus faculty, staff, and students to have input in the creation of a strategic plan for learning communities at Oberlin College
•​Envisioned and implemented a marketing plan to highlight and enhance the institutional commitment

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Oberlin College Professional Staff Recruitment and Training                                                             August 2011-May 2012
•Hired 4 professional staff members
•​Implemented professional development plan for professional staff team​

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​PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Supervisor Liaison Intern                                                                                                                                   Bowling Green, OH
Bowling Green State University, College Student Personnel Program                                          November 2012-March 2013
•Assist in the implementation of two interview weekends for prospective candidates to the College Student Personnel Program
•​Create programmatic offerings to support diverse and underrepresented candidates in their search process
•Manage relationships between the College Student Personnel Program and hiring supervisors at 10 institutions
•Support prospective students in their application and interview process for a graduate assistantship

Counsel students on their various options for graduate assistantships

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Staff Mediator                                                                                                                                                                    Oberlin, OH
Oberlin College Dialogue Center December                                                                                                                 2011-Present

•Received a certification on Social Justice Mediation based on a 50 hour training
•​Utilize a social justice model of conflict resolution to resolve campus conflict through a formal mediation process
•​Facilitate conversations regarding controversial or sensitive topics using the tools of multipartiality

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