| Ph.D. | In progress | Department of Comparative Human Development | |
| M.A. | In progress | Department of Comparative Human Development | |
| Thesis: Seeing Evil and Making Words: K’iche’ Maya children as mediators and buffers in adult social interactions |
| B.A. | 2003 | Anthropology (modified with Classics) | |
| Graduated magna cum laude in Anthropology | |||
| Thesis: Why Try to Change Others? Missionizing as an Act of Identity Formation |
| 2005-2009 | Century Fellowship, Department of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago |
| 2006 | Summer Fellowship, Foreign Language and Area Studies Program |
| 2003 | Phi Beta Kappa, Dartmouth College |
| 2002 | Claire Garber Goodman Grant for Anthropological Research, Dartmouth College |
| 2002 | Presidential Scholar, Dartmouth College |
| 2002 | Rufus Choate Scholar (top 5% of class in junior year), Dartmouth College |
Under Review. How to Avoid a ‘Bitten Heart’: K’iche’ Maya children as buffers of malicious adult interactions.Ethos. |
Under Review. Voices of Outreach: The Construction of Identity and Maintenance of Social Ties Among Habad-Lubavitch Emissaries.Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. |
How to Avoid a ‘Bitten Heart’: K’iche’ Maya Children as Buffers of Malicious Adult Interactions.Paper to be presented at the 2008 joint meeting of the Society for Anthropological Sciences and the Society for Cross-Cultural Research. February 20-23, 2008. New Orleans, Louisiana.
It’s a ‘Heart-Biter’: K’iche’ Maya Children as Mediators and Buffers of Adult Social Interactions.Paper presented to Semiotics: Culture in Context Workshop. October 4, 2007. University of Chicago.
It’s a ‘Heart-Biter’: K’iche’ Maya Children as Mediators and Buffers of Adult Social Interactions.Paper presented to the Culture, Life Course, and Mental Health Workshop. October 9, 2007. University of Chicago.
Seeing Evil and Making Words: K’iche’ Maya Children as Mediators and Buffers of Adult Social Interactions.Paper presented at the 2007 Human Development Student Conference. April 25, 2007. University of Chicago.
| 2007-2008 | Teaching Intern – ‘Self, Culture, and Society’ |
| University of Chicago | |
| I am a teaching assistant in a three-quarter social theory course, covering Smith, Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Mauss, Sahlins, Adorno, Benjamin, and Freud, among others. I grade papers, hold office hours once a week, and give lectures. | |
Lecture: Weber – The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (Introduction) |
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Lecture: Durkheim – The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (Conclusion) |
| 2004-2005 | Teacher – Anthropology and Ancient Civilizations |
| Ethical Culture Fieldston School (Bronx, New York) | |
| Independently taught seventh grade anthropology and eighth grade ancient civilizations. Adapted existing lesson plans and units and also created new lessons plans and new units. I was also involved in modernizing and changing the curriculum for the coming years. |
| 2003-2004 | Teacher – Elementary School |
| Kili Elementary School (Kili, Marshall Islands) | |
| I taught first grade English language arts and math, fourth grade math, and sixth grade language arts to an indigenous Marshallese population. Lacking resources, I developed my own curriculum and relied on my own creativity and ingenuity. I created lessons that employed a variety of hands on approaches to learning. I was forced to develop a complex classroom management plan as my classes contained difficult students with a broad range of abilities. I adapted my lessons and my lifestyle to the cultural background of my students. |
| Summer 2006 | MA research and language study |
| Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan de Nueva, Guatemala | |
| I studied K’iche’, an indigenous Mayan language, while also conducting research for our second year MA project over a period of two months. I practiced participant observation, took fieldnotes, recorded conversations, and conducted informal and formal interviews. I also hired a research assistant and transcribed my K’iche’ interview data. I am in the process of writing up my research into an MA paper. |
| 2003-2004 | Kili Island stay |
| Kili Island, Marshall Islands | |
| Although my main focus on the Marshall Islands was teaching, my life spent in close proximity with the indigenous people gave me a unique understanding of their culture. I learned Marshallese, participated in cultural events, and did a little informal ethnography. I also read much of the available literature on the Marshall Islands. |
| Summer 2002 | Anthropology Honors Thesis Research |
| Glasgow, Scotland | |
| For three months I lived with the Glasgow Jewish Community in Scotland and conducted research on the interaction between Jewish missionaries and the established Jewish community. I spent the next eight months writing up my research as a B.A. honors thesis at Dartmouth University. |
| Autumn 2001 | Geo-Archaeology Internship |
| National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution | |
| I participated in the analysis and cataloguing of geo-archaeological remains from Alexandria, Egypt. |
| 2005-2008 | Active Member of the HDSA (Human Development Student Association), University of Chicago |
| 2006-2007 | Member of the Annual Allocations Committee (distributes over $300,000 to student groups), University of Chicago |