Summary

Detail-oriented and experienced writer, editor, and researcher
Significant teaching and research experience in both the United States and abroad
Style proficiencies: Chicago Manual of Style, Modern Library Association, American Medical Association
Foreign language training: French, Russian, German
Areas of expertise: nonfiction, trade, reference, scholarly/academic, textbooks, educational, history, foreign affairs, literature, translation, travel writing, cookbooks

Experience

Electronic Book Editor, Scribe, Inc.

Philadelphia, PA, February 2007–current

Promoted from Composition Assistant/Project Manager in less than one year
Extensive project management experience (12 titles in production), largely academic monographs
Duties include author and client management, copyediting, proofreading, indexing, and other administrative tasks

Graduate Teaching Assistant / Part-Time Instructor, George Washington University

Washington, DC, September 2001–May 2006

Duties have included teaching entry-level and upper-level History courses that range from 25 to 75 students per semester
Responsible for in-depth discussion sections where students analyzed primary source documents and engaged in scholarly debate about historical issues
Teaching experience includes survey-level Modern European History, American History, and Western Civilization
Received recognition of teaching abilities

Writing Lab Assistant / Part-Time Instructor, Northeastern University

Boston, MA, January 2001–May 2001

Provided free writing-skills assessment and tutoring sessions for undergraduates from all disciplines, including ESL and special-needs students
Taught one semester of Writing for the Disciplines, a required course that focused on individualized undergraduate research and writing projects

Assistant Editor, Running Press Book Publishers

Philadelphia, PA, September 1998–August 1999

Responsible for project planning and development from conception to printing
Other functions included contractor relations, project management, digital typesetting, and acquisitions

Editorial Intern, The Philadelphia Weekly

Philadelphia, PA, May 1998–August 1998

Managed music and venue listings, produced weekly content for the Music Department, maintaining venue relations, and preparing music reviews

Education

George Washington University, PhD History, degree expected Fall 2008

Washington, DC, September 2001–current

Currently writing a dissertation entitled, "Nihilateralism in a Bipolar World: American–Mongolian Non-Relations during the Cold War"
Acquired significant research experience in American government archives and government archives abroad
Other areas of expertise include Modern Chinese History, Modern Russian History, International Relations Theory, and the History of the Cold War
Received various research grants and fellowships in recognition of academic and professional excellence

Northeastern University, graduate coursework in History (transferred to GWU in 2001)

Boston, MA, September 1999–May 2001

Pursued advanced graduate work in history, with a specialization in contemporary and twentieth-century politics
Interned with the Bostonian Society, where I gained experience in archival management

McGill University, BA in English, minor in History

Montreal, QC, September 1995–October 1998

Maintained a 3.2 GPA in a highly competitive university
Worked on a contractual basis with the Office for Students with Disabilities as a note-taker and attendant

Awards & Fellowships

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library Travel Grant
Heckmann/Swain Dissertation Award, George Washington University
Hoffman Dissertation Award, George Washington Cold War Group (GWCW)
Finalist, Phillip Amsterdam Teaching Award, George Washington University
University Teaching Assistantship, George Washington University
Feer Award for Academic Excellence, Phi Alpha Theta Chapter of Northeastern University
Graduate Assistantship, Northeastern University
Tuition Scholarship, Northeastern University

Papers & Publications

"Nihilateralism in a Bipolar World? Mongolian–American Non-Relations during the Cold War," presented at the Society for Historians of Foreign Relations (SHAFR) Annual Meeting, College Park, MD, June 23–25, 2005
"Comrades in the Cold: Recognition and Foreign Representation in Ulaanbaatar, 1950s–1960s," presented at "The Cold War and Its Contexts," the 2005 UCSB–LSE–GWU International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War, University of Santa Barbara, CA, April 31–May 1, 2005
"Proxy Diplomacy and the Politics of Recognition: Observations on Anglo-Mongolian Relations During the Cold War," presented at the Cold War Studies Center, London School of Economics, London, UK, October 17, 2004
Co-editor, Mongolia and the Cold War: A Document Reader, prepared for the International Workshop on Mongolia and the Cold War, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, with accompanying CD-ROM
"Mongolia's Admission into the United Nations and the Recognition Crisis in the Kennedy Administration," presented at the International Workshop on Mongolia and the Cold War, Chinggisiin Khuree, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, March 29–30, 2004
Chair, "Mongolian Party Politics" at the International Workshop on Mongolia and the Cold War, Chinggisiin Khuree, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Discussant, "The Cold War Elsewhere in Asia," at the New Central and Eastern European Evidence on the Cold War in Asia Conference, The Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, March 29–30, 2003
"Neither Cold Warriors Nor Cowboys: The Mongolian People's Republic (MPR) in the Cold War," presented at the Mid-Atlantic Region Association of Asian Studies Conference, George Washington University, Washington, DC
"'Kennedy's Mongolian Adventure': American Assessments of the Mongolian People's Republic, 1961–1963" presented at the George Washington Cold War Group (GWCW) Conference, George Washington University, Washington, DC
"The Interwar Cold War: Ideology and Foreign Policy in Britain" presented at the Husky History Conference, Northeastern University, Boston, MA