EDUCATION
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C. — M.A., LEARNING, DESIGN, & TECHNOLOGY (2020)
A program in learning design, technology innovation, learning analytics, and higher education leadership, in order to create engaging and innovative learning experiences for all students.
ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE, ANNAPOLIS, MD — B.A., LIBERAL ARTS
(Philosophy, Classics, History of Math & Science) Rigorous, Great Books, liberal arts curriculum, exclusively uses original sources and Socratic dialogue in courses
ASSOCIATION MONTESSORI INTERNATIONALE — ORIENTATION TO ADOLESCENT STUDIES
(Adolescent Teacher Training & Certificate) Internationally recognized teaching certificate, training included one-year course in educational theory and practicum
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DIRECTOR, OUTREACH, BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE; ARLINGTON, VA — 2016-PRESENT
- Design relationship management and community programs that involve BRI’s network of 50,000 teachers
- Develop new educational outreach programs in high-need and charter school education
- Design and facilitate pedagogical presentations at national & regional seminars
- Directed teams that designed and implemented 60 programs nationwide
CONSULTANT, ADVISOR; ACTON ACADEMY OF WASHINGTON, D.C.; WASHINGTON, D.C. — 2017 – 2018
Helped with vision planning, designing launch sequence and activities, pedagogical advising.
TEACHER TRAINER AND CONSULTANT; INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL STUDIES; OTTAWA, CANADA — 2015-2017
Designed and lead trainings in Socratic pedagogy for Instructional Coaches in the Windsor, Canada school district
ASSOCIATE FACULTY; GREAT CONNECTIONS SEMINAR; CHICAGO, IL — 2010-2016
Faculty for a weeklong summer seminar for college students on logical analysis and Socratic dialogue
EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT; MOVING PICTURES INSTITUTE; LOS ANGELES, CA — 2015-2017
Lead Content Designer in charge of producing lesson plans and curriculum for various film projects
INSTRUCTOR, EDUCATION; UNIVERSIDAD FRANCISCO MARROQUIN; GUATEMALA — 2015-2016
Designed and led two semester length seminar courses: Education and Freedom, Literature and Learning.
LEAD TEACHER, MENTOR, & TRAINER; ACTON ACADEMY GUATEMALA; GUATEMALA CITY— 2014-2016
Project Lead for developing curriculum, culture, processes for portfolios, documentation, and demonstration of mastery of an experimental, blended-learning program that incorporates online platforms.
CO-PRESIDENT/CO-FOUNDER; THE LIBERTIA SOCIETY; WASHINGTON, D.C. 2012-2016
Co-founded a start-up organization to support the intellectual contribution of women to classical liberal thought
LEAD MATH & SCIENCE TEACHER; OAK FARM MONTESSORI SCHOOL; AVILLA, IN — 2011-2014
Integrated whole-child processes focused on adolescents reaching their potential through real work and independence
MIDDLE SCHOOL HISTORY & ARTS TEACHER; SCOTTSDALE PREP. ACADEMY; SCOTTSDALE, AZ — 2010-2011
Great Hearts Academies, Great Books charter school using dialogue, primary source documents, and liberal arts curriculum
INSTRUCTOR, AUSTIN MONTESSORI SCHOOL; AUSTIN, TX — 2009-2010
Member of a five-person teaching team for a land-based Montessori adolescent community
CURRICULUM COORDINATOR, ACTON ACADEMY, AUSTIN, TX — 2009
SUMMER ASSOCIATE, GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT; ASHOKA-INNOVATORS FOR THE PUBLIC, WASHINGTON, D.C.— 2008
RESEARCH ASSISTANT, PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE, WASHINGTON, D.C. — 2007-2008
SAILOR, SCHOONER WOODWIND, ANNAPOLIS, MD— 2007-2008
PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOP FACILITATION, SELECT CONFERENCES
“Getting Ready for the Nineteenth Amendment” National Council for Social Studies Annual Conference, Austin, TX, November 2019
“Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Individual Liberty and Responsibility,” Liberty Fund, Santa Fe, NM November 2019
“Liberty & Responsibility in Adam Smith,” Liberty Fund, Holland, MI, July 2019
“Liberty and Responsibility in Goethe’s Faust I and Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray,” Liberty Fund, Chicago, IL, June 2019
“Adam Smith on Ethics and Economics,” Liberty Fund, Carmel, IN, June 2019
“Finding Your Hunger,” Commencement Address, Millennium Charter Academy, Mt. Airy, NC, May 2019
“Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments,” Liberty Fund, Arlington, VA, March 2019
“Liberty & Justice for All: Designing a curriculum on race and American History,” BRI Influencers Workshop, March 2019
“Socratic Education Workshop: Education for Self-Governance Across the Curriculum” BRI Teacher Workshop, IL/TX, 2019
“Socratic Educators Mastermind Conference,” BRI Influencers Workshop, 2018
“Youth Leadership & Civic Engagement” BRI Student Seminar, Wyoming, 2018
“Oppressed Groups in the Gilded Age” BRI Teacher Seminar, Multiple, 2018
“How do I even start? Engaging in Controversial Conversations Schoolwide” National Charter School Conference, 2018
“Civics and Civility: Exploring Primary Source Based Lessons,” BRI Teacher Seminar, 2018
“Presidential Controversies: Impeachment in U.S. History,” National Council for Social Studies Annual Conference, Chicago, IL 2018
“Politics, Leadership, and Your Community,” BRI Student Symposium, CO/KS, 2018
“Frederick Douglass and Race Relations in American History,” BRI Teacher Colloquium, Kansas, 2018
“Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking to Your Teens about Controversial Topics”BRI Parent Seminar , CO 2017-2018
“Heroes & Villains: Civic Virtue through Inquiry & Primary Sources” BRI Teacher Seminar, Multiple, 2017-2018
“Student’s Rights through Landmark Supreme Court Cases” BRI Teacher Seminar, Multiple, 2017-2018
“Education for Self Governance: A Guide Training Program” BRI Teacher Seminar, Multiple, 2017-2018
“Presidents & the Constitution” BRI Teacher Seminar, Multiple, 2017-2018
“Liberty & Executive Power”BRI Teacher Seminar, Multiple, 2017-2018
“Immigration and Citizenship in America: Teaching the Controversy,” BRI Teacher Seminar, Multiple, 2017-2018
“Teaching Congress: The History of the First Branch,” BRI Teacher Seminar, Multiple, 2017-2018
“Virtue Across the Curr.: Integrating Whole-Child Pedagogy into Classical Ed.,” American Teacher Initiative, Dallas, TX, 2017-2018
“Religious Liberty: An American Experiment,” BRI Teacher Seminar, Multiple, 2017-2018
“LIberty & Security: The Patriot Act,” National Council for Social Studies Annual Conference, 2017
“Immigration & Citizenship in America: History & Debate” National Council for Social Studies Annual Conference, 2017
“Due Process and Fair Trials in the War on Terror,” National Council for Social Studies Annual Conference, 2017
“Slavery and the Constitution through Primary Sources,” BRI/Liberty Fund Teacher Colloquium, 2017
“Constitution Day in Your Classroom,” Bill of Rights Institute/Gilder Lehrman Institute/USD 259, Wichita, KS, 2017
“Introduction to Socratic Teaching II: Teacher Workshop,” Institute for Liberal Studies, Ontario, Canada, 2017
“The Role of the State in Education,” Liberty Fund, Arlington, VA, November 2017
“Liberty and Responsibility in the Political Thought of Frederick Douglass,” Liberty Fund, Indianapolis, IN, March 2017
“Guide Training Program,” Acton Academy Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 2016
“Introduction to Socratic Teaching: Teacher Workshop,” Institute for Liberal Studies, Ontario, Canada, 2016
“A Space at the Table: Women as Influencers in the Ideas of a Free Society” APEE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 2015
“Liberty and Responsibility in Homer’s Odyssey” Liberty Fund, San Diego, CA, April 2014
“Tacitus and Tyranny,” Liberty Fund, Seattle, WA, February 2014
“Teaching Freedom: Incorporating the Principles of a Free Society into Pedagogy,” APEE Annual Meeting, Cancun, 2014
“Liberty, Knowledge, and the Economic Process,” Liberty Fund, March, 2013
“Liberty, Leadership, and the Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher,” Liberty Fund, November, 2013
“The Pushcart War: Economics, Political Philosophy, & Ethics for 8-year olds,” APEE Annual Meeting, Hawaii, 2013
“Curriculum for Social Development in a Montessori Land-based Program,” NAMTA/AMI Annual Conference, San Antonio 2012
“The American Founders and Education for Republican Liberty,” Liberty Fund, Indianapolis, IN, October 2012
“Against the Tide of Tyranny: Voluntary Associations in Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America,” St. John’s College Undergraduate Thesis, 2008
“Friedrich Hayek, Economist,” Advanced Topics in Liberty, IHS, September 2008
“Property Rights and Freedom,” Advanced Topics in Liberty, IHS, February 2008
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