EDUCATION
PhD [ABD], University of Utah: History – American Labor and Working Class History, Social History of Medicine
MA, University of Utah: History – American Labor and Working Class History
BS, Utah Valley University: Major: Philosophy; Minor: History
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2021-Present: Adjunct Instructor – Salt Lake Community College Prison Education Project
2019-Present: Concurrent Enrollment Instructor – Utah County Academy of Sciences
2015-Present: Adjunct Instructor – Utah Valley University History Department
2014-2020: Adjunct Instructor – Utah Valley University Philosophy Department
2013-2019: Teaching Assistant/Online Instructor – University of Utah History Department
2009-2013: Teaching Assistant – Utah Valley University Philosophy Department
LICENSE
2022-2027: Level 2 Professional License – Secondary Education, Social Studies Composite
CLASSES TAUGHT
History 1510 (World History from 1500) for SLCC
History 1700 (American Civilizations) for SLCC, UCAS, UVU, and UofU
History 1740 (US Economic History) for UVU
Philosophy 2050 (Ethics and Values) for UVU
History 2600 (Native American Voices) for SLCC
History 2700 (US History to 1877) for UVU and SLCC
History 2710 (US History from 1877) for SLCC
Philosophy 400R (Great Philosophers: Foucault) for UVU
Philosophy 400R (Great Philosophers: hooks) for UVU
Social Studies (World Geography) for UCAS
Social Studies (World History) for UCAS
NON-ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
2018-2023: Coordinator – The Stimmy Store
2016-2017: Researcher, Writer, Editor, and Producer – Utah Humanities
2011-2013: Project Manager, Director of Operations – Accelerate Ventures
2010-2012: Production Coordinator, Producer, Director, Writer – Accelerate Media
2007-2011: Office Clerk – Western Metals Recycling
SERVICE
2020-2022: Advisor for Dungeons and Dragons Club at UCAS
2011: Pharmacy Assistant – DO Care medical mission to Guatemala
2010-2011: President – UVU Peace and Justice Club
2007-2008: Vice President – UVU Phi Sigma Tau
PRESENTATIONS and PUBLICATIONS
“This Broken Machine: Work, Class, and Medicine in America.” University of Utah Practicing History Conference (2019)
“People of All Faiths are Welcome at UVU.” Op-Ed for the UVU Review (2018)
“The Way Utah Worked.” Utah Humanities in Cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum on Main Street Exhibit: The Way We Worked. Co-Authored with Matthew Basso (2017)
“Reach Out and Touch Faith: Unity and Cooperation in Utah Valley Settlements, 1850-1855.” University of Utah History Conference, 2014
“The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction.” UVU G. Lawrence Anderson Philosophy Undergraduate Conference, 2011.
“Passages of Biopower.” Salt Lake Community College Philosophy Undergraduate Conference, 2009.
“Shadows of Origins: Freud and Foucault on Violence.” UVU G. Lawrence Anderson Philosophy Undergraduate Conference, 2009.
“Into the Void: What Nietzsche Might Think of a Rock Concert.” UVU G. Lawrence Anderson Philosophy Undergraduate Conference, 2007.
“The Chalk Circle: A Foucauldian Panoptic Method.” UVU Phi Sigma Tau Philosophy Undergraduate Conference, 2005.
OTHER NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2024: Nominee for Utah Teacher of the Year
2021: Nominee for Utah Teacher of the Year
2021: Utah Academy of Sciences Teacher of the Year
2015: Recipient of the Maybelle Burton Fellowship in the Humanities
2012: Produced, directed, and wrote a variety show for film critics that aired weekly on KMYU for one season.
2011: Owned and operated a small media company specializing in the production of business videos, promotional materials, entertainment, commercials, and local sports broadcasts.
2011: Acted as a Production Coordinator for the television broadcast of home games for the Utah Blaze.
2011: Produced a radio show for film critics that aired weekly on KHQN.
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