Resume

• 2014

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  American History (United States)

  Graduate History Association

  Phi Alpha Theta

  Conference Committee

  University of Alabama

• 2012

  Master's degree

  American History

  Graduate History Association

  GHA Conference Committee

  University of Alabama

• 2009

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  History

  Michigan State University

• 2005

  Milford High School

  Foundation of Museum Studies

  America in the Gilded and Progressive Era

  20th Century British and Gender

  Colonial Latin America

  Gender

  Race

  and Urban Space

  German

  American Civilization since 1865

  Historical Methods and Skills

  American Judical Processes

  American Civilization to 1865

  Earth System Science

  American Constitutional Law

  Curitorial Practices

  Coming of the Civil War

  American Civilization to the Civil War

  Exhibit Design

  Geography of the US and Canada

  European Historiography

  Colonial American History: Three Worlds Meet

  Dress

  Culture/Human Behavior

• I am involved in several organizations through the church

  including helping at a local soup kitchen and putting together materials at Catholic Social Services of West Alabama

  Holy Spirit Catholic Church

  Teaching

  Conference Organization

  Tutoring

  Grant Writing

  American History

  Conference Coordination

  Academia

  Museums

  Research

  Google Docs

  History

  Community Outreach

  Volunteer Management

  Review of \"Destination Dixie\"

  Review of \"Destination Dixie\"

  Review of \"This Warring Nation\"

  Review of \"Show Thyself A Man:Georgia State Troops Colored

  1865-1905\"

  I am working on a seminar paper about the evolution of college football from a popular but segmented sport into a national phenomenon

  focusing on the 1926 and 1927 Rose Bowls

  featuring the Alabama Crimson Tide. I'm looking at how UA's success in these games helped propel college football into a national sport but I am also looking at the other technological and cultural aspects of the 1920s that made this change possible. I've revised this work to demonstrate how university officials actively pursued football as a way to increase the University's reputation. This was part of a larger push by southern elites to reduce the image of the \"problem south.\"

  Dissertation

  \"Soldier Boys and Military Men: Growing Up at War

  1860-1920

  Seminar Paper on Familial Relations in the American Civil War

  I look into the relationships between sons at war and their parents at home during the American Civil War. I am looking at how the war interrupted the natural progression of a young man's life and how it prevented him from achieving \"manhood.\"

  Boyd

  Kari

  Boyd

  Meijer

  Michigan Historical Museum

  University of Alabama

  Michigan State University

  I worked with the museum's Education department by putting together research concerning the role of Michgan in the first World War. It was preliminary work to start the exhibit and program development for the WWI centennial.

  Education Intern

  Lansing

  Michigan Area

  Michigan Historical Museum

  I am a teaching assistant at the University of Alabama. I have led discussion sections and graded for first and second half American History and Western civilization. In 2013 I wrote and gave my first 50 minute lecture. In Fall 2015

  I gave a lecture in front of 400 students.

  Graduate Teaching Assistant

  Tuscaloosa

  Alabama Area

  University of Alabama

  Tuscaloosa

  Alabama

  Working with students at the Writing Center.

  Graduate Writing Fellow

  University of Alabama

  I spent three valuable and rewarding years working with underprivileged kindergarteners from the Lansing area. Focusing on developing strong reading and writing skills was a big focus of my time there and I often worked with both the gifted and the challenged students.

  America Reads Tutor

  Lansing

  Michigan Area

  Michigan State University

  Tuscaloosa

  AL

  Graduate Research Fellow

  The University of Alabama

  Michigan State University

  I tutored student athletes in a variety of subjects from Political Science to Geography to History.

  Student Athlete Services

  White Lake

  Michigan

  I spent 4 summers and 3 winter breaks working as a cashier

  and garden center cashier

  and a service desk cashier in order to help pay for my education.

  Cashier and Service Desk

  Meijer

  Tuscaloosa

  Alabama

  Summer 2017: American Civilization to 1865\n\nSummer 2016: Western Civilization since 1648. Created the syllabus

  selected assignments

  and wrote lectures/exams. The course focused on the development of modern Europe

  the globalization of world events

  the roots of modern politics

  culture

  and society

  and the role of religion

  war

  technology

  race

  and materials in creating conflict. We also looked into the daily lives of average people and the various ways people and countries have overcome hardship and dealt with difficult situations. I used film

  choosing films from blockbusters to foreign films

  to documentaries to augment the course and help students connect.\n\nSummer 2015: American Civilization to 1865. Created my own syllabus

  selected assignments

  and wrote lectures/exams. The course covers the meeting of Native Americans

  Africans

  and Europeans; the creation of stable British colonies; the role of the colonies in world politics; the development of a distinct American psyche; the Revolution and the making of the American republic; the transportation and market revolutions; the Jacksonian age; the sectional crisis; and the Civil War. Among the course goals was to have students understand the development of America and the United States politically

  socially

  racially

  religiously

  culturally and geographically.\n\nSummer 2014: Western Civilization to 1648. Created my own syllabus

  selected assignments

  wrote all of my own lectures

  and wrote and graded student exams. This course covered the origins of human civilization

  the rise (and fall) of the Greeks

  Romans

  and Persians

  the development of Christianity and Islam

  the Dark Ages

  the arrival of European kingdoms

  the effect of Germanic and Barbarian attacks

  the Age of Exploration

  the Protestant Reformation

  and the Wars of Religion. Among the course goals was to have students understand the development of Europe and the West politically

  socially

  religiously

  and geographically.

  Instructor

  University of Alabama

  Tuscaloosa

  Alabama

  Graduate Council Fellowship

  The University of Alabama

  Book Review Editor

  Southern Historian

  This is a 2 year position. As a committee member you develop

  plan

  and put on a Graduate History Conference. The committee selects a keynote speaker

  venues for the keynote dinner and conference panels

  the panelists

  and the commentators.

  Graduate History Association Conference Committee

  Social Chair

  Education Chair

  Graduate History Association

  Member

  Phi Alpha Theta

  President

  Phi Alpha Theta

  German

  Univeristy Undergradute Research Arts Forum Section Winner

  UURAF is an annual event where undergraduates from all colleges can present their research. I received recognition and a small scholarship for my Honors thesis work

  \"Lost Cause Nation: Confederate Ideology

  Collective Memory

  and Early American Film\"

  Michigan State University

  Outstanding Senior Award

  I was honored by the History Department as one of a select group of students as an \"Outstanding Senior\". I finished second in the voting for top departmental honors at graduation as well.

  Department of History

  Michigan State University

  Deans List/Summa Cum Laude

  I graduated from Michigan State University with a 3.95 GPA

  receiving High Honors.

  Michigan State University