Resume

• 2007

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Political Science and Government

  Alliance for Graduate Education in the Professoriate

  Graduate Student Advisory Committee

  Teaching Assistants Union

  Humanities for Everybody

  Western Michigan University

  December 2013

• 2003

  Master of Public Administration (MPA)

  Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management

  Grand Valley State University

• 1996

  Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)

  Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration

  General

  Grand Valley State University

• \"The War Against Joblessness: U.S. Intervention in State Labor Markets \" by LaTasha Y. Chaffin

  In comparative political economy

  nations whose governing institutions direct economic behavior towards the market are classified as liberal market economies

  whereas those nations that direct economic behavior toward coordinated efforts between stakeholders

  often amongst business

  labor and the government

  are categorized as coordinated market economies (Amberg 2008; Hall and Soskice 2001).

  Politics

  Teaching

  Academic Advising

  Instructional Design

  Public Speaking

  Strategic Planning

  Community Outreach

  Higher Education

  Nonprofits

  Budgets

  Student Affairs

  Grant Writing

  Research

  Government

  Political Science

  Student Development

  Leadership

  University Teaching

  Management

  Program Development

  Chaffin

  Chaffin

  Calvin College

  Grand Rapids Community College

  Western Michigan University

  College of Charleston

  Teach American Politics courses in the undergraduate and graduate programs on American Government

  Public Administration

  American Public Policy

  Labor and Economic Policy

  U.S. State and Local Politics and Human Resource Management. Course design

  student evaluation and assessment

  classroom behavioral management and academic advisement.

  College of Charleston

  Calvin College

  Teaching American Politics (101)

  course design

  student evaluation and assessment

  classroom behavioral management and academic advisement

  Adjunct Professor

  Greater Grand Rapids

  Michigan Area

  Assessing and advocating for graduate student needs at WMU and in the political arena; Organizing and Chairing the Graduate Student Advisory Committee meetings; Managing the GSAC budget; Organizing GSAC events; Serving on university and national leadership councils and/or committees; GSAC membership management

  Chairperson

  Graduate Student Advisory Committee

  Kalamazoo

  Michigan Area

  Western Michigan University

  Coordinating Humanities courses for the Kalamazoo area community offered by Western Michigan University professors. Serving as a graduate assistant for WMU professors

  including assisting with course preparation

  assessing and evaluating student coursework. Strategic planning and promotion of the H4E program

  grant writing

  budget management and metrics reporting.

  Humanities for Everybody Coordinator

  Kalamazoo

  Michigan Area

  Western Michigan University

  Teaching Political Science courses; currently Introduction to American National Government. Course design and preparation. Assessing and evaluating student coursework and examinations. Managing student behavior and serving as a resource and mentor to students.

  Adjunct Professor - Political Science

  Greater Grand Rapids

  Michigan Area

  Grand Rapids Community College