Resume

• 2012

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

  • During my doctoral program

  I completed peer-reviewed articles and gave invited presentations in Canada

  the United States

  and Germany.\n• Completed a research-based dissertation

  \"The Metropolitan Moment: Municipal Boundaries

  Segregation

  and Civil Rights Possibilities in the American North

  \" using archives and source material gathered in several American cities. \n• Awards received included the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2x)

  the Associates of the University of Toronto Award for the Study of the United States (4x)

  the Labor and Working Class History Association Travel Grant

  the Patricia and Alan Marchment Travel Fellowship

  and the University of Toronto Pre-Dissertation Research Travel Award.\n• President

  Graduate History Society

  2014-2015.\n• Associate Editor

  Past Tense: Graduate Review of History

  2013-2016.

  American History (United States)

  University of Toronto

• 2007

  Master of Arts - MA

  • Completed a two-year Masters' program that included both courses and an original research-based thesis. \n• Received multiple financial awards

  including the Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship

  the Alberta Graduate Student Scholarship

  and the Jason Lang Scholarship.

  History

  University of Calgary

• 2002

  Bachelor of Arts - BA

  • Majored in history with a minor in film. \n• Received multiple scholarships and was recruited into the University of Calgary's MA program.

  History

  University of Calgary

• Customer Service

  Deadline Oriented

  Project Management

  Public Speaking

  Research

  Writing

  Presentation Skills

  \"Beyond Boundaries: Envisioning Metropolitan School Desegregation in Boston

  Detroit

  and Philadelphia

  1964-1974.”

  From the early 1960s onward

  battles over school desegregation took on an increasingly metropolitan orientation

  one all but destroyed by the Supreme Court’s 1974 decision in Milliken v. Bradley. In Boston

  Detroit

  and Philadelphia

  segregationist urbanites

  when faced with a legal challenge either created or made possible by black civil rights advocates

  reversed course and trumpeted the advantages of metropolitan desegregation. These tactical metropolitanists recognized that a larger desegregation area reaching into the predominantly white suburbs would mean that white children would continue attending majority-white schools and they understood that stoking suburban opposition to desegregation could defeat integrationist legislation. Despite their segregationist motives

  tactical metropolitanists offered a potentially productive solution capable of mitigating white flight

  providing lasting integration

  and aligning with the efforts of integrationist civil rights advocates in court. Uncovering tactical metropolitanism complicates our understandings of urban segregation and the sources of metropolitan reform. It suggests the need for a metropolitan history of civil rights that centers the importance of municipal boundaries in perpetuating inequality.

  \"Beyond Boundaries: Envisioning Metropolitan School Desegregation in Boston

  Detroit

  and Philadelphia

  1964-1974.”

  “‘They’re Going to be Bused

  Whether you Like it or Not:’ Urban Whites and the Surprising Origins of Metropolitan School Desegregation”

  Michael

  Savage

  University of Calgary

  Hotel Le Germain

  Higher Education Strategy Associates

  University of Calgary

  University of Toronto

  Vistek

  Caltech

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  Research Analyst

  Higher Education Strategy Associates

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  • Independently managed a multi-year research project that involved securing funding opportunities and undertaking extensive qualitative and quantitative research over a period of years at several American locations.\n• Completed own 400-page PhD dissertation research project that successfully synthesized a diverse range of material and sources.\n• Authored peer-reviewed publications and gave invited presentations in Canada

  the United States

  and Germany.\n• Independently secured internal and external project funding worth over $100

  000. \n\n

  Doctoral Researcher and Project Manager

  University of Toronto

  Calgary

  Canada Area

  • Prior to the hotel's January 2010 opening

  visited hundreds of local offices to canvass future clients and create corporate accounts.\n• Upon hotel's opening

  transferred to a front desk position which involved managing individual and event bookings and arrivals

  and providing customer service while using tact and discretion. \n• Ran reports and built databases using a variety of software ranging from the Microsoft Office suite to OPERA.

  Corporate Sales/Front Desk

  Hotel Le Germain

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  • Prepared and presided over large examinations that ranged from 50 students to 500. \n• Managed instructors and teaching assistants to best facilitate exams and ensure that all proper procedures were followed.\n• Dealt with urgent situations

  ranging from ill students to fire alarms. \n• Kept complete records and ensured their proper filing. \n• Employed customer service skills and problem solving abilities to successfully manage and direct large groups.

  Chief Presiding Officer

  Faculty of Arts and Sciences

  University of Toronto

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  • Provided weekly tutorial sessions for ten unique courses in history at the University of Toronto's St. George

  Scarborough

  and Mississauga campuses. \n• Mastered diverse material and delivered detailed presentations on scores of topics in several distinct subfields. \n• Met regularly with students to supervise research projects and discuss course material. \n• Graded assignments and served as students' first point of contact for questions and concerns.

  Teaching Assistant

  University of Toronto

  Calgary

  Canada Area

  • Upon completion of Masters' degree

  began working for the University of Calgary's Disability Resource Centre.\n• Worked with blind students to ensure they were able to successfully receive an education by accompanying them to classes

  liaising with their professors

  taking notes

  and ensuring that their needs were met appropriately.

  Disabled Student Assistant

  University of Calgary

  Calgary

  Canada Area

  • Organized and facilitated the delivery of all online orders for Western Canada.\n• Worked within multiple daily deadlines to schedule deliveries

  pickups

  and order fulfillment.\n• Received product

  facilitated internal stock transfers

  and maintained inventory records for Vistek's western hub. \n• Liaised with purchasers and the corporate office in Toronto.\n• Used accounting and inventory software such as Navision and Microsoft Dynamics NAV and shipping software from providers such as Canada Post

  Purolator

  FedEx

  etc.

  Shipper/Receiver/Online Commerce

  Vistek

  Pasadena

  CA

  • Taught several courses in American history for freshmen and advanced undergraduates.\n• Organized

  prepared

  and evaluated course content

  including lectures

  course reading

  exams

  assignments

  and online learning content.\n• Simultaneously

  conducted an independent research program and have produced peer-reviewed articles and a book manuscript.

  Postdoctoral Instructor in History

  Caltech

  Toronto

  ON

  • Taught third-year undergraduate courses in American history

  with enrollments ranging from 50 to 100 pupils. \n• Developed specialized and engaging presentations.\n• Organize

  selected

  and evaluated course content.\n• Supervised teaching assistants.\n• Met regularly with students and consulted with them on their term research projects.

  Course Instructor

  University of Toronto

  Calgary

  Canada Area

  • Mastered a wide range of material outside of my area of expertise to deliver multiple lectures before an audience of over 300 students.\n• Graded all assignments

  managed student concerns

  and consulted regularly with students in office hours about course material.

  Teaching Assistant

  University of Calgary