Resume

• 2015

  Zack

  Smith

  Lansing Community College

  Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

  The Found Barn

  Jackson College

  For Our Future

  Community Vibrations

  Obama for America

  Jackson

  Michigan

  Teach history classes that involve lecture

  discussion

  and student-led learning. I have written and delivered

  with PowerPoint presentations

  over 150 different lectures. I interact

  in class and in private discussion

  with between 50 and 150 students a semester. I have introduced Reacting to the Past

  elaborate games set in the past that are student led

  which encourage interaction and interdisciplinary learning. I have taught at community and four-year colleges

  and in the Michigan Department of Corrections beginning in 2013.

  Adjunct Professor

  Jackson College

  Jackson

  Michigan

  Helped to found

  and assisted in managing an organic foods cooperative. I was responsible for ordering

  working with multiple vendors

  database upkeep

  and inventory. Additionally

  I helped to stock and restock the more than 800 items

  as well as run the register

  and interface with customers. Community Vibrations had more than 450 members.

  General Manager

  Community Vibrations

  New York

  New York

  Handle incoming litigation mail for docketing department. Notify litigation groups of receipt of incoming litigation mail. Update litigation binders and their indices with case pleadings. Maintain LegalKey program current with data on litigation cases. File and serve legal documents at various Federal and State Courts and to opposing counsel. Obtain authentication for foreign documents with apostilles and notary public flags with State Courts.

  Litigation Docket Clerk

  Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

  Lansing Community College

  The Found Barn

  Jackson

  Michigan Area

  I am responsible for managing a small (25 head) heard of dairy goats

  turkeys

  ducks

  and chickens where I daily feed and water. Additionally we rotate pasture

  manage breeding

  milk goats daily

  and process animals as necessary.

  Founding Partner and Head Farmer

  Lansing

  Michigan

  Find constituents concerned about targeted issues

  including water

  schools

  roads

  and voting. Interview

  film

  edit

  and release videos for digital distribution. I coordinate with my Regional Field Director

  meet with constituents and legislators

  interface with representatives from partner organizations

  from Ypsilanti to Kalamazoo. Lead weekly meetings

  join canvasses

  assist with GOTV

  attend community events. Additionally I edited scripts

  one pagers

  and letters to the editor.

  Regional Communications Organizer

  For Our Future

  Manchester

  NH; Boston

  MA; Providence

  RI; Raleigh

  NC; Van Buren County

  MI;

  In the 2008 general election

  both counties I organized went for Barack Obama. I made an average of 90 phone calls a day during the general election

  organized nightly phone banks across four locations

  held tens of small meetings

  planned

  organized

  trained

  and sent out canvasses multiple times a week. Additionally

  I organized events

  coordinated out of state travelers

  managed staging locations

  worked with voter databases

  organized the New Hampshire delegate selection caucuses

  and performed office manager duties.

  Field Organizer

  Political Intern

  Out of State Volunteer Coordinator

  Obama for America

• 2005

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

  American History (United States)

  Boston University

• 2003

  Master of Arts - MA

  History

  University of Colorado Boulder

• 1997

  Bachelor of Arts - BA

  History and English

  Emory University

• Video Editing

  Community Outreach

  Political Campaigns

  Social Media

  Politics

  Public Speaking

  Government

  Research

  Higher Education

  Policy Analysis

  Nonprofit Organizations

  Teaching

  Smith