Educational Background

Advanced Placement Certification:

• Advanced Placement Macroeconomics, Lincoln Public Schools College Board-Certified Advanced Placement Summer Institute, 2018
• Advanced Placement U.S. History, Lincoln Public Schools College Board-Certified Advanced Placement Summer Institute, 2014
• Teacher Certification, Secondary Social Sciences endorsement, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Spring 2008
• M.A., Political Science, University of Iowa, 1999
• B.S., Political Science (History minor), University of Nebraska at Kearney, 1997 (summa cum laude)
• Nelson High School, Nelson, Nebraska 1993 (Valedictorian)

Educational Employment/Experience

• Instructor, Wesleyan Honors Academy, Nebraska Wesleyan University, 2014 - current
• Social Studies teacher, Lincoln High School, Lincoln Public Schools, Fall 2008 – current
• Reader, Advanced Placement U.S. Government and Politics National Exam, College Board, June 2015 - current
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, University of Texas-Tyler, 2005 –2006
• Instructor, Department of Political Science, University of Iowa, Spring/Summer 2003
• Head Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Iowa, 2001-2002
• Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Iowa, 1999-2002, 2004-2005 

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