GRADUATE STUDENT COMMITTEE SERVICE Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Member – Hung Chung Wang (Joe), Jennifer Notariano, Jennifer Dumas Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam Committee Chair – Thomas McQuaid Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam Committee Member – Erika Burton del Pilar, Jennifer Dumas, Christina Kiel, Jennifer Notariano Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Committee Chair – Thomas McQuaid Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Committee Member – Anna Ball, Erika Burton del Pilar, Jennifer Dumas, Christina Kiel, Laurýn Minter, Julia Moore, Maria Pisaneschi, Alfonso Sanchez, Meschack Simati, Robert Worth Master’s Exam Committee Chair – Katy Dupre, Michael Pickering, Jonathan Solis, William Stretzinger Master’s Exam Committee Member – Angela Boyle, Erika Burton del Pilar, Allison Gavrell, Ivy Pritchard Master’s Thesis Committee Member – Jennifer Dumas, Matthew Ireland, Rachael Pr<strong>of</strong>fitt SERVICE Faculty advisor to College Democrats Spring 2012 Initiated biweekly comparative politics working group for Ph.D. students Spring 2012 Organize and host guest speakers Barbara Geddes, pr<strong>of</strong>essor, UCLA March 2009 Cesar Zucco, lecturer and fellow, Princeton <strong>University</strong>, and Daniela Campello, assistant pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Princeton <strong>University</strong> September 2010 Marisa Kellam, assistant pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Texas A & M <strong>University</strong> April 2011 Erica Frantz, assistant pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Bridgewater State <strong>University</strong> September 2011 Eduardo Alemán, associate pr<strong>of</strong>essor, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Houston March 2012 Presentation in honors seminar Spring 2011 Faculty Recruitment Committee AY 2008-2009 Undergraduate Committee AYs 2009-2012 Reviewer for Latin American Research Review Fall 2009 Reviewer for American Journal <strong>of</strong> <strong>Political</strong> <strong>Science</strong> Fall 2011 PAST ACADEMIC & RESEARCH POSITIONS Winter & Spring 2006 Academic Year 2005-2006 Counseling Assistant, International Institute, UCLA Managing Editor, Ufahamu, UCLA 2002 – 2004 Graduate Student Researcher, UCLA, for Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Barbara Geddes Spring 2003 Fall 2002 – Winter 2003 Academic Year 2002-2003 Winter 2001-Summer 2002 Winter 2002 Summer 2000, Fall 2001 Committee Member for Student Recruitment Weekend, UCLA Assistant to Committee Chair, UCLA, for Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Barbara Geddes, <strong>Political</strong> <strong>Science</strong> Faculty Recruitment Committee Information Liaison to First-Year Students, <strong>Political</strong> <strong>Science</strong> Graduate Student Association, UCLA Assistant Editor, APSA-CP <strong>New</strong>sletter, UCLA, for Daniel Treisman, editor Graduate Student Researcher, UCLA, for Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Matthew Baum. Graduate Student Researcher, UCLA, for Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Miriam Golden SKILLS Languages: Computer: Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese Access, Excel, PageMaker, Photoshop, PowerPoint, Publisher, SPSS, Stata, Word
PAST WORK EXPERIENCE January-August 1999 Freelance Writer, Editor, Document Designer, Self-Employed, Chicago, Illinois ● Chicago Tribune – Circulation Marketing, account executive ● English as a Second Language Tutor ● Copy editor for medical marketing firm March-December 1998 Account Executive, Ketchum Public Relations, Chicago, Illinois June-September 1997 Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Resident, Kemper Lesnik Communications, Chicago, Illinois June-September 1996 Editorial Assistant, Team Marketing Report, Chicago, Illinois December 1995- Community Relations/Media Services Intern, Chicago Wolves Hockey Club, June 1996 Rosemont, Illinois May-October 1995 Sports Marketing Intern, The Michael Jordan Foundation, Chicago, Illinois