Teaching Experience

PART-TIME FACULTY, Community College of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA, 2012-present

Responsibilites:  course organization, instruction, and student assessment

Course:  U.S. History since 1877

PART-TIME FACULTY, Robert Morris University, Moon Twp., PA, 2009-2011

Responsibilities: course organization, instruction, and student assessment

Courses: U.S. History to 1877; U.S. History since 1877

PART-TIME FACULTY, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh PA, Spring 2010

Responsibilities: course organization, instruction, and student assessment

Course: U.S. History since 1877

TEACHING ASSISTANT, University of Notre Dame, 2004-06

Responsibilities: leading Friday discussion sections, grading, occasional class lectures

Courses: U.S. History since 1877 (twice); African American History II; U.S. Civil War Era

Lectures: American Cold War Culture, 1945-60; Political Party Realignments, 1830s-1860

TEACHING ASSISTANT, Kent State University, 2001-03

Responsibilities: grading, holding office hours for students, leading exam review sessions

Courses: U.S. History to 1877 (twice); U.S. History since 1877 (twice)

Lecture: Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society

GUEST LECTURES:

La Roche College (Pittsburgh) Scholar Program, St. Joseph High School, Natrona, PA, May 2009: "The Press and Democratic Culture in pre-Civil War America" and "Cold War Politics and Culture"

St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN, March 2007: "The American West in the Early Republic"

Teaching Cetificate

"Striving for Excellence in College Teaching" Certificate, Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Notre Dame, August 2007