Professional & Academic Experience
Humanities Research Centre Postgraduate Scholar
Humanities Research Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (October 2011–June 2012)
- Successfully applied to be part of this select group of humanities students
- Shared work in progress to garner peer feedback and support
- Worked towards the production of a joint project which draws on our separate projects but creates a coherent whole
Dr. Morgan Gardner, Faculty of Education, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL, Canada (November 2008–September 2009)
- Assisted in Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) funded project Youth Engagement in Educational Change
- Collaboratively filmed, edited, and produced a 2.5 hour video Youth Engagement in Educational Change
- Engaged in the research as a participatory action research team member
- Organized logistics for team meetings
- Compiled in-depth literature reviews
Book Review Editor
postscript: a journal of graduate criticism and theory, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL, Canada (September 2006–September 2009)
- Solicited review copies of books from publishers
- Edited and chose reviews to be included
- Worked closely with reviewers and other editors
Research Assistant
Dr. Elizabeth Murphy, Faculty of Education, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL, Canada (April 2008–May 2009)
- Assisted in SSHRC-funded project Strengthening Students’ Second-Language Communication Skills; Community-University Research Alliance (CURA, SSHRC) funded project Classroom Study: Learner-Centred E-Teaching.
- Presented projects at national, provincial, and local conferences
- Performed research tasks, such as transcribing interviews, coding data, and completing semi-structured analysis of data
- Edited academic papers in preparation for submission to peer-reviewed journals
- Created brochures and videos to disseminate research findings to professional communities
Co-Editor/Designer/Producer
The Osprey, Natural History Society of NL, Canada, February–December 2008
- Edited submissions
- Worked closely with submitters on edits
- Redesigned journal lay-out & formatted each issue (with Adobe InDesign)
- Served on society executive committee
Research/Editorial Assistant, The Foundling Hospital for Wit (1743–1749)
Dr. Donald Nichol, Department of English Language & Literature, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL, Canada (May–August 2007)
- Edited an 18th-century text, The Foundling Hospital for Wit (1743–1749)
- Prepared the text for a modern audience
- Researched obscure historical and cultural references
- Wrote explanatory footnotes