Cirriculum Vitae.
Work History:
Researcher, Urban Oyster Tours
New York, NY, 9/09 - Present
Boulder, CO, 8/06 - 5/09
Moscow, Russia, 7/05 - 12/05
Moscow, Russia, 4/05 - 7/05
Irkutsk, Russia, 9/02 - 6/03 & 1/05 - 3/05
Education:
University of Colorado-Boulder, Department of Geography, Master's Candidate
Boulder, CO, 2006 - 2009
Middlebury, VT, 2000 - 2004
Irkutsk, Russia, 8/02 - 6/03
Middlebury Russian Language School
Middlebury, VT, 6/02 - 8/02
Skills:
Russian
Publications:
Non-refereed papers
"The Wars in Chechnya and Their Effects on Neighboring Regions," Eurasian Geography and Economics 48(2), 2007, 178-201 [with Olga I. Vendina and Vitaly Belozerov].
Other publications
"Baikal-Amur Mainline Railroad" and "Estonia" in Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture, Smorodinska, T., H. Goscilo and K. Evans-Romaine, eds. Routledge, 2007.
"The Challenges of a Church Merger," Greenline: The North Brooklyn Community News, March 1-31, 2010, p. 15.
Presentations:
"Sporting the Nation," Political Geography guest lecture, University of Colorado-Boulder, April 2009.
"Policing Contemporary Russia: A Legal Geography of Public Protests in Moscow," Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, April 2008.
"'Born in the woods, you have gone back to them': Loneliness and Camaraderie in the Works of Vladimir Arsenyev," Modernist Studies Association Annual Conference, Long Beach, CA, November 2007.
"Territoriality, Nationalism and the Expansion of Federal Authority: Conducting the First Federal Census in Vermont," Rocky Mountain Interdisciplinary History Conference, Boulder, CO, September 2007.
Grants and Awards:
Adopt-a-Graduate Student Award, University of Colorado-Boulder, 2006-2008
Organizations and Affiliations:
WRMC 91.1FM Middlebury College
Researcher, Urban Oyster Tours
New York, NY, 9/09 - Present
- Work part-time conducting research and developing programs for a Brooklyn-based walking tour company
- Edit and write for the company’s blog, which includes articles about historical and cultural events and sites in the New York City area
- Create maps and other visual aids for walking tours and website
- Developed tour program and workbook for 6th graders about the history of the Brooklyn Bridge and transportation in New York harbor, currently developing a tour on the past and present of baseball in Brooklyn
Boulder, CO, 8/06 - 5/09
- Led discussion sections for introductory and upper-division Geography courses
- Developed curriculum for sections with professors and other TA’s for classes of up to 500 students
- Delivered guest lectures in Political Geography
Moscow, Russia, 7/05 - 12/05
- Covered live Russian sporting events and produced English-language television content, including doing voice-overs, stand-ups and anchoring segments
- Developed test broadcasts for cable station Russia Today
- Worked within an entirely Russian team of reporters, producers and technical staff
Moscow, Russia, 4/05 - 7/05
- Translated and edited content for a Russian financial newswire service
- Wrote wire stories for breaking news, provided translation services to company clients
Irkutsk, Russia, 9/02 - 6/03 & 1/05 - 3/05
- Taught students of all ages in small groups of 5-10 and worked as a private tutor
- Helped establish satellite school in nearby city of Tulun, where English was not taught in public school system
Education:
University of Colorado-Boulder, Department of Geography, Master's Candidate
Boulder, CO, 2006 - 2009
- Thesis: “Policing Contemporary Russia: The Geography of Public Protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg”
- Coursework in political geography, spatial statistics and criminology
- Elected department graduate student represented (Spring 2009)
Middlebury, VT, 2000 - 2004
- Joint Major in Geography and History, Minor in Russian
- Senior thesis: “Territoriality, Nationalism and the Expansion of Federal Authority: Conducting the First Federal Census in Vermont”
Irkutsk, Russia, 8/02 - 6/03
Middlebury Russian Language School
Middlebury, VT, 6/02 - 8/02
Skills:
Russian
- Near fluency in written and spoken Russian with 5+ years of coursework
- Experience as a translator and interpreter
- Proficient in cartographic software CorelDraw and Adobe Illustrator
- Experience with raster- and vector-based GIS tools, Idrisi and ESRI software
- Have done freelance cartography work for companies, organizations and individuals
Publications:
Non-refereed papers
"The Wars in Chechnya and Their Effects on Neighboring Regions," Eurasian Geography and Economics 48(2), 2007, 178-201 [with Olga I. Vendina and Vitaly Belozerov].
Other publications
"Baikal-Amur Mainline Railroad" and "Estonia" in Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture, Smorodinska, T., H. Goscilo and K. Evans-Romaine, eds. Routledge, 2007.
"The Challenges of a Church Merger," Greenline: The North Brooklyn Community News, March 1-31, 2010, p. 15.
Presentations:
"Sporting the Nation," Political Geography guest lecture, University of Colorado-Boulder, April 2009.
"Policing Contemporary Russia: A Legal Geography of Public Protests in Moscow," Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, April 2008.
"'Born in the woods, you have gone back to them': Loneliness and Camaraderie in the Works of Vladimir Arsenyev," Modernist Studies Association Annual Conference, Long Beach, CA, November 2007.
"Territoriality, Nationalism and the Expansion of Federal Authority: Conducting the First Federal Census in Vermont," Rocky Mountain Interdisciplinary History Conference, Boulder, CO, September 2007.
Grants and Awards:
Adopt-a-Graduate Student Award, University of Colorado-Boulder, 2006-2008
Organizations and Affiliations:
WRMC 91.1FM Middlebury College
- Elected Business Director (2003-04) of student-run radio station
- Hosted a weekly blues radio show for 3 years and a daily morning talk show for one year
- Worked as interim General Manager (January 2004)
- Elected Vice-President (2003-04) and Treasurer (2001-02)
- Competed in intercollegiate parliamentary debate tournaments across the US, Canada, and the UK
