Robert Emmett

Experience

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  University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Aug 2002 - May 2009

  Research and Teaching Assistant
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  Epic

  Jul 2005 - Jul 2006

  Documentation Team
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  University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

  Aug 2009 - Jun 2010

  Visiting Lecturer, Environmental Studies
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  Honors College, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

  Aug 2010 - Dec 2012

  Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature

  •Designed and taught writing-intensive seminars for Honors students including:o “Environmental Writing After the End of Nature,” a 20th and 21st c. American environmental literature course that asks, “ how do we continue to write effectively about environmental problems after ideas of nature have been deconstructed?” o “Reading American Cities,” a literary history of American cities from Whitman and James to Farm City and Milwaukee institutions such as Growing Power, Inc.o “New Media and Contemporary War and Peace,” a contemporary American literature course that examines the changing meaning of conflict in American culture through a range of genres, including traditional poetry and nonfiction as well as new media (blogs, online video)o “American Introspection,” an upper-level seminar on the history of introspective writing in the United States from Crèvecoeur to Toni Morrison and Dave Eggers.• Advised award-winning Honors student writers and successful scholarship applicants Show less

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  Rachel Carson Center

  Jan 2013 - May 2016

  Director of Academic Programs

  •Participated in strategic planning for portfolio of center research projects (academic program)•Provided coordination and support for center's Directors•Coordinated international doctoral program "Environment & Society" and work with coordinator of Environmental Studies Masters Certificate Program with 60+ students from over 30 different countries and dozens of majors•Taught U.S. environmental history and interdisciplinary courses in Environmental Studies and American Studies at the University of Munich•Coordinated Munich-based working groups of the Marie Curie Innovative Training Network“Environmental Humanities for a Concerned Europe,” doctoral training•Organized place-based workshops with faculty in geology, ecology, history, and anthropology that train students to interpret changes in environment and society through the landscape•Served as co-convener of RCC events•Coordinated visits, events, and research exchanges with the U.S. Consul in Munich, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Erasmus, and Fulbright program•Developed collaborations with other international research centers including international leaders such as the Center for History and New Media at George Mason and programs in the United States, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Estonia Show less

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  Roanoke College

  Aug 2016 - May 2018

  Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
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  Virginia Tech

  Aug 2018 - Jun 2022

  Global Engagement Specialist
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  Self-Employed

  Aug 2018 - now

  Independent scholar

  AuthorEditorReviewerInterdisciplinary academic program developer

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  Virginia Tech College of Engineering

  Jun 2019 - Jun 2022

  Assistant Director for Global Engagement / Engineering Online Specialist

  project management across portfolio of global activitiesinstructional design in global engineering competenciesgrant writing for global engineering education research and interdisciplinary service learning

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  Virginia Tech Cranwell International Center

  Jun 2022 - now

  Associate Director for International Programs