Experience

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  Unfinished furniture showcase

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2008

  Web developer and communications director

  • Created, designed, coded, and maintained profitable e-commerce site.• Generated and implemented marketing strategies, including paid search advertising, search engine optimization, magazine ads, and weekly promotional newsletters, increasing sales 400% between 2006 and 2008. • Responsible for hiring and supervising customer service representatives, while reporting to owner on all elements of website performance. • Created interactive photograph zoom features, a blog, and videos to increase search traffic by 140%.• Produced Do-It-Yourself furniture staining DVD included with all web orders. Show less

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  The university of southern mississippi

  Jan 2008 - May 2009

  Instructor

  Taught introduction to philosophy courses to over 100 students per semester. Also created and implemented class website on Moodle to facilitate assignment submission and feedback.

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  Mississippi governor's school

  Jun 2009 - Jun 2013

  Instructor

  Developed and taught courses at 3 week residential summer program for academically talented high school students: - One World: The Philosophy of Globalization (Summer 2013)- Unmasked: How To Be A Real World Super Hero (Summer 2013)- Leadership (Summer: 2010 - 2013)- Beauty or the Beast? Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics (Summer 2012)- Captology, Or, How Do Wii Kinect: An Exploration of Technology as a Tool for Change (Summer 2012)- 2BR02B: Philosophy of Death and Dying (Summer 2011) - Digital Video Production (Summer: 2010, 2011) - Philosophy and the Good Life (Summer, 2010) - Philosophy for Living (Summer, 2009) Show less

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  Dot usa

  Aug 2009 - Dec 2012

  Intern support manager / communications specialist

  • Developed training curriculum on technology skills, communication, leadership, and teamwork and led training sessions for over 600 interns in the U.S., Mexico, and Kenya. These interns have impacted over 3,500 community members, 16,000 teachers, and 480,000 students. • Secured Google Grant worth $10,000/month and developed online advertising strategy increasing website traffic by 43%.• Developed online professional development courses on the Moodle platform to be completed by over 300 interns. Topics covered professional communication, Prezi, video editing, and web page design. • Developed and implemented social media strategy to increase community outreach. Launched YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, WordPress, and LinkedIn accounts for organization, increasing community exposure. • Created videos highlighting program results.• Assisted with organization-wide website redesign. • Wrote and edited monthly grant reports created for funders such as AmeriCorps, Mississippi Department of Economic Security, and the Secretaría de Educación Pública of Mexico. • Part of planning committee for Delta Technology Summit, a conference attended by over 200 teachers, technology directors, and administrators. Presented on using social media in the classroom. • Managed over 30 interns/year who were placed in schools to assist teachers with technology. • Worked with principal and teachers one-on-one at George County High School to implement technology solutions in the classroom in order to engage students and improve test performance. Show less

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  Itawamba community college

  Aug 2009 - Jan 2017

  Online adjunct instructor

  • Taught Introduction to Philosophy courses to over 50 students per semester.

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  Philosophy matters

  Jan 2013 - now

  Founder

  Philosophy Matters is a nonprofit aimed at helping strengthen the connection between philosophy and day-to-day living in three primary areas: 1) Primary and secondary education 2) Prisons and 3) Community outreach events.Currently the Philosophy Matters blog is being published at http://www.philosophymatters.org, where we believe in reaching out and connecting with others is an important part of philosophy, in the dialectic tradition of Socrates. We strive to do this through a variety of interdisciplinary discussions that focus on the importance of critical thinking in our day-to-day lives. “Dialogue is not some simplistic assertion of one’s own position, nor is it necessarily about persuading others to one’s point of view. Dialogue is about demonstrating respect for another’s life, and being determined to learn when confronted with differences in personality and perspective.” – Daisaku Ikeda Show less

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  Lionbridge

  Mar 2013 - Aug 2013

  Ads assesor

  Review publisher advertising across Internet search engines' network of advertising as a means to report and track the quality and content of current advertisements.

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  Essential montessori

  Apr 2013 - now

  Owner

  Essential Montessori crafts Montessori inspired kids toys and helps provide information about the appropriate time and use of those toys during sensitive periods.

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  North carolina state university

  Aug 2013 - Aug 2017

  Instructor

  Instructor of Record for: Posthuman Media Studies, Big Data and the Rhetoric of Information, Communication for Business and Management, Communication for Engineering and Technology, Environmental Ethics, Public Speaking and Introduction to Science, Technology, and Society. Teachings Assistant for Communication and Globalization.

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  Georgia state university perimeter college

  May 2014 - Aug 2015

  Online adjunct instructor

  Taught online Introduction to Public Speaking courses

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  North carolina governor's school

  Jun 2014 - Jul 2017

  Area ii contemporary philosophy instructor

  The Governor's School of North Carolina is a six-week summer residential program for intellectually gifted high school students, integrating academic disciplines, the arts, and unique courses on each of two campuses. The curriculum focuses on the exploration of the most recent ideas and concepts in each discipline, and does not involve credit, tests, or grades.

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  Fitchburg state university

  Sept 2017 - now
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  Mississippi governor's school

  May 2018 - Jun 2018

  Instructor