Position:
Adjunct Faculty at University of Louisville, Doctoral Candidate at University of Louisville
Location:
Louisville, Kentucky Area
Work:
University of Louisville
- University of Louisville-Dept. of Political Science since Aug 2008
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Adjunct Faculty
University of Louisville
since Aug 2004
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Doctoral Candidate
AFSCME
Feb 2008 - Aug 2008
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Field Organizer
University of Louisville
Aug 2003 - Jan 2008
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Adjunct Faculty / GTA
Indiana University Southeast
Aug 2003 - Aug 2007
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Adjunct Faculty
SEIU
Jan 2001 - Oct 2002
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Field Organizer
Scottish National Party (SNP)
- Scottish Parliament - Edinburgh, Scotland Jun 2000 - Aug 2000
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Parliamentary Intern
Education:
University of Louisville 2004 - 2011
PhD - ABD, Humanities / Studies in Culture
University of Louisville 1999 - 2003
MA, Political Science / Comparative Politics
University of North Florida 1998 - 1999
BA, Political Science / History
Skills:
Labor Organizer, Student Organizer, Database Design & Maintenance, SPSS Social Science Research Software, Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research, Writing Skills, Proposal Writing, Humanities, Political Economy, Political Science, Political Campaigns, Labor Issues, Political Philosophy, Political Communication, Policy Analysis, Comparative Politics, Comparative Analysis
Interests:
--Politics: Scots, British, Western European, Comparative
--History & Culture: Scots, British, Nordic, Working Class, Early Modern Atlantic & Caribbean, Cold War, Second World War, Napoleonic Period, Early Medieval Northern Europe
--Philosophy: Historical Materialism, Early Modern British (Scottish) Empiricism, Jon Duns Scotus and 14th-century Franciscan Political Philosophy, Aristotelian Thought in the Medieval Church
--Art & Literature: Late 19th-century Symbolism (e.g. Pre-Raphaelites), Realism & Neo-Realism, Scots Literature (Hugh MacDiarmod, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Irvine Welsh, Sorely MacLean), US Southern Literature (Flannery O'Conner, Cormac MacCarthy), Weird Fiction (HP Lovecraft, Robert E Howard, Algernon Blackwood, Robert W Chambers), Fantasy (JRR Tolkien, Robert E Howard, George RR Martin)
--Other: Aviation (Private Pilot), Sailing, Horseback Riding, Backpacking
Honor & Awards:
Golden Key National Honors Society, Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honorary
Languages:
English, Russian, Old English, Latin, German
Awards:
Organizer
AFL-CIO Organizing Institute
Certifications:
Private Pilot, Federal Aviation Administration