Education

B.A. in Writing and Philosophy with Classical Studies Minor, Texas Christian University, Dec. 2009

Certificate, Junior Statesmen of America, Princeton University, July 2005

Experience

Orion Builders, Inc.

Technical Writer, Temporary Work, Dec. 2009 — Feb. 2010

Authored home owner's manual, warranty manual, pricing guide and edited the builder's story and other smaller writing projects.

Texas Christian University, Department of Communication

Intern, The TCU Magazine, Aug. 2009 — Dec. 2009

Contributor to both the magazine's print and online content. Including several weblog postings for the Frog Blog under a series called "Campus Reflections."

Texas Christian University, Department of English

Writing Associate, Writing Associates Program, Aug. 2008 — Dec. 2009

Each semester, assigned as a tutor and extension of the professor in a freshman or sophomore composition class. Met with students (both native and non-native English speakers) regularly as they drafted papers and aided their development as writers by helping them flesh out ideas and build stronger arguments.

Bakersfield Christian High School

Co-Editor & Writer, Eagle's Quill, Sept. 2004 — May 2006

Designed layout, reviewed and edited content, and wrote a column for high school newspaper.

Activities

Texas Christian University, TCU's Classics Club

Founder, March 2010

Guiding force behind the founding of TCU's first Classic Club. It was established to encourage the intellectual pursuit of Classical studies on TCU's campus and have social events inspired from antiquity, including the celebration of Rome's birthday and the festival of Saturnalia. The club works with other groups and honors societies around the campus and invites lecturers to speak to undergraduate students about a variety of topics pertaining to the ancient world.

Texas Christian University, The Dissenters: TCU's Premier Philosophy Club

Historian, Aug. 2009 — Dec. 2009

Constructed and updated the club's Facebook profile page with the lastest information about meetings and events. Also document such events with the taking of photographs.

Texas Christian University, Texas Creative Underground/Bryson Literary Society

Member & Contributor, Aug. 2008 — Dec. 2009

Attended meetings and contributed content to the literary magazine associated with the group, Eleven40Seven.

Academic References

Richard Leo Enos, Professor, History of Rhetoric, Contact
Blake Hestir, Associate Professor, Ancient Philosophy, Contact
Janet Spittler, Assistant Professor, Early Christianity & GrecoRoman Religions, Contact
Ariane Balizet, Assistant Professor, Medieval and Early Modern British Literature, Contact
Melanie Kill, Assistant Professor, Rhetoric and Composition, Contact

Vocational References

Travis Mann, TCU Writing Associates, Program Manager, Contact
Rick Waters, The TCU Magazine, Assistant Editor, Contact