Professional Experiences

Fulbright Taiwan

English Teaching Assistant, Penghu County, August 2023 - June 2024

Helped local English teachers implement lessons plans to meet the Taiwanese government's Bilingual 2030 plan
Collaborated with local teachers to instruct students from preschool to the 6th grade in English, PE, and health
Volunteered at a Remote Service Camp in Hsinchu County, Taiwan, teaching English to indigenous Taiwanese
Taught weekly Ozarks culture and history classes at two elementary schools

State Historical Society

Gender, Race, and the Environment in the Ozarks, September 2022 - June 2023

Collaborated with archivists to digitize and transcribe documents for the Black American Experience in the Ozarks project
Transcribed oral environmental histories of Ozark riverways
Developed an oral history project on labor movements in the Ozarks

Research Assistant

Maritime history of the early US Republic, May - August 2021

Researched U.S. imperial and commercial interests in East Asian ports
Transcribed and interpreted logs and diaries from the North Pacific Exploring and Surveying Expedition, 1853-1856, from Smithsonian Archives
Organized findings to support a book project by Dr. Michael Verney