Resume

Leadership experience

Marin Academy, San Rafael, CA

Interim Dean of Equity and Inclusion, 2021 – 2022

• Led the school in creating adult affinity groups and training staff as leaders
• Coordinated professional development workshops on gender identity and ethnic studies
• Partnered with Dean of Faculty on systems to increase equity in hiring
• Participated in administrative decision-making on staffing and student issues

History Department Chair, 2018 – 2021

• Spearheaded a significant redesign of the freshman and sophomore World History core curriculum to incorporate competency-based assessment and reflect a more inclusive approach to course content and pedagogy
• Led the department-wide implementation of strategic plan initiatives regarding progressive education, equity, and inclusion through the adoption of new types of assessment, course texts, and grading policies
• Engaged faculty in all aspects of supervision and evaluation, including observations, performance evaluation, and coaching for professional growth
• Facilitated regular department meetings and meetings of teaching teams
• Coordinated staffing and scheduling with the Academic Dean and Dean of Faculty
• Collaborated with the Dean of Faculty, Academic Dean, and fellow Department Chairs to respond to institutional needs and refine processes for growth, evaluation, onboarding new faculty, and new course proposals
• Partnered with the Dean of Faculty in interviewing and hiring for the history department

People of Color in Independent Schools (POCIS), Board of Directors

Secretary, 2020-2021

• Generated and maintained records of board meetings
• Participated in monthly Governance and Finance Committee meetings
• Contributed to planning regional meetings for employees at member schools

Programs Chair, 2018-2020

• Planned and implemented social justice and equity programming to provide professional development roundtables and affinity spaces
• Coordinated with faculty and leaders at member schools to host programs
• Organized sponsorship for programs initiated by member schools

Co-facilitator, “Decolonizing the Humanities” Roundtable, 2019

• Collaborated to conceive and lead a professional development workshop for teachers around the Bay Area on approaches and strategies for recognizing and resisting the legacy of colonization in our humanities curriculum

California Teacher Development Collaborative, San Francisco, CA

History Professional Learning Group Facilitator, 2019 – 2020

• Co-designed and co-led a yearlong series for history teachers to build community and grapple with issues in pedagogy, equity and inclusion, and technology
• Facilitated the sharing of resources for best practices while also giving participants space to shape our time together with their wisdom and perspectives

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Bentley School, Lafayette, CA

Upper School History Department Chair, 2014 – 2017

• Coordinated the hiring process for the department and mentored new faculty members in their approach to teaching and independent school culture
  
• Formally observed all history teachers and gave written evaluations annually
  
• Strengthened collaboration among teachers in the seminar program through designing and implementing yearlong learning objectives across all seminars
  
• Led monthly department meetings as well as cross-divisional meetings
  
• Managed an annual department budget and participated in planning long-range expenses
  
• Conducted admissions interviews and presented at admissions events

SEED Coordinator, 2015 – 2016

• Led monthly SEED meetings to broaden school conversations about diversity and equity 
  
•  Oversaw a professional development event for whole faculty

White Privilege Symposium By the Bay, 2015

Member, Planning Committee

• Collaborated on holding a two-day event in Oakland and San Francisco that drew hundreds across the Bay Area for conversations and workshops

UC Berkeley History-Social Science Project, Berkeley, CA

Group Leader and Researcher, 2006 – 2009

• Managed a team of eighth-grade history teachers in developing innovative lesson plans that scaffolded challenging primary sources and sophisticated historical concepts for a diverse student population
• Researched content for lesson plans and evaluated lesson implementation
• Planned regular colloquia and an annual two-week conference

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Teaching experience

Marin Academy, San Rafael, CA

‍History Teacher, 2017 – present

• Incorporated new sources and lesson ideas into core courses to increase representation of perspectives beyond the West and to challenge dominant narratives
• Designed and taught new electives that address issues of power and justice while promoting reflection and personal connection
• Collaborated in teaching teams to plan units, lessons, and assessments

Faculty Advisor, 2017 – present

• Led students in weekly meetings to provide support in the academic and social-emotional realm and shared space to build community
• Initiated a trivia game for senior advising groups to promote further camaraderie
• Advised school's Model UN organization (2017-present), Amnesty International Club (2018-2020), and Asian Student Organization (2017-2018)

Dean of Equity and Inclusion Search Committee, 2021-2022

Diversity Council, 2018 – 2019

Dean of Faculty Search Committee, 2017 – 2018

Courses Taught

• Modern World History I (year-long course for freshmen)
• Modern World History II (year-long course for sophomores)
• Electives (semester-long courses for 11th and 12th grade):
  — A Global History of Capitalism
  — History of American Education

Bentley School, Lafayette, CA

Upper School History Teacher, 2012 – 2017

• Led the United States History teaching team in course and lesson planning to incorporate projects and assessments that develop analytical thinking and writing skills
  
• Crafted seminars for upperclassmen involving scholarly articles and monographs coupled with primary source readings and a historical research paper assignment
  
• Conceived numerous creative and interactive lessons for student-centered learning
  

Courses taught

• United States History (year-long course for 10th grade)
• Honors Seminars (trimester-long courses for 11th and 12th grade):
  — “Defining Modern”: World Cultures and the Pursuit of “Progress”
  — 20th Century American Radicals
  — Atlantic Revolutions
  — History of American Education
  — Imperialism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
  — The American Presidency
  — Youth in American History Since 1865

Faculty Advisor, 2012 – 2017

• Initiated a collaborative freshman advisory curriculum and a committee to select an All-School Summer Read
  
• Led students in biweekly advisory meetings
• Advised such activities as the Community Service Club, Big Books Club, Quiz Bowl, and Community Meeting
  

University of California – Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Graduate Student Instructor, 2004 – 2012

• Designed and taught both reading and research seminars
• Led reading discussions for four weekly sections
  
• Used online learning management systems to share content and to promote student
  collaboration and communication
  

COURSES taught

• Consumer and Popular Culture in America (senior research seminar)
• Education and Youth in America since 1865 (junior reading seminar)
• United States History Survey (pre-and post-1865)
• World History
• United States Social History, 1865 to present
• History of American Education

Graduate Student Reader, 2003 – 2004

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Presentations

People of Color Conference, 2016

Presenter, “Rethinking How We Teach the Civil Rights Movement in History and Literature”

White Privilege Symposium By the Bay, 2015

Member, Planning Committee

• Collaborated on holding a two-day event in Oakland and San            Francisco that drew hundreds across the Bay Area for conversations and workshops

Presenter, “Storytelling for Systemic Change”

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Professional Development

California Teacher Development Collaborative

• Women + Leadership, 2021
• Bringing Humanity to Virtual Spaces, 2020
• Getting Better with AGE: Appreciation, Growth, and Evaluation Cycles, 2019
• Impact Lab Series, 2018-2019
• Transformational Coaching, 2018
• Mastering Group Facilitation, 2017
• Leaders of Color, 2016-2017
• Equity as Excellence Conference, 2016
• Department Chairs Program, 2015-2016
• Leadership 101, 2014-2015

One Schoolhouse

• Hiring During a Pandemic, 2021
• Designing, Building, & Teaching for Hybrid Learning, 2020

Brave Spaces Institute

• Brave Spaces 101: Humanizing Our Schools, One Conversation at a Time, 2019

People of Color Conference, 2015-2019, 2021

Asian Educators Alliance Conference, 2016 – 2018

SEED (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) New Leader Training, 2015

Participant in two-week training program to lead monthly diversity seminars that draw on personal experiences to raise awareness of systemic issues in order to develop more inclusive and equitable curricula and practices

Klingenstein Summer Institute Fellow, Columbia University Teachers College, 2014

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EDUCATION

University of California –Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

PhD, History, 2012

Dissertation

• Prom: How a High School Ritual Brought Youth Closer to Adulthood, 1890-1970

MA, History, 2005

Yale University, New Haven, CT

BA, History, with distinction, 2002

Phi Alpha Theta, National History Honor Society

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