I enjoy being in front of a crowd - facilitating workshops, presenting scholarly research, teaching classes, etc. I inherited this trait from my father - he was a high school history teacher and football coach in the 1970s. He also helped coach many of the sports teams on which my brother and I played. I enjoy analyzing current offerings, creating a topic that has received insufficient attention, writing an outline, preparing materials, and presenting the information. I typically feel energized after presenting to students or colleagues.
Workshops
The opportunity to give presentations is one of the many things I love about my job at the University of Washington's Career Center. I present workshops to three different groups - our "in-house" workshops are open to all students and alumni, our grad student workshops are open to 10,000+ UW grad students in 100+ disciplines, and our outreach workshops are presented to specific academic departments, student clubs, etc. I am the lead facilitator of the grad student programs, which tend to fall into three categories - personal development, academic job search, and job search beyond academia. One of my favorite workshops is Dependable Strengths.
Scholarly Presentations
Academic Classes
I have had the privilege of teaching at two universities. I was an adjunct professor in the Counseling & School Psychology department at Seattle University from 2004-2006, where I taught a graduate-level course called Lifespan Career Development. From 2001-2003, I taught an undergraduate-level course called Educational Psychology for Teachers as an associate instructor in the School of Education at Indiana University.