Curriculum Vitae



Education 

B.A. History & Philosophy

University of Colorado Colorado Springs || May 2025

Minor(s):

  • Anthropology

  • Asian Studies

  • Museum Studies

M.A. History Candidate

University of Colorado Colorado Springs || August 2025 - May 2027

Research Emphasis:

  • Propaganda History

  • Intellectual History 

  • Global & Ethnic History

Research Experience:

Graduate Research Assistant

Professor Taparata ||  UCCS, Summer 2025

  • Immigration Project

Professor Harvey  ||  UCCS, Fall 2025

  • Language development 

  • World War II research & book reading

Museum Experience:

Visual & Performing Arts Festival Exhibition 

University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Spring 2023

  • Exhibition design

  • Education (captions, research, docent), Collecting (accessioning), and collaboration

  • MSGP 4030: Exhibit Design & Development

Manitou Springs Heritage Center

Museum Assistant > 2023

  • Archivist & Docent

  • Calendar Events Manager


Collaborative Works:

Tesserae: Love Letters to Asian American Communities

  • University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Fall 2024

  • Zine Project, volume 2

  • WEST 3280: Asian American Communities


https://issuu.com/edauccs/docs/tesserae_vol_2_final

Published Works:

Propaganda: A Philosophical Inquiry about the Holocaust

  • University of Colorado Colorado Springs: Senior Thesis [PHIL 4950], Spring 2025

  • Phi Alpha Theta: The Historian Journal (submitted)


Invited Lectures:

Irish Propaganda and Philosophical Ideologies

Invited by UCCS History Club, March 2025

World War II Propaganda: An Intellectual History Analyzing Various Methodologies

Invited by UCCS History Club, November 2025


Conferences:

"Digital Media & the Feminist Movements" Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum 

  • Colorado College Conference [poster presentation]  ||  April 2025 (accepted)

"Propaganda: A Philosophical Inquiry about the Holocaust" Mountain Lion Research Day, Graduate

  • University of Colorado Colorado Springs Conference [poster presentation]  ||  December 2025 (accepted)


Professional Application:

Academic Freedom: Student Speaker

  • American Association of University Professors 

  • University of Colorado Colorado Springs Chapter

"To "I" or not to "I"" in Academic Writing: Panelist

  • UCCS History Club  ||  May 2025

3 Minute Thesis: UCCS Graduate Student Competition

  • Grad Slam Presentation Preliminary Rounds  ||   January 2026


Related Educational Services:

  • UCCS Billiards Club President [2023-2025]

  • UCCS History Club President [2024-2025]

  • History Department: Undergraduate Student Ambassador [2024-2025]

  • Phi Alpha Theta: Tau Chi Chapter President (Representative) [summer 2025]

  • History Graduate Student Alliance: Journal Sub-Committee [fall 2025]

  • LAS Peak Ambassador: Philosophy (undergraduates) & History (graduates) [2026-2027]


Certifications:

  • Global Studies 

  • Native American & Indigenous Studies

Professional Associations:

  • National Eagle Scout Association 

  • Phi Alpha Theta (National History Honors Society)

  • Lambda Alpha (National Anthropology Honors Society)


Honors/Awards:

  • Eagle Scout (2021)

  • Inaugural First Class of Female Eagle Scouts (2021)

  • Longmont Distinguished Scout Award (2021)

  • Clyde Five: Student Leader Award (2025)

  • Phi Alpha Theta: Book Prize Award (submitted)

Grants/Fellowships:

  • Chancellor's Scholarship 2021, [$2500]

  • Wunderli Scholarship 2024-2025, [$1000]

  • The Harvey Endowment Scholarship Fund 2025-2026, [$3000]

Languages:

  • Modern Greek [Literacy & Linguistic - Intermediate]

  • German [Literacy - Beginner]

  • Korean [Linguistic - Beginner]

  • Chinese [Linguistic - Beginner]


Scholarly References:

Dr. Paul Harvey

Distinguished Professor, Director Chairman of the History Department at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs

phavery@uccs.edu 

Dr. Evan Taparata

Assistant Professor of History at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs

etaparat@uccs.edu

Dr. Robert Sackett

Professor of History at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs

rsackett@uccs.edu 

Dr. Sonja Tanner

Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs

stanner@uccs.edu

Dr. Raphel Sassower

Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs

rsassowe@uccs.edu 

Dr. Ilaheva Tua'one

Assistant Professor of Women's & Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs

ntuaone@uccs.edu

Dr. Karin Larkin 

Associate Professor & Curator of Anthropology, Director of Museum Studies & Gallery Practices at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs

klarkin@uccs.edu

Dr. Kimbra Smith

Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs

ksmith5@uccs.edu