EDUCATION
University of Texas at Austin
B.A. (Simultaneous Majors) 2007
Honors: University Honors, Special Honors in Anthropology
Anthropology
Thesis: "Teeth Do Tell Tales: An inter-population comparison of non-metric heritable dental traits from the
Mimbres Valley, New Mexico."
Area of Concentration: Physical Anthropology
Religious Studies
Area of Concentration: Christian Origins
Minor: Anthropology
Austin Community College
A.A. in Anthropology 2006
Honors: Scholastic Leadership
FIELD/LAB EXPERIENCE
- Old Town Ruin, Luna County, NM 2007
- Banks-Woods Cemetery, Bastrop County, TX 2002
- The Gault Project, Williamson County, TX 2002
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS
- "Methodology for assessing adult dental morphology from sub-adult mandibles."
Texas Biological Anthropology Consortium
Austin, TX - November 2007
- "Teeth Do Tell Tales: An Inter-population comparison of non-metric heritable dental traits from the
Mimbres Valley, New Mexico."
Texas Archaeological Society Annual Meeting
San Antonio, TX - October 2007
- "Teeth Do Tell Tales: An Inter-population comparison of non-metric heritable dental traits from the
Mimbres Valley, New Mexico."
University of Texas Senior Honors Thesis Forum
Austin, TX - May 2007
- Skeletons for all ages and interests: www.eSkeletons.org and www.eForensics.info
Poster presented at National Science Foundation's Annual National Science Digital Library Meeting
Denver, CO 2005
INVITED LECTURES
- Physical Anthropology and Lucy
Walnut Creek Elementary
Austin, TX - March 2008
Girlstart
Austin, TX - March 2008
- Building eLucy.org and the DASe Project
University of Texas Liberal Arts Instructional Technologies Services Third Friday
Austin, TX - January 2008
- "Osteology: Our Lives in Our Bones"
Porter Middle School
Austin, TX - May 2007
Girlstart
Austin, TX - March 2007
Texas Memorial Museum Evolution Camp
Austin, TX - July & August, 2006
Brykerwoods Elementary School
Austin, TX - December 2005
University of Texas Liberal Arts Instructional Technologies Services Third Friday
Austin, TX - January 2005
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
- University Honors, University of Texas at Austin Spring 2007
- Special Departmental Honors, University of Texas at Austin Spring 2007
- Dean's Honors List - Summa cum laude Fall 2006
- Dean's Honors List - Magna cum lauda Fall 2005
- Certificate of Appreciation - City of Austin May 2003
- Service Award - Austin Fire Department February 2003
- Letter of Appreciation - Austin Fire Department March 2002
SERVICES - ACADEMIC
- President 2006-2007
- Secretary 2005-2006
- Lambda Alpha, Zeta of Texas
- President 2006 - 2007
- Secretary 2005-2006
- Eta Sigma Phi Honor Society, 2006-2007
- Texas Exes Alumni Association Student Chapter - 2006-2007
- Austin Community College Student Fee Advisory Committee - Fall 2004
SERVICES - COMMUNITY
- Texas Archaeological Society, 2003 - present
- Texas Freedom Network, 2003 - present
RELATED EXPERIENCE
eSkletons Projects, Austin TX 2005-Present
Student Technician
- Interim project manager (May-July 2007)
- Responsible for the development of protocols for instructional technologies, imaging techniques and data resource
management from which the eLucy, eFossils and Meso American Archaeology websites are generated.
- Community Outreach and education programs such as presenting information on bioanthropological topics to
audiences that consisted of academics, university students, school children and the general public.
- Designed and created instructional technologies, interactive educational modules and downloadable resources for
teaching human skeletal anatomy, anthropology and evolutionary biology.
- Research historical and morphological data and develop visual and textual descriptions for publication on the
- Developed images for web publication using various imaging resources such as a digital camera, computed
tomography (CT) data for morphological studies, photoshop and Amira.
- Web page design using various codes: Javascript, cold fusion, database interface
Travis County Emergency Service District 11, Del Valle, TX 2003-2004
Executive Assistant
Worked to establish policies, procedures and operations necessary to support a new fire department administration,
including:
- Developed and managed various databases to track and analyze personnel information, department purchases,
emergency incidents and other department operations.
- Recommended department procedures and policies as well as researched, interpreted and wrote department
Standard Operating Guidelines (policies).
- Established working methods, operations and procedures for administrative and executive staff; and facilitated
projects such as strategic and budget planning.
- Established and managed the Human Resource division. Researched and proposed the existing benefits
package, and managed the application/hiring process.
- Administrative support duties for the Fire Chief and/or Board of Commissioners such as managed the calendar and
organized meetings.
- Composed, formatted and distributed department information including correspondence from the Fire Chief and
departmental memorandum.
- Designed, authored and distributed department newsletter available to all community members.
- Assisted in the administration of a successful Sales Tax and Use Election (November 2003).
Austin Fire Department, Austin, TX 2001-2003
Administrative Specialist
- Facilitated communications between the City Manager’s Office and the Austin Fire Department (AFD) including
responses to “Customer Action” request from citizens, city management and city council members.
- Prioritized, organized, directed and responded to communications on behalf of AFD Command Staff with emphasis
on the Fire Chief, AFD Chief of Operations and AFD Chief of Staff.
- Managed calendar and organized meetings for AFD Command Staff members and the Fire Chief.
- Supervised employees as required and assist in the evaluation of other personnel.
- Administrated $2,500 petty cash account.
- Acted as administrative support to AFD’s Organizational Health Intervention Task Force including the development
and maintenance of the OHI Task Force web site on the AFD Intranet.
- Coordinated Annual Awards Ceremony by acting as liaison to the AFD Awards Committee; facilitated contact with
awards recipients, guest and media; developed and ordered all related materials.
- Designed and managed several high profile websites on the department's internal websites.
- Organized and maintained files for AFD Command Staff and related departmental correspondence, reports.
Austin Fire Department, Austin, TX 1999-2001
Administrative Assistant
- Composed and distributed departmental correspondence.
- Posted/updated information on AFD Intranet.
- Collected and accounted for weekly/monthly fuel and operations summary reports from various locations. Also
provided AFD Command Staff with monthly administrative summaries such as Flower Fund and “Supplemental
Training Leave” account information.
- Responsible for reporting employee time to AFD’s payroll system.
- Assisted in planning and implementation of retirement, promotion, and quarterly awards presentations.
- Responsible for Customer Service Card Program, including development, implementation, and reporting.
- Trained incoming employee.
- Acted as main point of contact for Austin Fire Department and Headquarters personnel.
Austin Police Department, Austin, TX 1997-1999
Administrative Assistant
- Entered, researched, verified, retrieved and corrected public and confidential police records.
- Trained officers and employees on incident report entry and research.
- Witnessed (acting notary) statements as required.
State Bar of Texas, Austin, TX 1993-1996
Administrative Assistant
- Composed correspondence, news releases and coordinated mailings; assisted with layout and copy editing of
pamphlets and brochures.
- Posted/updated information on State Bar of Texas website.
- Organized meetings, luncheons and conferences.
- Assisted with purchasing of departmental equipment and supplies.
LANGUAGES
- English – native language
- Latin – speak, read, and write with basic competence.
- Spanish – limited ability to speak and read
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