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Text Box: Curriculum Vitae Education Master of Arts, History. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV. 2010 Bachelor of Arts, History (Anthropology minor). Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT. 2008 Associate of Science, General Studies. Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, UT. 1998 Honors and Awards Graduated High Honors, Salt Lake Community College 1998 Dean’s List, Westminster College 2005-07 Recipient, James E. “Pete” Peterson Scholarship, Westminster College 2006-08 Utah State Historical Society Student Award 2007 School of Arts and Sciences Student Award 2008 Graduated Magna Cum Laude, Westminster College 2008 Scholarship Thesis 2011 From 'Baggage' to Not 'Non-Persons': Levy v. Louisiana And the Struggle for Equal Rights for 'Illegitimate' Children. Committee members: David Tanenhaus, Sue Fawn Chung, David Holland, John V. White. This study focuses on 'illegitmate' children, who are more visible within the historical record because of the many laws related to their existence. By examining this group of children, it is possible to improve upon the framework that shapes our understanding of childhood and provide a starting point for future studies that will continue to illuminate children's history. Research Presentations 2007 Opportunistic Learners: Exploring the Continuum of Orangutan Learning. This paper was first presented at the First Annual Undergraduate Conference in Anthropology, 2007 under the title Opportunistic Learners: Great Apes in Captivity. Salt Lake Community College. This paper compares solitary, wild orangutans with a recently discovered wild, social group of orangutans. Because the social group shows cultural traits that are lacking in wild orangutans, it dispels the myth that wild orangutans are slow-witted and lazy, illustrating a continuum of learning from wild, solitary orangutans to captive, social orangutans. However, it is not a continuum of intelligence, but one of opportunity. 2008 The Monster Within: Coming soon to a Theater near You: The Creation of the Serial Killer Sub-genre. First presented at the Utah Regional Phi Alpha Theta Conference, 2008. Utah State University. This thesis explores the creation of the serial killer sub-genre, which became popular in the late eighties and nineties, tracing its roots to the media frenzy and psychological morass that gripped the society during the 1970s and 1980s. 2010 Levy v. Louisiana: A Pivotal Moment in Childhood History First presented at the Southwest Regional Phi Alpha Theta Conference, 2010. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. This paper was awarded Best Graduate Paper at the conference and subsequently presented at the Pacific Coast Branch – American Historical Association 2010 Conference. The thesis explores the history surrounding Levy v. Louisiana, the U.S. Supreme Court case in which illegitimate children earned equal rights under the law and which began the creation of intermediate scrutiny. 2011 Between Yasashii and Bushido: The Woman Warrior Battles Tradition. Anime Expo, 2011 (With Sandra Alagona). This original research was presented as part of the first annual symposium on Anime and Manga studies, sponsored by the Anime and Manga Research Circle. Articles "A Fulcrum to Pivot Upon: Early Chinese American Labor Movements in California, 1884-1886." (Under Review) Work Experience Research Assistant, Westminster College March 2006 — April 2008 Graduate Assistant, UNLV August 2008 — May 2010 History Fellow, Lied Library, UNLV June 2010 — August 2010 Research Interests My areas of interest in United States History include Juvenile Justice and childhood history, Constitutional Law, Asians in the West, Urban and Environmental History, and Popular Culture of the 1960s-1990s. I am also interested in the history of Modern Japan. My Anthropological interests include primatology, modern Asian and American culture and the interaction between, and changing of, the two cultures from the end of World War II to the present, along with the exploration of various modern changes in American culture, such as the internet. Organizations Alpha Chi Phi Alpha Theta American Historical Association Society for the History of Children and Youth