ryan wernlund

* Use of highly effective resources throughout the discipline to develop higher-order thinking questions for use in a nationwide assessment to evaluate secondary student comprehension of American history * Employed frequent communication with organizers to refine and improve question types and assessment models to best meet the needs of the client * Researched and developed assessment criteria to evaluate teacher preparedness in content-specific knowledge as measured by the Praxis II examination

* Taught forty five to sixty minute science programs to children ranging from three years of age to twelve years of age. * Acted as an intermediary between the customer and the main office, handling payment and evaluation forms. * Reliably travelled between programs, delivering equipment and maintaining the status of the equipment. * Purchased auxiliary supplies for teaching purposes when necessary.

* Taught ten eighty-minute class sessions to first-year students at Rutgers University interested in pursuing a degree in history. * Conceived and designed an original syllabus which covered a variety of concepts, ranging from historical content and historical methodology to information useful to students undertaking their first year of undergraduate education. * Wrote extensive, detailed lesson plans to aid in the implementation of course concepts and objectives each week. * Took an accompanying course, “Peer Instructor Education,” to improve my teaching by learning a variety of pedagogical and student development theories.

Specific focus in: Empire (Ottoman, Roman, Byzantine, Spanish) Global History (Foundational theories) Transnational Interaction Political Economy Neoliberalism Environmental History International Relations Social Studies Curriculum Development Early Modern History Activities and Societies: Phi Alpha Theta

Student Teaching Experience: Grade 8 World History (Medieval History) in Cranford, NJ at Orange Avenue School

Focus in Early Modern European History. Honors Thesis on Mercenary Warfare and Political Economy in Renaissance Bologna. Minors in Political Science and Anthropology Awards: Harold L. Poor Memorial Fund Undergraduate History Prize (Best Honors Thesis) (4/2012) James Reed Prize Honorable Mention (Best Presentation at Honors Thesis Conference) (4/2012) Henry Rutgers Scholar (1 of 10 awarded across the entire university) (4/2012) Aresty Research Center Undergraduate Research Fellowship (9/2011) Activities: Phi Alpha Theta, Member and Presenter (2011) Aresty Research Fellow (9/2009-6/2011) First-Year Interest Group Peer Instructor Program (2011) History Honors Program (2011-2012) School of Arts and Sciences Honors Program (2008-2012) Activities and Societies: Phi Alpha Theta, Delta Epsilon Iota, Aresty Undergraduate Research Center, Department of History Honors Thesis Program, Henry Rutgers Scholar Program